OPEN bar log/surprise birthday party!

[chainsmoke_king]

Who: The HOMRA clan and YOU!
When: 4/10 (preparations in the morning, bar opens at 4pm, party starts shortly after that!)
Where: Bar HOMRA
Style: [action pls]
Status: OPEN!

What: Bar HOMRA's doors are always open to anyone who feels they need a bit of a drink. Nothing's changed about that, except today you might find a little something extra going on behind those open doors. For today is owner, Izumo Kusanagi's 27th birthday! And his no longer dead friends aren't going to let the day go by without a bit of celebration.

So whether you know Izumo, are looking for that usual drink, or want dibs on a slice of free cake, come on by to Bar HOMRA tonight!

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Pre-party prep

[chainsmoke_king]

[ locked to Anna, Tatara & Mikoto ]

[preciousmemories]

[It's rather early in the morning when Tatara slips out of his apartment to go to HOMRA. He's made sure to get the ingredients so he wouldn't have to text Kusanagi-san that they were out of eggs again. That'd be awkward, making him a secret cake but telling him that they ran out of eggs...

He sets all his supplies in the kitchen before going upstairs.]

Anna?

[aprettyred]

[ Give her a moment and she'll be in more than a sleepshirt. A nice red sundress that Izumo and Mikoto had gone shopping to get her. ]

... Now?

[ She can go back up and wake Mikoto. ]

[preciousmemories]

[He smiles. It's a little odd seeing her in something apart from her favored style of dress still.]

We can make and eat breakfast first, but this way we have plenty of time to make sure we get it right. We should make it good for Kusanagi-san, right?

[He hasn't cooked in a little while, okay. Just in case.]

The party

[chainsmoke_king]

Re: The party

[has_too_many_moles]

[Nervously tucking a strand of hair behind his ear, a certain young exorcist peeked his head into the bar looking for one particular reaper and bartender.]

[hardknoxlife]

[ Admittedly, he's been a busy little thing lately what with the host club and now his other boss' birthday. To start, he may have had his attention fixing someone a drink but he catches sight of this kid like a trained missile.

Yukio Okumura. At his workplace.

oh god please don't be on a date.

So he swings himself over the bar and heads over. Nice and slow, trying to act perfectly cool like he wasn't really all that excited to see him. Take it easy, Ron. Remember. Space. ]

Hi.

[ All casual-like and with his usual grin. He'll never suspect a thing. ]

[has_too_many_moles]

[Tucking the corner of his chin into the palm of his right hand, Yukio could not help but chuckle slightly.]

I'm not going to bite your head off Ronald- just because of a missed lunch date.

[aprettyred]

[ Don't mind the little whitehaired girl sitting on a stool not far away. She'd changed out of her flour smeared sundress and returned to her normal frilly dress.

The nervous habits of others are somewhat interesting to watch. ]

[has_too_many_moles]

[Watch away little lady- Yukio is far too absorbed with leaning over slightly to get a better look inside the main bar station and the napkin container next to his hands.]

[preciousmemories]

[He has no idea who this guy is, but when did that ever stop him?

So he wanders over with a smile, bending over to look up at him.]

Are you looking for someone?

[has_too_many_moles]

[Startled Yukio glanced up from between the napkin that he was wrangling between his hands and plastered on the more confident smile that was known for.]

Ah- I was told that a friend of mine works here? Ronald Knox?

[chainsmoke_king]

[ Perhaps if his birthday had been any other week of the year, Izumo would have figured out that something was up. But fortunately - at least for those aiming to surprise him - this week's curse was having a bit of a distracting effect on him.

See, on the positive side, the curse had granted him a nice, new fancy kitchen for his bar. On the not-at-all positive side, it'd taken away his ability to hold on to a lit cigarette for more than a millisecond. Let's just say he's a bit on edge from the nicotine withdrawal and the fact that it's his birthday has hardly crossed his mind. ]

[preciousmemories]

[Ah! There he is. He won't bring out the cake just yet, but he does have something to tell him.]

Kusanagi-san! Happy 27th birthday, from me and Isana.

[No, he doesn't actually know who Isana is yet...Let's go fix that.]

[chainsmoke_king]

[ Ronald seems to have a handle on the bar patrons at the moment, so Izumo's occupied himself with cleaning some of the glassware.

Actually just one glass. For about 3 minutes now. Did I mention he's a bit out of it at the moment? ]

Huh?

[ He half heard the birthday part, but what caught his attention more was the last bit. He knows who Isana is but had the two run in to one another already? Even if Izumo and Shiro had made amends, it still made him a bit uneasy, especially in his current state. ]

Isana?

[booyaka_boom]

*In skips Selphie, dressed up for the occasion, complete with a red bow in her hair - well, she did pick up something useful from that shopping trip. She's carrying a small parcel in her hand and, when she spies Izumo, she holds it carefully so that she can fling a hug around him*

Happy Birthday Izumo!~

[chainsmoke_king]

[ Selphie catches him a bit off guard and he stumbles back a bit before catching her around the middle. Hey, nicotine withdrawal doesn't help with one's ability to stay focused. Still, how can he not smile when he's getting a birthday hug from a pretty lady :) ]

Thanks Selphie.

[diehardreaper]

[ Ronald was really never one to miss a party, specially one where work was involved. So he can be found behind the bar, insisting that Izumo take it easy for the day. After all, it was his party.

So he leans over the bar, arms folded over the bartop as he allows himself the smallest grin. ]

Quite a mixer, eh?

[preciousmemories]

[So he doesn't know this guy's name. Since he works here, it's time to find out, right? Tatara sits on one of the stools at the bar, smiling.]

It is Kusanagi-san's birthday.

[A beat. No one's introduced themselves really to him, so he's just going to introduce himself like usual.]

I'm Totsuka Tatara. What's your name?

[diehardreaper]

Tatara, eh? Wager you're prolly one of the original HOMRA members Mister Mikoto mentioned once.

[ Have a grin back and a hand extended outward. ]

Knox is the name. Ronald Knox of London's Grim Reaper Dispatch Department. Course, now I'm here working the bars.

[chainsmoke_king]

Were you in on this the whole time, too?

[ Noting the bit of decorating that had been done to the bar.

He's trying not to think about how someone must have stood on the bar top to get those streamers taped to the ceiling. ]

[diehardreaper]

Only to bring even more booze so we don't use the bar's stock, sir!

[ Isn't he the most thoughtful? That would certainly explain the two bottles of red wine with a seahorse shaped cork, huh? ]

[parasolspinning]

[Shiro wasn't sure why he was here. He had given his well wishes for Izumo, and that should have been that.

But something was eating away at him. Something he couldn't quite grasp an understanding of, but it was there none the less, and it kept him restless and unsettled. He was certain, however, that it had to do with Tatara's appearance in the bubble.

So he gave in, and made his way to the bar where the party was to be held, and let himself in quietly. He had no idea if this would assuage that feeling at all, but it was worth a try.

Maybe if he was lucky he would go mostly unnoticed...]

[preciousmemories]

[Except what is luck when there's a certain Red Clansman watching the entrance of the bar for people?

He walks over and is about to greet Shiro when he sees his face...is that the Colorless King? He stops where he's standing. The guy who shot him...? Something about him doesn't seem quite the same though, so he shakes off the stab of fear.]

Hello there. [Nice night, isn't it?]

[aprettyred]

[ Does Shiro want a slice of cake?

Because Anna will go over to tug at his coat, holding a slice. ]