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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] unusual_sith 2024-08-25 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Lana nodded. "I'd love to hear about anything you think might be interesting to tourists. We're really trying to see what each place puts forward as its best."

Which might not be its actual best, but it still told you a lot about a place.
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] hasaknightjob 2024-08-26 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Depends on what you're in the mood for," Steven said. "Museums are out? Would castles be as well? Loads of history there. Then there's parks, shops - world's largest bookstore, for example. And the food."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] unusual_sith 2024-08-26 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Any of that sounds good," Lana said. "All of it! Earth has so much to do for such a small planet, it's amazing."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] hasaknightjob 2024-08-26 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Highly diverse," Steven said. "Even in comparison to all the sorts we get in this place."

Steven gestured to the party goers to demonstrate.
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] unusual_sith 2024-08-26 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Lana smiled. "Earth is as diverse as any several entire systems in my galaxy. It's amazing."