Case 111 [Action]

[manofgnee]

[There's a party today in Xanadu! It's the day before Euphie's 18th birthday, and in an effort to avoid any sort of bad curse, Hanna's throwing her party on Sunday.

There are big picnic tables set up with all sorts of snacks and treats. One table is devoted to desserts, especially the big birthday cake. Hanna even managed to pull through and make cookies, despite his overall inability to cook or bake.

There's music, and speakers, and a myriad of decorations, including balloons, paper lanterns, streamers, and confetti. Hanna's spent the good part of the past week planning this party.
The grill is set up, and the present table is ready as well. Hanna himself is lounging in one of the chairs, a large box in his lap. Every so often, the box moves a bit, and Hanna smiles and sticks a finger through the hole in the top of the box.

Yep. Everything is set for one awesome party.]


[ooc: Big action party post for Euphie's b0day!! :D]

Comments

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Nah, no more than anyone else. ...Less than Hanna, I bet. He really did outdo himself. [And Penny checked--the cookies are edible!]

I'm so, so glad you're having a good birthday... you know, and that there aren't any curses to mess with it. Is it okay if I ask which birthday it is?

[deadly_legacy]

It's so nice just to have a curse-free day! I've never seen a block of curses that long before. [She doesn't really count snow.]

My actual birthday is tomorrow. I'll be 18. We just thought a weekend party might be better.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

It is kind of relaxing. I'm hoping we get a few more calm days like this before everything winds back up again.

Oh! Hey, it's kind of like having two birthdays--one now and one on the right day. And eighteen... you act older than that, I think.

[deadly_legacy]

Do you think so? I've actually been wondering if I'm a little younger than that. Time is a little confusing here. I was almost seventeen when I died arrived, but it was already after my birthday. After a little while I just assumed I must be seventeen because of how much time had passed. And now it hasn't been a full year yet, but this is my birthday, so it seems strange not to celebrate it. Still, I think I might be missing a month or two.

Oh, but I'm rambling. [Looks a little embarrassed. It's not really like her, but she's just feeling so happy today.]

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

I do--way more mature than I was when I was eighteen.

Don't worry too much about it. I died when I was twenty-seven and then when I got to the City it was a totally different month and almost my birthday again. I celebrated it even though the timing was all messed up. What's a few months here and there?

[No need to be embarrassed!] Hey, it's fine. I can be a rambler when I get going, too.

I hope I'm not forgetting them talking about this...

[deadly_legacy]

...You died?

I don't think they have! (or if they have, I forgot, too, and it's all good?)

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it's okay. ...Sorry. Bad time to throw that in there, right? I just... you know, some people get freaked out by it, and it's better to get it out of the way sooner instead of later, I think. I'm really, really sorry.

[brightly] But I totally think that your birthday here counts, even if the timing's all messed up.

That works!

[deadly_legacy]

Oh, no, you don't need to be sorry. I was just surprised. I understand though. I died when I was almost seventeen.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

I'm so, so sorry, Euphie. That's... really young.

[deadly_legacy]

[Smiles softly.] It just makes turning eighteen more special. I get to have more time here to spend with the others who come to this place.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

There's something to that, yeah.

[Penny gives Euphie another hug. Dead girl solidarity?]

The City's really not a bad place, I don't think.

[deadly_legacy]

[Hugs back. Dead girl solidarity is nice.] No, it's not. Even with the curses and the people leaving I'm glad I'm here.

(OOC: Is Penny still city dead or did she get it back through trade?)

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Not many people think like that--you know, of the City as something good. Somewhere where we can meet completely different people and do things we've never done.

[ooc: Still dead! She doesn't mind, though.]

[deadly_legacy]

Yes, I've noticed that's true. Sometimes I feel like I'm too cheerful about it around others. I know it's different when there are things you're waiting to return to.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

Which makes being dead not so bad in a lot of ways, too.

Anyway, I don't think it's possible to be too cheerful. Not here.

[deadly_legacy]

It's true. Even when it's hard at least it's an opportunity.

I'll remember that.