[fairly open] the BEST PARTY EVER (maybe)

[livens]

WHO: Tsukasa Suzakura & everyone invited to his party (Which is anyone who wants to come as per here so hey)
WHERE: Tsukasa's inexplicable shiny new cruise liner in the harbor. It's staying at the dock, but.
WHEN: April 5th in the afternoon/most of the day!
WHAT: A birthday party spectacular
WARNINGS: Inordinate amounts of glitter and good cheer

[ So as specified in Hinata's Retrospec post, anyone who would like to come is welcome to show up, although obviously this is aimed at people who know and love Tsukasa. Hi Tsukasa. While initially this was slated to take place at the public pool, updated directions from there lead you to...

A cruise liner??? Okay then.

The party mostly takes place around the pool which the cruise liner has on the deck. Holy shit. There are a wide variety of sparkly balloons and balloon animals (all mostly horses and cats) and streamers, although the area mainly decorated is around the large pool on the deck. The entire cruis liner is maybe too ambitious to decorate, alas. There's a table for gifts, a very exciting horse themed cake (Why) and several boxes of pizza and more japanese-themed food. All the plates and cups are horse themed. Hinata found a theme and stuck to it like glue.

There's also a little table with gift bags, which are horse-patterned and include some handmade sweets and little squirt water guns. Clearly just swimming isn't enough to get wet!

Besides the obvious pool party set up there are a variety of activties which include:

• Karaoke, set up at the poolside.
• A dance area near that, for some reason.
• A pile of pool floaties and noodles by the pool, along with nerf and water guns. This can't go wrong.
• Shuffleboard. Does anyone even know how to play shuffleboard???
• Wandering the cruise liner and exploring. It has presumably all the sorts of things you could find in a cruise liner.
• Cheerful offers for your picture to be taken at the bow of the ship doing the Titanic scene. You know the one.
• A BUILD-YOUR-OWN SUNDAE BAR...it's not too intense but there are lots of candy toppings and your choice of strawberry, vanilla, or chocolate ice cream, so.

So come along, mingle it up, and have fun! ]

Comments

[stressweets]

[ ..............HINATA SURE DID FIND A THEME AND STICK WITH IT. well, to be fair: so did he, so he really can't judge?? he's just in capris and a button-down though, with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows. hair clipped back on one side to show off his cuff piercing on his left ear.

he. was not matching with all the horse-themed stuff, okay. he doesn't own any horse shirts that he would actually wear in public. anyway, it's his party, so he should probably do stuff with all the stuff he has on this unfathomably rich ship he's acquired thanks to Retrospec... like: ]

i. it's a pool party

[ this would be a swimming prompt if tsukasa was inclined to get in the water, but he's actually pretty okay just sitting here on the edge of the pool!! watching!!!! for the record his swim trunks are super boring, they're just red. i don't know what you were expecting.

...he is also still wearing his shirt, i don't know what you were expecting pt 2, the boy is a shy noodle??

though when he isn't just watching people he's filling one of those water guns and taking aim at people just lounging in the chairs around the pool...... tsukasa is certain he can get away with a little mischief today ♪ stop him from ruining someone's rest time, join him in becoming a terror on the one sea, shoot him instead or... maybe you're the one about to get sprayed with a bunch of water? either way...

alternatively alternatively, this is definitely prime time for chitchat, and he'll be doing so with anyone who comes by, waving them over. emboldened by the fact they came for. him. that's embarrassing, he looks super pleased and might have a light flush on his face for most of his time out. ]

ii. SUNDAE SUNDAE SUNDAE

[ you're officially uninvited to this party if you didn't think he'd be here.

tsukasa's taking his sweet time deliberating on toppings though. he's gone very neapolitan in his choice of ice cream (that is, he has a scoop of each and he will not be stopped) but... the dressing is very important... ...but maybe not "tsukasa looks like he's planning his wedding important" uh. ]

...Gummy worms are good, but wouldn't they get too cold in the ice cream...? M&Ms are perfect, too... [ mumble mumble ] You can't just ignore nuts, though... What kind of syrup should I get...? Something complimentary to all of these, probably... What if I put some of Hina's sweets on it too? That might be really nice... ♪

[ .........ahahahahaha yeah he's taking this a little too seriously. ]

iii. the bow

[ he's not here for a picture

he's just here to get away from everyone tbh. he did really well in not, like, immediately bolting away—actually, he likes attention, and a party for him means he gets to get spoiled ♪—but the boy needs a breather. and this breather is being taken off to the side, where he's just staring at the horizon like some sort of potentially widowed wife watching for her beloved and waiting for him to return home.

THOUGH...... closer to the end of the party he'll be here painting the sunset, since it looks pretty nice here. he has watercolor pens his grandmother gave him ♪ ]

iv. wildcard

[ throw anything at me here, i can roll. got a gift? want to drag him elsewhere? got lost on the ship because this is really fuckawful huge and found tsukasa while he was wandering around, totally definitely not lost at all himself because haha why would he be it's not like everything looks the same here? ]

i

[espansivo]

[let the record show that even if tsukasa did not come in a horse shirt

his beloved big brother did.

it's off now, showing off a wicked phoenix tattoo gracing his left shoulder blade as he swims, and he'll come to rest next to tsukasa with a poke to the leg.]

Tsuka~. Can you still not swim? Or are you too embarrassed to show off your cute widdle doggie paddle~?

[stressweets]

[ uwah, tattoo...~ well, of course someone who works at a parlor would have one. tsukasa's still staring at it, pointedly ignoring leo's questions. ]

How long have you had that, Leonii? I don't remember you saying anything about it in your emails.

[espansivo]

I asked you questions first, Tsuka~?

[yes, he is throwing back words. but he's only teasing, rolling his shoulders with a grin.]

It was a surprise! I didn't want you getting one too young, so I didn't mention it. Looks good, huh?

[that's actually a whole truth. amazing.]

i; i was so tempted to choose the sweets prompt but i ain't that bitch

[adoringpast]

[ oh no. tsukasa, honey. why did you choose to spray your senpai like this. now his carefully picked outfit for this occasion is all drenched and ruined??? sena's taken by surprise, slowly turning around to see who the fuck did this and and

even with those large sunglasses framing his eyes, tsukasa should tell that sena's absolutely glaring at him right now. welp. sorry birthday boy. ]

ah yes, the life and death of tsukasa suzakura

[stressweets]

[ ah.




oops.




tsukasa's hiding his water gun behind his back immediately, like it definitely. wasn't him. nope. mm-mm. ahaha. ]

...Sena-senpai~?

happy bday kasa-kun

[adoringpast]

[ sena stays like that for a few more moments before he... starts waving back at him? with a large smile on his face?? nothing to worry about, kasa-kun! he knows that it's a accident! it's okay! ahahahahahaha - ]

[adoringpast]

[ nah, not really, because he's grabbing for the nearest water gun and points it right at him with a much more menacing grin on his face.

ah. yes. this is the sena-senpai you know all too well, kasa-kun. be very fucking afraid. ]

Kaaaaasa-kun~. I won't let you get away with this. ♪

ii. if blair won't have sena go there, clover will

[servileness]

[ Does Tsukasa want a February redux but instead of ice cream spread over the course of a month, he'll shove it all in one day?

Despite what the comment subject title may suggest, Clover grants some reprieve for special occasions such as birthdays. So instead of telling him that's way too many sweets, she'll instead nag him in another way. ]

If you take too long to deliberate, your ice cream will melt.

[ Happy birthday, Tsukasa. ♪ ]

thanks clover

[stressweets]

[ —Ahhh, it's Clover. He immediately looks a little guilty, laughing softly. ]

...You're probably right, but it's just really hard to choose...~? [ It isn't super intense, but there are still. A Lot. He finally started wanting ice cream again after talking about getting gelato with Ayano, so this is a little celebration for that, too. ] At least it won't melt as quickly as if we were in Respartum, or if this was summer... The beginning of spring really is the nicest.

[ There's cherry blossoms, too. So romantic ♪ He's already visited earlier this month with his family when they all had the time, but he wants to go again... Paint them, maybe. Write a few poems. Love like sakura / fleeting, but beautiful, I / want to see it bloom. / The first week of spring smells / the sweetest of the whole year. Ah, that's a nice tanka. ]

U~m, anyway... Are you having a good time? [ this is the most important thing to him, that other people are having fun at his party. ]

[servileness]

[ Tsukasa is such a cute nerd.... stop this.

Clover "my favorite foods are sweets but I want to be a health nut" Geteilt picks up a bowl for a sundae and scoops some vanilla ice cream. ]

The beginning of spring really is the nicest, but it's hard to eat ice cream when it's not warm enough. [ She says, after getting some ice cream. ] Why wouldn't celebrating your birthday be a good time? I would have left already if it weren't. [ That's also a lie. ] But... who do you know that has access to a cruise liner?

[ It's so... extravagant. ]

ii. ICE CREAM TIME

[amodelidol]

[Makoto has dropped off Tsukasa's gift, a book about horses, when he walked over to see the sundae bar. Of course, he had to stop by, it's ice cream! Makoto is right there with a glass of chocolate and vanilla ice cream with M & M's covering it. Now he's trying to figure out what kind of syrup to put on top of it.]

There are so many choices, which syrup should I use?

[He's not the only one thinking hard about this.]

[stressweets]

[ Makoto... a man who understands. Tsukasa gives his glass a cursory look, then returns to looking at toppings. Hmm... ]

...Why not caramel? I think that'd work for you. [ Caramel would be nice on his too though... ♪ Ahh, but he still doesn't know about candy... ] Well, you can't go wrong with it, at least. Caramel's kind of objectively the best syrup... topping... sort of thing, in my opinion.

iii

[livens]

Is it getting too crowded for you~? Or do you want me to help you take a titanic shot, Tsu~ka~saaaaaa? I can let you be on top of the world?

[ hi tsukasa hinata's here...

also he definitely gave tsukasa a friendship bracelet and necklace. and a flower crown. why this. ]

[stressweets]

[ flower crown................. he has two of those three on. ...he's nervous the flower clown will fly away okay. ]

No way, that's so embarrassing...? [ which means he will eventually be persuaded into it but he has to at least put up a good fight. ] Hinata makes me feel like I'm on top of the world all the time already anyway.

[ no he really is so charming and smooth when he isn't trying. why. ]

iv tbh

[taishou]

[ Ahhh... he's so lost...

Kuro has never been on a cruise liner, to be honest, let alone seen one up close, so to wind up here for Tsukasa's birthday is... interesting. He has a feeling the second he sets foot on the ship that he's going to wind up getting turned around, and, really - he's not wrong. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.

There isn't even a concept of which direction he's going in? But at least he winds up seeing a familiar face, eventually, even though it doesn't inspire much confidence. Hahaha we can only imagine what looks they both have on their lost ass faces. ]

Ah, Tsukasa.

[stressweets]

[ Tsukasa also has never been on one before. Well, amending that: he and Leo did check it out a little when they first tripped down here to go see what kind of "big boat" was his now, and he'd shown Hinata it too, obviously.

...but neither was a very lengthy check, and he hasn't particularly been paying attention to where he's been going either, so. uh. Ahaha. He turns red when he sees Kuro and then realizes he doesn't seem to know where he is either, maybe, and... his embarrassment simmers down a little, leaving just his ears warm. ]

...Um, hello. [ great start, tsukasa. ] Ahahaaaa... This ship's really big, isn't it.

[ read: you're lost too right ]

[adoringpast]

i.

[ when sena heard that there was a change of locations for tsukasa's birthday, he was tempted not to go because ugh, it's probably the beach again and he's not a big fan of the place ever since the final boss battle during august, but when he actually arrives in front of a big-ass cruise liner in loose-fitting shorts, a plain white tank top and large sunglasses framing his eyes (because he may as well LOOK GOOD on the rare times he gets to go to a pool party) -

yeah, the bottle of apple juice that he's been drinking slips off his hands and drops to the ground as he stares on with his mouth agape, utterly dumbfounded. he's that surprised? kasa-kun since when do you know people who are this loaded, what the fuck??? ]

ii.

[ wow, everything's coming up horses... he's trying not to make a face at that horse cake but he can't help but scrutinize it anyway. ]

Would people actually eat that...?

[ ah well, he's just going to leave his gift - a larger dinosaur plushie on the gift table before scurrying away. ]

iii.

[ he just wanted to find the bathroom, so where the FUCK is he and how did he land on the 3rd floor? sena's sense of direction normally isn't this bad, but anyone can get overwhelmed by the sheer size of the ship's interiors tbh.

so he's just. going to keep walking and walking until he finds at least someone, i guess. maybe you would've spotted him roaming around these halls? someone please save him regardless. ]

wildcard

[ hit me up with something else if you wish! ]

ii

[servileness]

[ Clover's here to drop off her gift as well, but she can't help but hear his questioni. She follows his gaze to the cake. ]

It is a bit much, isn't it? Even for someone who loves horses as Tsukasa does.

[adoringpast]

Right? I expected something more creative from Hinata-kun, but I guess he's just playing safe.

[ sigh.... he did his best. 'cept it's not enough. ]

I doubt that horses are actually Kasa-kun's favorite animal anyway.

[espansivo]

[this is

all a little much, horse wise, cruise liner wise, but leo will live it up regardless... wearing this far too proudly, with one of those straw sunhats and some worn out, ripped jeans. god. he's such a fake fan.

anyway.]

i. karaoke
[leo loves music, loves singing, and he's not shy. of course he's doing karaoke. covers are his specialty, and he is rocking it out here, clearly having the time of his life -- doing exactly what he loves to do in front of an audience, never shining any brighter than he does at this very moment.

of course, it's always more fun to do it with others, so he's gesturing to you to join him ♪]

ii. the fuck is shuffleboard anyway
Fore~!

[it's not golf, but apparently leo has decided shuffleboard works thusly: you fucking knock the shit out of these little pucks and whoever gets the farthest with their pucks wins. so like actual shuffleboard, but on a very large... very dangerous scale.

he's dragged you into this somehow, or maybe you're just a bystander watching this crazy guy do this. just don't be the person who's in the way of his flying puck. it won't be high, at the very least, but legs........]

iii. trivia time
[leo's got a squirt gun with him, pistol sized, and he's just sort of wandering around the party with it and a set of questions in mind. fun trivia questions.]

Hey, did you know horses have teeth?

[always his opening question. it's funny.]

iv. anything else
[after dropping off his gift for tsukasa (a matching horse shirt and, wrapped in it, an actual cd covering some songs he thinks are tsukasa's taste) leo is doing pretty much everything.

exploring the ship. swimming (check out the tat on his left shoulder). playing with the horses on the cake. anything at all, he is here to have a good time at his little brother's birthday bash and be on mostly good behavior.]

iii

[servileness]

[ Clover answers without so much as blinking. ]

Yes. They have between 36 and 44 teeth on average.

[ Is the older brother also a horse enthusiast....? Since he's wearing that shirt. Which does make Clover blink. Rapidly like she's somehow hallucinating it. ]

[espansivo]

[holy shit]

I didn't know it was that many... You're smarter then me! Here, here, shoot me!

[he's giving her the water pistol!!!!]

iii

[livens]

[ wow okay hi leo-nii... ]

Hm, yeah! Because when we feed them I've seen them, you know~?

[ hinata sees nothing wrong with this trivia being offered up at all, apparently. ]

[espansivo]

[hi hina-tan--]

Bo~ring! Take this!

[he's shooting hinata with his water gun!!! pew pew.]