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Chibita ([personal profile] odenson) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-12-09 04:44 pm

third time's the charm

who: The NEETs, Chibita, anyone who was invited or wants to stumble across the party
what: A Belated Bday party for the NEETS
when: Afternoon-Evening, Dec 10th
where: On the beach in one of those convenient cabins mentioned in the mingle log
warnings: none insofar. Probably drunken shenanigans, bad karaoke and possibly feels? We'll see.

So once upon a time (that time being, specifically, on the TDM about a month and a half ago,) Ichimatsu mentioned to Chibita that he'd missed his own birthday. Naturally, Chibita suggested that they have a belated party to make up for it. Now, he's making good on that idea. It just so happens that the festival and the Beach Cabins offered above happen to be a rather good opportunity. So he's managed to snag one of them this morning, and claimed it for the party later.

Said cabin is now moderately decorated. There's a couple simple happy birthday banners up, as well as a couple non-helium balloons scattered on the floor. Chibita's set up a bit of food and drink in the kitchen for people to come in and nosh on. The table has been taken over by an array of finger foods, mostly. Chips, dips, veggies, bacon-wrapped-dates, shrimp chips, gyoza, salted chicken wings, and various yakitori. Oh, and, of course, oden. Because if Chibita's preparing the party, there is absolutely going to be oden.

There is, also, a cake. Said cake is homemade and looks quite similar to the one in this photo. But don't worry: that stick of oden is made of fondant and moulding sugar. The cake has also been safely tucked away in the fridge for safekeeping.

Aside from things to eat, there's also plenty to drink. Nothing really too 'hard liquor'-ish, though. Beer, wine and cider, mostly, as well as mulled wine on the stove, because it's cold and that's a great drink for the holidays. And plenty of soda and other non-alcoholic entities, for those abstaining or too young.

Additionally, there's several different board games in the shared living space for people to play with. Scrabble, Taboo, Pictionary, and even mahjong, to name a few. So have a go at those. There is, unfortunately, a TV screen that's been hooked up to a Karaoke machine. So that is also an option, to be used for good or for evil. There's plenty of space to lounge and mingle to your fancy, both inside and out. There's a fire in the fire place, as well as a bonefire outside, supplied with the necessary ingredients for s'mores.

So, uh...help yourself? Maybe you know any of these guys and were invited. Maybe you just stumbled across the party on the beach and decided to join in. The post is your metaphorical Belated Birthday Oyster.
ichimyatsu: (0037)

I'M DYING

[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-12 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[He almost regrets mentioning missing his birthday. He wasn't a party kind of guy, even if in a dull way he quietly missed the rowdiness of home with only having two of his brothers around. Chibita, naturally, helped add to that rowdiness factor, given that now Osomatsu had an oden stand to not pay for and anger the tiny man. So even if he'd more or less agreed to the party being thrown, it coming to fruition still made most of his skin tingle in some weird combination of anxiety and excitement.]

[Being nearly immediately gifted with a parcel wrapped in newspaper didn't help, and he's sprout his cat ears and tail as soon as Chibita presents him with it. He looks from the parcel to Chibita and back several times before gently squeezing the newspaper and frowning.]


It's not like it's actually our birthday, you didn't have to get me anything...

[In Ichimatsu speak, that's a pretty solid thank you, really. When he opens it, he catches himself petting the gloves immediately, and it takes him a moment to turn them over and see the cat's paw in the palm. Holy shit, Chibita how are you so perfect. He pulls them on even though it's not quite cold enough for them yet, and there's the slightest of smiles on his face as he wiggles his fingers staring at the knitted toe beans.]
ichimyatsu: (176)

SOMETIMES HE'S UNBELIEVABLY ADORABLE thanks i hate it

[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-12 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not like we're that much taller than you, our hands are probably pretty close in size.

[He continues to flex his fingers a bit, holding one out to Chibita palm-forward. These... were actually really nice. Since when did Chibita knit? When did he have time to learn something like that when he was always running his stand, anyway?]
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[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-13 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[All right, that's fair. That's completely fair. He recoils his hand, flexing his fingers a bit like a cat making biscuits in the air, alternating from one to the other with a still-faint smile.]

I'll try, but Nyanko likes to nest when it gets cold so he might take off with 'em. [He doesn't quite manage a specific "thanks", but it's implied.]
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[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-13 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Aforementioned Inexplicably Kind of Psychic cat is, as presumed, at Ichimatsu's ankles, though he's seated neatly with one paw on Ichimatsu's foot. It seemed he had gotten into the habit of settling wherever Ichimatsu did generally in at least some form of contact with him. Emotional Support Animal, at its finest. Ichimatsu's eyes dropped with Chibita's, and at the scrutiny the strange orange cat looked up and meowed.]

...yeah. He's been through all of this shit with me.
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[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-14 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He glances back up to Chibita-- well, it's not really up, but it's up from the cat, at least --and nods, not making direct eye contact as he does.]

...yeah. Even on that shitty hunk of metal all the way out in space.
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[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-16 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Whatever it is, it's probably best to not try and get Ichimatsu on the topic of it. He really doesn't like talking about Eluvio, not even a little bit. His mouth creases and forms a crooked line, and he nods, shrugging his shoulders as though to shake something off and sliding his hands into his pockets.]

...guess I am, too. [The cat meows appreciatively at his feet, seeming to have adapted some kind of filter to not immediately exploit any withheld truths. Or maybe Ichimatsu's learned to be more honest? It's hard to say.]
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[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-19 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[He appreciates that. Thank you, Chibita, for reading the fact that he doesn't like talking about Eluvio and steering clear of it. And, also apparently for being concerned about his state of party-enjoyment?? How are you so pure. His mouth pulls crooked and he shrugs, shoving his hands into his pockets.]

...ah, yeah. It's okay.

[He's touched, really, but that's definitely still something he hasn't figured out how to tell people.]
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[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-27 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah yes, and the true way to Ichimatsu's heart: food. He shuffles after Chibita, gurgling a bemused snort of a sound and letting the grin on his face pull a fraction wider.]

I've been eating your oden since I was a kid, Chibita.
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[personal profile] ichimyatsu 2017-12-27 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He neglects to mention that the options are Chibita's or conbini oden, so naturally Chibita's would reign supreme, but more because he fears being thwacked with a well-hidden laden moreso than he registers that's rude. He hums in thought, still shuffling after the shorter man, and maybe trying to scrunch inward so he doesn't get noticed by anyone else at the party.]

...ah, thanks, by the way. This whole thing... you really didn't have to.