Happy Birthday to Me

[prominence_glow]

Who: Lea and everyone in Vatheon
What: This is how you celebrate birthdays, right?
Where: All over Vatheon
When: Backdated before Happy McMurder Mysteryfest, on the 26th, all day
Status: Open

[Hello, resident Vatheonites! So you're just wandering through Vatheon, going about your business- maybe coming out of a store after shopping, or just taking a walk, or looking for something to do...]

[And suddenly a sleigh being pulled by a bunch of giant birds screeches to a stop in front of you.]

[(Those birds would be Chocobos, by the way, and they come in a bunch of different colors, from a very large and aggravated yellow leading, to an excited looking red, to a calm brown, a jittery blue and inquisitive green...)]

[A certain redheaded youth with facial tattoos grins like a loon and leans over the the edge of it. Apparently, he's the driver, and boy does he have a question for you!]

Do you like cake?

[Even if the sleigh doesn't stop for you in particular, Lea can be seen riding his sleigh all over Vatheon, looking ridiculously delighted.]

Comments

[stayb100ponyboy]

Hi, Lea.

[Equius nods to the carriage's driver, then to the yellow lead chocobo.]

Radhi.

[Why, look at that, he happens to have some chocobo greens in his sylladex! Allow him to offer some to the birds.]

And yes, I do like cake.

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[You have earned Radhi's approval, Equius. Alex is more than happy to steal some of those greens and share them with Myde. With that bossy redhead out of the way, the rest of the birds take their share.]

[In the meantime, Lea is busy pulling out a cake from the floor of his sleigh- covered, covered!- and serving up a slice white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. There are a bunch of different cakes down there, man, all for a special occasion.]

Here, have a slice!

[stayb100ponyboy]

Thank you.

[Equius accepts the cake gingerly and looks it over. He gets a lot of cakes and pies at home, and he can tell this is a high-quality piece of baking.]

What's the occasion?

[prominence_glow]

Oh, nothing special, you know.

[Excuse him while he preens.]

S'just my birthday and all. Second one in Vat!

[takesyoubytheheart]

[This is new. But not unwelcome. He laughs, not even questioning.]

Gee, I thought birthdays went the other way around!

[prominence_glow]

Where would the fun in that be?

[Griiiiin.]

So is that a yes?

[takesyoubytheheart]

Of course! What kinda cake is it?

[prominence_glow]

I have a bunch!

[He came prepared.]

What kind do you like?

[nos_servabit]

[Well, if this isn't a familiar face. Jacob stops in the midts of his walk, his own black chocobo warking at the sight of the other chocobos pulling the sled. When he sees Lea, he smiles.]

Yes, I do.

[prominence_glow]

Awesome!

[Letting the white and black chicklings scramble out of his hair- they're getting too big for it anyway- Lea ducks down to the floor of the sleigh and pulls out a covered cake that is so chocolatey, it should be illegal. Plastic fork, check. Paper plate, check. Have a slice, Jacob.]

It's my birthday!

[nos_servabit]

[Ma'at is naturally curious to see what is on the plate that lea is handing to him, but Jacob gently shoos her away as he steps forward to receive it.]

Nineteen, right? [His smile widens a bit.] Happy Birthday, Lea.

[prominence_glow]

[For some reason, Jacob is one of those people who makes those words sound really special. Lea has to wiggle in his seat and duck his head down to grin before he can look up again.]

Thanks! Heh, this is the second birthday I've celebrated in Vat, y'know. Last year is when I got Myde's egg!

[The brown chocobo gives a coo.]

[messianic]

[....well this is impressive. He's kind of just left...watching. Blink. Blink.]

Lea-san...?

[prominence_glow]

Hi!

[ABRUPT TURN, oh god he nearly smashed the sleigh into a building, IT'S COOL HE HAS THIS really]

How're you doing! You like cake?

[messianic]

[...er.]

Yes, sure. But...what's the occasion?

[...blink blink blink.]

[prominence_glow]

It's my birthday!

[And for you, Minato, you get a slice of carrot cake! Yes he has a bunch of covered cakes in his sleigh, plus paper plates and plastic forks.]

well you asked for it

[thalassino]

[Occasionally Carol can be seen around the city.

Occasionally.

It happens to be that on this occasion, she is stopped by a loon on a sleigh with chocobos.

... :Ta]

No, actually. Cake is disgusting.

[Yes she does.]

/lays here happily

[prominence_glow]

[You have no made the redhead sad, Carol.]

Oh... What about ice cream?

[thalassino]

[.....................as if she cares]

Ice cream's alright, I guess. What are you doing, anyway?

[prominence_glow]

I'm giving cake to people.

[It's said off-handedly as he ducks down, abandoning the two chocobo chicks and his Espeon to play on the seats. Excuse him, just searching, he could have swore he had ice cream cake in here somewhere...]

S'my birthday.

[heartandsoul]

[.........Uhburrr?]

Um...well...it's a nice treat to have once in a while.

[prominence_glow]

It is now 'once in a while', congrats!

[Truly he is a boy of rapier wit!]

Do you like rainbow cake?

[Because that's what he's ducking down in the sleigh to get a slice of onto a paper plate!]

[heartandsoul]

I've never had rainbow cake, but it sounds like it could be tasty...what are you doing this for, Lea?

[mothermayi]

Cake...?

[ Anri can't help but blink. They have cake here? ]

I-It depends on the kind of cake...

[prominence_glow]

[What kind of dystopian universe does Anri think she's entered? Of course there's cake! Lea beams.]

What kind of cake do you like?