008--Today is a birthday we wonder for who, we know that it's somebody right in this room....

[dameluckypants.livejournal.com]

[So, in honor of her birthday, Rose Tyler has set up typical birthday party things--cake, pie, party hats, cola, cookies, and food in general. And there are streamers. OH YES. They're pink.]

...I don't think I'm forgetting anything. Oh! Right! [And there's a game of pin the tail on the donkey hanging up on a tree]. Love that game.

((It's Rose's 21st birthday, she's throwing a party, feel free to threadhop, blah blah blah, you know the drill.))

Comments

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Misaki appears carrying a stack of files, only to find that her kitchen table (still here from her first appearance on the Plane) has been co-opted for party use.]

Oh. Is it Christmas again?

[dameluckypants.livejournal.com]

Not for a while, no.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Ah. Figures it out.]

Oh! Happy Birthday. I'm sorry--I would have brought something.

[dameluckypants.livejournal.com]

Thanks. And you don't have to apologize at all!

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Well. [She smiles and shrugs.] Is it rude to ask how old you are?

[dameluckypants.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. I'm twenty one, though.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Well, happy twenty-first. I'll make sure to bring something to the Plane next time I see you. What sort of things do you like?

[Though she'd never admit it, she makes almost a hobby of buying people the ideal present.]

[dameluckypants.livejournal.com]

Oh, you really don't have to bring anything.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Lets the topic drop.]

What's it like, living in an alternative version of your home?


[[Personalquestionswhut?]]

[dameluckypants.livejournal.com]

Did the Doctor mention that?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. He did. I saw your London Eye, actually. We. Er. Went there for ice cream.

[dameluckypants.livejournal.com]

Sounds like him.

It's interesting. I like it, though.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Must've been strange at first.

[contract_star]

[Nods to the files.] Not going to work at a party, I hope.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Looks at them, vanishes, and reappears sans files.] Definitely not.

[contract_star]

Good. A party is for relaxing after a hard day. Or days.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[So not fooled.] I saw things seemed a bit... weird, when I showed up. [Frowny face.] My batting cages looked worse for wear, too. What's been going on? Monsters again?

[contract_star]

[Rubs the side of his head since it's still aching a little.] Actually, the Saints had a...fight, sort of. I'm pretty sure there was an explosion, but I was unconscious for that. They were pretty far from your batting cages though, so...[Trails off as he remembers that his telescope is somewhere on the Plane as well. Damn.]

I don't know if you've met Shun...

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

I met him, yes. We didn't talk for long. He seemed nice.

...did something happen to him?

[contract_star]

He's dead. [Looking away.] A god was possessing him and the Saints had to kill him, otherwise he would have destroyed this place and everyone in it.

[After awhile,] He'll be back soon, though. The Twins will bring him back.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She catches her breath sharply.] They killed him? A god? He mentioned them, fighting them, but nothing about potential for possession...

[Feels somewhat ill, both at the news of Shun's death and at the "He'll be back soon". It's still something she can't get her head around.]

[contract_star]

[Looks back at her, expression blank.] They had to. I don't know the details. Milo's world went through something called the "Holy War" recently. I think they fought Hades then, as well.

[Looks away again and is silent a moment, but then he smiles at her.] It's alright. It's a party. We should enjoy ourselves.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Gives him a disbelieving look.] Li-san, you just informed me that someone I recently met was possessed and killed. You've seen people come back to life here--maybe it's easier for you to accept, but party or not, he died.

[contract_star]

[He goes blank again, automatically.] Right. I'm sorry. I guess I am...more used to it than you are. [Though he doesn't specify what "it" is.]

Shun, he...[Trails off, tries again, fails again. He's quiet for awhile. Then he looks out at the party.] He would have liked this, I think.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Hugs herself. She's going to be contrary, and knows she's going to be contrary, and doesn't really care.] He will. We could... throw him one. [Tries to imagine herself throwing a party with Hei's help...

Fails.

Dryly,] Or suggest it to someone else.