riverviewlogs | It's Party Time

who: Shiro, Keith, and close CR
what: Keith's birthday
when: Saturday
where: Shiro and Keith's house

A few days since the memories had stopped and a couple of nights of decent sleep and Shiro was back to his normal self. Now that he was feeling better, he remembered that he had missed something: Keith's birthday. Even Keith had forgotten it with everything that was going on. But Shiro needed to fix that.

As discretely as possible, Shiro had gotten an idea of who Keith's friends here were. Of course he also had some idea based on who had come to see Red when the lion had arrived. Some people had been generally curious while others had clearly heard about the lions from Keith and wanted to meet them in person. So he had used that as an opening to figure out how close Keith was to certain people. Once he had had an idea, he had begun to invite people.

The day of Keith's party, he made an excuse to get Keith out of the house for a while so Ed could come over. He needed help to get the decorations up in a short amount of time, plus surprising Keith wasn't necessarily the best thing to do so letting him know at some point there were people at the house was probably a good thing to do so Shiro would have to meet him or stall for time for everything to get arranged.

Which of course he did eventually have to leave to meet Keith once guests had started to arrive. Soon when he returned, it wasn't quite a surprise party for Keith... just a surprise it was for him.

However, Shiro couldn't leave without putting a party hat on Red. It was a party for her paladin after all so she should be festive.

[ooc: open to CR. Party crashers, be aware there are two robot lions - one the size of a liger - and if the host or guest of honor get annoyed with the party crasher, there will likely be a lion or two ushering them towards the door.

invited guests would be - Lola, Marinette, Ed, Hana, Al, Nico, Lyle, Genji, X'rhun. Shiro's going based on what he was able to gather]

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Shiro had made sure to leave supplies for Keith's party with someone else so that Keith wouldn't find them. It also didn't help that there were two lions in the house now. Black only recently had more ability to use the stairs – having used the banister destruction incident as a reason to work on expanding the stairs – but Red was all over the house. Something new in house was bound to get her searching it.

So after he got Keith out of the house initially, he texted the person who had the supplies so they could come over.

Lola arrived early, she wasn't the one with the supplies Shiro had. She'd bought her own items for various foods a little more... filling, than just snacks. Her hair was red for the occasion, and she had a cute red apron to wear as she worked in the kitchen putting things away where she can find them, so if someone wants something a little more than chips and nachos she can quickly throw something together. As well as burgers and other easy foods to make. Not to mention two huge trays of baked goods.

"Okay, all my stuff is squared away, where can I help?" Plus, Lola being here helping meant the chances Lola spilled the beans to Keith were drastically reduced.

It was only natural for Ed to notice Lola, even if they weren't some of the few arriving early. Although they had both been busy with their own work, he did venture into the kitchen eventually once he was done with preparations. "I think everything's all set."

He quirked an eyebrow at the red hair, realizing it was a rather unusual color for her compared to the softer tones he was used to. Of course, Lola always being one to match was wearing a red apron as well and he smirked some as he glanced over the food that was out. "You've got a theme going today, I see." He seemed amused, but it was clear he approved - after all, he'd be a hypocrite not to since red was also his own color of choice.

"I mean, his birthday, I figured I should go for a color he likes."

Red wasn't really Lola, also something in how Lola said it suggested there might be a little more going on than just 'the color for the man of the hour' going on. But yes, it was definitely a different look than her normal pinks, blues, or greens. "Want anything? I mean, you've put a lot of work in."

After having set up the Floor Six party and then a birthday party for Al, Ed had been quick to agree to help Shiro set something up for Keith. He wasn't exactly an expert on these things, but he definitely knew that there were things he could help with while Shiro was busy with more important planning, or even things that Shiro couldn't do as easily as Ed could.

Once he was certain that Keith was gone from the message Shiro sent to arrive he set out to gather everything and head over with Alphonse and Val as a group. Although Al might know most of the guests from earlier interactions and his own party, Valeria was new enough that introductions were likely necessary. Ed would make sure to introduce her to Shiro first, as he had asked to bring her along and similar to the Floor Six mingle, it was especially good for the host to know who was attending.

Similar to the parties Ed had hosted himself, he could be found setting up wherever he was needed, mostly around the food - or on the off chance anything needed transmuted before the event started and Keith returned.

It's Party Time | Open to CR

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OT- whoever is here early? IG?

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