fandomtownies | Iris' Birthday Party, Groovy Tunes, Sunday Evening

As was quickly becoming fine tradition in these parts, Jono's business was getting repurposed tonight for the sake of a party for Iris. Of course, today it wasn't Iris doing the repurposing. Zack had made his way back after the job fair and had pretty much gone to town decorating the stage area of the Groovy Tunes with... balloons and streamers, mostly.

Far too many balloons and streamers.

He had no idea how parties worked, okay? But since she had gone to town with his party, he felt kind of obligated to organize a party that was at least half as exciting.

So, balloons. Streamers. Cans of silly string because that seemed like a party thing? And glowsticks. Who didn't like glowsticks, right?

... Zack had flailed his way through the party prep, mostly.

Anyway, he'd sent out e-mails to pretty much everyone Iris had sent them out for his birthday (so, everybody?) and now he was kind of just sitting back and looking faintly bewildered. Zack had no idea how to party, no.

[OOC: Open birthday is open!]

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Grab some silly string! Steal a glowstick! There's totally some music-- the stereo likes Iris just as much as the rest of you. Make yourself comfortable in the theater seating or on the stage or whatever. YOU DO YOU.

Hernando arrived and after placing his gift on the table, picked up a glowstick to fidget with and took a seat in the theater area. He smiled and waved at Zack and Iris and would catch up with them when they were done ~~smooching~~ chatting.

Kaidan arrived, took one look at the sheer volume of balloons and valiantly tried not to giggle. Oh, Zack. Buddy. A+ for effort, absolutely.

It was adorable. So very Zack.

Well, duh, of course Prompto had to come to this party once he got the email, because Zack and Iris were awesome, and Zack was now also his boss, too (honestly, it was really impressive that he'd gone this long without glomping onto that perspective), and who didn't love a party anyway?

Especially a party with glow sticks and silly string.

If he wasn't pretty much covered in the latter by the end of the night, then he clearly had done his partying wrong.

Kanan was here, yes. And he was giving an amused look around at the multitude of balloons as he took in the whole... motif.

Yeah. He was very much not a party person.

Please, of course Jono was going to be here. And not just because his business had been stolen for this party again, either.

He was giving the balloons such a side-eye, though. He was going to be pulling those from the rafters for months, wasn't he?

Well, it would certainly be in poor taste to receive an invite to Iris's party and not make an appearance, especially when Zack had clearly gone through the trouble of making it quite the event as Iris had done for him. Sidon had to smile a little for that; so charming, these two! And he'd rather enjoyed getting to meet Iris last time. It was an honor to get to wish her a happy birthday was well.

Also, he simply had to compliment Zack on the decor when he had a chance. He was particularly fond of the balloons.

The day Summer received an email for a party and didn't go would be the day Summer was probably dead. And she liked Iris a lot so far; she definitely connected with her more than she had Zack, really.

She almost felt as if she'd set herself her own precident, too, because she couldn't help herself from getting a shot of the scene and sending it straight to Twitter.

Ain't no party like Fandom Island Party! #HappyBDayIris!

...she had a problem, okay? A problem easily cloaked by some sort of 'professional acumen.' #LiterallyHerJob right now.

Seivarden didn't know Iris that well, but she appreciated her tea - when Sparkle didn't buy all of it - and Zack had arranged it and that was a reason too.

So here she was, trying not to step on balloons while looking at that glowstick she was holding in her hand.

Fjord had mentioned the email. He'd seemed a little confused by it. Fenris had met Zack, and was bored and curious to wander into town and follow the crowd to the party.

He acted casual and tried to look like he belonged. There were at least a couple people he'd met before.

Amaya had been...a little bit on the fence when an email came through about another party. Sure, she'd chatted with Iris a little and liked her well enough, but she also didn't see the two of them exactly becoming friends. But she also knew that she really should socialize more, and, if anything, she could make an appearance, maybe leave a small token of a gift, and call it a decent attempt. Overall, it just felt a little rude not to, and her sense of professionalism just didn't allow her to be rude to someone connected to a sword like Zack's.

...it was a really, really nice sword, okay? Amaya had dreams about swords like that...

"Amaya," Seivarden greeted with a smile. "I haven't seen you in a while. How is your new forge coming along?"

"Captain," Amaya nodded back, meeting the smile with a bit of a smirk. "It's coming along great, actually, can barely keep up with orders, really, but I'm getting myself some help."

The smirk may have gained a bit of pride there; she vaguely remembered someone making a comment or two about wondering how she'd even stay in business when they'd talk about it ages ago.

"But what about you? Where've you been keeping yourself? Feels I haven't seen much of you since movie night got moved to Tuesday."

Seivarden didn't remember that comment.

"More swords?"

She really did expect a 'yes' to that.

"More swords," Amaya agreed with a nod, proud smile remaining. "Couple axes for Diaz." She snorted slightly. "I've probably have more business here in my first month than I would for an entire season back home! Makes it worth all the hard work and sweat it took to actually get me there."

"That's good," Seivarden said with a nod. "Is that why you sold the store?"

She would really have preferred if Amaya had kept it, for obvious reasons.

Then she smirked: "Are you sure she needs more axes?"

"Can you ever really have too many axes?" asked Amaya with a bright grin of her own, in case anyone was wondering why she and Rosa'd made such fast friends. "And, truth be told," she added, "I never wanted that other store in the first place, that whole thing was a big misunderstanding," or a blatant lie, whichever way you looked at it, "from the start. But it was a means to an end, and I'm glad it's finally at the end. Summer's going to do a great job with it; she's much more suited for that kind of thing than I am, anyway."

"I just thought you did a good job with it," Seivarden said.

By not being a nosy gossip.

"But I understand."

She didn't understand what someone needed all though axes for, but she wasn't sure she wanted to know.

Miguel showed up, put his present down, and checked around to see what was going on.

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