Everyone, now. As loud as you can and way off key......

[ahokonakamori]

Who: Heather Mason, Crow Hogan, and Aoko Nakamori. OH, AND KAITO KUROBA.
When: Today, in the afternoon.
Where: Olivine City
Summary: Kaito's birthday was last week. Bugs got in the way. Now everyone's awake. IT'S PARTY TIME. But it's a surprise birthday party.
Rating: Once again. PG AT THE MOST. And Heather, I don't care if you protest this.
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[foolishwren]

[It IS pretty nice, what they've done for the room... for a bunch of kids with an in-all-likelihood-limited-budget, anyway-- probably nicer, since Aoko insisted.]

[Heather is already balancing on a chair on top of one of the beds. Her dad would kill her if he saw her up there-- especially since she'd likely had to wheedle her way into being allowed to go off and have a party with her friends to begin with, after the stunt she'd pulled that had gotten her soul stolen... Man, she couldn't even remember the last time she'd had to beg him to be allowed to go to a birthday party. She was probably too old for it by now. But in a way, she'd sort of missed it.]

Yep, all set!

[She hops down from the precarious position (chair legs on a mattress? Wobbly as hell), dusting her hands off and beaming at her handiwork.]

[A big cloth banner-- not particularly expensive stuff, just cheap, sparkly blue fabric with silver text reading in big, bold, gaudy letters:]

~*~DUDE, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!! FAR OUT~*~

[... And topping it all off, there's a corny clipart image of a Drowzee wearing psychedelic glasses on one end.]

[ONLY THE BEST FOR SMILEY.]

[Heather steps down from the bed and hastily grabs a stack of party hats.]

Dude, we like... shouldn't even hide.

Or say anything.

We should just stand here and stare at him when he comes in and be like... totally silent.

[darkenedgales]

[Meanwhile, Crow admires the results of their hard work. This is almost exactly what he's always imagined a birthday party room to look like: bright, colorful, with numerous decorations all over the place. His Pidgeot has just finished fixing the last Drifloon-shaped balloon in its place, so he thanks her and goes to check for the 15th time this afternoon if the cake is in its place and if it looks good. Having done that, he turns to the girls with a grin on his face.]

Ready here, too!

[He eyes the TERRIBLE ARTWORK BANNER and can help but snicker. He's got no idea what made them buy it, but one thing for sure: Kaito's gonna hate them for that. It'll be completely justified, too.]

Geez, I dunno. He might have a heart attack seeing this, so maybe we should stick close to give him first aid or something...

[ahokonakamori]

[The cake is fine, Crow. You and Aoko worked very hard on it. And you wore a frilly apron, no questions. Aoko scanned the room one last time just to make sure everything was perfect. She smiled, trying to contain her excitement.]

All right! Great!

[Guys....that banner. IT'S THE BEST THING EVER. She faces Crow.]

Hee hee. Yeah, it probably will. [She laughs.] That's why it's so great! And Heather, I really think we should hide!

[bakaitoukid]

[Kaito takes his DEAR SWEET TIME in returning to his room (mostly out of spite for being kicked out, geez), and once he makes it back he lets out a sigh and pushes the door open--

-- only to be met by a cheesy banner.

. . .]

Wha--

[foolishwren]

[AND HIDE THEY DID, eventually-- or, well, as well as they could in a cramped little hotel room, anyway. Somebody was probably under a bed, and someone else probably behind the door or something. EITHER WAY there doesn't appear to be anyone in that room when Kaito steps through the door.]

[Until the inevitable jump-scare hollering of SURPRISE. Which occurs around three seconds later.]

SURPRIIIISE!