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Arden Finch ([personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows) wrote2024-08-24 05:37 am

The All-Purpose Room, Midnight Manor, Saturday Afternoon

As far as Cal was aware, Arden had set this whole thing up to celebrate his win in paintball. After remembering the All-Purpose room existed and getting permission from Steven to use it, Arden had programmed in a decent-sized mountain for them to climb. If her side had a lot more hand- and footholds than Cal Climbing-Would-Be-My-Middle-Name Kestis' had, well...sometimes mountains grew that way. Or whatever. Hush.

Of course, what Cal didn't know was that while Arden was keeping him busy with a climb, BD-1 (the true architect of this party) and Kamala were busy setting up everything for the party proper. The top of the mountain turned into a beautiful landscape dominated by verdant trees so big there were houses built into them, with mountains shrouded in mist far in the distance, dominated by a tree even larger still. Arden had been very glad that BD-1 was able to communicate with Midnight, too; he'd had a very specific idea of how Kashyyyk was supposed to look and there was no way that she could have translated binary well enough to have pulled it off. Of course, beautiful alien vista or not, this was an Earth birthday party and some things were absolutely required. So there were a bunch of moddable pizzas (including two vegan, and several with very spicy toppings), soda, bowls of chips and popcorn, a fruit and a veggie platter, and, the centerpiece of it all: a chocolate and pistachio ice cream cake from Chilly Boulder with HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY CAL! written on it.

And probably red Squishies, because Kamala had been deputized for setup.

Welcome to Keshyyyk, everybody. Hope you brought your party hats.

[Friends, neighbors, frenemies, and especially GFFA folks, please feel free to assume you've gotten an invitation emailed, texted, sent via droid and/or carrier pigeon...whatever! However it got to you, please show up and help Cal celebrate his twenty-first birthday in style!]
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] singlenakedwhat 2024-08-24 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, uh. Heard it was your birthday last week?" Henry said as she approached Kamala.
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] slothbabyproductions 2024-08-24 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh! Hi, Henry!" Kamala said with a grin. "Yeah, I was actually a sloth on my birthday? But Arden and Eleanor through a little thing on Saturday. How are you doing?"
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] singlenakedwhat 2024-08-24 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm, you know," Henry shrugged. "Trying not to be too weirded out by 'I was a sloth on my birthday' being a normal thing around here. But, uh," she fished a gift card for Strokes of Genius from her jeans pocket. "Here. I know it's not the most personal or whatever, but I know you're in to art, so like. Get yourself some nice supplies? Those fancy Copics or whatever, if you're in to that."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] slothbabyproductions 2024-08-24 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Kamala looked at the gift card in astonishment. "Henry! That's so cool of you! Thank you," Kamala said gratefully. She then started to reach out and give Henry a hug and then realized that Henry probably wasn't a hugging type person. "I love it! I was just thinking of getting some new watercolor pens. Thank you!"
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] singlenakedwhat 2024-08-24 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Kamala's thoughts were correct, she was absolutely not a hugging person. "Yeah. You're welcome."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] slothbabyproductions 2024-08-24 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Kamala gave Henry a smile. "Well, I'm glad you came. I don't think I've seen you in any of my classes or the occasional movie night."