it's ya birthday

[blackestwitch]

Who: Maddie Curie + Open
What: Baking and eating a belated birthday cake
When: 5/27 (PRESENT DAY, PRESENT TIME)
Where: Kitchen + Common Area
Warnings: nah fam


[ It starts out in the kitchen. Maddie has ingredients spread out on one of the counters; cake ingredients. Flour, eggs, baking powder, salt, sugar, unsalted butter, some freeze-dried strawberries, and a gallon of milk that says "LUKE NO" on the side for some reason. A number of baking pans and utensils are also out.

There's also a large sheet of paper with a lot of raised dots along the surface, and no visible ink or other writing. She runs her hand over the paper. ] All right. I can do this...

[ Feel free to pop in at any point of the baking process. With a cat supervising from the countertop, she slowly follows the instructions she had copied down onto the sheet. Mixing ingredients, baking. It's being made into a large sheet cake because she's not sure how many people will show up.

She makes the frosting while waiting for the baking to finish, then once it's done, it decorate time. Plain white frosting over the cake, the sliced strawberries around the edges, and... ⠼⠁ ⠋ in the center, in strawberry.


After the cake is finished, a mass text goes out over the network. ] Hey guys, I'm sixteen. That means cake in the common room, come by and grab some.

[ Then, separately to Mai and Izunia, ] Hey seriously come by, we need to talk.


[ As promised, the cake is placed in the common room. It's large enough to feed a bunch so help yourself to a slice. Maddie or a helper have brought out enough plates and forks. The cake itself is a bit of a mess, as if made by a blind girl, but it tastes well enough.

The birthday girl herself is sitting on a chair, leaning against one armrest with her legs over the other. She's also got a bowl of strawberry ice cream with her? That's cheating it's not even your cake, Maddie. On the back of the chair is Zel, her cat, eying people as they come in. Maddie offers everybody a wave, assuming she hears them enter. ] Hey! Welcome to the party. Help yourself.


[ Maddie outfit container: Shirt, flannel, OH GOD WHY ]

Comments

[fistsofchange]

Hi Maddie. I brou-

[A pause, as Lin takes in the pants. What the fuck.]

uh...I brought chips.

[The bag of chips she has is labeled "bacon and bits". There is no indication what the "bits" are. Not that Maddie can see that.]

[blackestwitch]

Chips? Oh, cool. Not really sure if they go with cake, but people like chips.

[ She... eats a spoonful of ice cream. Maddie ur not even eating ur own cake. ]

You sound confused by something though. What's up?

[fistsofchange]

Well, um.

I don't know how else to put this but you forgot to wear pants.

[blackestwitch]

I'm wearing shorts.

Are shorts not a thing where you're from? [ She adjust her position a bit, leaning to the side. See? Shorts. At least in this position all that's really visible is shiny purple metallic fabric, and not, say, the words. ]

text->action

[founderinglight]

Give me ten and I'll be there.

[And sure enough, ten minutes later Izunia wanders into the common room from the direction of his room - with a faint ruffling sound, as he rubs a towel over his hair. Looks like he was caught in the shower today.]

Heard you were looking for me.

[And, okay, there's an emphasis on 'looking' that makes it clear that it's the gentle tease that it is.]

[blackestwitch]

I've been keeping my eyes open for you, at least. [ She tries not to smirk at her own bad joke.

Such brevity fades after a moment. ] But yeah, I need to. Talk about my world. [ Emphasis on need. ]

[founderinglight]

By all means, unless you'd prefer somewhere with more privacy? In which case we can probably snag one of the meeting rooms or such.

[Hey Zel. Izunia's gonna give you a quick nod and then snatch himself some of that cake.]

[blackestwitch]

[ Maddie didn't keep a secret identity by being dumb about it. She nods. ]

A meeting room would be good. Those are up by the labs, right?

action

[nojohnyouare]

[Mai just replies to the text with "." for some reason, but she's there almost immediately.]

Maddie. Happy birthday. ...An issue?

[blackestwitch]

[ Maddie perks up a little bit when she hears Mai's voice. ]

Yeah, kind of? Can we go somewhere more private though?

[nojohnyouare]

I don't mind.

[She looks around and then just stands there, deferring to Maddie on this.]

[blackestwitch]

Um, we can go to my room? It's 50, so it's like right there. [ She gets up because, like, even if Mai thinks going with somebody to their room to be alone with them is not legit, she's still going to go somewhere right. ]

Action

[moonlightglory]

Happy bir--holy shit.

[ Faith is here, obviously. The timelines for this seem weird (wasn't she already sixteen?), a thought that is derailed the instant Maddie comes into view. ]

I know this is a pointless thing to ask, but what the fuck are you wearing?

[blackestwitch]

I have no idea. Why?

[ She's grinning broadly though because that is the correct reaction. ]

[moonlightglory]

You did this on purpose, didn't you? Was I just trolled?

[blackestwitch]

Is it the shirt? Or the shorts?

[hairpincurves]

Hey! Are you the one having the birthday?

[She might be a new arrival, but she's not about to turn down a chance to get to know someone.]

... I know there's plenty in the fridge, but I brought soda?

[... She notes the shorts, but doesn't comment on them. Well, it's nice that somebody's wearing a pair of those...?]

[blackestwitch]

I've got a soda maker in my room, actually. But since that only makes strawberry-flavored soda, I am not averse to gifts or tributes of the carbonated variety.

My name's Maddie. And yes, I am the one having the birthday.

[hairpincurves]

Nice, happy birthday! I brought some kind of off-brand cola, but, hey, there's two liters of it.

I'm one of the new arrivals. Akira Kurusu, but the shorter and cuter one.

[nor_iron_bars]

[So, Jail's been spending a lot of time in the AV room these last couple days, working on a little project. It took some creative editing, going through her phone's photo album to find a good and relatively current-looking picture of Maddie, and at one point borrowing the android's braille label maker, but she's managed to finish it just in time.]

[In her pocket is Maddie's birthday present, perfect for just turning sixteen: a driver's license.]

[Credit where it's due, Jail makes shockingly good fake IDs... although most valid Florida driver's licenses don't usually include lettering in braille.]

[She walks into the room and looks around for Maddie, snickers quietly when she catches sight of The Shorts, and strolls over.]

Hey, compere, not a bad shindig. Free food, too, that's always a hit.

[blackestwitch]

Oh, hey! Glad you could make it to the party. There's still cake left. And a little bit of ice cream.

And chips. They're bacon n' bits.

[nor_iron_bars]

Bits of what?

[In all honesty, there aren't that many answers to that question that would actually keep Jail from eating the chips, but she feels the need to ask anyway.]

I hope it's not too late!

[beguiledcard]

[ He doesn't hesitate to reply to the text with a simple agreement that he'll be there! And when he shows up, it's with a smile - it carries over into his tone. ]

Happy birthday-

[ Yep, cutting off a bit awkwardly because he's noticing what he's wearing...

Buuut... well, at least she's... clothed? Good thing she can't see the hint of a blush. ]

I don't have a gift, but... I have something from home that was a considered a rainy day special. Here you go.

[ He's going to hold it out, ready to meet her hand part of the way. ]

It's called a Katsu Bun.

it totally is hdu

[blackestwitch]

A... katsu bun? [ It definitely sounds like something she's not familiar with, but she'll tentatively reach out a hand anyway. ] Is that like a... hamburger bun?

oisdlkjh xD pfft

[beguiledcard]

[ He can't help the small smile as he lets it rest in her hand. ]

If hamburger buns were incredibly delicious just by themselves, maybe.