Caritas- Tuesday

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There was a party at Caritas today, so Kitty came in early to make sure everything was properly set up. She did most of this alone, since Tino hadn't come in yet.

Right before opening he still wasn't there, and Kitty was a little worried she'd have to serve the whole party by herself.

He showed up five minutes late with Starbucks, and this might be the most Kitty had ever hated anybody.

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Stage

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Karaoke! Band! Zombies!

Re: Stage

[uncertain_dume]

The things Kanan would do for Summer because she'd asked nicely. Honestly now. Kanan was making his way to the stage, taking a moment to punch something into the queue and then making a reach for the microphone.

See, Summer had given him all of two days to figure out how to make this happen, and while Monday had been... busy... he'd taken himself to task on Sunday night. So maybe it seemed like a cop-out when the music for Rocket Man began to play, but Kanan actually did his damnedest to follow along. Maybe he didn't have the voice for it, exactly. His voice was a fair bit deeper than Elton John's after all. But he seemed to do pretty well hitting the words.

And then the song was over. And he grinned a little.

"This one is for the most sadistic birthday girl I know," he said into the microphone as his second song started to play.

And you know what, Summer? Apparently two days was enough time for him to not be a complete disaster at that, either.

"LEONARD BERNSTEIN!"

He remembered. Happy birthday, Summer.

Bar

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You can talk to Kitty or mod Tino.

Re: Bar

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Thanks for letting me take over the back room, Kitty," Summer said, once she'd gotten things a little set up and said hi to a few people. "And I might feel a little bad about taking advantage of a free drink, but it's my birthday, so if you don't mind, I'll grab the first of probably many Summer Smiths, please."

...tomorrow was going to be fun.

Re: Bar

[throughaphase]

"No problem, it's just about the only time anyone uses that room," Kitty said. "And happy birthday."

Re: Bar

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Thank you!" Summer may have bounced slightly. "I've been really looking forward to this one. Eighteen! Finally! Not that it overall matters, but, hey, I can vote now?"

Re: Bar

[died8yearsago]

"...why are there people here?"

As if having to actually talk to people other than Kitty last week wasn't bad enough, there appeared to be a...party or something going on this week. What kind of psycho had a party on a Tuesday?

Rosa was definitely going to be glowering into her beer over this one. She might have just gone home, but...she was already here, so...

Re: Bar

[throughaphase]

"There's a birthday party going on. They probably won't be up here much," she assured her.

Re: Bar

[died8yearsago]

Just when you thought Rosa's expression couldn't get any more disgusted.

"Ugh," she said, "birthday parties are the worst. Anyone over the age of six having a birthday party should die in a fire."

Yeah, she edited her thoughts on the matter recently, since telling them to just go to hell apparently garnered a 'no thanks I've already been there' reply.

Lounge

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If you want to get away from the bar and party.

Back Room

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Paaaartaaaaay.

Re: Back Room

[somethingwithturquoise]

For someone who had literally emailed everyone she could access for this party, Summer didn't want to make it seem like it was any sort of big deal or anything, so her own set-up was pretty minimal. She'd brought some jello, of course, and balloons, but that was about it. She just wanted to have a little party back here again for one of the few remain good milestone birthdays of her life, in a place where she could actually do it in a bar, with people she liked.

And it was her birthday, too, so she shouldn't feel guilty about keeping those Summer Smith cocktails flowing.

Re: Back Room

[thatwaslucky]

Summer was really the only reason Rey went to parties, and she was here, and she'd made the mistake of getting a Summer Smith before finding out what was in it. It was... not something she would be doing twice.

Re: Back Room

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Rey!" Summer beamed as she bounced over to the other girl. "You made it! Hi! Oooh, hey, is that my drink?"

Pause. Clarification.

"Not my drink as in it's mine and I'm going to drink it, but my drink as in the one I made up and named after myself."

Re: Back Room

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan hadn't brought much today besides a headache - never carry on a telepathic conversation with angry hive-mind insects - and a hastily-wrapped package under one arm because, shut up, of course he was getting his favorite birthday girl something for the really important one.

... It was possibly the first birthday present he'd ever given anybody, but that wasn't going to stop him from trying.

Even if, ah, it was a blaster pistol. That was a perfectly normal 18th birthday gift, right?

"I never claimed to be good at this," he shared, giving her a little nod hello as he stepped into the back room. "Happy birthday, Summer."

Re: Back Room

[somethingwithturquoise]

"BDG!"

It took everything Summer had not to just go over and tackle him with a hug. She was going to be good, she was going to restrain herself, she was...

...going to say fuck it and hug him anyway. Even if it was a little awkward with the box under his arm that shouldn't be there.

"I said no presents."

She...did not sound very upset about there being a present, though.

Re: Back Room

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon had been surprised that he'd received an invitation to another one of Summer's parties, considering he didn't feel that Summer liked him very much.

...so, no, he still hadn't figured out that Summer pretty much just invited everyone.

It seemed rude to refuse an invitation, and he hadn't actually been to the bar yet, so it seemed like a happy combination of things to get him out and about, even if birthdays seemed a little silly to him. But humans only lived a fraction of the life that Zora did...he supposed they wanted to celebrate what little bit they had as much as they could.

Re: Back Room

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oh, hey, Sidon!"

Summer had no idea that Sidon thought she didn't like him, nor would the idea ever cross her mind, especially since it was borne from this one time she'd yelled at him for dripping water on the carpet at a party where they weren't even really themselves anyway. She was honestly sort of glad that there was a non-human element to the party, because parties kind of felt weird without them now. Plus, being able to say there was royalty at your shindig was always a bonus.

"Thanks for coming!"

Re: Back Room

[futurespacemom]

Hera wouldn't miss this, even if she didn't have much of a present. Which, she knew they'd been told not to, but Kanan had brought one, so she had, and what if hers what underwhelming? Or if Summer really didn't want them at all?...she was overthinking this, wasn't she?

"Hi, Summer!" she greeted with a wave.

Re: Back Room

[somethingwithturquoise]

Well, Kanan was clearly terrible at following directions, but you certainly weren't going to hear Summer complain about it.

"Hera, hey!" Summer waved back, bouncing over, careful not to spill her very, very, very pink drink. "Thanks for coming!"

Re: Back Room

[era_two_triangle]

Peridot hadn't brought a gift for Summer, no.

Peridot was simply walking into the bar, walking up to Summer, and wrapping her arms around Summer's leg.

Summer had left. Who did that?

Re: Back Room

[somethingwithturquoise]

And now Summer had a Peridot on her leg.

Awwww. She missed having a Peridot on her leg.

"Hey, Peridot," she said, grinning down, fighting the urge to just pat the top of her hair. "What's up?"

Re: Back Room

[thatsweirdright]

Much like Peridot, Jason didn't have a present. Also much like Peridot, Jason was aiming for a hug as he made his way over to Summer.

Unlike Peridot, Jason's hug would end up a little higher than her kneecaps.

"Hey, you," he greeted. "It's good to have you back." Yes, he'd been vaguely aware that she'd been around during that whole... thing... where all the adults got younger, but because the player was too busy playing a teen-ified adult somehow they hadn't managed to cross paths.

Re: Back Room

[special_rabbit]

Amaya thought it was a little strange to have received an invitation to Summer's birthday party; she was frequent customer, sure, but they were hardly friends. Still, considering how much the girl bought at her store in gelatin alone, it was the least she could do to show up, wish her a happy birthday, and grab a pint while she was there.

OOC

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I have a friend coming to stay before a weekend trip in two days and I am not ready.