Furnado Animal Shelter: Prompto's Birthday Party; Saturday Evening [10/22].

[somethingwithturquoise]

The animals at the shelter were all probably very, very confused right now, and while the more noise-sensitive ones had been whisked away to a much quieter part of the place, the ones who remained were still, clearly, ready to party. Not that Summer imagined this was going to be a wild thank god I have nothing to do on Sunday affair, it was still a party.

There were decorations, of course, the place dripping with banners and streamers in yellow and whites, silvers and golds, and with Gladio, Goose, and Sidon on hand with the helping, Summer barely had to lift a finger herself in that area of preparation. It wasn't much, no, but Liz had said she wanted to keep it pretty low-key, anyway. They had cake. They had puppies. They had karaoke.

And then they had a Prompto, and once that initial surprise was complete, the party could begin in earnest!

[[ ocd is up! text invitations were very handwavily sent out in a very 'if you think you may have gotten one, you did!' fashion, especially if you're close with Liz and Prompto already or a former classmate or teacher of Prompto's, because you know Summer looked that shit up. Or if you wanted to have received an errant text anyway! Or if you just want to hop in because it's a public place and clearly its hopping and you want to check it out. Which is an awful lot of words to say that this party is OPEN! huzzah! ]]

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General Mingling - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Because any party without mingling is a failed party indeed! Chat it up with your fellow party-goers, plan out your karaoke songs, admire the incredibly impressive fish tanks looming in the back of the store, consider taking home a nice budgie or iguana while you're here....

Re: General Mingling - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[sword_chocobro]

Even if he hadn't been helping out with the set-up, it would be a pretty dick move on Gladio's part if he didn't how up for Prompto's birthday party. He was mostly sticking to the edges, though, where at least one puppy had wandered over and made a pillow out of his boot, so he supposed that was a pretty good excuse for just staying put and people-watching as he drank his beer and had....very conflicting emotions about all of this in general.

But he was happy for the guy. This sort of thing had been almost impossible to come by in the past ten years, so he was glad that it worked out that Prompto could have something like this again, even if he was still confused as hell about where he fit into any of this himself.

Re: General Mingling - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[pocketpretzels]

Watts was here! To celebrate the birthday of a man he’d spoken to all of once, but Prompto did seem a pleasant fellow (despite the unfortunate choice of facial hair), so he was here with a literal feather in his cap.

Although after a week said feather was starting to look a bit bedraggled…

Re: General Mingling - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[in_sidon_we_trust]

It would be pretty hard to miss Sidon, looming large quite literally over the party, thrilled to have the opportunity to not only make sure everything was still going well with all the pets in the place, but also to socialize with the more person side of this little event.

Plus, well, it was Prompto's birthday, and the two of them did go way back (longer back for one of them than the other, but still longer back for both of them than everyone else!), especially in this place, so he couldn't be more pleased by how things had turned out.

And he'd assure Prompto that there was a good chance the funds raised for his birthday would go to securing another back-up generator, just in case.

Re: General Mingling - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight knew both the birthday boy and his significant other, so he was there, making an appearance. A party at a pet shop was MUCH more his style nad speed so he was feeling much more comfortable than he had at the last few parties there had been on the island.

Re: General Mingling - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[hasaknightjob]

Steven arrived with Llewellyn and tried not to let Llewellyn get too far out of his sight. After all it was Prompto's birthday party and the order of the day was the celebration. As much as Liz assured Steven that it was all right for him to be there Steven still wanted to do his best to not cause any distraction or trouble. He hoped being there with his beau would help.

For the most part Steven kept to the background. He figured it was up to Liz or Prompto himself to decide on when introductions might happen.

Re: General Mingling - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[stykera]

Stark hadn't precisely been invited to this but Summer had mentioned it and he was very curious to see if any puppies did end up singing. Because this was Fandom and sometimes things like that happened.

And it was something to do, and something different (perhaps even with a few different people than he usually spoke to), and it was always a good idea to tell wish someone a happy birthday.

Re: General Mingling - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[sharp_man]

Hannibal had worn only things he didn't mind having dog hair on (in addition to the cat hair he waged an eternal battle with). So here he was in designer jeans and a button-down linen shirt, ready to socialize.

The Puppy Pen - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

All of the puppies in the puppy pen have been given adorable little birthday party hats, so get your pictures of them now, because you know those hats will not last long.

Puppies, of course, are not restricted to the puppy pen, but this is absolutely where you'll be getting your most puppy snuggles for your buck. Concentrated puppiness.

Re: The Puppy Pen - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[stykera]

Once he was informed that there was a pen full of puppies and that some might be wearing hats of COURSE Stark needed to go there and allow himself to be covered in puppies. How could he resist?

Stark really ought to consider getting a dog for himself one of these days. For now he was going to take a few moments to be genuinely happy while being snuggled and licked and telling all the puppies how good they were.

Re: The Puppy Pen - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[flamesburned]

Liz was definitely taking all of the photos as she could with the puppies and their adorable hats.

She did feel a little sad that she wasn’t able to take part in the puppy pile on but it was still fun taking the photos and watching them and giving as many safe pets as she could.

The Karaoke - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer had considered restricting it to animal-themed songs only, but that got real restrictive real fast. That said, bonus points probably will come with Elvis, Baja Men, or Three Dog Night, among others.

So get on stage, grab the mike, and sing it out.

Re: The Karaoke - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[sword_chocobro]

Summer knew that the karaoke had to get started by someone, and that, once that ice was broken, more people would be more likely to step up to the mic, but she had been weirdly insistent that it couldn't be her. Which meant Gladio was being recruited to the cause, and he couldn't exactly say no, now, could he?

So there he was, testing the mic a few times before he grinned at everyone whose attention had shifted. "Hey, everyone," he said. "Thanks for coming out tonight. I've been volunteered to kick off the karaoke portion of the evening, so, uh, yeah, I guess....this one's for you, Pipsqueak. Happy birthday. We've definitely been through a lot together, and I'm not sure any of us could have predicted any of it. Well." A grunting laugh for a joke only he and one other person in the room would even get. "Except maybe Ignis, but I doubt even he couldn't have expected we'd wind up back here..."

With that, the music started, and he hastily added, "Also, Summer picked the song, I don't think I've ever even heard it..."

So things were about to get real interesting once It's the End of the World as We Know it started up and wound up taking Gladio along with it.

The performance was not exactly a stellar example of showmanship, but his ability to gravelly hit most of the words as they streaked by on the screen was actually kind of impressive.

Re: The Karaoke - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[pocketpretzels]

Summer probably had a point and Watts might want to think about expanding his repertoire if karaoke was going to be a thing that happened fairly often, but for now...

Well, there was only one person in this room who'd heard him sing before, so he wasn't too worried about Ring of Fire getting stale as a song choice just yet.

Re: The Karaoke - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Oh, you all had to know that it was only a matter of time before Prompto took to the stage with the intention to not only give everyone there more cavities than the entire cake spread could even hope to give you, but to also probably set his girlfriend's entire face aflame.

Errr, from blushing, obviously! Not....you know....that....other...

ANYWAY, Prompto was taking the stage, his own face pretty pink, but he know, once he got started, his embarrassment would fade pretty quickly.

"Soooo," he said, "thanks everyone, for coming. Uh, I think...I think you can all guess who this one's for. It's going to be super cheesy, but I'm not even the least bit sorry, it's my birthday, I'll do what I want. So there."

He laughed a little, and Sunkissed got started, because you didn't find a song that was so perfectly in your range and lyrics that also fit so perfectly with your life this past month, and not serenade your girlfriend with it at your birthday karaoke puppy party, dammit!

Re: The Karaoke - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Look, Summer still hadn't quite kicked her Japanese Breakfast phase yet, and she'd been too busy planning a party to really give the new T. Swift album a listen to inspire her karaoke tonight, so she was just going to break that seal with a little Be Sweet.

There were a lot of options, obviously, if she wanted to do a little J-Brekkie, but that one just stood out to her in that moment for some reason.

Re: The Karaoke - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[flamesburned]

To the surprise of no one, Liz was going to sing a Beatles song, she thought it would be fun to do one of their animal themed songs.

She was a little nervous and her voice was shaky but she was having fun singing.

Re: The Karaoke - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[notagoose]

After a lot of jello shots, Goose finally got on the stage and went with one of the few that he did know and sang, he had liked performing Bon Jovi when he had done karaoke earlier and this song had always resonated with him.

Re: The Karaoke - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[hasaknightjob]

It wasn't exactly right on theme for the shelter, but it was sort of about animals so it wasn't not on theme? Regardless, Steven did his best with a song. His best was not the greatest, but he tried.

The Food and Drinks Table - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

While the specific nature of the snacks and beverages are entirely moddable party fare (there's definitely some puppy chow and Puppers in there), the real focus over here will definitely be the birthday cake (with its nice little topper). There are also cupcakes (because you can never have too much cake), and chocobo cake pops (because obviously).

Oh. And the jello shots, too, of course, which includes lemon meringue pie, peach fuizz, mango jalapeño, birthday cake, and some random basic flavors, but in cute paw print shapes.

Re: The Food and Drinks Table - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[notagoose]

To the surprise of no one Goose was mostly going to park himself by the jello shots (and maybe try and have a go at karaoke since it had been a while since he had done that despite the fact that said karaoke machine had been in his apartment the entire time).

He would be eating the food eventually but his interest was definitely the jello shots for the time being.

Re: The Food and Drinks Table - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[hasaknightjob]

As promised, Steven made sure to eat a few of the vegan cupcakes. Purely out of the goodness of demonstrating to others that the cupcakes were tasty. It was a selfless act, really.

The (Old) Man of the Hour! - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

So that everyone can find the birthday guy as soon as he pings in and, IDK, wish him happy birthday or something?

Re: The (Old) Man of the Hour! - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just wait until you get stuck in a decades-long dimension block that ages you seemingly more rapidly than your former peers, Summer Smith!

But, any disparaging Subject Lines about his age aside, this was...this was....

....honestly amazing, and Prompto was having a hard time mitigating the strong swells of emotion that were hitting him throughout the evening. There was a big smile that he couldn't keep off his face if he tried, and he really wished his eyes weren't practically swimming on the brink of tears so that he could see all these decorations better. The last ten years had been filled with the most somber, desperate attempts at birthday parties ever, to the point where, with the exception of the yearly Liz cake and the annual memorial fishing trip, he'd mostly just given up. But now, to be surprised by something that was just so full of light and life....and PUPPIES!...

It was a lot, y'all.

But a good a lot, and the puppies were brilliant, actually, because he was going to need to pick some up and snuggle them often throughout the night.

The Gifts Table - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

The invitation texts did request that, in lieu of gifts, donations be made to Furnado Animal Shelter instead, but there's always a few dissenters that might still get gifts, or maybe you really just want to brag about how much money you're throwing at these poor puppies for having had to listen to you sing tonight.

OOC - Prompto's Birthday Party, 10/22.

[somethingwithturquoise]

I should be mostly around today with the exception of a chunk of time where I have to go eat some of the most delicious vegan tacos this city has to offer, UGH, OMG, THE WOOOOOORST.