Birthday party time!!!

[therealrisette]

Who: Rise Kujikawa, Conan Edogawa, and just about anyone else who shows up! Friends of either Rise or Conan and any kids in the castle especially!
What: Conan's Eighteenth Birthday Party!
When: Backdated to May 4th, before the EH plot
Where: The Dining Room
Rating: PG

Everything's all set! Rise had announced the open invitation to all of Conan's and her friends (plus all the kids in the castle) about a week ago. Chell and a couple of other people had helped her make some riddles that weren't too kiddy or lame, and spread them all over the castle. If everything went well, Conan should end up exploring the music room, the library, the laundry room, and the ballroom before finally arriving at the party here in the dining room!

Hopefully by then, there'd be enough people around to keep him there. Rise is absolutely determined that the kid will enjoy his birthday for once!

Okay... decorations are in place. The birthday cake is on the table (and fortunately not one Rise made herself). A few wrapped presents for the enterprising young detective are piled neatly in a corner. All that's left is to wait for the rest of the guests and then surprise Conan when he shows up!

{ooc I'm half-asleep as I write this so sorry if it sucks. Also, I'm making a general mingling section for before Conan shows up first! After Lel tags Conan in we can start threading the actual party. :3}

Comments

Re: Arrival

[thebestseller]

[Castle has brought Conan a gift of flavored coffee- hey, his inability to drink it doesn't mean he can't let others enjoy it- and approaches him not long after his arrival.]

Hey. Happy birthday, buddy.

Re: Arrival

[deductiongeek]

Thank you! [Conan had spotted that coffee already and was smiling at the thought of it.]

Though I actually forgot all about my birthday!

[But even looking around at all of this, he couldn't help but remember that this should have been his eighteenth birthday.]

[thebestseller]

Really? Huh. I guess it is hard to keep track of time after you've been here for a while.

[He grins.] Woulda thought you would have guessed the surprise beforehand, but if you forgot, makes sense why you didn't.

[deductiongeek]

I guessed Rise-neechan was up to something! But I didn't think about my birthday.

[thebestseller]

Did she manage to keep you busy before you got here, at least?

[deductiongeek]

She sent me some riddles and a kind of scavenger hunt.

[Probably best not to mention that the last time he had worked his way through one of those it had been the challenge of a bomber. Solve the riddle and find the location of the bombs before they could be triggered.M/i>]

[thebestseller]

Sounds like a lot of fun, and a pretty cool idea. Hey, I hope I get do something like that before my next birthday party.

[He smiles down at Conan.]

While it's not exactly ideal that you've gone through at least one birthday here, I gotta say... I'm glad to have known you in my time here.

[deductiongeek]

This is my second birthday here, actually. [Ugh, feelings. Conan never knew how to respond to comments like that.]

It was fun meeting you too!

[thebestseller]

... really? You've been here that long? [That deflates Castle a bit, but not for long.]

[deductiongeek]

Yeah. For a while there were some people I knew from home here, but they're all gone now.

[thebestseller]

[Castle frowns.]

That's a bummer. Both parts. ... I guess for some reason it never occurred to me that someone could be here for years.

[deductiongeek]

And when children are here for a long time, they don't grow. [For Conan, this was one of the worst parts of it.]

[thebestseller]

[Castle gives him a sympathetic look.]

So we're eternally stuck at our current age, and yet continue to age mentally. This is one of those things I shouldn't think about too much or it'll hurt my head.

[deductiongeek]

I think the only time we actually age physically is in those times we return home.