Demon Marcus, Monday

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka had woken up with the strangest feeling that it was someone's birthday today. She'd spent a good, long time consulting with her toys about which day all of them were born and while some were close to today's date, none of them had it from what they could tell.

It was all deeply confusing.

Still, not knowing whose birthday it was didn't mean she couldn't have a party. So Alluka had more toys than normal with her, a cake layered with strawberries and whipped cream and topped with chocolate shavings, tea and cookies, and it took her some time but eventually she got the store open (rather late) with a birthday banner up and balloons everywhere.

It didn't matter whose day it was! She was celebrating it anyway!

Demon Marcus is Open!

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[that_oldsaying]

With cake!

Talk to Alluka

[that_oldsaying]

Also with cake!

Re: Talk to Alluka

[myownface]

It had been a while since Sparkle had swung by to pay his employees surprise visits during their shift, and he'd done up another postcard for Alluka, love Milady, that needed delivering.

He hadn't really been expecting all the decorations when he walked in today, so he pursed his lips a little and blinked, but seemed pretty okay with it anyway.

"Hey," he said in greeting. "Is it somebody's birthday that I didn't know about?"

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[that_oldsaying]

"I think so!" she said cheerfully. "Hi, hi! I woke up and thought it was someone's birthday and it probably is someone's birthday."

A beat.

"Cake?"

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[myownface]

"Cake for a mystery birthday, huh?" Sparkle chuckled and gave Alluka an easy smile. "That sounds like as good a reason to eat cake as there ever was. Yes, please, and thanks. How goes it?"

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[that_oldsaying]

"I'm okay!" she chirped, cutting a piece of cake for Sparkle (a rather generous piece, since Alluka was like that) and setting it out on a plate for him. "Everything is better when there's something fun to do, right?"

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[myownface]

"Pretty much everything," Sparkle agreed, grinning a little. "And there's not much in the world that's more fun than a party."

... Well. Sparkle could name a few things. But Alluka was probably too young for those conversations anyway.

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[that_oldsaying]

She beamed at him.

"Exactly! So, today it's a party, even if we don't know who we're celebrating."

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[myownface]

"I'll celebrate any time, even if we don't know what it is we're celebrating," Sparkle replied. And then paused for a moment before perking up a little bit. "Oh! Speaking of!"

He was then plunking his backpack on the counter, mindful of the cake, and going for a rummage.

"I got a postcard from a friend of ours in the mail today, if you want it!"

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[that_oldsaying]

There was almost an audible drooping as Alluka's smile faded and she took another bite of her cake.

"No," she said sulkily.

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[puppy_fair]

So, Zack had been wearing... mostly Jono's old hand-me-downs since arriving on the island. He'd pretty much given up on any piece of SOLDIER gear besides the occasional armor piece, which made for an interesting juxtaposition with black jeans and t-shirts for bands he'd never heard of, but that was basically casual wear back home anyway.

The trouble with clothing was that it needed to be replaced after a while. Not everything was made as sturdy as the uniform of a SOLDIER 1st Class, and the holes in the knees of his jeans had gone from 'fashion statement' to 'air conditioning' somewhere over the past few weeks.

Of course, clothes shopping was not exactly his strong point, as he stepped into the clothing shop and pretty immediately let himself be distracted by the streamers. Those were way easier to focus on than figuring out what he was newing with clothes shopping.

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[that_oldsaying]

Oooo! A customer!

Alluka had this! She was going to be professional and sell clothing and be awesome and--

"Hi, hi, hi! Do you want cake?"

--After cake. She'd be all of that after cake.

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[puppy_fair]

"Oh, hi!" Zack blinked over at the girl -- aw, she was a cute one. "You have cake? I mean, I guess you would have cake, since it looks like there's some kind of party here. I didn't interrupt anything, did I?"

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[that_oldsaying]

"No! We don't know who we're celebrating! But I have an entire cake!" Alluka threw her arms out to emphasize this.

Someone, please, stop her from eating the whole thing.

"There's even strawberries in it to make it healthy!"

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[puppy_fair]

"There isn't much in the world that is more healthy than a strawberry," Zack decided easily, looking over toward the cake in question. "Oh, wow, and that looks really good. But you don't know who it's for?"

Well. Then they probably wouldn't miss some of it, would they?

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[that_oldsaying]

Or any of it! Harry probably had cake of his own in some universe...

"No idea!" Alluka said blithely. "It's not your birthday, is it?"

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[puppy_fair]

"Nah," Zack laughed. "Mine isn't for another month or so, I think."

It was hard to be sure, these days.

"But it's probably somebody's. Somewhere."

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[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo usually showed up near the very end of Alluka's shift. Mostly because she couldn't help pointing out all the reasons it would probably be fine to close early so that they could get to the AirTrek part of the day earlier, and even Ringo felt a little guilty when she did that too early in the day.

But today she was feeling a bit restless, and, also, it was hot out, so ducking into Demon Marcus early to see her friend would be just fine!

Of course, that meant she was pausing in the doorway and blinking in surprise. "I didn't know it was your birthday," Ringo said, sounding a bit apologetic. She hadn't even gotten a present!

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[that_oldsaying]

The AirTrek part of the day was one of the best parts of the day, it was true!

Alluka blinked at Ringo.

Then she giggled.

"It's not my birthday, Ringo! It's okay!"

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[soniaroadsqueen]

"It's not?"

Ringo blinked.

"Oh."

Then she looked around.

"Whose is it, then?"

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[that_oldsaying]

Alluka shrugged a little.

"I don't know," she admitted. "But I woke up with the feeling that it was someone's birthday. So we're celebrating anyway!"

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[soniaroadsqueen]

"Oh!" Ringo grinned suddenly at that.

"Totally makes sense." She looked around again, still grinning. "Did whoever it is show up? Or are we still waiting on them?"

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[that_oldsaying]

"We're still waiting on them!" she said cheerfully. It didn't really bother her if the mystery birthday person never showed up. "But I have cake, if you want some?"

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[soniaroadsqueen]

"Well, it would be rude to refuse cake," Ringo allowed with a smirk.

You know, in a way that eating birthday cake without the birthday person wasn't.

"Did you make it yourself?"

OOC

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... I possibly write too much fanfiction. Hm.