The Brightest Birthday [Open]

[morphitudinous]

The Sensorium was transformed, the lights were lit and the trap was set. Billy stood in the center of a beautiful woodland clearing at dusk, waiting to surprise a certain special girl with a quiet and warm party for her birthday. Things were calm, beautifully lit, and (hopefully) just right for Ronnae.

Guests would come upon a circular layout to the clearing. One finely-cut circle in the center of the grass, separated from the rest of the area by entwined roots, served as the dance floor. Pathways wound out in several directions---to a secluded grove for talking in one direction, to the little round tables in another direction, to the vine-wrapped throne watching above all. Next to it was a small table for gifts, with one round box already placed there.

A crescent-shaped food table cupped the dining area, featuring simulations of foods of all sorts. Salads, meats, pasta, soups, hot potatoes---it was heavily based on Earth food, as that was what Billy knew best, but some dishes more familiar to the people of Azeroth would appear as well. If he did his research correctly, at least. He'd tried.

Standing just behind the table was a tiered strawberry cheesecake, red ribbons flowing throughout the creamy structure. It was surrounded by strawberries on all layers, and topped with a little decoration. Billy had argued with himself about whether it was appropriate or too sentimental for a little while, but there it was: a miniature big-headed version of Ronnae sitting on top of a flower, the little figure's toothy grin flashing at the crowd. He hoped she wasn't offended.

Now that the scene was set and the skylights were giving the place a gentle glow, he braced himself for the arrivals. He still wasn't sure if she would like the attention, but he hoped she could find a reason to smile tonight.
((Now open! Subthreads are up for early arrivals, the escorting, and gifts, and everything else can be social threads y'all start. Throw up more subthreads if you'd like to and have fun!))

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Re: Gifts

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Kaya was very conflicted abut what to give Ronnae. she never really seemed to have a whole preoccupation with things that she wanted, so finding the right kind of thing had been hard for her. She finally settled on something that she hoped the half orc wouldn't hate: it was small, but Kaya had seen it and thought of Ronnae the moment she'd seen it.

"Here," she said, looking a little apprhensive. I hope you like it. (http://www.google.com/imgres?q=brooch&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=pGrkhW8I2uT0AM:&imgrefurl=http://www.nlshaw.com/%3Fsec%3Dfil%26cat%3D0%26gid%3D11&docid=bX-MlgKyvrJc6M&w=933&h=856&ei=EAyTTtqNDcnq0gGfyJ1N&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=862&vpy=273&dur=931&hovh=215&hovw=234&tx=118&ty=111&page=5&tbnh=158&tbnw=158&start=70&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:70) I;d lopve to say I made it, but I'm nowhere near this good! I guess that's just a skill I won't have!"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

In the middle of all the overwhelming fun, Ronnae bumps into one of her best friends and smiles timidly, "H-hey~"

Once Kaya pressed forward her gift however, the girl blushed even more and her eyes glossed up in happiness. "W-wow... this... this is beautiful Kaya! T-thanks so much!"

And with that, she embraced Kaya with a tight, warm and loving hug.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Kaya hugs back, just happy that Ronnae enjoyed her present. It meant everything just to be here, to see the look on the girl's face when she saw all of her friends celebrating with her. She looked over at Billy and Nokosi, flashing them a grin.

"I'm really glad you like it! I only wish I could have made you something, but when I saw this on one of the planet's shopping centers it made me think of you!"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"I love it! I really do! It's really beautiful and to think that you thought of me when you saw it... I... I dunno what to say, it's such a great compliment... T-thanks, I mean it, it means so much to me!"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Kaya burned with pleasure. She wasn't sure what Ronnae was going to say about the brooch, Daja's gift had been so amazing compared to hers. She was just glad that her friend liked it.

"I'm so glad," she said, practically glowing. "And the party? Did we do ok with it too?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Ronnae nodded excitedly but looked down quickly, clearly embarrassed.

"I t-think it was too much for someone like me, but it really made me feel happy. It truly did. I'm j-just not used to so much attention r-really."

And it was true, while Ronnae had been filled with joy at all the effort and care that her friends had gone to do this for her, her anxiety and fear was clearly apparent at some points. Sometimes she looked awkward and clung to whichever of her friends was closest.

But she endured because she felt so amazing about the whole thing! It was truly wonderful!

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I thought it might be a little overwhelming," Kaya chuckled. "But Billy did try to keep it as small as possible. Even with this, he was thinking of you, wanting to make sure you were as comfortable as possible. I think he was a little torn to though: he wanted to make sure that he was able to gather people who would show you how much we appreciate having someone like you on the ship, making our lives a little bit better."

She smiled. "And you're putting up with it is brave too. I know you don't really like being at the center of attention. The love you two have for each other has been one of the best things of knowing you both."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Kaya's words weren't making it easy for the timid girl to stand there taking such big compliments and learning of all the work that her lover had put into organizing something special. Even more so that her friends had been on in it the whole time. It was something that made her feel amazing, if a bit shy and overwhelmed.

She nodded in turn, her face not really able to get redder at this point. "Y-yeah... it's jus'... I really have n-no words that could properly describe how wonderful it all is."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Well that's all right," Kaya said, giving her friend a hug. "Just bear with us and let us show you how happy we are to have you here, ok? I know its a lot to ask, but well, we can't help it: you have a way of bringing that out in people."

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"I--" Ronnae wanted to disagree, considering that she spends most of the time avoiding people. But they all looked so happy that she couldn't bring herself to argue, at least not for today.

"T-thanks, I'll try my best~"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

She gave her friend a hug again. She knew Ronnae was fairly bad when it came to things like this, so she hoped that she would be able to deal with everyone staring and caring about her today.

"I just hope you enjoy yourself! After all, just think: you'll have some special alone time with Billy later! You can show him how much you appreciate him doing all of this later."

Yes, that is a wink, Ronnae.

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

And then her face flushed completely red, and it felt like eyes were all staring at her at that precise moment. She knew people figured considering they've been together for how long now? Who knows, but that didn't stop her from feeling the world get very hazy for a few moments and it looked like the poor, timid girl was about to pass out.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I was just teasing you a little, Ronnae," Kaya said, putting on a pouty look. "You can do whatever you want, of course. It is your day, so its your decision. You could make all of this go away if you wanted, right?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"I d-don't want it to go away. I jus'... You know how I am K-Kaya. I'll be fine after a bit. I promise. I'm really happy that you all came, specially you, Billy and Kosi."