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[statice]

Who: Members of House 53 + anyone close who may be invited. Ping any of us about this if interested, chances are we'll say yes anyway.
What: It's Elliot's birthday!
When: Backdated to the 8th.
Where: House 53. Gilbert's doing catering, after all.
Summary: Huffy Young Master Nightray grows a year older. Technically.
Rating:
[Leo had never been any good at celebrating birthdays. Sure, he knew that cake was a good idea, and gifts obligatory (spending a year in a house full of children clued him in on this, granted), but when it came to making preparations, it was simply easier to leave it to Gilbert . Not all of it, of course, just-- the most important bits.

That's why the preparations are kept simple-- Elliot really wasn't the kind for huge parties anyway and this seemed appropriate. ]

((Make your own threads, I guess! I think it's safe to say that everything is threadjackable.))

Comments

[holyknights]

[Despite his previous experiences here in Luceti, Elliot doesn't expect attention to be drawn to his birthday. He wasn't even sure when his birthday was supposed to be in Luceti, and besides that, it just didn't feel appropriate to celebrate anymore. ...but no one here knew why, so he couldn't even complain about it.

So Elliot treats it like a normal day, until he discovers that someone has worked twice as hard in the kitchen as usual, and when he figures out why that might be, he frowns. Stupid, he's pretty sure his birthdays don't even count anymore—

As a result, Elliot kind of just ends up grumping around the house most of the day.]

Be....fore dinner or cake time or whenever. \o/

[statice]

[And who better to notice all this grumping, indeed? Leo looks up from the book he's reading (the most he's done so far is get enough candles from the cake— he hasn't really meddled much kitchen-wise), eyebrows raised.]

If you keep stomping like that, you'll make a hole in the floor.

WHENEVER INDEED.

[holyknights]

[While the commentary is not unexpected, it's still definitely pretty annoying. Elliot looks in the other boy's direction and huffs.]

No one asked you.

Some time, okay. Details, details.

[statice]

[He shrugs.]

You're distracting.

[holyknights]

So read somewhere else.

[Like he's ever really cared about being loud or distracting.]

SO LATE

[chainedraven]

[Well, don't you bring that grumping into the kitchen, mister, because Gilbert is very busy working in there, though he's pretending there's absolutely nothing strange going on. At all. He always makes large meals consisting of all of Elliot's favorite foods, okay?

Although right now he's working on the birthday cake, so when he hears footsteps near the doorway he'll just try to ever so casually move so that he's standing where he almost completely blocks what he's working on from view. It also blocks a lot of the good light that way, but it's all right, he just doesn't want anyone to see this before it's time.]

Or maybe just really early for next year!

[holyknights]

[It's too late, Gilbert, you've been working far too hard today. And while Elliot doesn't move to try and see what his brother is hiding (just yet!), he is glaring at him from the doorway. So very suspicious...]

Dinner still isn't ready yet?

yeah, that's totally it

[chainedraven]

...almost. Soon.

[As soon as he's finished with this cake, which having an audience makes more difficult. Gilbert glances briefly over his shoulder (he can almost feel that glare) but just returns to his work with a small shrug.]

I got started late. Are you too hungry to wait?

PERFECT.

[holyknights]

Of course not! It's just that you're taking so long, I thought something was wrong.

[Not just wrong. Suspicious.]

[of_sablier]

[No grumping on your birthday, Elliot. That's not allowed. Will having a kitten (okay, so she's not really a kitten anymore, but Jack still likes to THINK of her as one) plunked down in your lap make you less grumpy?]

[holyknights]

[N—

...

...dammit, yes. Yes, it will. Elliot blinks when the cat falls into his lap and he has to try very hard not to seem so pleased. He's pretty sure she didn't jump into his lap on her own! So he looks around.

Is the culprit still nearby?]

[of_sablier]

[The culprit is indeed-- standing right behind the couch where Elliot is currently sitting and grinning like the Cheshire Cat, in fact. He's not even pretending not to be responsible for Sudden Cat In Lap.

Meanwhile, Mikan just purrs and rolls, making herself perfectly comfortable in said lap and ensuring that Elliot isn't going to be able to get up for a while.]

[ledbythewind]

[Richard can understand not being a party person, since he isn't exactly one himself. He can even understand if Elliot wants to shoo him away, but that doesn't mean he isn't going to at least try to show up for the celebration anyway, even if he does end up getting chased away in the end. He's got a gift to drop off!]

Don't tell me you thought you could escape without a party.

[holyknights]

[Even though the party comes as a surprise (an unwanted surprise), Elliot isn't so rude that he'll try to shoo Richard away. He's his friend, after all! And despite how awkward this feels, he's glad to have his friends and family around.]

Can you blame me?

[...even if, sure, you'd never guess it from how he talks.]

[ledbythewind]

Not at all. I felt much the same way when it was my own birthday.

[Richard is quite skilled in the art of interpreting tsun, Elliot. You remind him a great deal of Hubert, albeit with a little more dere. Maybe.]

[moehealer]

[Oh hey. Talk about nostalgia...! Or maybe not so nostalgic since Elliot's last birthday was a year ago obviously. And that obviously isn't long enough to be considered nostalgic, right. Or something.

But yeah hi Yellow's here! And a little surprised to see that Leo is back and with long hair and glasses again, but whatever. She brought her Pokémon trio with her and is just going around to greet anyone she knows...! Oh, and of course, she has a sheet of paper in hand with yet another birthday drawing for Elliot on it. Yayayay.]

[holyknights]

[Elliot's still kind of unsure of this whole birthday thing, not unlike last year, but for different reasons this time around! Still, that's not really the kind of thing you talk about on birthdays, so Elliot won't mention it—he'll just... act like this is a regular old birthday.

So when he sees Yellow, he makes his way over. Birthdays are still kind of embarrassing but she is his friend, so!]

Hey. Thanks for coming.

[moehealer]

[Seeing Elliot, she gives him a big smile and a wave! As does Chuchu, who's standing beside Yellow's foot. Dody and Ratty are probably.. elsewhere... or something... But anyway..!]

You're welcome! I'm just happy that I get to celebrate your birthday with you again. [heeee] Are you enjoying it so far?

[holyknights]

[Oh, thank god they're gone— Her first comment doesn't help his embarrassment, but he nods quickly anyway.]

It's... fine. I wasn't expecting anything.

[statice]

[Unfortunately (or should it be fortunately, Leo doesn't remember Yellow at all. Or her critters.

So while you're looking around, Yellow, you might catch him staring a little at Chuchu.]

[moehealer]

[She does catch him staring! Which is why she and Chuchu will go ahead and approach him.]

Hi, Leo! [sup]

[statice]

[Why do so many people know his name--

But Leo is always polite, always pleasant, so he'll go ahead, raise a hand in greeting and smile.]

Hello.

[But there's no familiarity in that, it's like he's greeting someone whom he's never quite seen before.]

[of_sablier]

Yellow!

[HELLO THERE PARTNER-IN-CRIME. Jack is very happy (and not surprised at all) to see you here! Wow, Elliot has been making a lot of friends. Although, come to think of it, Jack thinks he recalls seeing her at Elliot's last party too...]

[moehealer]

[Oh yay Jack's here too! Or well. Yellow shouldn't be surprised by that at all, considering how he lives here. But anyway. She gives him a smile and an enthusiastic wave when she sees him.]

Hi, Jack!

[of_sablier]

Are you here for Elliot's party?

[It's a bit of a rhetorical question, but since Elliot didn't really make a big deal about his birthday, it's also sort of an important one.]