Fast Eddie's, Tuesday Evening

[myownface]

Soooooo, apparently today was Sparkle's 21st birthday? Which was weird.

It was weird. And Sparkle hadn't really planned anything for it. He always found it easier to make a big deal out of other people's big days than his own. And anyway, what did 21 mean? He could use real identification to drink now? Where was the fun in that?

But he wanted to do something, so he sent off a handwavey text to anyone on his contact list just saying, Fast Eddie's tonight, the multiverse has had to deal with 21 years of me, suckers, and then hopped through a portal to Fandom Island to crash the arcade.

... No, he didn't have anything in mind beyond that. No real party or anything. Just, hey, come to the arcade. Waste some quarters. Maybe somebody would show up. It'd be great. And he was kind of grinning like an idiot as he showed up, since he'd made a stop at the apartment first.

Aww, Sia. Unsolicited presents were kind of great.

[OOC: I literally forgot about this until just before bedtime last night. OCD-free, daytime SP applies, hello, it's Sparkle's birthday, if you think you got an invite, or even if you didn't, feel free to crash in!]

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[shutupandkillsomething]

Cade had a Force-sense for the potential of free food, so there he was. "Happy birthday, my man. Where's the booze?"

[myownface]

And of course, Sparkle laughed.

"I brought a case of beer of anybody wants to raid it," he shared, "but for you, I'm thinking just a mug of juice from a jar of hot peppers."

A pause.

"We can throw some hand soap and grass in for texture!"

[shutupandkillsomething]

"That sounds karking terrible," Cade said. And no alcohol in it."

He'd probably drink it if there was booze in it, let's be honest.

[myownface]

"We could just dump the beer in," Sparkle suggested. "Way less classy than those drinks from Sia's party, but at least we can add more beer as needed."

[shutupandkillsomething]

"That sounds," horrifying, "amazing. Let's do that."

They made the best choices.

[myownface]

"I wonder if I can bribe the pizza guys to come back with just, like, a jar of hot pepper brine..."

Well, it wasn't a birthday with Sparkle and Cade unless some horrible decision was made.

[shutupandkillsomething]

"I'll bet they'd do it for free," Cade said optimistically. "Oh, I brought you a Verdonian fire rat but it escaped."

[myownface]

"I don't know what that is but now I really really really want to find it."

Because priorities.

Also it had 'fire' in the name.

[shutupandkillsomething]

"It might be in the park or something," Cade said with a remarkable lack of concern for someone who lost an animal with fire in the name.

[myownface]

"Once people pack up and head off, wanna go look for it?"

Because that rat had fire in the name.

IT WAS LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR HIM.

[shutupandkillsomething]

Cade picked the best presents!

"Sure," Cade said, nodding. "But first, drinks."

Sooo many drinks.

[myownface]

"You've got the greatest priorities," Sparkle laughed, and then gestured to his case of beer. "First, drinks."

It was amazing the arcade wasn't chasing them outta here.

[shutupandkillsomething]

"And second, drinks," Cade said. "And then maybe third, finding that rat."

[myownface]

"These priorities are the best priorities," Sparkle declared. "Beer?"

... Good thing it was just one rat, or the island could have had a really horrible infestation in the making, here.

[shutupandkillsomething]

"Definitely beer," Cade agreed. "How have you been since our last amazing drinking night?"

[myownface]

"Good, actually," Sparkle said, sounding a bit baffled about that as he pulled a couple of beers from the case and handed one over. "Atton took off for a bit, had to take care of some Sith thing. And now he's staying on Coruscant again. Soooo... so am I. Hanging out at the Temple, making rude gestures at Mical behind his back. Commuting back to the island for work, because I'm also an idiot."

He should have just, like, taken vacation time. But it wasn't like he knew how long he'd be, either.

[shutupandkillsomething]

"You are definintely an idiot," Cade said helpfully. "Coruscant, huh. What's it like in Atton's time? It's a hellhole in mine."

[myownface]

"It's... pretty," Sparkle said after a pause. "Like if someone took a spit-shine to Nar Shaddaa and then gave it, like, a sky and some fluffy clouds? But, like, I don't get too far from the temple unless I'm going for food. I could, like, move into the market."

The market was so weird and he loved it.

"It's the lower levels of the city that are kinda shitty, and worse the deeper down you go. Pretty sure Atton would fucking murder me if I went too far down alone."

[shutupandkillsomething]

"Oh, if Atton didn't murder you, something down there definitely would," Cade said, nodding. "I wouldn't go there."

And if Cade wouldn't go, damn.

[myownface]

Damn indeed.

"Yeah, that's about what I figure," Sparkle said, shaking his head, but grinning a little. "And I'm a huge fan of not getting murdered. So I'll be just as happy doing stupid tourist crap up top, you know? There's gotta be a zoo somewhere or something where I can gawk at... what's something cool? I want to gawk at something cool."