Time to live it up in here!

[hiken_ace]

Who: Anyone!
What: Marco's surprise birthday party.
When: October 6th, in the afternoon.
Where: Community Housing 3, Room 40
Summary: It's Marco's birthday. Ace planned a party. Need I say more?
Rating: Uh, PG? Since there will be pirates here, I'm hoping not to go above PG-13. PLAY NICE, KIDS.
[Ace wasn't going to go overboard on the decorating. In fact, he had to leave a lot of it up to everyone else since his injuries prevent quite a bit of movement. But soon enough, there were a decent amount of streamers up, and a nice big banner that says "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCO". He had to work extra hard to get the cake to look just right. The cake is surrounded by the presents, and there's a few separate tables for food and drinks. Fruit punch for everyone, and some alcohol for the adults and pirates.

Come on, people, this is a party. Let's live it up a little! And don't forget to embarrass congratulate the birthday pirate. Feel free to leave your own comment below, just for mingling, or just doing something silly, or giving Marco your present! Have at!]

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DURING // After party to come later :P

[fierybluebird]

Oi you! [Grabs Sabo before he can escape and scoops him up into his arms. All to knock off his hat and pretend to give him noogies.]

Who told you I love origami?

[Giant grin, but no, you are so going to get it for all those pineapples, mister. If affectionately even then.]

1/2 yay!!! \8'D/

[sailedfirst]

[He basically chokes on his food when he sees Marco's approach, because ffff he knows this is all about the pineapple everywhere (he might've even gotten a real pineapple to decorate the bathroom fff). But asfkafkl!!! he's caught before he can even run.

And like any kid caught in the act, his first reaction is:] NO, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING! It's Ace's fault!

2/2

[sailedfirst]

[Then he stops flailing when the actual words sink in, and he blinks. Quickly followed by a relieved-sounding laugh.] Oh, no one did. I really have no idea!

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs cheerfully for a bit. JUST to let Sabo think he's off the hook. Your doom: it approaches, ever approaches.]

Well, thank you, eh? The phoenixes are a nice touch instead of just cranes.

[Aww look at how happy he is. Surely he won't do anything scary. Even if he's not letting go yet...]

[sailedfirst]

[W-what's this. The pineapple ones aren't mentioned?

... Crap.]

A-ahahaha! I'm glad you like 'em. They're supposed to have this really long tails like yours, but they're no good for a decor like this!

[Meanwhile all his self-preservation instincts are telling him to run, but ffff no dice.]

[fierybluebird]

They were plenty long! And you even managed to get them to split, which was the best part, eh?

[Actually, he's just having fun dragging this out now. All the more reason to make Sabo sweat. Marco is a terrible brother wow.]

[sailedfirst]

I-Is it? I mean, yeah! T-that's the best, a-ahahaha...

[Terrible indeed! This waiting game is very much psychologically-damaging okay?! Just beat the crap out him already. P-please? ;; Sabo can't even begin to imagine other horrors Marco can come up with.]

[fierybluebird]

[Oh Sabo, even if you had thirty years of knowing Marco and the New World to your advantage, you still wouldn't know the horrors Marco can come up with.]

We should color a few. Or make it an art project at the art club.

[No but seriously, this torture is still going on. He's just getting warmed up.]

[sailedfirst]

[Ffff ignorance is a bliss, in this case.

But he momentarily forgets his IMPENDING DOOM for genuine confusion.] Art club?

[fierybluebird]

Aye. You should come with me next time they have it. I'm no good at drawing so I just went in bird form, but it's a lot of fun, eh.

[sailedfirst]

...Yeah, you kinda suck at it. Why'd you even go in bird form? Drawing without thumbs'll only make it worse. [Says the kid who is probably only ramen noodle-thin better at drawing than you.] But yeah, sure. Let's go together next time!

[fierybluebird]

Oi. [:| He can draw if he wants to. Maybe.]

Because no one is going to criticize a phoenix for drawing its best with its beak.

Okay, together. And hopefully the next project won't be drawing.

[sailedfirst]

Huh. No wonder no one tried. That pointy beak's dangerous.

And yeah, hopefully! But you better go as human. You'd be hopeless if it's sculpting, or finger-painting, or knitting or origami-fo-- [aaaand he's back to sweating by the buckets. oh man, why does he need to be reminded of his doom so soon?!]

[fierybluebird]

All right, all right, I'll go to the next one as a human so long as you come too. But I might pester Ikki a little in phoenix form. It's fun.

[Nope. Too obvious. Gotta do it when Sabo isn't expecting it at all. Mwahahahaha.]

[sailedfirst]

[... Nothing? Oh, ok. Heaving a sigh of relief. Looks like he's going to live for a few minutes more. :'D]

I already said I'm going, geez. And it's not like I can stop you if you really wanna annoy people. You do that all the time! Who's this Ikki, anyway? [The name's familiar, but then again many are, since Sabo's a regular stalker of the journal.]

[fierybluebird]

Cutest little girl here I can think of. Have you ever met Aang? Or Sokka or Katara or Zuko? Actually she has more people from her home than that I think, those are just the ones I know of. [He was friends with Iroh baaaack in the day. Yes, Marco is old, okay?]

Anyway, she's capable of flying so that makes her good in my book. [Y.u.p. He will befriend all the airbenders and bird people and flying everythings ever, okay okay.] She only knows me as a phoenix though, so I might go like that unless there's sculpture or origami.

[sailedfirst]

Oh. That girl... [Yeah, those names reminded him of Smoker's post. And that he still needs to thank that girl for her endless questions. >>] I only talked to that Aang-guy once, but the rest I only recognize from the journal.

[He laughs and ruffles Marco's tufty, pineapple hair.] I'm not surprised. You'd make friends with everything that flies and talks! [He knows that much, yes. And here he nods.] Alright, that's a deal then!

[Oh, and--] Can you set me down now?

[fierybluebird]

No.

[Perfectly deadpan he just picks up Sabo a little higher and hangs him upside down by an ankle.] The hell is with all the pineapple origami, eh?! Ace you put up to this?

[Playfully flicks Sabo's nose.]

[sailedfirst]

[That one word sends chills down his spine but before Sabo can react-- THE WORLD FLIPS UPSIDE DOWN.]

GAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! O-OI, PUT ME DOWN! [Flailing. So, so much flailing! But his movements causes blood to go to his head faster, so he'll attempt to end things quicker by blurting honest things out.]

N-no, just me! Because pineapples are festive fruits, okay?! They make me think of tropical islands, tropical islands means beach parties, and beach parties mean the sea! Don't we all love the sea here?! [......yeah, ok, maybe bullshitting a little too, because everyone knows the pineapples are in honor of Marco's hair. Plain and simple.]

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs because that was a terrible lie and attempts to tickle Sabo a little. No easy feat since he's also more preoccupied with making sure he doesn't drop the kid or cause him to flail too much either.]

Nice try, but you're not getting off that easily.

[sailedfirst]

[Oh no, no no no. Not tickles. He's ticklish everywhere! ;;

So he'll be doing his best to flail out of reach while half-squawking, half-gasping for breath the entire time, until he just spills the real truth this time.]

S-stop! I-[wheeze]-I like your hair, d-[wheeze]-dammit!

[fierybluebird]

[Bursts out laughing and sets him down right side up before giving Sabo a quick hug. Fine, Ace is right, Marco likes hugs. Deal with it.]

Thanks little matey. Can I keep these in my room after the party? I want to treasure them for a long time to come.

[sailedfirst]

[Give him a sec while he tries to catch his breath. ;; But pretty soon he's hugging back, although with a slight frown on his face.]

Eh? But they're just decors. My real gift's in your bedroom.

[fierybluebird]

What... really? [Blinks in surprise.]

Aw... Sabo... You're the best.

[Okay, you are getting picked back up again as Marco carefully sets Sabo on his shoulders to go check his room. Don't worry, he's careful about the ceiling and doorways. Don't mind being man-handled bro!]

I am way too lucky to deserve you guys, eh. Okay where is it?

[sailedfirst]

[HE ALWAYS MINDS THIS RUDE MAN-HANDLING >:T But it's your birthday, so he'll let it pass with just a low grumble instead of violent and noisy protests.

When they get into Marco's room, the birthday boy'll find a phoenix origami made in blue paper sitting on top of a wrapped package on his bed.]

Um. There's two of 'em, actually. [And suddenly Sabo's nervous again. Not for this origami (he worked super hard to make sure it looks great, despite the creases). Nope, it's the package he's nervous about. ;; auuugh he doesn't want to be tickled again!]