Happy Birthday, Ryoji

[puppy_lancer]

Characters: You know the drill. Lancer puppy_lancer, Ryoji notsogrimreaper, the people they invited between the two of them, and everybody else who just happens to stumble into the party.
Setting: Floor 25, November 17, morning-evening
Format: Open, anything goes
Summary: It's Ryoji's birthday, so Lancer is throwing him a big party. Anyone is welcome in! (And nobody is gonna kick out those who aren't so welcome)
Warnings: None for now

[It's been a long time since Lancer had thrown any parties. Therefore, he's making this bigger and grander than the last two parties he's thrown. It's a good way for him to distract himself from all the emotional turmoil that had popped up during the battle with Sephiroth, if anything.]

[There's two tables laden with food over at one side of the floor. The centerpiece for that is a big double-tier cake with "HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYOJI" written over the side of the bottom layer. The top layer is little more than a glorified candle holder, as several handfuls of candles have been jammed all over that second layer.]

[Over on the other side, there was a variety of party games. They're all old favorites like pin the tail on the piggy (pinning spiraling paper tails onto a "pig" with Ganon's face), apple bobbing (various fruits in a water-filled wooden barrel), and everyone's favorite--the pinata (a scarecrow with a berry-filled paper mache head supposed to represent Jason).]

[In the center of the floor, there is a stage nailed together from wooden boards. A ways behind that, a pile of wood stacks into a bonfire pyre. A turnip lantern leers at the party goers from one corner of the stage.]

[For decorations, there are black feathers and crude little paper doll cutouts resembling angels scattered around on the ground or in the corners of the dining tables. There are also a few more turnip lanterns.]

[And of course, Lancer, like a good host, stands on the stage, dressed like a hobby horse, waiting for people to show up. He's feeling pretty relaxed, if only because the major unwanted guest, Sephiroth, was locked up and in no danger of crashing this party.]

Comments

[sunflowerfairy]

[While Yotsuba hadn't seen Archer in awhile, the man had made quite an impression on her, and she was happy to see him again after everything that had happened. So, smiling, she would run up to him, waving an arm to get his attention.]

Golden Man! How are you?! Yotsuba missed you!

[bowandblade]

[It takes a moment, as Yotsuba is a rather small girl in the presence of a good number of adult, but soon enough Archer notices her and brings his hands to rest on his hips while he addresses her.]

Ah, the little green girl! It has been quite some time.

[He's not even aware that she's been gone, considering they had only met once before.]

I am, of course, doing well. This party has been decently entertaining.

[sunflowerfairy]

[And Yotsuba didn't know if the 'Golden Man' knew of her disappearance. Still, it was nice to see him again, since he struck her as a good and very awesome person.]

It is! It's the bees knees, and it's good that you're alright! Yotsuba learned about video games awhile ago! So I know how to play now!

[..Granted, it had been 'Monster Crossing', a ripoff of Animal Crossing, and she had only played it for a few minutes when a Homestruck Troll had let her. Still, that little experience had convinced Yotsuba that she knew enough about them now to play with other people.]

[bowandblade]

[Bees knees. He's not sure what that saying is supposed to mean, but it must be a good thing, from the way the little girl continued to sound so cheerful.]

Ah, so you had a chance to learn another a form of solo entertainment! Did you enjoy yourself?

[He somehow doesn't expect her to have learned that much about video games. Her attention span was interesting.]

[sunflowerfairy]

[While it was a good thing to say, if Archer asked, Yotsuba wouldn't really be able to tell him what it meant either, other than that something was really good. Her Grandmother had a habit of using old sayings like that, and she just picked it up.]

I did! And it was a lot of fun! Yotsuba caught fish and some cicadas, and there was a tiny town full of animals! It was pretty! A good person let me play the game, and it was a lot of fun! We should play together later!

[..Archer would be pretty correct in his expectations.]

[bowandblade]

[Well, it seems like she did learn a fair amount, really -- at least, coming from someone who did more video game watching than actual playing. Shinji was entertaining to watch at play, but actually trying to beat him in a game...

Suffice it to say, he had yet to beat Shinji at a video game.]

Perhaps so. If we both find ourselves so bored, we might as well.