[open] t-t-t-taking over, teenage rebellion!

[furiousfists]

WHO: Adaine Abernant (furiousfists), Fabian Seacaster (maximumlegend), and YOU!
WHEN: June 3rd
WHERE: Apartment building's rec room
WHAT: Joint birthday party!
NOTES\WARNINGS: Underage drinking

It's only thanks to Aurora's message that Adaine has any idea what day it is. She looks at the text on her earpiece's readout and blinks, comprehension coming to her slowly.

Today is June 3rd, of the year 40██.

June 3rd...

June 3rd??

"Holy shit, it's my birthday!"

Adaine's birthdays haven't been much to shake a stick at, historically speaking. It's only in the past year, after she stopped living with her parents and moved in with Jawbone in Mordred Manor that anyone ever gave a crap or tried to give her anything for it. If it hadn't been for Jawbone, she might've been perfectly happy to let another year pass without fanfare. But now? She wants to at least acknowledge it. She'd be happy with just a slice of cake at the diner, but there's one thing that makes her think that perhaps that won't cut it.

If today is June 3rd, Adaine's birthday, then that means a few days ago it was May 31st. Fabian's birthday. And Fabian Seacaster is not one to let a birthday celebration be anything but maximum legend.

And, so it is that the two birthday Bad Kids set about throwing as raucous of a birthday bash as they can manage with such short lead time. The rec room in the bottom floor of the apartment building is decorated to the nines with balloons and streamers, with snacks, sodas, and even some alcohol to make mixed drinks set out on a table for all to enjoy. Anyone who the pair have spoken with is invited, but if anyone makes any comments about teenagers drinking alcohol, they're labeled a buzzkill and told to vacate the premises. Adaine manages to find a boombox somewhere with a CD, and plays some generic party music for people to dance to, should they feel so inclined.

All in all, it is a night of revelry, the likes of which Etraya has likely never seen before.

Comments

[once_reborn]

[She's nursing a drink by then, wondering if there's supposed to be something else she's doing. Please nobody make her be the responsibly adult, she's got to do that too damn often.]

Oh, hey! Um, yeah, it's...pretty nice!

[Please don't be able to tell it's her first party. It's not written all over her face at all.]

[maximumlegend]

[ ...

Fabian is quiet for a moment. It's not even an awkward sort of quiet, since it doesn't linger and he doesn't look like he's got no clue what to say. Fabian is too social for that. No, instead he's staring at Mal, like he's trying to figure something out about her. It's not too hard, since a moment later he's got it, despite not being necessarily the smartest person around. ]

First time?

[ You sure look like it's your first time, girl.. ]

You've seriously never been to a party before this? [ Sure, Mal's world sounded plenty dangerous - but so is Fabian's world, and that's never been an excuse to not throw parties all the time anyway. ]

[once_reborn]

[Is there a name for looking embarrassed but thankful? She certainly qualifies and nods.]

First time. Never even a birthday party.

[She looks around.]

Hoping to manage the balance of having fun but not being awkward.

[maximumlegend]

Damn, I'm sorry.

[ There's a light edge to his tone, like he doesn't want to make this too heavy since he figures it'll probably only make things more awkward for Mal.. But it has to be said, right? It objectively sucks that Mal couldn't even go to parties where she comes from! Nothing seems like a worse fate to Fabian than that. ]

But hey-- That just means this is an amazing chance to make this first party a great one! Which.. of course it will be. It's my party, after all. [ He jokes.

.. half-jokes.

He's grinning anyway. ]

And Adaine's. And she's pretty great too, you know? Can't go wrong with a party when you're hanging out with the Bad Kids!

[once_reborn]

[Aha, that she can fasten on to.]

Yeah, she's pretty special - you know her from before here, right?

[maximumlegend]

[ He nods. ]

Remember when I told you before about how I've handled all those big dangers back home alongside my party? Adaine is part of that adventuring party, so we've known each other since freshman year of school. [ .. those two things are actually connected. Obviously so, with how casually Fabian says it. It might be a little bit less obvious from another world's perspective though.. ]

She's our wizard, so she's always doing the important magical stuff for our party. Not to mention she's the Oracle, you know? There really isn't anyone out there like our Adaine!

[once_reborn]

[She gets there, though it takes her until he mentions the wizard part.]

Oracle...you mean like telling the future?

[maximumlegend]

Oh, yeah! Exactly like that!

[ It should be a big deal. And, to be fair, it is a big deal even in Fabian's world. The fact that he's sounding relatively casual about it is much more a Fabian-thing than it is a Spyre-thing.

Though it is a casual tone mixed with a very proud smile. ]

She can see all sorts of things about the future. And everyone knows it, so people come see her all the time to ask her for prophecies! Pretty amazing, huh?

[once_reborn]

[She nods, thoughtfully.]

It is. Jedi like me, we sometimes get...glimpses of the future. But it's always a bit vague, kinda jumbled. Very few of us have an actual faculty with it, you know?

[maximumlegend]

[ Huh.

Fabian looks at her, seeming kind of interested - or maybe just a touch surprised. ]

You do? Have you ever seen the future like that?

[ He's clearly not very shocked by the idea, considering his own friend seems capable of doing so too and all - but it's still not something that he often comes across in people. It's always seemed like such an Adaine thing, so seeing it in someone else like this is kind of new. ]

[once_reborn]

[She nods]

Bits and pieces. Never made any sense before I actually got there. Different Jedi are stronger at different areas of the Force - some of the mental powers, the tricks...not my strongest subjects.

[The last time she'd tried the classic mind trick, for instance, it'd just given the stormtrooper in question a sneezing fit.]

[maximumlegend]

[ Dang. That's pretty surprising. Not that he thought before that Mal was unimpressive, but this certainly does elevate his opinion of her all the same from ordinary adventurer like him to something a little more. ]

Huh. You should definitely talk to Adaine about that sometime. If not just because.. [ His words trail off for a moment, and the teenager raises his shoulders into a slight shrug. ] I think she might appreciate having someone to talk about it with who understands, you know? Even if her own experience and yours may still be relatively far apart from each other.

[ Since Adaine's visions do seem a little clearer, judging by the Mal talks about her own. ]

[once_reborn]

[She nods.] I'd be happy to know, if she wanted. Any little bit can help, right?

[maximumlegend]

Yeah! You should ease into it, in case she wouldn't want it, but.. I imagine she'd find it nice.

[ There's just some faint caution surrounding the idea, considering that Fabian doesn't exactly want to force this on Adaine either. But Mal seems cool enough - so he's pretty sure that she'll be able to gracefully work her way up to that conversation. ]

And even if she doesn't-- Then still, thanks for coming to our birthday party! I'm glad to see you here!

[once_reborn]

[She laughed a little at the latter part.]

Upsides no matter what, right? And no worries, if it comes up I'll be gentle, I promise.

[maximumlegend]

[ He laughs too, reaching over to pat her on her shoulder. ]

Hey, I'm keeping you to that one!

[ It sounds more like a joke than a threat.

.. though, to be fair, if someone hurt Adaine it would definitely be a threat. But Mal has seemed fine so far, so he definitely trusts her with this. ]

For now.. Just enjoy the party, alright? I got to go greet some more people, but just let me know if you need anything! .. Or, actually, maybe let The Ball know if that ends up being the case. He's been sitting there near the music player this entire time, rather than actually talking to people. [ Maybe Mal doesn't know who The Ball is - but Fabian juts a thumb in Riz's direction, probably making it pretty clear. ]