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Samiris "Sam" Irithyl ([personal profile] noonecandestroythemetal) wrote in [community profile] yumemigaoka2025-03-30 08:01 pm
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They say it's your birthday...

Who: Sam, Zeke, and hopefully, YOU!
When: April 1 (timey wimey...)
Where: A room in Fujiwara Hall at the University of Yumemigaoka
What: Zeke's leveling up! Happy birthday!
Warnings: potential foam weapon violence




Sam has...really done her best. She's barely been back for a full month, but even with all the chaos, she's managed to hammer down what she hopes will be a decent birthday party for Zeke!

She's rented out a hall (at the local university she attends!) and set it up--one long table for food, a few other scattered tables to be seated at and eat at. There's a table that's clearly for incidental gifts, but in the flyers she'd put up at the DU mid-month, she'd made it pretty clear that the only present needed was the gift of one's presence! That had been Zeke's request, when Sam had asked him his opinion.

As is typical of a Sam party, the spread is pretty lavish. Pizza!! She's got the typical meat pies, some white pizzas, some veggie pies. The spinach and artichoke dip is also made with vegan stuff, like the veggie pizzas are. There are various other little snacky tidbits, but the centerpiece and crowning glory is the chocolate cake with the fondant replica of Dreamer Chaosbringer's Purple Lightning Dreamsmasher perched on it, along with a pair of candles that read "27".

Another section of the hall is cordoned off. That's where the real party is going to be held--the fun and games! There are a few rented arcade games that are popular (some side scrollers, shooters, a fighting game or two, and something like Dance Dance Revolution!), a karaoke machine, a truly GIANT pinata, and the star of the show--a ring of sorts, with a thick helping of foam padding on the floor within and surrounding it. There's a place to spectate, but the true draw is the weapons rack. The assorted implements of destruction aren't real weapons, of course--Sam could never have gotten the proper permits in time. No, they're foam weapons, clearly arranged so if partygoers desire, they can wallop each other!

It is totally obvious that Zeke is itching for a chance to get in that ring...especially since his present from Sam is a life sized foam replica of the same sword decorating his cake!



(you all know the drill here, have fun, mingle, enjoy, party! no one is obligated to chat up Sam or Zeke unless you really want to! Let your character blow off some steam, if they can! literally everyone is invited to this! mind the headers, but feel free to make your own, too!)
thezekeinator: (objection!)

[personal profile] thezekeinator 2025-04-07 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Obligation or not, I want to say it and it's true, damn it. [She's not getting away with deflecting this! In fact, he thumps the table with a fist in a good-natured sort of way.]

What's up?
saynotobugs: Surprised and frustrated. (whoa)

[personal profile] saynotobugs 2025-04-07 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll get to it.

[Maki plants her feet and blocks with the flat of the axe. It's like the waking-world equivalent of a beam struggle.]

You put a lot of effort in, that's for sure. Especially when we're all swamped.
saynotobugs: Looking over to the viewer. (guess so)

[personal profile] saynotobugs 2025-04-07 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That so? I do hear it's a trend somewhere. Then again, there's people who come to Yumemigaoka from wherever-other-country and think shrimp's a weird topping. Pizza's regional.
thezekeinator: (alarmingly happy)

[personal profile] thezekeinator 2025-04-07 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well that question's jolly easy. Zeke immediately gives it a big, literal thumbs-up.]

You'd be a great choice, as far as I'm concerned. You're more with-it than pretty much everyone else I know, after all.
thezekeinator: (serious)

[personal profile] thezekeinator 2025-04-07 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Zeke straightens up at that, not quite frowning but certainly looking more serious.] You know when it comes to Dreamers, I'm not going to pull punches. Not going to just shoot you right down, but if I thought you needed something more I'd be telling you how to get it.

Definitely agree on waiting till you've got less going on, though. Right now everything's a mess even without our own personal dealings.
lonelyrollingstar: (Ouji - Smile)

Party 🎉

[personal profile] lonelyrollingstar 2025-04-07 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, Sam!

[Ouji tries to be mindful of the fact Sam didn’t use honorifics when she said what to call her when they met, but you can tell there’s a “-san” caught in his throat for a second there as he addresses her. He nods his head in acknowledgement before looking to his plate of cake.]

I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks beautiful! Did you make it yourself?
lonelyrollingstar: (Ouji - Smile)

Ouji

[personal profile] lonelyrollingstar 2025-04-07 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[A birthday party, huh? Sam had invited him and while he’d felt a little awkward as he barely knew the birthday boy, it would’ve been rude to turn the offer down! So! Here he was, dressed far more casually than at the last party you might’ve seen him at (his family’s housewarming.) It was nice, in a way, not having to be so formal… but he still had an image to maintain. He was representing the Damashii family, after all!]

A. Piñata
[Ouji is fascinated by the idea of a piñata! Bright and colorful and weirdly shaped, it is kind of like a katamari if you think about it resonates with him somehow. He’s so short, though, the operator will have to dangle it pretty low for him. He’s giving it his best shot but his swings are still rather timid. Maybe he needs some encouragement? Let’s go, little guy! Get that candy!!!]


B. Pizza
[A perfectly round vessel for collecting piles of toppings, pizzas are kind of like katamaris too if you think about it (wait, are they really?!) were popular even with the social elite Damashii household!

Ouji looks blissful as he bites into a slice covered in sliced tomatoes and green peppers. If he notices you looking his way, he gets a little bashful and wipes at his mouth very primly.]


Ah. Hello. Um. What toppings are your favorite?


C. Presents (Closed to Zeke!)
[it wasn’t hard to find Zeke, bustling around as he was. Ouji approaches carefully (mindful of the foam sword he’s surely swinging around), carrying a box wrapped in red plaid paper with a gold and white ribbon wrapped around it and tied in a bow.]

H-Happy birthday! Thank you for allowing me to celebrate your special day!

[He bows lightly, holding out the present like one might present a business card.]
thezekeinator: (smirky smirk)

[personal profile] thezekeinator 2025-04-07 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Except you forget, I don't have any formal pull with the DU. You can bribe me all you want and it won't change a thing for them. [Though he laughs, then, sweeping a hand back through his hair dramatically.] Now be honest, though, Sam. Is there ever any difference between my professional and personal opinion?
thezekeinator: (alarmingly happy)

C!

[personal profile] thezekeinator 2025-04-07 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! Thanks for coming, chum!

[Zeke's boundless enthusiasm is extra boundless today, as he stops menacing the world at large with a non-deadly weapon long enough to accept the box with a grin.]

And thanks for this, too!
lonelyrollingstar: (Ouji - Sheepish smile)

[personal profile] lonelyrollingstar 2025-04-07 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You’re very welcome. Please go ahead and open it, if you want!

[If he does choose to open it now, he’ll find… a DVD box set of the first season of the classic tokusatsu hero show, Go! Jumbomen!

Ouji shifts his weight. He hadn’t been sure of what to get, even though he’d been reassured he didn’t really need to bring anything. Sam had told him that Zeke was basically a giant kid and that if Ouji picked something he himself might like, that’d probably be good.]


…It won’t hurt my feelings if you don’t like it. But I do hope you watch it and enjoy it!
saynotobugs: Smiling. (yeah i guess so)

[personal profile] saynotobugs 2025-04-07 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
What I don't get is why people get so tilted about it.

[Maki steps back, seemingly finally pushed back by the shield. She ducks and goes for the legs.]

You'd think any topping they're not used to insulted their mother.
thezekeinator: (smirky smirk)

[personal profile] thezekeinator 2025-04-07 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course he opens it now, with the destructive delight of a big kid shredding the paper to get to the contents faster. No sooner does the title reveal itself then Zeke laughs, one hand thrown back and out as he leans rather excessively.]

Wonderful! Sam and I are going to have a blast watching this, no question in my mind. Thanks so much!
saynotobugs: Looking over to the viewer. (guess so)

[personal profile] saynotobugs 2025-04-07 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maki almost gets hit regardless, and she stands up to pursue.]

Orange and ham, huh. Maybe we oughta set up an office poll for weirdest pizza.
flatcola: (pic#16448601)

[personal profile] flatcola 2025-04-08 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
The scalp sure does.

[ Woman with lots of hair knows this. ]

And that just means that you don't always know about a potential brain bleed until you're already in deep trouble.

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