The All-Purpose Room, Midnight Manor, Saturday Afternoon

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

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: SURPRISE!!

[pocketpretzels]

Watts still didn't understand the appeal of surprise parties, though other people seemed to like them. Most importantly in this moment, Cal seemed to be pleased. And that, of course, was what mattered.

"Mr. Kestis. Many happy returns."

Re: SURPRISE!!

[moreofaponchoguy]

"Thank you. I didn't think anyone would know about my birthday, but apparently someone spilled the beans."

BD did not look remotely guilty for anything and just beeped happily at Cal.

"I feel like we need a calendar for everyone's birthday somewhere in the kitchen, so it's fair to everyone and there will be fewer surprises." For him, at least.

Re: SURPRISE!!

[pocketpretzels]

"That's a thought," Watts said with a nod. "Though they do seem to all be clustered rather close together."

Marc didn't care much for birthdays and might not appreciate the reminders, but on the other hand... Marc didn't spend all that much time in the boarding house kitchen either. So perhaps something like that would be all right?

Re: SURPRISE!!

[moreofaponchoguy]

"Yeah, I wasn't expecting everyone to all have birthdays around the same time. Next year, Kamala, Arden and I should just do a group celebration."

There was a little something strange about thinking a year in advance when he was so used to living one day at a time, but it wasn't entirely bad.