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[peripheries]

[A young boy appears on the screen! He's sitting on... maybe the roof of a house? You can see the tops of buildings in Gaze behind him. But that's not important. What's important is what he has to say-]

How do you throw a great human birthday party? Not just the stuff with cake, gifts and people, I'm already know about all of that basic stuff. The extra things that make it a really good party. The kind that creates important memories that you can look back on and feel those pleasant feelings again.

[For some reason, this matters, apparently.]

Anyway, the first of the month was Paul's birthday. [No need to elaborate on that one. If you know, you know.] So we're going to do something next month, on the first, instead. It's a surprise, so don't tell him. You know he'd say something like "that's not necessary, it's just my birthday and it will interrupt me sitting in the dark and contemplating my terrible purpose so I'm busy and also no one can use the shower for the next hour".

So it's up to me and the rest of you to make it a good one that he likes. If you're Paul's friend or lived at the beach camp, gimme ideas and then show up and bring a gift. He needs something to strain rice with so he stops using his hands.

((ooc; a log for the party will go up next week(ish) this weekend! If you have CR with Paul you are invited, no reply necessary.))

Comments

[loopsbian]

At your house...

[ she hems and haws for a moment. ]

Well, I suppose that might be your best option, given our surroundings. But you must take pains to head the cleaning effort afterwards, or he may very well try to do it himself! If a party only serves to make his life more difficult, it's hardly the reprieve you're hoping for, wouldn't you agree?

[peripheries]

I'm sure the skeletons will take care of that. They already do most of the cleaning.

[Said like this is normal as fuck!]

[loopsbian]

I'm not sure I'd entrust such duties to the living dead, but at least skeletons wouldn't leave a mess...?

[ better than zombies for sure! less flaking of flesh and all that. anyway of course there are cleaner skeletons. why wouldn't there be. this is just the world at this point. ]

Regardless! If the party will be hosted in his own home, you'll also need to take extra care to preserve the surprise. Unfortunately for the both of us, Paul seems quite the observant young man... Does he regularly leave the building?

[peripheries]

No, they're pretty clean.

[Exactly! Exxxactly!]

Sometimes he'll go shopping, but I think it would be great if everyone shows up while he's doing the final preparation for my party. The look on his face will be delightful. And he can see how many people want to come see him.

[loopsbian]

Your party?

[ WAIT NOBODY TOLD HER THERE WERE GOING TO BE TWO? PARTIES???? ]

...Tabris-san, is this all a ploy to have a grand birthday party for yourself?

[peripheries]

No. It's not close to my birthday, if you could even call it such a thing. I told him it was my birthday so he could have an excuse to cook since that's something he enjoys learning lately. He'd never do it for himself but he'd do it for me, nor would he agree to a party in his name at this point.

Call me Kaworu.

[loopsbian]

Ah, is that so? That's quite the well-baited trap, Kaworu-san. An admirable effort, if I say so myself!

[ this is one of the highest compliments she can give. even if it doesn't really sound like it. ]

It sounds like he may very well figure out your plot before all the guests have shown up. That's acceptable, yes?

[peripheries]

Isn't it?

[GOD. Smug little angel thinks he's a fucking genius. Dangerous combo.]

That's fine. Just people showing up will be enough of a surprise and then when more keep showing up, the surprise continues.