Midnight Manor Boarding House Movie Room, Saturday Evening

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

As soon as Kamala had turned back into a person yesterday, Arden and Eleanor had swung into action. Arden had contacted Mr. and Mrs. Khan to let them know that Operation Birthday Bash was a go and about what time she'd be by to pick up the cake, and then called Mr. Najaf to see if he would be willing to cook up a whole slew of gyros (including some vegan gyros in case Steven or Watts showed up) for Kamala's birthday the next day. She also messaged Bruno and asked Mr. and Mrs. Khan if they could pass the invitation on to Nakia, letting them know about the party and offering to arrange portal service if they could make it out. After that had come handwavily messaging everybody else to let them know that they were celebrating Kamala's belated birthday at Midnight Manor on Saturday evening.

And lo, now it was the appointed hour. Ellie was keeping Kamala distracted upstairs (Arden was not asking how), and she was here setting out drinks (sodas, though Mr. Khan had sent Arden home with a jug of 'sweet tea,' which she had been very appreciative of and had appreciatively poured down the drain once she'd gotten home), gyros, and setting out Mrs. Khan's cake, leaving a spot in case Ellie had somehow managed to find or invent a Squishie cake. Bollywood movies were playing on the TV (though currently with the volume very low), there was a karaoke machine on standby, balloons and streamers were up, the guests Avengers assembled...

Now all they needed was the co-host and the birthday girl!

[Open! If you're a student, a resident of Midnight Manor, or just think Kamala is cool, feel free to handwave yourself an invite!]

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Re: SURPRISE!!

[what_big_teeth]

Hey, the night was still very young; things were just getting started! You never knew!

"Nope," said Eleanor, giving her head the faintest shake, because she didn't want to move it too much from where it was. "Just a clever ruse to get you down here, although now that I'm smelling those gyros, I actually am pretty hungry, and I hope Arden brought a lot of them..."

Everyone had seen how she could hold her own in a hot dog eating contest against the likes of Raiden and Steve Rogers. If anything was getting swallowed up whole tonight, it was going to be some of those gyros, probably.

"But when you do tell me about Tony Stark's first Iron Man suit," she added, "I'm going to know to bring snacks."

Re: SURPRISE!!

[slothbabyproductions]

"Oh, we got to have the gyros," Kamala said with a happy sigh. "It's from that same place we got you one when we were in Jersey City for Eid."

She reluctantly pulled back a bit but took Eleanor's had because she wasn't going to give up holding onto her just yet. But when someone mentioned food, Kamala's first instinct was always to make sure people ate. Something her mother ingrained in her, probably.

"And if my rambling about heroes gets to be too much, you can tell me to stop," Kamala said, earnestly. "My friends back home would get so much thrown at them they had a code word for me to stop talking. I get that heroes aren't everybody's thing so don't be afraid to stop me if it gets to be too much."

I mean at this point, Eleanor probably had a decent understanding of Captain America and Carol Danver's life story.

Re: SURPRISE!!

[what_big_teeth]

Definitely enough that it was a little bit of a head-spinner to think of the fact that she even actually sort of knew who Captain America (or at least Steve Rogers and Tony Stark) were even before all of that!

She gave Kamala's hand a squeeze when she took it, also not in any rush to detatch herself any time soon, but she lightly shook her head.

"I love listening to you talk about all of that stuff," she admitted, just as earnestly. How could she not? The way she just got so animated and excited, the way she just sort of got lost in all of it and lit up and rambled on? Eleanor was pretty sure she could listen to it for hours...

Whether or not she'd retain much of it, on the other hand, and that made her laugh a little.

"I don't know how much of it I actually follow," she confessed, "but I do like hearing you talk about it."

She hesitated, a moment, lower lip caught between her teeth, before also admitting, "You're really cute, when you get all wrapped up in it."

Re: SURPRISE!!

[slothbabyproductions]

Kamala finally had her turn to truly blush in front of Eleanor now. Especially since most of the time her friends just sort of tolerated her hero worship. Let alone call it “cute.”

“You have to be careful when you say things like that,” Kamala joked. “Because I got about thirty years of hero facts that I’ll spill out if you even pretend to listen to me.”

She gave Eleanor’s hand a little tug. “Come on. I don’t want you going hungry.”

Re: SURPRISE!!

[what_big_teeth]

"I know what I said," Eleanor informed her, grinning faintly and being easily led with that tug. "I'm pretty sure I can take it. And if it gets to be too much, I'll just distract you with Squishies. See? I've got it all figured out."

Re: SURPRISE!!

[slothbabyproductions]

“Oh no! You know my secret weakness,” Kamala laughed. “Guard it closely. I’d hate for my arch nemesis to learn of it and use it against me.”

Re: SURPRISE!!

[what_big_teeth]

"Don't worry," Eleanor assured her, with a very serious nod that was a bit spoiled in its gravity with the grin gaining more traction on her face, "your secret is safe with me. No one will ever know."

Re: SURPRISE!!

[slothbabyproductions]

"And for your loyalty and trustworthiness, I shall reward you with a gyro," Kamala teased.