[CLOSED] HYVÄÄ SYNTYMÄPÄIVÄÄ!!

[enflame]

Who: Lalli, Emil, Akira, Dirk, Jude, Ruby, whoever they want to bring, and Lisko!!!
Where: The garden on the recreation floor of the Shehui apartment building everyone’s in.
When: Dec 2nd OOC
Open/Closed: Closed to invited guests

( Hello, beloved and invited guest! Actually, you likely aren’t beloved and maybe aren’t even directly invited. Anyway! Welcome to the birthday party of the age: Lalli Saku Hotakainen who maybe possibly turned 20 sometime...now...soon? Yeah.

His birthday party reflects how unsure the party planner is of the recipient’s actual birthdate. Some parts of the party have obviously been thought out — for instance, there are three birthday cakes (1, 2, 3) and several gifts already present when you arrive. The chairs and decorations, however, are somewhat mismatched and novice in presentation. You might have enough seats for yourself and your guest, and you may or may not get tangled in some haphazard streamers that are lackadaisically slung in trees. It’s a toss up. At least there are ample plates and about five meat and vegetable snack trays.

It’s a very obviously non-traditional festivity. Also there’s a big lizard there. Have fun. )

Comments

[lalliho]

[If there's a whole recipe for it, that means it's hard... He will Consider this throughout the day.]

Ah-mm... I don't think normal people are able to do it like this. Only stores, with trained people. It's... It's too good.

[secrowtary]

I'm not sure if I should feel offended or flattered.

[ He likes this guy already. ]

It takes a lot of practice, especially when it comes to decorating, but I believe that everyone can do it as long as they keep practicing. Well, maybe almost everyone.

[lalliho]

[Lalli's feelings on the matter are largely ????? so. You know.]

Weird thing to spend time on...

[Which isn't a complaint, obviously, since he's staring at them like they've descended from the heavens to share their unearthly magnificence with the world.]

Oh. Um. Thank you. You didn't really have to do anything.

[secrowtary]

Is it really that weird, though. [ Thinking out loud here. ] I believe that people tend to have much weirder hobbies.

[ It's difficult not to notice how Lalli's looking at the cookies; it's more than enough to make his lips quirk up. ]

It would be rude to come without a gift, don't you think?

[lalliho]

I don't know a lot about hobbies...

[what even is a hobby? Lalli shrugs at the question, tracing along the edge of the box with his finger.]

I don't think so. You don't know me. You're here for Akira more than me, aren't you?

[He doesn't...do birthdays much, can you tell...]

[secrowtary]

Well, mine include cooking, sewing, and cleaning.

[ Read that as he doesn't know what hobbies are either. ]

You're not wrong. He asked me to come, so I agreed. I would never come empty-handed, though, no matter whether I'm a stranger to you or not.

[lalliho]

[That all sounds like useful stuff... Do they really count as hobbies...? Given his social failings, Lalli is stuck with these thoughts circling around.]

Aha... Weird. Thank you?

[HE STILL DOESN'T GET IT, BUT WHATEVER.

........Oh -- ]

Who are you?

[secrowtary]

I've never introduced myself properly, have I?

[ Shame on him, honestly. What happened to his manners...! ]

Captain Hibiki Kohaku. [ Ah, the habit of telling people his rank got ahead of him again. ] Just...Just Hibiki will be perfectly fine.

[lalliho]

[He looks him up and down... Well, more forward and down, since dang, they're like the same height. What a time to be alive.]

How old are you?

[Captain is sort of impressive... Well, he supposes it depends on what it's captain of, but. Eh.]

[secrowtary]

Did you just...compare our heights?

[ It's...difficult not to notice...and this guy has not filter at times. ]

Twenty-two. Why do you ask?

[lalliho]

[listen,]

You didn't look that much older than me. And you're not. But you're a captain?

[secrowtary]

I'm a really hard-working person, you know.

[ But that's. Not the point. ]

Besides, I attended a military academy, so it's only natural that I am a captain.

[ He's so bad at explaining. ]

But what about your education?

[ Because that's clearly what you should talk about to break the ice. ]

[lalliho]

[wh...aaaaat... Lalli's face scrunches up in a way that conveys hes utterly confounded by this explanation.]

I...didn't have one...? I'm not academic? [He said military academy, though...] Your military makes you do school stuff?

[secrowtary]

[ Now he can't ask Lalli about his GPA!!! Damn. This conversation is ruined. He needs something else, but in the meantime— ]

Yes, but...what have you done for so many years, in that case?

[ So many...such a nice thing to say on someone's birthday, yes. ]

[lalliho]

[uhhh]

Military...stuff?

[WHAT ELSE SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN DOING]

I've been scouting since I was little. After we moved to Keuruu and I was old enough, I started doing it for the military.

[secrowtary]

Military...stuff.

[ Yes, military stuff. Hibiki's eyes open wide upon hearing that...well, that's a surprising piece of information, to say the least. ]

I wouldn't have guessed that you're in the military.

[ At least he's not even trying to hide this. ]

Funnily enough, scouting happens to be one of my duties as well. It seems that we have a few things in common.

[lalliho]

...I don't have a fancy rank or anything.

[He's not really sure how to take that... Careers in his world are split into military and academic, so hearing that he doesn't come off as military is...????? Maybe it was just that he was smaller, had that disheveled forest boy look about him like a proper Finn, and maybe that he found conversation oddly difficult. That had certainly set him aside from his peers, even the other scouts that were thin with their words.]

I guess. [Huh. He's found multiple people that have identified themselves as scouts. Neat?] What other stuff do you do, if you're not always scouting?

[secrowtary]

Isn't it necessary to establish some kind of a structure when making an organization...?

[ Thinking out loud here. Not that he has any experience in establishing these. ]

Ah, never mind. [ He's...trying so hard to have a nice conversation and where did this lead him. ] Well...mostly paperwork, especially if my superior is neglecting his own duties.

[ He sighs softly. ]

I'm sorry. Whenever I'm talking, it all eventually ends up being about work. And you probably don't want to discuss that.

[lalliho]

There is a structure. I have a boss. I guess he's not my boss anymore? [Weird...to think about.] I'm just not that important.

[One of many scouts, even if he had a better track record than most of them.]

It's okay. I miss my job. Emil thinks I'm weird because I want to work while we're here, but...

[The structure of it, filling in a need... Being appreciated and knowing it. That's good.]

[secrowtary]

[ Did he hear that right. DID HE HEAR THAT RIGHT. ]

I'm so, so glad to hear this.

[ Because that's how you should feel when someone says that they miss something. Well, for Hibiki it's not just something. It's a job</>. ]

That's not weird at all. You're just responsible and you take your duties seriously.

[lalliho]

[Gasp... Could it be...someone who gets it.]

Yeah. I couldn't find something exactly the same, but it's sort of close... It helps me stay doing stuff. I want to do stuff instead of sit there feeling scared because it's a weird place.

[secrowtary]

Doing...stuff...is unarguably better than doing absolutely nothing.

[ Although the majority would most likely opt for the latter. ]

I like your attitude. [ Hibiki means it. ] Are they perhaps looking for one more person?

[ He still cannot believe that the system suggested babysitting. His boss might be a huge baby, but... ]

[lalliho]

[Ah? This is...! Weird!! He's going to focus on answering the question.]

Yes. Because of their gift-giving thing coming up, people have a lot of stuff they need delivered.

[secrowtary]

I shall try applying, then. It should allow me to get to know the city better, I suppose.

[ This knowledge might come in useful one day, in case of an emergency of sorts. ]

We might see each other more often if I do that.

[lalliho]

I guess so.

[The implications of having a friendly face around just kinda...passes right on by. It's work, he'll do work things, it will be work with or without Hibiki around.]