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Birthday Party for Laura/X-23

Feb 26, 2009 21:12

It's a pretty low-key party, all things considered, and not significantly different than the one Parker or Meg would have thrown in a dorm room for a friend at home, not-exactly-traditional menu not withstanding ( Read more... )

parker, birthday party, laura, milliways

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Hang out with X-23 cutting_edgex23 February 27 2009, 02:38:40 UTC

X is still not very good at mingling. She tries, but give her enough time and she will drift toward the fringes of the crowd, stance shifting so that it looks like she's on duty.

Then she remembers, and moves back toward the center of things.

Maybe it gets easier with practice.

She'll find out.

Re: Hang out with X-23 ever_noteful February 28 2009, 03:56:51 UTC

"Happy birthday, Laura."

Re: Hang out with X-23 cutting_edgex23 February 28 2009, 04:00:30 UTC

It takes X a moment to link what Meg is saying to herself.

Give her time.

"Oh."

Beat.

"Thank you."

This pause is longer.

"For the party."

Re: Hang out with X-23 ever_noteful February 28 2009, 04:03:42 UTC

"You're welcome."

Meg pauses, too.

"Are you . . . having fun?"

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Mingle with the other guests ever_noteful February 27 2009, 14:38:45 UTC

Meet someone new, catch up with an old friend, or do both.

Re: Mingle with the other guests ever_noteful February 28 2009, 03:33:35 UTC

It seems to be going well, in Meg's opinion.

Which means she can relax a little and talk to people.

(Though she's still going to occasionally look over to make sure they aren't running low on garlic bread.)

Re: Mingle with the other guests smallestopener February 28 2009, 05:20:15 UTC

Maybe Ingress has seen Meg around and maybe not. In any case, she seems very nice.

"Hi. I'm Ingress. Laura's my friend, too."

Re: Mingle with the other guests ever_noteful February 28 2009, 05:22:06 UTC

Laura has mentioned Ingress.

Meg remembers the hair.

"I'm Meghan Ford. Meg.

"It's very nice to meet you, Ingress.

"I'm glad you could come."

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Food and Drink ever_noteful February 27 2009, 14:43:34 UTC

Over against the wall is a table covered with a long purple cloth. There's a giant bowl of spaghetti (with a smaller bowl of meatballs, for those who want them), and a salad, and a tray of garlic bread.

There's also a large loaf of garlic bread, which has 18 red candles stuck in it and which has "Happy Birthday, Laura" spelled out on top of it in basil and oregano.

And one end of the table has root beer, vanilla ice cream, and fancy soda shop glasses, for the making of floats. (Other sodas and a pitcher of lemonade are off to one side, for people who aren't as fond of root beer floats as the guest of honor is.)

Okay, so it's not the most traditional of birthday party fare. Is that really a surprise?

Re: Food and Drink evil_koala_626 March 1 2009, 02:20:09 UTC

Snuffle. Snuffle snuffle snuffle.

"Oooooooooh!"

A small blue form appears, releasing its hold on the ceiling to drop solidly on to the buffet table. Stitch takes a moment to survey the edible landscape before seizing two purple plastic knives and setting to work on the spaghetti bowl. It takes a few false starts and some serious trial and error but shortly thereafter the beginnings of a knitted spaghetti scarf are well under way.

Re: Food and Drink ever_noteful March 1 2009, 02:24:26 UTC

Meg . . . has never seen anyone knit with spaghetti before.

"Um . . . . hello?"

Re: Food and Drink evil_koala_626 March 1 2009, 02:28:35 UTC

Then she probably has never seen someone devour knitted spaghetti before either. The scarf disappears in a gnashing of oversized teeth.

"Eh?"

The creature blinks up ah her through enormous black eyes.

"Heh-ha-Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii."

Grin!

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Presents! ever_noteful February 27 2009, 14:54:33 UTC

There's a small table in the corner with rather a lot of purple balloons tied to it, and a few wrapped gifts on top. If you brought a gift, this is the place to drop it off.

Re: Presents! ever_noteful February 28 2009, 05:11:44 UTC

There's a small box, wrapped very neatly in dark blue paper and tied up with a white ribbon. Inside is a pair of fingerless gloves, knit out of a soft yarn in the deepest darkest red that can still be considered red, and a copy of Anne of Green Gables.

The card reads simply, "To Laura, with many, many wishes for a happy birthday. Your friend, Meg."

Re: Presents! walking_napalm February 28 2009, 05:38:22 UTC

The oblong package has been wrapped in the comics page of a New York Times from 2005. It contains a photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge by night, set in a minimalist black frame.

The card says:

Consider this an IOU; the other part of your present is going to take a little more time to put together. No hints. Happy birthday, Laura.

-Liz

Re: Presents! noattachments February 28 2009, 07:54:35 UTC

Kate knows some key details, but when it comes to birthday presents she's pretty sure she doesn't know Laura very well at all. She has no clue what you get for a mutant who works to protect people both here and at home. She isn't really sure what Laura likes.

Other than protecting people. And drinking root beer floats.

On the table is the gift she chose, wrapped in red paper along with a package of curly straws (the kind that's not too thin since she had floats in mind when she picked them out) and a neatly folded piece of paper that serves as a card. Happy Birthday, Laura, it reads, I wasn't sure what to get you, but everybody finds something to like about Patsy.

From Iowa to Australia to the end of the universe, Patsy's music is a constant.

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