fandomhighdorms | Sixth Floor; Late Tuesday Afternoon and On! [ 09/24 ] -- Ino's Birthday Party!

There was hopefully no way that Ino could begrudge Cal having her party a day late, especially since it was a far cry from being a day short. The food he had planned caused him to get some use out of that sixth floor kitchen and space, and he'd been to the task ever since he finished with Oceanography class in hopes to get it finished before everyone started showing up. If they did. He'd ~~handwavily because the mun sucks~~ passed out the invitations through everyone's door, but who only knew with the drama of yesterday.

If no one showed up, he'd have to deal with a pouting Ino. But, on the bright side, he'd have all this delicious Greek food for leftovers basically until eternity, because there was a lot of it.

He'd even decorated a little, subtly, with some occasional touch of purple. And a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY INO!" banner in case anyone couldn't figure out what it was all about. Throw on some music, and there it was. There was nothing to the party part. It was mostly about the food, anyway.

Oh, and Ino. Her, too.

[[ up early for great SP justice! Everyone got invites, so come one, come all, ~~but please wait for~~ some OCD has arrived! ]]

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"Ino?" Dinah said, curious. "Why, what does that mean?" She smiled and shook her head. "I would've been okay if I'd stayed in the store, but I got loose in the park and went exploring for most of an evening. Right after the syrup rain. Got completely mucked up, and had a handful of people chasing me 'cause they were worried. It seemed really funny at the time, but..."

Ino just had to laugh at the image that gave her.

"Sorry!" she bubbled. "But seriously! That's--oh poor them!" Give her a moment to catch her control back. "And, um," Ino wrinkled her nose. "Boar."

"I really should get them thank-you gifts. Or coffee," Dinah said, a little guilty, but laughing. "And-- seriously?" She blinked at Ino, mouth almost falling open, then said, "Um. Is that traditional in your family, or...? 'Cause it's pretty, but I'd think you'd get teased."

"Chocolate and coffee," she decided, and flushed slightly. "Yeah--it's traditional. Dad's Inoichi, and Grandda was Inoshi," the difference was subtle but there, "and no, no one teased me."

Her grin was a bit wry. "Really, people can't tease each other when we've almost all got names like that--Shika means 'deer' and Chou means 'butterfly' and they're both guys. Sakura is 'cherry blossom', Hinata is 'sunny place', Neji is 'screw'..."

"Good plan," Dinah decided, even if it was a couple weeks late. Still, she'd like to see Leto's step-mom again, and Gabrielle was always fun on caffiene; and Lion-O deserved something for never saying anything about her being nude.

"Ohhh. Heh. Some of those are really pretty, but yeah, butterfly for a guy?" She blinked, then laughed at Neji. "Ahem. Okaaaay." She shook her head. "Dinah means 'avenged.' Or vindicated. Or judgment. Or light, or goddess. Depends on where you look it up."

Edited 2009-09-25 00:40 (UTC)

"Why so many different meanings for your name?" she asked, tilting her head. "And a lot of them are traditional for their families--Neji's a bit, odd, 'cause it relates to a technique, but a lot of people in his family tend towards names with 'light' in them. He's Hinata's cousin."

"Hunh. Oh hey, what does Hinata mean?" Dinah asked, curious again. "And Dinah's an really old name, and they're not totally sure where it's from. In Hebrew it means 'vindicated' or maybe avenged, from a story about a girl with that name, and in Latin it maybe means 'light.' My mom probably picked it because she thought it sounded pretty with Lance, anyway."

"Hey, sounding nice is as good a reason as any, really. And it's--Sunny place," she said, smiling. "Which suits her, don't you think?"

"It does!" Dinah grinned. "I like that. But yeah,I can't see you turning into a boar. It just does not compute. At all."

Ino looked very rueful.

"Think: personality," she said dryly. "Believe me, I can see the island being mean."

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