[backdated to yesterday]

[whenknightfalls]

[Tonight outside of the mess hall, on some overturned barrels and bails of hay, there seem to be a plethora of cats. And cat-shaped streamers. And cardboard cat cut-outs. And plates and cups and party hats like this.

There is also a crudely-fashioned birthday cake, decorated with cat toys, that reads:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZAKU

...Suzaku is looking a

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[thekingsgambit]

[orz]

... We agreed to do something small, Nunnally.

[thekingsgambit]

[Pauses for a moment, considering the menagerie around them and the bite marks he will no doubt return to... and then nods.]

I suppose I will make sure none of these beasts finish it before you get back.

[whenknightfalls]

[I am sad you don't think I can be alone with cats for two seconds without getting bitten. :(. Nevertheless heading in the mess hall.]

[thekingsgambit]

[I am not even going to acknowledge the sheer idiocy of that comment. Instead I'm going to use this opportunity to pick up a box I sat upon wandering into Nunnally's set-up.]

[whenknightfalls]

[annnd returning with a knife a few moments later]

It's not very big, but I think this will work.

[hesitating as he sees the box]

[thekingsgambit]

It will do.

[Holding out hand for the knife.]

Unless you would rather we stand by tradition and have you do it.

[whenknightfalls]

[shrugs, handing the knife to him]

It's fine, you can do it.

[thekingsgambit]

Afraid I will judge your piece size like last time?

[Accepts knife and offers the package in a trade. Then sets to his task with an artisan's concentration, eying each cut for the perfect measurement.]

[whenknightfalls]

Yeah, when it comes to cakes, I know better.

[shakes head at and just looks at the package for a moment, before opening it]

[thekingsgambit]

[Is still preoccupied, perhaps too preoccupied to turn at that, though there is a slight glance back.]

[whenknightfalls]

[has managed to get the present open and is currently rifling through a large volume of notes, looking fascinated]

How to care for animals?

[thekingsgambit]

[Finishes with super precise cake-cutting.]

As I said, I looked into it. It won't do anyone favors to have two people managing a pack of hybrid sheep without a day's worth of knowledge on the subject between them.

[whenknightfalls]

[looks up with an unrestrained grin, for once]

That's really great. Thanks, Lelouch.

[thekingsgambit]

[Pauses and then actually smiles back.]

I hope you will put it to good use then.

[whenknightfalls]

I will. I'm sure Nunnally will be happy, too. It'll be good to take proper care of them.

[thekingsgambit]

Ah, a project for the two of you.