open || ain't no party like a birthday party

[complementing]

WHO: Minako, Sakura, Ragna, and you!
WHERE: One of the arcade bars in the city.
WHEN: March 10th
WHAT: BIRTHDAY PARTY!
WARNINGS: None foreseen! Feel free to threadjack for Minako's Hot Potato Categories game.



[Welcome to the Emporium, an arcade bar that Minako and Sakura have decided to host their joint birthday party at! Come on in and have some fun playing games, eating junk food, and just hanging out with the birthday girls (and guy, if he decides to come).

There are, of course, the numerous arcade games that the place is known for, ranging from the old school 2v2 fighters to the shooting gallery kinds. But there are a smattering of other games as well, like DDR, darts, mini hoops, skeeball, and the pool table, too. There's also a wall of crane games in the back, with plenty of random and mostly cute prizes to win.

Make a stop by the purikura booth if you have time. Make some duck lips at the camera and then take the snaps home! (Or give them to the birthday girls for the memories.)

Oh, and be sure to exchange your money for tokens before you play all these games. The token machine seems kind of finicky, though. Maybe a strong (and hopefully discrete?) kick will help jumpstart it.

Walk to the dining area, and there'll be a feast waiting you! The arcade is providing a ton of pizza and wings, as well as alcohol, if you can show your ID. For dessert, there's the cake that Shuji made for the girls, as well as Minako's lemon tea cakes. Those are limited supply, though, so snag one before everyone eats it up.

Next to the dining area, there's a big sign that says "DUNK TANK OUTSIDE". Maybe take a look? Just be reaaaally sure you want to climb in before you do it, though. The towels provided by the arcade are pretty small.

And finally, if you need a break from the chaos, there's a couple of couches on the second floor. Take a load off and watch from above.]

Comments

[imaginex]

-- Oh yes, I'd love to attend if you have a birthday party!

[Or any party, really. It's exhausting and a little nerve-wrecking when she's the center of attention, but there's nothing quite like being invited to someone else's celebration.]

And I think combining your birthday with Silver-kun would be a good idea! My sister's birthday is a month before mine, but even then, sometimes it felt strange having two celebrations so close to one another in the house.

[And it didn't help that Sakura's birthday came after in the month of March, which made her birthday feel like a hand-me-down sometimes... Well, not that it matters. It was a gripe when she was younger, but of no concern now that she's an Adult with weirder concerns to worry about.]

[elevelvetor]

You have a sister? [ !!! ] Please, tell me about her... and what it's like to have a sibling. I've never had any proper ones—I can hardly count my cousins of any blood relation as that. We weren't that close.

[ She never got to be that close. ...Never wanted to be, after a time. But that's passed, almost, and she leans against Sakura's head. MMMMMMM. ]

Most of them were boys as well. Girls are quite rare in my family, overall, or so it'd seem.

[imaginex]

[This is the first time anyone has ever asked Sakura to discuss her sister. Usually it's her volunteering the information, unwilling to pass an opportunity to talk up her sister. So she looks first surprised but then quickly charmed, hands clapped together.]

Well, she's very bossy.

[Ha. Ha. Nothing but the truth, except said with a certain fondness that colors every word]

But she had to be growing up. I wasn't a disobedient child, but I seemed to find trouble if no one looked after me. [A little laugh] Nee-san looked after me, and I think it's why she's so good at managing anything that comes her way -- oh! And she's so smart, she's going to take over the family business one day, too.

[elevelvetor]

Miss Sakura, troublemaker extraordinaire... Yes, I can see it. [ She works with Silver and Jaeger, it's very easy— ] Your sister sounds like a wonderful young woman though. But, the most important question is this...

[ Lowering her voice a little: ] How does she feel about ghosts, ghouls, and scary stories?

[ Elizabeth needs to know how she handles horror. ]

[imaginex]

[She will wear that title with pride, believe it.

And oh how she starts giggling at Elizabeth's question. This is exactly why she gets along with her so well.]

Nee-san doesn't spook easily -- probably since I made her watch movies with me -- but she doesn't care for that sort of thing, either. [Clicking her tongue as if disappointed, though her smile gives her away]

It's too bad. I think she's really good at coming up with ghost stories.

[elevelvetor]

[ A person who isn't easily spooked, but who doesn't really care for it, either... Hmm. ]

Better than you? I'm quite impressed, if that's the case. [ ... ] I'll endeavor to introduce myself to her sooner rather than later. Perhaps she'll be kind enough to treat me to some embarrassing stories about your childhood as well.

[ she's teasing

maybe. ]

[imaginex]

[Um rude??? Don't do this to her Elizabeth.]

I wouldn't say "better" necessarily... and Nee-san would never--! [A BLATANT AND OBVIOUS LIE, there is no sibling that pure who exists in this world] ... Well, she knows I'd get back at her somehow.

[Sakura Tohsaka: pettiest girl of the land]

[elevelvetor]

[ SHE'S GOTTA, SAKURA'S ONE OF HER FRIENDS. ]

Such as spilling embarrassing stories about her childhood? How delightful.