Nina's Birthday Party!! Argentum Residence; Insomnia, Lucis; Eos; All Day Saturday [05//29].

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto had been planning for this thing for a while and it was finally time for all his hard work to come to fruition! Nestled among dozens of other similar houses on a quiet residential street, the Argentum house was usually unremarkable, just one among many typical Tokyo Insomnian homes. But today? Oh, today was definitely different! There would be no mistaking which house was Prompto and Nina's! Pink, yellow, and blue balloons were tied to the mailbox, to the fence, even the corners of the eaves on the roof, and streamers of the same color dripped from the roof as well. A large banner reading "HAPPY BIRTHDAY NINA!!" was hung from the wall and could easily be seen from the street, which had been blocked to traffic for the purposes of the party. After all, they didn't exactly have a backyard, so Prompto had commandeered as much space as he could. Where else would he put the bouncy house??? There was also a table with snacks and beverages out there, and a costumed moogle out there to greet guests and occasionally put on a little show. There was a stereo pumping out some fun, festive music into the air, and that was just the outside!

Because the door was open and there was a sign that clearly indicated there was plenty more fun inside and that everyone was welcome to come in, where they'd find more food in the kitchen and dining room, including a very moddable extensive Build Your Own Cupcake Bar and featuring a fruit and macaroon birthday cake as well as a more traditional one, and then, in the living room, the guests would find everything rearranged around a makeshift karaoke stage, because that's right, everyone, there is definitely going to be karaoke at this party!

And just wait until Prompto started getting everyone together for the games!

Look. He'd never really had a stereotypical backyard birthday party growing up, and he knew for a fact that Nina definitely hadn't, either, and so that was absolutely what was happening today! So grab yourself a party hat (unless you're Nina! Then you get a crown!), maybe a few noisemakers and rainbow sparklers, and get ready to have a great time!

[[ OCD is up! Please have at it and come party it up! Emails and messages were sent out to anyone who'd like to receive them, of course! Yay birthday!! ]]

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Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Hopefully, everyone's portal got them here okay, and at least it should be pretty easy to find the party in this otherwise sleepy suburban section of the city! Come on in and mingle with your fellow guests and try to decide if the moogle guy is cute or creepy.

(Just be glad Prompto also didn't bring in a Kenny Crow).

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[white_oleander]

Even though Astrid was from what coudl be considered 'the normal world,' birthday parties like this definitely hadn't been a part of her own childhood, either, adding an extra level of surreal amusement over the fact that this one was technically taking place on another planet, although it really didn't feel like one at all, except maybe once you started paying attention to the little details.

Either way, she wouldn't want to miss Nina's birthday party, so she was there, with a party hat on in the spirit of things and trying to hold off on slinking away somewhere to just start drawing everything around her, especially that moogle.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Well, it was a very good thing that this party did include such a considerable outdoors portion because it was very clear that standard Insomnia middle-class households were not built with towering, growing Zora princes in mind! No matter, though! He was thrilled just to get the chance to celebrate his dear friend's birthday at her own house where he might not normally get the chance to visit! Fantastic! Who didn't love a good party among friends?

(And if he might have collected just a few of the blue balloons for himself as the day went on, well...it was very nice of Prompto to have included that touch, he felt).

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden didn't really know Nina, and just remembered her as the kid with a really bad taste in gloves, but Prompto was now staying at her place, and she was here mostly for him.

"This is... quite impressive."

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[i_hate_beans]

Well, there weren't a whole lot of Insomnian teenage girls who could say that the Crown Prince himself was at their birthday parties, but that was definitely another reason for the road to be blocked off the way it was.

But Noctis would be skipping the party hats, thanks. He'd actually brought his own...

What? It was the official royal festival attire! Wearing anything else would be like an insult not only to his best friend hosting the party, but to his best friend's sister who the party was for!

That's what Ignis had said, anyway.

It didn't occur to him until quite a bit later that maybe Ignis had just been trolling him....

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[snowdroplace]

They didn't really have bouncy houses back home but the rest of it, even the man in the costume, they did and Elli was just delighted by both how wonderful everything was and by how familiar it felt at the same time...

Even the fact that she'd had to step through a portal to get here was hardly a blip today.

"I'm not very good at photos," she admitted to the person in the costume. "But... selfie with me?"

She was at least trying to put into use what she'd learned this semester!

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[craic_killer]

Well, Astrid had invited her to go a birthday party on another planet and it wasn't like she had huge plans in general for her Saturday, so here she was, vaguely disappointed that it didn't really feel like another planet.

But the party hat was extremely cute!

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[x_discospider_x]

Troy and Nina didn't exactly get along too great, and Troy wasn't even supposed to celebrate birthdays? But he felt like if you received an email invitation to take a portal to a party on another planet, you should definitely take it, although he had to admit, if it weren't for the fact that he knew people here and that there was a party going on, he'd have thought that he'd gotten the wrong portal, because there were definitely way less blue and green people here than he was expecting....

And he was so going to own that bouncy house later.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[sith_said]

You know what this party needed?

This party needed a plush toy cat with a crown and armfuls of booze!

He might share. If you asked nicely.

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[sword_chocobro]

Gladio was there on the outskirts of the party, looking more like a bouncer than an actual guest (although, to be fair, he was definitely on bodyguard prince-watching duty, too), and wondering if it would just be totally unfair if he were to take on that piñata before anyone else got the chance...

Re: Arrive & Mingle - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[firstofitskind]

Liam was, naturally, here. And had actually found himself something in an actual color.

He was also somewhat glad to see he wasn't the only adult in attendance (the recent graduates who'd made it kind-of-sort-of counted as adults too, he supposed).

Bouncy House! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

It's big, with a slide, and guaranteed not to come to life and attack you! And probably unable to withstand the force of too many teenagers or adults, but, hey, there's only one way to find out, right?

Re: Bouncy House! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[bookbeltof_love]

Was Nina probably too old for this? You bet!

Was that going to stop her from playing on it? Not at all!

For the record, it was really hard to wear a crown in a bouncy castle but every time it went flying she went after it, laughing.

Food and Drink! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

There are tables outside with a lot of snacks and finger foods like sandwiches and the ubiquitous pizza, and coolers of drinks, and a large punch bowl.

And then inside you can make your own cupcakes and eventually have some cake and macaroons, too!

Help yourself! There's plenty!

Re: Food and Drink! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[chef_chocobro]

No one should be terribly surprised to find Ignis mostly hovering by and fussing over the food and presentation. After all, that had been mostly his part in all of this, and it was also, generally, where he'd feel most comfortable, especially since this was much more Prompto's thing than anything.

He had also been tasked with the responsibility of making sure that Summer's gelatin offering for the occasion arrived safely. Since she herself could not make it to the party, she wanted to make sure that at least her jello had....

Truth be told, he just couldn't get over how surprised he was that it wasn't actually terrible.

Re: Food and Drink! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[sith_said]

Don't mind Cait, everyone, he was just eyeing the punch bowl speculatively, wondering if anyone would notice if he spiked it.

He was definitely spiking his own lemonade but they couldn't really prevent that.

Karaoke Stage! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto's pretty proud of his work here in setting this up in the living room, with plenty of seating for the audience and an extensive catalogue of song available for everyone to get their groove on!

And maybe even enjoy a particularly special performance for the birthday girl a little later on!

Re: Karaoke Stage! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

A little bit later in the day (because, of course, he wanted to save the best for last!...or at least for towards the end!), the music outside cut out so that Prompto could make an announcement that in a few minutes, the performance of a lifetime was going to occur and if certain Birthday Having Individuals could make their way to the living room theater, he could promise them that they would not regret it.

And, of course, despite this threat of potentially missing it, he was absolutely going to wait until Nina was present before he, on the stage with Gladio, Ignis, and Noctis, got this started.

"You are going to owe me," he informed Nina into the microphone, "big time, after this!"

And, with that, the lights shifted for the performance, and the music started, and what else was going to happen but them performing a karaoke version of Stand By Me, complete with acapella harmony and full choreography?

And if that wasn't 'boy band' enough for you, Nina, guess what? Turns out it wasn't just the one song, either, as it morphed into something with a little more pop and pep.

Well, first, they were going to take a detour into a Chocobo Song Beatbox Breakdown before getting to the real highlight of the performance.

And if she had any idea what it took to get these guys to do this....! She'd better appreciate it, that's all he was saying!

And everyone else should appreciate it, too, because, damn, they worked hard on this, actually, and their choreography was on point, y'all!

Games! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

What's a kid's birthday party without birthday party games? Prompto had set up two of them, but he'd definitely not say no to anyone who wants to get another sub-thread started with new possibilities!

Pin the Tail on the Chocobo! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Just like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, except obviously better because it's a an adorable chocobo! Get blindfolded, get a little spin, and see how close you can get to pinning the tail feathers on the chocobo!

(And, yes, there have been plenty of jokes made already about mistaking Prompto's hair for the chocobo tail already, thank you).

Cactuar Piñata! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Another blindfold and spin game, and then try to take a swing at the piñata shaped like a cactuar to get at all the candy and little toys inside!

The Birthday Girl! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

For the birthday girl to ping into as the center of attention, the reason for the season, the Queen of the Day, and have everyone come wish her a happy birthday!

Re: The Birthday Girl! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[bookbeltof_love]

Unlike most of the people who'd show up today Nina knew good and well what their house and surrounding environs usually looked like and this... this wasn't it.

This was amazing!

Nina most certainly wasn't staying in one spot but, with her crown proclaiming her to be the princess for the day, it wasn't going to be hard to spot her!

She was wearing a pale green dress that emphasized the green in her eyes (at Iris' insistence) and, more importantly, and beaming smile because this was... this was...

This was a lot.

Presents! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

And you can bet there was no way anyone was mistaking where to put any presents they may have brought. C'mon, guys! Make him realize he should have gotten a bigger table!

Re: Presents! - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[1000yearstoolate]

What did you give someone you didn't really know? Tea, of course. Well, you could give tea to people you knew too, naturally, tea was always a good choice.

Seivarden placed a colourful bag with ribbons, containing good quality Athoeki tea, on the table.

OOC - Nina's Birthday!! - 05/29.

[hashtag_chocobro]

Now I want a Final Fantasy themed birthday party, dammit!!