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[ex_aeroga402]

Who: Riku islandshore and you!
Where: Saffron City Pokémon Center
When: Monday afternoon
Summary: It's Riku's birthday, it's time to party~
Rating: E
Log:

[It's been a bit of a mad shuffle to get everything together, but they've done it. Taking a survey of the room Nurse Joy's let them use, one can't help a sense of pride in all they've collectively arranged. The decorations are bright and festive, colorful balloons and paper chains lining walls, ledges and corners, even the table where snacks are waiting.

And there are quite a variety of those, the fruits of less than discreet observation of what a certain someone happens to like. There's more than enough to go around for everybody, and beyond all that, there's the cake. With the combined efforts of Sora and John, it looks nothing short of impressive where it waits, handles ready to be lit.

Then of course there's gifts, stacked on their own table and just waiting to be unwrapped. They're as varied as the people who brought them, people now crouching in wait as the lights are flicked off.

Any minute now, Riku should arrive...]



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Birthday Boy Arrives!

[ex_aeroga402]

[C'mere and get surprised, Riku]

[islandshore]

[And when he does arrive, he's... taken aback, to say the least. He'd been so caught up in his training and just hanging around that he'd almost forgotten about his birthday.

Welp. Come and greet him?]

[her_mouse_jesty]

Happy Birthday~!

[islandshore]

[...Oh.

Oho.

So that's what Ven and Xion were up to, huh?

Once he gets past his initial surprise, Riku chuckles. Oh man. They got him good.]

Thanks, Minnie.

[her_mouse_jesty]

[Have a hug!]

Oooh, you're almost an adult!

[ordalias]

Happy Birthday, Riku!

[islandshore]

You got me this time.

[He smiiirks, leaning forward with his hands on his hips.]

I really should've known.

[ordalias]

[ Harrumph! You may be bigger, taller, and muscular, but she knows you're a softy, Riku. She's not intimidated! She actually tries to stand up straighter, but with a grin on her face. ]

Haha, yeah, you're usually on top of things, Riku. What happened?

[ex_aeroga402]

[Wow, they've still managed to surprise him, Ven's relieved about that. The other day he was so sure they might've lost the element of surprise altogether.

But more importantly, there's his tree-bro, and he's gonna greet him with all the enthusiasm in the worlds]

Happy birthday, Riku!

[islandshore]

So this is what you were planning...

[He smirks, nudging Ven with his elbow.]

[ex_aeroga402]

[Smiles all the way, Riku]

Uh-huh, we thought for a little while that you had us figured out the other day. Glad we actually surprised you.

Snacktime!

[ex_aeroga402]

[Those snacks sure do look good. Why not try some?]

[shadowdive]

[Avoiding everything that this party is for, Vanitas is going to nitpick and eat like a bird at the snack table, steering clear of the larger groups. Only here cause Ventus dragged him, yep.]

[islandshore]

[HEY.

HEY VANITAS.

Your favorite ghost is here, blasting that vuvuzela like nobody's business! What do?]

[shadowdive]

[UGGHHH that vuvuzela is going to get an orange thrown into the horn now.]

[ex_aeroga402]

Hope you're eating something that isn't meat...

[He sees your habits, Vanitas]

[shadowdive]

[His small plate is full of skewered beef bits.]

I'll get to it later. Maybe.

Not full? There's cake!

[ex_aeroga402]

[And boy does it look good. If someone'll just blow out his birthday candles...]

Let's mingle

[ex_aeroga402]

[Just want to hang around, chat it up? Come on over]

[her_mouse_jesty]

What a marvelous time! Isn't it just wonderful to see friends doing so much for each other?

[ex_aeroga402]

[He moseys over with some snacks when he spots mama]

Those decorations turned out great, Minnie.

[her_mouse_jesty]

I'm glad you like them! And Riku looks like he's having a good time.

Opening Gifts!

[ex_aeroga402]

[Time to see what's under all that colorful wrapping paper. Be sure to indicate what you got Riku here]

[ex_aeroga402]

[Amongst that stack of gifts is a small box in cheerful yellow paper, a dark blue ribbon tied around it. This tops off in a slightly askew bow. It's got all the hallmarks of too much effort, the wrapping looking just a little clumsy for it.

The card tucked into the bow is shaped like a Nidoran ♂, and inside it simply says:

Happy Birthday, Riku!

- Ven

Inside is a yellow pullover sweatshirt, a blue stripe running up each sleeve. But strangely, it seems to be wrapped around something - tugging at the sleeves will reveal...

A Dratini egg tucked into the garment]

[her_mouse_jesty]

[so you're still totaly BFFs with the King, right?

Right! So you'll be getting a black hoodie sweatshirt... with mickey ears on the hood. You will be the coolest kid in Kanto now.]