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Who: Riku

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Where: Saffron City
When: January 17th, starting at 3pm
Summary: Rikuday has Arrived!
Rating: G
Log:

[It was pretty easy for Sora and Ven to get everything prepared, because they were hardly alone. Everyone who showed up early helped with decorations, and Hikari helped keep the zanier ideas in check - no longer would it rain glitter on Riku when he entered the room, she pared him that fate.

As the hour of the party drew close, Sora went to pick up Riku. The plan was to usher him to the building blindfolded and get him to the room they'd reserved. If Riku saw the outside, the surprise would be spoiled. And so, while waiting for the birthday boy to arrive, Ven flicked off the lights and prompted everybody to hide.

Any minute now, Sora'd be back with Riku...]

[ooc: Notably, there are a lot of people who said their characters would attend who don't have tags for this community. I think they have to be added to the list by mods, but everybody's welcome to participate here regardless of that, so come right on in!]

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"Yeah, it's definitely better this way. As cool as it is to talk to someone on a little screen like that, I like meeting people."

Tenten clasped her hands behind her back and offered a somewhat sheepish smile. "Well... I spoke to Riku once, over the 'gear. I'd like to get to know him better, if I can, but I'm mostly here because Sasuke-kun is here. What about you?"

"I've known Riku for a while, actually. Though we generally don't meet in person all that much," Hikari answered.

Actually, they didn't really get along at first either, but well, that was a good long time ago.

"But wait, you know Sasuke-kun?"

"Oh, yeah? This whole not-seeing-people-in-person thing, I'm going to have to get used to it, I guess."

She still didn't like it; she didn't trust that it's really secure when filtered or that it was actually the other person on the other end, but it was functional enough, she supposed.

"Huh? Yeah, we're from the same village, me and him." She tapped her pointer finger against her forehead protector, the band of metal she constantly wore attached to cloth and tied around her head. "He's a year younger than me, though, so I don't know him all that well, either."

Hikari blinked. "Oh. Yeah... I guess that makes sense. I never really asked Sasuke much about where he's from, so I didn't even know that he was a ninja. But at least you have someone from back home here, right?"

"Oh..." Crap, was that something she wasn't supposed to go around telling people? She was just so used to people seeing the headband and just knowing that one belonged to a ninja village...

"Yeah, it's something. But even then, everyone else has been pretty great, too! I think I might have more friends here than I ever did back home!"

Hikari blinked. "Yeah. Though, I mean, he is Sasuke-kun. I'm lucky I manage to get full sentences out of him," she said. "But really? I mean, you just got here a little while ago, right?"

She couldn't help but laugh quietly at the description of Sasuke, nodding once. "Sasuke-kun is a lot like my teammate, Neji. They're always so wrapped up in their own thoughts, it's hard to get a word in edgewise, I think."

Tenten hummed quietly and clasped her hands behind her back, fiddling with her fingers. "Well, back home, I mostly spent time with my team. Neji, Lee, and Gai-sensei. Don't get me wrong, I want to go home, but..."

Hikari nodded. She... well, she could understand that. Especially considering that Tenten was a ninja. That obviously made things more difficult for her friend wise.

"Well, as long as you're here, you'll just have to keep making friends then, right?"

"Yeah, I'm going to try!" She gave Hikari another smile, this one a little more confident, though she didn't stop fidgeting with her fingers. "Do you mind if I ask how long you've been here, Hikari-san?"

"Not at all!" Hikari says, pausing for a moment. Almost as if she was waiting for Tenten to actually asked the question, before she gave her a giggle and continued. "I've been here almost two years now."

"Two years?" She almost felt faint at the thought, but managed to keep most of her horror from crossing her face. "That's... that's a really long time to be away from home."

Hikari nods. "Yeah. It really is," she admitted. "It doesn't hurt that I've had some of my friends from back home here with me the entire time though. It definitely made things easier."

"Well, that's something, at least." She nodded and smiled for the other's sake, not liking an expression like that on the normally-upbeat other girl's face. "It's better to have people you can trust, here."

Hikari smiled. "Yeah. It really is," she said, looking over at Tenten. At least she had Sasuke-kun here, but she did say that she didn't really know him all that well.

"Anyway, let me know if you need any help with anything, okay?"

... She probably already told Tenten that, but oh well, time to point it out some more then.

"Of course!" Her smile was a little more genuine that time as she nodded and gave her another glance. "And you know, even though you might know more about this place than I do... you know you can come to me if you need anything at all, right?"

Hikari smiles, nodding at what Tenten said. "Yeah. I do. I'll be sure to let you know if I need anything."