[open] BIRTHDAY PICNIC

[tinged]

Who ꕤ EVERYONE
What ꕤ zelkova's picnic-birthday bash!
When ꕤ oct 3
Where ꕤ Holzig Camping Grounds
Content Warnings ꕤ some grief, probably



PRE-PICNIC

[ The invitations have all been sent out, but there's still prep work to be done. The food and drinks have to be made, the decorations crafted and set up along with the tents and such. An eclectic mix of players are organizing this event: Mr_Misteaks, tylorific, Vogel, Mithrun1, and tabibito. Hien (!) has kindly (tabibito's phrasing) volunteered to help them set up. Though in the end, it's more like four capable adults and two problem children (who have stringent orders to stay AWAY from the knives).

Should anyone else choose to come early to help out, they'll be welcomed with smiles. There's joy in the air, though loss tinges it at the edges.

Before the party starts, however, Hien will be gone. And before that, the group presents Hien with a small "cake" of his own: a savory spring galette. ]

HAPPY, SAD BIRTHDAY

[ At noon is when the guests are told to arrive, with the party lasting until sunset.

Holzig Camping Grounds looks a little different! The decorations are simple and colorful; banners of varying quality hang over the tents and weave through the trees. Most notable are the silver and gold balloons that read: Happy 0 Birthday! There are thick logs for seating and some foldout seats for those with sensitive bums around the lone campfire, lit and flickering wildly.

The tents are also set up for some reason! (They're for naps.)

There are multiple picnic tables. The first and smallest provide finger sized portions of tamago sando and fruit sando. The next couple of tables are bigger: build-your-own bars for sandwiches, salads, hotdogs, burgers, and s'mores! There is, of course, a table for alcohol and other drinks.

At the center table is a cake, German chocolate and winter-themed with five little fondant ornaments placed by five different hands, and strangely enough, there is a dish of roast pork with parsley sauce right next to it. If asked what the dish is, tabibito will answer with something that sounds like "Steak Flakes Persimmons" at first before they pronounce it properly and fluidly: Stegt flæsk med persillesovs.

Eat up! Have fun chatting! And don't forget to dedicate a toast to Zelkova! ]

A BREAK

[ A little out of the way, in a small clearing, guests will notice there are a couple of ugly pinatas strung about: there are exactly three of them and they're all the letter C in a putrid green. Guests are encouraged to use their own weapons, though a wooden stick is provided.

If piñatas aren't their thing, there's also a giant watermelon, a blindfold in the design of an angry pomchi, and a wooden baseball bat. Ok, so watermelon smashing is a beach thing, but why not take their anger out on something right? They've all been through a lot. ]

SHE DANCES ON THE WIND

[ Midway through the party, tabibito calls for a moment of remembrance for Uta. tabibito will toast to her memory with a quiet smile because she was all smiles all the time and so full of drive - but everyone is free and welcome to honor her memory as they wish. ]

Comments

Watermelon

[legendofthelion]

[Holy shit dude.]

You know, I'm good. Get it all out or you need another one?

[veardant]

[ it's f i n e ]

No.. no, I think I'm good. [ ahem. ] Sorry you had to see that.

[legendofthelion]

Hey, we all have to deal with this some way. [She spreads her hands.] I get it.

... I don't think we can eat that one, though.

[veardant]

Ah, no.. it's pulp. We'll have to settle for something else. Are you hungry?

[ he flicks some watermelon off of his face. ]

[legendofthelion]

[Dehya laughs faintly as he wipes pulp off his face.] Are you? That looked like quite the workout.

[veardant]

Yeah.. a little bit. [ he chuckles. tighnari is surprisingly strong, given how physically active he is, but wailing on a watermelon will still take it out of you. ] All right, time for food, then.

[legendofthelion]

You been to the build-your-own bar yet? [She jerks her thumb to it.] Or there's a roast pork by the cake. I haven't tried it yet.

[veardant]

No, I haven't. Roast pork sounds incredible right now, honestly.. [ he's worked up an appetite! wiping the sweat from his brow, tighnari sets the bat aside for the next person to use. ] Come on, a little food is just what we need, I think.

[legendofthelion]

[Dehya waits for Tighnari to hand off the bat before they swing around to the roast by the cake.] I think it's a German recipe? The name Tabibito gave sounded like that anyway.

[veardant]

[ he'll help himself to some of that pork with parsley sauce, thank you, heaping it onto a sandwich roll. a fruit sando is tucked next to it. ]

Whatever it is, it smells delicious - I love parsley. It somehow smells even more real than it had before.

[legendofthelion]

I try not to think too much about that. [Honestly. It just reminders of their circumstance.

She's also going to carefully pinch a slice of that pork and just eat it in hand, rather than grab a full plate.] Mm... but it is good!

[veardant]

[ yeah, that's fair.. also eating right with her hands, what an inspiration!! tighnari moves aside to not be in the way, then lifts his sandwich to his mouth and takes a big bite. man he didn't realize how hungry he was.. ]

Mm.. yeah, that hits the spot. Did you help to make any of this?

[legendofthelion]

Oh, no, I didn't even realize Zelkova had a birthday. [Or was given one, as the case may be.] And I wouldn't have even thought about celebrating it after everything... but now that I'm here, I'm kind of glad for it.

[veardant]

Mm, at first I felt that it was a little too much, considering our situation, but.. I realized that a lot of us probably need something exactly like this. Something to remind us we're not alone.