2nd Floor Common Room, Friday Evening

[chirpchirpchirp]

Today had been a busy day for Vette. There had been classes, work, visits to her boyfriend at work, and, oh yes, secretly and frantically organizing a surprise birthday party for Nina. Sidon and Prompto had been tapped in for getting-supplies-and-decorating duty with Prompto portalling to Mainland 1.0 to get a proper cake and decorations. Nuclear wastelands, after all, were a little slim on party supplies.

Vette, meanwhile, was going to use that fact to her favor after sending out a text to basically the whole student body (minus Nina) announcing the where and when and why of the party in question. She cornered Nina before she could venture into the common room, and then presented her with one of the cookies liberated from her snack drawer, with a candle on it.

Since, you know, nuclear wastelands didn't really have cake.

There had been a cute little birthday song that Vette made up on the fly (she'd had Miss Dozy assist in singing it, which mostly meant waving a little naked cat around in the air while singing about getting older but no more mature), and then Vette had gasped.

"Nina! I forgot the milk!"

You couldn't have a birthday cookie without milk.

And that was how Vette managed to drag the birthday girl to the common room for a surprise party, wasteland or none.

[OOC: Post open for all students! If you think you got a text, you got one! If you want to just wander in to the siren smell of pizza, that's good too!]

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Arrive/Mingle!

[chirpchirpchirp]

It's a party! There's glitter! And a full-sized banner of the bus (covered in pool toys) as part of the decor, courtesy of Prompto! And soon, there'll even be a birthday girl!

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[hashtag_chocobro]

Oh, yeah, of course Prompto was here. It was Nina's birthday.

Plus, he totally needed to gloat over how good he'd done on a last-minute mission to secure cake and decorations (there was so much pink, you guys. So, so much pink).

And the banner! That banner was a freaking masterpiece, if he did say so himself! It felt like a little mini-showcase of his photography skills, and, really, if the three of them had gotten detention for such a stunning piece of visual art, they might as well show it off, right?

Right!

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[chirpchirpchirp]

"Gunshow! Gunshow! Look at what you did!"

There was some jubilant gesturing around the room from the little blue Twi'lek who was bounding right up to him.

"Last-minute and everything! This all looks so good!"

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Hey, man," Prompto chuckled, almost a little sheepishly, though his grin was stretched from ear to ear, not even lopsided!, and seemed to contrast a little with the modesty of his words and the shake of his head. "Props to you and Sidon for coming up with it. I just make a good errand boy, that's all. I've been scratching my brain trying to think of something special to do, but...this works, I think. It's simple, but...kinda perfect."

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[chirpchirpchirp]

"Kinda super perfect," Vette agreed with a little bounce. "And she seems to like it, too. Which is good. I was kind of worried I was getting parts of it wrong somewhere."

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Even if Sidon hadn't been instrumental in putting this whole last-minute party together, he wouldn't have missed this for anything! It was Nina's birthday! And he simply had to see pictures of this supposed bus art that Vette had been telling him about.

Of course, once he saw that the name 'ANAKIN' had been written largely across the inflatable unicorn on the top of the masterpiece, he could understand why perhaps the Dean hadn't appreciated it as much as other might. He, meanwhile, could not help but be absolutely charmed by the entire theme of it all, really.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[howareyanow]

Well, Wayne liked parties, and he liked Nina, even if she seemed a bit made of spare parts sometimes, and, besides, what the fuck else was he going to be doing around here on a Friday night?

A small part of him might have regretted this decision once he came down to the second floor and got an eyeful of those decorations, but the bigger part of him was definitely take a moment to record a panoramic of the room to send off to his sister back home with a message.

I think we got a contender for the softest birthday party. No unicorn, though, so I think Dary's still got the super softest.

It was feeling pretty close, though.

Re: Arrive/Mingle!

[unusual_sith]

A party? Parties were good, and Lana wouldn't miss this one.

She was not dressed in pink, though.

Food!

[chirpchirpchirp]

There is definitely a cake! And whatever junk food they managed to coerce Prompto into bringing back from that slightly less desolate Earth!

... And pizza.

Always pizza.

Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[chirpchirpchirp]

When she tags in!

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina, who'd spent most of her birthday reading, scribbling in her diary, and playing with Foomy around working out a list of questions she wasn't sure would be easier to send off to Ignis with a 'plz halp?' or look for the answers herself, had been caught off guard by Vette's birthday cookie.

And she'd been caught even more off guard by Vette's birthday song:

Nina, it's your birthday,
A trip around the sun!
Nina, it's your birthday,
It's time to have some fun!

You're older and you're wiser,
At least that's what they say!
You'll grow into a woman soon-
Have fun along the way!

(Solo of La-la-la and a dancing Dozy!)

Nina, it's your birthday!
We'll get there with no fuss!
Nina, it's your birthday!
Next time, WE'LL GET THAT BUS.

So by the time Vette had yelped about the milk, Nina had already been touched and a bit overwhelmed by the whole… thing and then… a surprise party?

For her?

"Oh my gooooooooooooooooosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she squealed, honestly not having expected anything like this at all, especially given the wasteland they were in. "Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The birthday girl was so happy and there were probably going to be hugs for all.

And ohmygosh that banner? PERFECTION.

[With TOTALLY MAD PROPS to chirpchirpchirp who wrote the birthday song on the spot when I asked what Vette had sung!]

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[chirpchirpchirp]

"I mean, you didn't think Dozy and I were going to just settle for a birthday cookie, did you?"

Okay, and a totally amazing birthday song and dance, but that was beside the point.

"You only get one of these things a year. Sidon and Prompto and I were going to make it a good one, duh."

Duh.

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[bookbeltof_love]

Vette, Vette, you were getting such a hug.

"I honestly hadn't thought too much about what I'd get?????????????" she admitted, since it was true.

She'd have been happy with a 'happy birthday', Vette. All of this was blowing her mind a little.

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[chirpchirpchirp]

"Well, then I am proud to have a part in surpassing expectations," Vette declared, hugging her back. "Dozy, too."

Dozy had been so resigned to the dancing.

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[hashtag_chocobro]

Aaaaaaand Super-Mega-Birthday-Glomp-Hug Incoming, three o'clock! Unavoidable! No escape!


"Niiiiinaaaaaa~~~!!!!!!" Prompto chirped in a whine that he thought would do her proud. "Happy BIIIIIRRTTHHHDAAAAYYY!!!!!!!!"

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[bookbeltof_love]

It was a whine worthy of her, it was true!

"Oh my gooooooooooooooosh, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

She would never turn down hugs or birthday wishes, so he was getting hugged right back.

"And the banner, oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[hashtag_chocobro]

"It's a bit of a step up from just a pamphlet, wouldn't you say?" Prompto asked with a grin, peeling away from the hug to cast an admiring glance toward the banner yet again. He couldn't help it! It was pretty great seeing his photographic work enlarged like that for everyone to see, not to mention the actual subject of the photo, as well. "And I figured, hey, if we're all getting detention out of that beautiful creation, we really may as well make the most of it and let the whole dorms know, too."

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Ahhh, my dear, sweet, lovely Nina!" Sidon greeted her with a grin and his most princely bow. "May I graciously offer to you my utmost and warmest wished of felicitations on this, your most momentous and wonderful of special days?"

No one honestly expected Sidon to merely offer a simple 'happy birthday,' now, did they? Perish the thought!

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[bookbeltof_love]

"Sidon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she said, certain she was blushing though she was also, most definitely, beaming back at him. "You really don't have to, but of course you may and thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[howareyanow]

It would be pretty fucking impolite to go to a birthday party and not say hi to the birthday girl, now, wouldn't it?

"Nina!" Wayne came over when it looked like she had a spare moment. "Happy birthday! How'old're ya now?"

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[bookbeltof_love]

It would be a bit rude, really!

Nina grinned at him.

"Wayne, hiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!" she chirped. "I'm fifteen now, isn't that exciting?????????"

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[unusual_sith]

"Happy birthday, Nina," Lana said. She...had no idea how non-Sith people celebrated this, let alone someone from another world entirely. "Have a good year."

Re: Talk to the Birthday Girl!

[bookbeltof_love]

"Thank you, Lana!!!!!!!!!" And, like, hopefully Lana didn't mind Nina going in for a hug there, because Nina was in that sort of mood, definitely. "I'm so glad you came to celebrate with me!!!!!!!!!!!"

Presents!

[chirpchirpchirp]

There wasn't much notice, sure, but you're all resourceful, right?

OOC!

[chirpchirpchirp]

I'm not ending the world on a Friday.