expiationlogs | Happy Birthday Mitsuru

Who: WHOEVER WANTS TO COME YES EVEN YOU
Where: The clubhouse
What: Child soldiers for an occult corporation try and throw a perfectly normal birthday party for a billionaire heiress.

"But Suze!" You may say! "I didn't get an invite/I don't have CR with anyone involved!!!"

So what, just say you got a dubious invite over OKCindr. Maybe it's a ransom letter. Maybe it's a promise for "fun ;) ". Just pretend the spambot got you here in the funniest manner possible. EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

Warnings: im really hoping we don't have to put anything in this section y'all better behave for the birthday girl or she's gonna have to punish you.

The clubhouse sure is decorated! It's a mishmash of ideas- scattered balloons strewn across the floor, a few streamers here and there. Someone found some extremely tacky fake-gold plastic plates. It very much has the feeling of people who were sort of trying, but also sort of thinking it's funny not to actually look nice. After all, the theme is normal-chic.

There's a stack of party hats near the door, for anyone who wants to be extra festive. If you brought presents, you can dump them there, too! And maybe take one of those dumbass party horns that one of our "normal person" advisors told us we needed.

Hell yeah there's food.

What is a birthday party without food! And hey, there's very little that actually needs utensils here. Someone suggested cheeseburgers, so there's a little station to put together your own: pick your own toppings! There's a few scattered sets of tongs, but if you don't find one, just reach in and pluck that tomato slice with your bare-ass hands. We're all friends here.

Not your cup of tea? Vegetarian?? Don't worry there's some roast vegetable kabobs going on nearby on a tray.

There's an assortment of other grab-and-go foods-- slices of scallion pancakes laid out, sliced fruits with berries. Tiny little... Quiche looking things?? Beef satay? Cheesey puffs, chips, popcorn with way too much butter?? Sure, go for it.

Oh, and some hardshell tacos . Clearly someone had the goal of 'messiest food possible'.

One of the people throwing this party is a bartender

Underage drinking ahoy! yeah, there's some booze. The most prominent beverage is a cheap looking canned beer: filler lite which professes to be the Champagne of it's kind. There was a limited budget okay?? The Casino thing is still a work in progress. But surely you can find some sake or some cooking wine (don't drink that I am begging you) or convince Kotone to mix something up for you. Other than that, we're in clubhouse and cooking club resides here, so you're easily able to find a kettle and a coffee machine or just drink water and stay hydrated.

is there cake???

Hell yeah there is. Please take some. Maybe there's ice cream in the freezer, too.

Cool but what is there to do?

That's a good question!! Obviously the fancy lady needs something extremely silly and messy to let loose and have fun with so there is a piñata dangling ominously from the ceiling, a wooden stick leaned against the wall nearby

....along with a backup pinata because look we anticipate super powered kids here. Everyone needs to take a swing.

There's a couple random activities laid out by people who clearly don't know how to throw a party (assisted by Kotone and Scott, who are trying their best to show them how.) A deck of cards? Sure. Dartboard? Great, don't stab anyone. They even borrowed the SNES and TV from Mikey's place because he's off having his villain arc. (And by 'borrowed' I might mean stole, but you know Shinji's gonna put it back after.) play some Road Brawler 2 Super or some Super Giacomo World.

Akihiko might start a party jog and/or some kind of workout competition and that's gonna be a fucking disaster if people are going hard on the cheap beer but you know, I'm not your boss. Live your life however you want.

I'm in, how do I approach this!

It's an open mingle, fam. Do what you want. Make assumptions, cause trouble, set something on fire with candles. Just don't wreck the place any more than Scott did when he destroyed it.

Wait what does the clubhouse look like???

I am giving you all the information I have here promise

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I know it doesn't seem much, but believe me, it's needed.

[Totally believe in the leader of a teenager that unfortunately named his club 'TWAT Club.' Scott's not going to fold just yet, that smile still on him as he places his own party hat on his head, before giving extra thought to secure it on his head. Geez, really, it's been years since he wore something as ridiculous as this, but good cause or whatever.

At least other people are being forced to wear them. Or Scott's making them wear them, Kotone mentioned that no one really knows how to throw a party or whatever. A kid that grew up being a ninja definitely isn't going to get it either.

Hopefully it makes it easier to convince him of this.]

You don't want to be caught unguarded right? Just because it seems stupid.

[kakashi glances around the room, seeing that other people are indeed wearing the flimsy hats. hmmm.]

You could just admit it's a cultural thing, you know.

[because he is so not buying the protection thing. still, he hesitantly perches it on his head - it looks ridiculous perched upon his spiky hair - and sighs.]

Will this be sufficient?

[He needs to work on his bullshitting more. Noted. But hey, at least Kakashi is wearing the hat now, so mission accomplished anyway. Good job Summers, you did it once again. Seeing the hat on that small spiky head only causes the mutant's grin to wider further. Sacrificing just a little bit of his own dignity was worth it.]

Yeah, that's great man. Now you're ready to join the party. [He wants to ask the younger teen if if he's feeling okay being here, if he's uncomfortable, but guess he'll hang out with him for a bit. Hopefully Scott's presence doesn't cause the opposite effect--]

First birthday party you've attended?

That's right. Are they all...like this?

[the messy food bar, the booze, the hats?]

[For once, he'll cut the crap and answer Kakashi truthfully. No point exaggerating that parties usually involve dragons or spaceships. Besides, he doesn't want to make this current party sound lame because it's not. It can't be, because helped with some of the ideas.]

Sort of? This party's a little all over the place, but still cool. At least they have a video game system and food. Those are the essentials. Just avoid the booze.

[Even Scott has some reservations about giving a 12 year old alcohol okay.]

Yeah, no thanks on that.

[he's totally tried it before, and totally not a fan. at least not at this age.]

What's a "video game system"?

[Another teen that he has to introduce to video games... he's really working overtime yeah. Except, honestly, the SNES is more advanced than stuff than he's used to. Look at those graphics!! Well, they're not as good as some of the stuff in the arcade here, but it's like... a video game at home. So it's mega cool.

Way better than the Atari.]

Why don't we try it out? [Because they both have party hats on and everything and are definitely ready to have fun and crap.] What better way to learn than actually playing it?

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I don't even know what it is.

[but the gauntlet has been thrown, so...]

But if you insist, I'll have a look.

You're going to love it man.

[Because clearly a kid that is a ninja would love video games?? There's definitely some logic somewhere in there. Scott isn't going to find it, but he's certain. His theory is just gonna be proven in like 5 minutes anyway when they start playing the SNES.]

Cool, follow me.

[Shouldn't they grab food first? It's fine, video games, then food. But Scott will lead Kakashi to where the SNES rests, which thankfully, no one else is playing. Time to play some Road Brawler 2?? He hands the other teen the controller as he plops on the ground.]

This is a fighting game. Just mash the buttons until you beat your opponent. [What that's how Scott plays.]

[kakashi turns the controller over in his hands, prodding at the buttons curiously.]

A fighting....game? But we use this little box?

[fighting and game can go together in his mind, but he doesn't get the connection here.]

Yeah, pretty much.

[Really going to the basics here, but it's for an important cause. He can be the guy that teaches a ninja how to play video games. Clearly something for the books. This is how he'll be remembered by.]

The controller moves your character on the screen. And of course the objective is to not be completely demolished by me.

[Scott will start first by picking his character-- someone named 'Ben.' Huh.]

[kakashi still doesn't really get the whole controller thing. he mimics how scott is holding it and presses buttons reluctantly, somehow managing to pick the first fighter on the screen. d pad, what's that?]

Okay, is something going to happen now?

Wait a little. Geez, for a ninja, you're kind of impatient.

[But as the screen loads to the stage with their characters and life bars on screen, it's only a couple of seconds longer before the word "Fight" appears on screen and Scott immediately starts pressing buttons. Look, if he's challenged enough, he'd actually start learning the combos, but right now, he's just hitting buttons.

Oh, was he supposed to tell Kakashi to start fighting too? Well, Scott's sure he got the picture by now.]

[for a few seconds, kakashi is simply captivated by the images flashing across the screen. this...looks really cool. and then he realizes scott is somehow controlling one of the characters on the screen.]

Hey, wait!

[he tries to mimic what scott is doing, aka mashing a bunch of buttons, but scott has the advantage because he actually knows how to use the dpad.]

Use the directional pad, come on!

[He both encourages and challenges, because even though there really is no finesse to what he's doing, it is still pretty easy to beat up a character that's mostly just standing there. He wants a bigger challenge than this!]

It's how you move and everything! Don't wanna just stand there like a sitting duck, right?

Happy Birthday Mitsuru

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