Birthday Parties!

[markofthewise]

Who: Katara, Nami, Roku (and everyone else!)
What: Birthday parties!
When: July 4th (a smidge backdated)
Where: The riverside, south of the village
Summary: After several birthdays had passed, a birthday PARTY is arranged for those who missed theirs. At the river!
Rating: PG?

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[orchidsandfire]

[Since she doesn't know either Nami or Roku, Diana hangs back at the edge of the party, looking for Katara so she can greet the birthday girl.]

[markofthebrave]

[Katara. Is nomming on cake. Mmmm, it's delicious. She spots Diana on the edge of the crowd and waves enthusiastically before setting the cake down and coming over.]

Diana! Hi!

[orchidsandfire]

[She waves back, holding a small package in her other hand.]

Happy birthday, Katara. Are you having fun at your party?

[markofthebrave]

Yes! It's such a surprise - [laughs] - I didn't even know it was my birthday! You should come have some cake!

[Because she put hers aside to come and talk with you, and man it was good. So she'll just be leading her back towards the table if Diana indicates that she'll follow along.]

[orchidsandfire]

[She follows, but she hesitates a little. She doesn't want to intrude.]

I brought you a gift. [Diana hands Katara the neatly-wrapped package, with two small yet elegant hair pins inside.] I noticed that you didn't wear much jewelry, but I think these would look beautiful against your hair.

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[markofthebrave]

[This is a party! It's impossible to intrude!

Katara takes the package.] Oh, you really didn't have to do that...

[And upon opening it, she gasps.]

[markofthebrave]

Oh, they're beautiful. [And she can't help but be reminded, for a moment, of the necklace Aang made for her out of thread and fishing twine - and it's a sharp pain of love and missing that passes right through her, as she lifts wide and woobley eyes to meet Diana's gaze.

Nothing holds Katara back from stepping forward and giving her a quick hug of thanks.] Thank you so much! I love them.

[orchidsandfire]

[Diana returns the hug, squeezing tightly before pulling away and placing her hands on Katara's shoulders.]

You're very welcome.

[markofthebrave]

[She colors very lightly under the directness of Diana's gaze and the implied sincerity of the older woman's assessment.

She gave her a present. Special days are hard, birthdays especially, for the people in Katara's life that she misses, and this is her seventh birthday without her mom.]

Um - how do you wear them? I've never seen pins like this before.

[orchidsandfire]

[She can relate with missing her mother. Diana has just reconciled with her mother after years of no communication before being taken here.]

You can just insert them in your hair -- ponytails, buns; it doesn't matter. They're more for decoration than anything convenient, unfortunately.

[markofthebrave]

Oh. [So she takes them and inserts them on the same side of her hair - a little above and diagonally down from her hair loopies.]

Like this?

[orchidsandfire]

[See this? This is a smile of approval.] Perfect.

[markofthebrave]

[She beams.]

Thank you, again. Would you like something to eat while you're here? Sanji and Regal both made the cakes, so they're delicious!

[orchidsandfire]

Well, shame on me if I turn down the chance to eat cake...

[markofthebrave]

[And so Katara leads her over to the food table.]

This one's vanilla with whipped cream, and this one's vanilla with nuts... That one's orange flavored.

And there's ice cream in the cooler over there, if you'd rather have something chocolate! [She's aware that these cakes have been made - more or less - for her preference, and she feels bad that people who would normally want chocolate can't have it in their cake, and she's especially anxious that Diana would be able to have something she enjoys.]

[orchidsandfire]

[Wut. All of them look and sound delicious. She doesn't want to decide...so she takes a slice of each cake. Hey, she's a woman who likes her food.]

Maybe I'll get ice cream later.