The beach, Wednesday afternoon/evening

[tigerundercover]

After Raven's little revelation on Sunday that she didn't actually know her own birthday, Kathy had immediately started insisting that she should pick one. Because everyone apparently had to have a birthday. Raven could admit it was probably easier than just kind of deciding at some point that she was a year older. So she'd picked Coco Chanel's. Kathy probably would have preferred she picked one that gave her best friend a little more time to shop and plan, but Raven was trying to get her to live a little more in the moment, and come on. Who wouldn't want to share a birthday with Coco Chanel? (And Philo Farnsworth? And the creator of Galaxy Quest? And apparently at least one former president, but whatever. Coco Chanel.)

So the party was a little haphazard and last minute. A few invitations had been sent out on via email, and some nice picnicy provisions had been acquired, thanks to the people over at Luke's. (Who apparently were more than willing to shove armloads of turkey sandwiches as the girls when they'd asked.) Raven had even managed to score them a couple bottles of nice champagne by going to the mainland, shifting into the guise of a little old lady, and going on and on and on about her imaginary 60th wedding anniversary. And lastly, there was a stereo set out blaring a rather odd mix of old jazz standards and modern R&B and hip hop.

She was turning eighteen. Ish. That totally deserved some celebration.

[lalala METHOD RP IS METHOD. If you think you got an invite, you did! If you want to wander by and join in anyway THAT'S ALSO TOTALLY COOL!]

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Arrive/Mingle

[tigerundercover]

Whether purposefully or by wandering by!

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[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy arrived with her arms full, balancing a stack of presents over several old blankets. "Hey, hey!" she called. "Special delivery. Where should I drop these off, huh?"

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[tigerundercover]

"Oh my lord!" Raven had maybe forgotten to plan for presents. "Here, let me -- I'll spread out one of the blankets, so they don't get all sandy -- Kathy, you really shouldn't have!"

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[spin_kick_snap]

"La la la, I can't hear you," Kathy told her, carefully maneuvering her boxes and things so Raven could get to the blankets. "Careful...careful...the bottom box has your cake in it."

It was a sheet cake from JGoB's because this had been entirely short notice, but Kathy'd managed to find one that fit the day's theme anyway.

"Besides, you only turn eighteen once and I'm making up for lost time and you didn't let me do anything else anyway, so of course you're getting a bunch of presents," she said, pleased with Raven's reaction. "I mean, it's probably best this way because I did put in a couple of calls to see if there were any halls on the mainland we could rent for the day on short notice and you nearly got a miniature horse to show up and give pony rides anyway..."

So be glad it was just a mountain of presents, Raven. This was what happened when your best friend was an overachiever.

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[tigerundercover]

"Pony rides -- were you going to bribe Ms. Pie or something?" Raven shook her head ruefully, smiling. "Maybe that was the plan. Keep it short notice so you couldn't go totally overboard."

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[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

Hanna had gotten the invite, tracked down a book for a present, and then headed to the beach, sunblock in place.

"Happy birthday," she called as she got closer. "I brought candy."

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[tigerundercover]

"Candy!" Raven cheered, and went over to give Hanna a hug. "I knew I was forgetting something. Thanks for coming!"

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[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

Hanna happily leaned into the hug, laughing a little. "Thanks for the invitation. You didn't say, how old are you now?"

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[tigerundercover]

"Eighteen," Raven said. "Or thereabouts. Side effect of being blue and scaly, no one ever got around to telling me my actual age. . . ." She shrugged. "How could I have a birthday party and not invite my favorite trainer-friend?"

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"Oooh, candy!" Kathy said, giving Hanna a smile. "Hey, was Velcro okay? I kind of lost track of you after you went after him and so I got a little worried. He didn't accidentally get into anything that was bad for him, did he?"

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[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

Hanna's smile dimmed as she was reminded of her excuse to leave Kathy on Sunday. "No, he's-- fine. I stopped him before he could make himself sick." She paused and added, "Thank you for asking, though."

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"Of course," Kathy said, like it hadn't occurred to her to not. Because, honestly, it hadn't. "I'd feel terrible if he'd gotten sick or something."

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[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper had kept a fairly low profile the last couple of weeks. He'd done it in an attempt to impress Melissa Hoover, get her to let him back home.

It hadn't worked and while he'd been angry at first, he was trying to control that anger by suppressing it into a neat little ball.

He would act normal. He'd be a student and he'd do Melissa's little dance and let her see that he didn't need to be here. So, when he got the email, he bought something small and came down. Raven was his big sibling and he'd appreciated her help through his first few semesters.

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[tigerundercover]

"Jasper!" Raven greeted. "Thanks for coming! I wasn't sure if you'd be into a social thing."

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[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper shrugged as he walked up, feet kicking sand as he did. "This is more my friend Howie's thing than mine but I told him I'd go to a few parties and do him proud."

Really, anything Howie wanted within reason, he'd do.

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"It's good to have friends to push you out of your comfort zone," Raven said. "That's pretty much how Kathy got me to throw this. How long have you known Howie?"

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[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Jasper." Hanna tossed a chocolate toward him. "Catch!"

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[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper managed to snag the chocolate with one hand easily enough. He'd had a thought to just let it drop down into the sand but chose the nicer path.

"Giving out candy?"

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[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

"Sharing it out, yes. I'm not as much of a fan of the alcohol." Hanna made a yucky-face, and smiled at him. "Are you enjoying your summer?"

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[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy waved to Jasper from behind a small mountain of sandwiches. "Hey," she called. "Glad to see you made it! You're Raven's little brother, right?"

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[ihuntkillers.livejournal.com]

Jasper nodded. "Yep, that'd be me. Not the first, not the last, I'm sure. But, I wanted to show up for a little while to give her a gift."

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[spin_kick_snap]

"Oooh! Can I ask what you got her?" Kathy asked, beaming. More presents for Raven! After not even having a birthday for her life (seriously, what the hell, Charles?), Kathy was of the opinion Raven deserved to be spoiled. "Will you be signing up to be a big brother now that you're used to the island?"

Food/Drink

[tigerundercover]

There's moddable deli sandwiches of every variety (not just turkey)! Sides and salads galore! And a potentially excessive amount of champagne and sparkling cider and soda!

Dance!

[tigerundercover]

Billie Holiday! Ella Fitzgerald! Nicki Minaj! Janelle Monae!

And maybe the occasional male artist here there, sure.

OOC

[tigerundercover]

Do I need more OCD? Does anyone really use more than the arrive and mingle thread in a party post these days?

Are we all partied out as a game?