[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]

[Someday...probably... Dumb idol games are clearly the answer.]

Mrh. Maybe. Or they like you. You invited them.

[People don't like him and they never have, so... He's not worried about it.]

Oh. Was I supposed to...? I thought I'd do that when everyone went away.

[enflame]

I invited them, but I invited them so they could celebrate you. It's not my birthday.

( Lalli doesn't seem to care, but Emil sure does!! Accept friendship, boi!!! )

And you can open your gifts whenever you like. If you want to wait, that's fine. ( Except that means waiting and THAT KILLS THE SWEDE!!! )

[lalliho]

When is your birthday...?

[He probably...should have asked this soon... Anyway...]

I think...I want to wait. What if I open it and I don't know what it is. Or I don't...feel anything.

[Or people think he doesn't feel anything, because Lalli is hardly alive enough to be considered a human with real emotions...!!!]

[enflame]

April 24th. ( Expressed easily because he's...not Lalli. )

Feel free, then. ( That may actually be a smart idea...saving your thank you's and a potential fake reaction for telepathy when the person isn't there anymore. Lalli done cracked the code. ) These people are strange, so who knows what all they got you.

( Knowing Dirk it's probably some SB&HJ onesie...who wants to react to that in real time?

Showing off the fact that they're much better at this shit than Emil, Lisko almost gives him a heart attach after they poke their head through a nearby bush, face smeared with white frosting and flat dot sprinkles...baby, what did you do... )

[lalliho]

Mmn.

[Oh good, Emil agrees...! This is greAUGH HI.]

Oh... I didn't get to try that one.

[sad...]

[enflame]

( Lalli didn't get to try the gay cake...tragic. )

What did you do? ( Lisko ambles over, snorting out some cake specs before standing on their hind legs in a triumphant post. Why aren't they being praised for their scouting abilities??? Why is Day Dad grabbing them and wiping their face, making them snort and wriggle??? ) This lizard...Lisko, whatever you did was probably extremely naughty.

I'm sorry; I'm sure there has to be some cake left. ( Emil hopes, anyway... )

[lalliho]

[It's pretty good scouting, baby, but you gotta use words to demand praise, like a sensible kid raised by two idiots that are desperately thirsty for approval.]

Mmn. Maybe.

[Or he'll just reach over to some part of Lisko's face Emil somehow hasn't reached and swipe some with his finger. And eat that. Because fuck it.]

I can't believe you got me three cakes...

[enflame]

( Emil watches Lalli with a raised eyebrow, though secretly hopes there's some cake left so he can eat it. Don't judge him. )

I didn't know which you would like best. There were also a lot of people coming, so I needed to take their tastes into consideration!

[lalliho]

[how could Lalli truly judge after what he just did...]

Mm. I wasn't saying it's bad. I like that you did it, I think.

[Liking things is Strange.]

It's just...new.

[enflame]

( Ugh, Lalli...stop making him feel so soft inside! Since they're alone and Lalli isn't a tool so...allow Emil to also swipe some lizard snout frosting. This is a sacred bond. Lizard nose cake eating. )

As long as you liked it. ( Surprisingly, the cake is not tainted by a strange lizard taste. Delicious. ) Imagine what your birthday could look like a year from now. There will be more time to prepare and hopefully we're home or a place with similar resources. By that time, five cakes might be more suitable...

( Emil will find any excuse to drown in cake, try him. )

[lalliho]

[look at this sacred family bond they share.]

Pfh. Definitely not five cakes if we're at home.

[what the heck is having friends and family]

Another year... It seems so long.

[enflame]

( To solidify the sacred connection, Lisko tries to lick the rest off their face. The triangle is complete. )

...Oh. ( It honestly seems so obvious once Lalli says it, but he got caught up in the happy, blind excitement of the idea. He...can't throw Lalli a birthday party if they go home. The distance, not knowing enough about Finland or the language for it to be feasible. Just another reminder that while they could communicate somewhat and be together on the mission, this strange situation is beneficial to their relationship more than he consciously thinks about. )

A year is a long time to think about. We've already been here for almost half of one, too. ( His voice and face are tinged with the melancholy that have deeper into his brain. He'll get over it in a second, but his mood is momentarily crashed. )

[lalliho]

[may the circle be unbroken]

Mmn.

[…There's not too much to add to it all, really. Being here is sad, being home will be sad. Wherever he is a year from now, things will be bleak. Instead, he slides his hands underneath Lisko's arms and lifts them. Which is a struggle.]

Are you supposed to do birthdays by year? You grow so much faster, you weird lizard...

[enflame]

( Oh my god...baby's first birthday. The idea is already making Emil soft, which thank goodness. He was tired of being moody for those 30 seconds. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Lisko stares at Lalli blanksy while kicking their legs back and forth. Caught in Night Dad's clutches!! )

I'm not sure. It seems like a waste to wait so long when they become adults in six months. Should that be a birthday a month...? ( He'll do it, you just watch him. )

[lalliho]

No, that's too much... Unless they get one of those tiny cakes instead of three normal ones. Do they have people they like...?

[Listen, he can't handle doing this once a month, whether his lizard baby is friendless or not. He'll stick his tongue out at Lisko, though. Blehhhh, lizardface.]

Maybe they need a birthday, though. Shouldn't they be...older?

[their baby is a baby]

[enflame]

...Us? ( Those are the only friends of Lisko he can think of. This baby needs to get out more. ) Maybe we can give them a birthday when they can talk more.

( Even though that seems like such an ordeal...they don't know a lot of words, anyway. Their baby!!! Their talent at talking is showcased by the string of gurgles that they voice in protest of Lalli's tongue. ) Sometimes it's strange to see how alike you two are.

[lalliho]

[abruptly stops sticking his tongue out.]

Hey!

[He's not a lizard toddler!!]

[enflame]

( Uh remember when you compared Emil to that same lizard toddler? )

What? It's true! It's not a bad thing. ( what does it say about him that his bf acts like a baby alien lizard...... )

[lalliho]

[Yeah, but when Lalli said it, he was right. Obviously!!]

Fine. Tell me how it's a good thing. Right now.

[enflame]

Well, I like you and I also like Lisko. That's good enough, right?

( That's not really an explanation but at least he didn't compare him to something he didn't like?????? )

[lalliho]

[oh my god -- ]

Pfft. That's stupid.

[He has to let Lisko back down into his lap so he can find some stray frosting and push it into Emil's face.]

[enflame]

( Oof! Oh well, he could have worse shoved on his face. Emil gives him a vaguely nasty look before hesitantly reaching a hand up to remove some frosting from his face and taking it to his mouth. No judgement zone, please. )

Things like that are why you're so alike. ( As evident by the fact that Lisko is trying to smear and lick away whatever frosting they have left on their face. They want to cake wap someone too, but it's too delicious!!! )

[lalliho]

[Lalli snorts softly, too amused by the indignant look to give a proper response, and too deeply contented by all of this...everything Emil has done that he doesn't spend time thinking before he leans in and licks off the remaining, sticky smudge from the other young man's face. Lizardy indeed.]

[enflame]

( oh my fucking god you FUCK

Lalli comes closer to him and Emil gives him a raised eyebrow before he realizes he's not just going to be stared at or maybe headbutted?? Licked -- nah, never would have thought of that one. Your gay is his gross. )

Why did you just lick me? Go get some back if you want some so badly! ( YOU REALLY ARE A LIZRD BOY!!!! if this was done to prove a point, jesus h )

[lalliho]

[This time, his laugh is unbridled, if soft. It's got kind of an odd scratchy quality layered in, like a machine stuttering up after years of disuse, but it doesn't do much to diminish the sincerity in both it and his smile.]

I was helping.

[He was having a good time.]