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[mustlovedogs]

Characters: Anyone
Setting: Floor 38
Format: Doesn't really matter!
Summary: Birthday party for Chihiro cutestprogrammer 
Warnings: Going to hope nothing

[Thanks to combined efforts, Mondo's managed to set up the lounge to make for a pretty nice birthday party, all things considered. There's decorations and food, if mostly desserts, but he figures Chihiro likes that kind of thing so it's all good.

He knows Chihiro has plenty of friends, so there's not much worry about people showing up, but...he doesn't want it to be lame.

Wanting it to be a surprise, around noon he goes to get Chihiro and carry him in on his shoulders.]

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[tohko_amano]

[As promised, Tohko would run up to the thirty-eighth floor, carrying a chocolate cake that she had managed to pull away at yesterday's dessert time. If she spotted Mondo, she would smile and walk up to him. If not, she would just put the cake on the food table and walk around, chatting with people.]

[cutestprogrammer]

[Ah, Chihiro remembered her from the tape thing.]

Hello, Amano-san! Thank you for coming!

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko smiled and waved when she saw the birthday boy.]

Oh, good morning, Chihiro! No problem! I'm always happy to come and help with a birthday party. Hopefully today will be a good day for you!

[cutestprogrammer]

Mn! It is a good day! I never expected anyone to remember it and to celebrate it with me!

[ghostytrainer]

[Earlier in the evening, after gathered all the ingredients in the kitchen to make a cake for Chihiro, John realized too late that he'd made a mistake. He should have asked Mondo what type of cake his friend preferred. Welp.]

[In what he considered a clever solution to the problem, John opted for the best of both worlds: marbled cakes. Yes, two: one with chocolate icing and the other with vanilla. There is going to be a ton of leftover cake after this party isn't there? He enlisted to help of his Dusknoir to carry both cakes to the party, setting them on the table with all the other food. The enormous ghost is returned to its ball after a quick word of thanks, leaving John with only his Litwick as usual.]

[Once that's done, John and his faithful candle companion begin wandering the room idly, looking for people to talk to. Allow him to approach? Approach him? Ignore him? Eh, you've got options.]

[cutestprogrammer]

[Oh, someone he hasn't met before. Mondo must have invited him. Either way, Chihiro is going to go greet him. Though it's a little hard to tell that this is the birthday boy since he looks exactly like a young girl and is wearing a dress.

He stops as he gets closer and sees that the candle is alive and he can't help just staring at the creature nervously.]

[ghostytrainer]

[John is, indeed, expecting a boy and therefore is under the impression that this girl is one of Chihiro's friends. John smiles, his Litwick waving both of its nubby little arms at Chihiro.]

Hi there! Having fun?

[cutestprogrammer]

H-hi...

[The-The candle just waved at him! He takes a step back involuntarily, still rather unsure about Litwick.]

What... is that... creature...?

[savedbyasong]

Shion entered the room with slightly haunted eyes carrying a pie. They had no cherries so he had used strawberry and it was a slightly unusual choice for a pie, but Shion hoped it would taste alright.

He looked around the room, looking for Chihiro to wish him happy birthday.

[cutestprogrammer]

Chihiro goes over to Shion when he spots him.

"Hello, Shion-kun! Thanks for coming!"

Then his smile faltered when he noticed the haunted look in the others eyes.

"Is everything alright...?"

[savedbyasong]

Shion nodded, he hadn't seen Chihiro since the day Rat disappeared and he hoped he hadn't scared him with his anger. "I'm fine... I made pie I hope it tastes nice."

[cutestprogrammer]

Chihiro smiled brightly. "I'm sure it tastes great! It smells and looks great !"

[alephbet]

[Aleph doesn't have many skills for party set-up, but he did try to bring a present... which is why he looks a little scratched up.

Turns out that baby foxes, while they can be found in the regular forest, aren't good pets anyway.]

[cutestprogrammer]

... [!?] Aleph? What happened to you? Why are you all scratched up??

[alephbet]

I tried to catch you a pet. Didn't work so well.

[cutestprogrammer]

I see... you... didn't really have to do that, Aleph...

[feeling rather bad that you kind of got hurt for his sake...]

Have you treated your scratches yet?

[warriorscribe]

*Having learned on such short notice about the party and winding up with less time than he thought he'd have, he didn't have the time to make something for Chihiro. While birthday customs like this were strange to him, parties for a specific person were not, and it only made sense to pay whatever honor was due to the person being celebrated.

...Which is why he has all he could manage to gather, simple drapes of cloth to accent decorations already there or to adorn bare furniture. He feels it's not really adequate, after all, what effort did this show? But it's something he can do, so he does it anyway, going about the room and finding places that need the simple adornments he has.*

[cutestprogrammer]

[Chihiro arrives in time to see Enoch still hanging up the cloth and he wonders what he's doing...]

Enoch-san...?

[warriorscribe]

*Aaand he really was too late overall. That's embarrassing...*

Ah...hello, Chihiro...

[evokingfool]

[Like he said, Minato will be there to help with the decorations and anything else he can offer his help with. He doesn't help with decoration that often, but he thinks he have a decent sense for them.

Whenever he's done, he helped with cooking the food and carrying them over to the table. In case anyone asks, no, he did not sneak a bite. He's a polite party helper.]

[cutestprogrammer]

[Oh, another person he's never met before. He's probably one of Mondo's friends. Chihiro goes over to greet him, though the birthday boy looks more like a birthday girl especially with the dress he's wearing.]

Hello. Thanks for coming to my party!

[evokingfool]

[He notes that Chihiro does look more like a birthday girl. But Minato will keep it to himself.]

Hello and it's no problem. It's the least I can do for Mondo-san's friend.

[And probably because a part of Minato feels bad for when he watched Mondo's memories in that dream, a long time ago.]

[En route to the party!]

[cutestprogrammer]

[Chihiro was pleasantly surprised that Mondo remembered his birthday but he was rather embarrassed by the way Mondo decided to carry him to the party.]

O-Oowada-kun... Thank you so much for remembering my birthday but... but you don't really need to carry me...

[mustlovedogs]

Don't need to, but I like to!

[cutestprogrammer]

[blink, blink]

You-you like to carry me like that...?