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[peeta_bread]

Who: Peeta and anyone
What: Peeta's 18th birthday!
When: Now
Where: Ballroom
Rating: E for Everyoneeeee
Notes: Prose or action spam, whatever you want. Tag yourself in.



Uru had helped decorate and set up. Peeta put up another reminder in the journal. Despite his friends' protests, he made a couple lovely, simple one-layer cakes, one vanilla and one chocolate.

He put on some music recommended by friends, put out the snacks and waited. He just hoped Katniss showed up.

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PRESENTS | CAKE | DANCING | CORNER

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PRESENTS

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta forgot to tell people not to bring presents. So you should totally get him one. :D Give them to him here!]

PLACE HOLDER

[not_like_the_rest]

[Johanna total carved you a boss set of kitchen stuffs (IDK WHAT but they are all useful?!) with your name on them. They are in a little draw string bag because she doesn't do wrapping things up, Kay? It's a victor thing.]

Happy Birthday.

[peeta_bread]

[Oh my goodness, Johanna! His mouth falls open as he pulls the utensils out one by one.]

Johanna.... these are amazing!

[not_like_the_rest]

[Johanna raises an eyebrow. She didn't expect such a strong reaction.]

Well, I'm like you like them. [then grins.] I should give you things more often if I get that kind of reaction.

[peeta_bread]

[He laughs.] It's just very personal and thoughtful. Thank you.

[not_like_the_rest]

You're welcome. [She gives his cheek a kiss.] For good luck.

PRESENTS

[i_got_this]

[Yeah South wasn't the best gift-giver but at least she brought something. She's got a six pack of Fat Tire beer with a big red bow on it.]

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta walks up to her with a smile.]

Long time no see.

[i_got_this]

[Smiling back, handing over the beer.] Yeah man, been busy with ... stuff. [Angsty stuff, not going into it.] You?

[peeta_bread]

[He takes the beer with a laugh.] Thanks. It's been pretty quiet for me, actually.

[i_got_this]

Be thankful for that.

So! How old are you, now?

[valuedstrength]

[YOU'RE GETTING A PRESENT PEETA AND YOU WILL LIKE IT.

Anyways Steve is setting down a big, square, flat package. If Peeta opens it up he will find Steve's latest painting; the summer camp they all attended. Each of the cabins is featured, the woods, and lake. Another section toward the bottom is devoted to the camp fires. It's clearly before the attack by the hell hounds the figures seem at ease.

(If Peeta squints he might be able to identify some residents. Like some male figure is giving two girls (Jo and Arya) a piggy back ride. Clint, Johanna, and small group of people seem to be singing. Little moments like that are woven in to make it look like it all occurred on one night.)]

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta comes up behind Steve when he's setting it down, tapping Steve's left shoulder and hurrying to his right side.]

[valuedstrength]

[Steve turns to see who it is with a smile.] Hey birthday boy. How's it going?

[peeta_bread]

[He grins back up at him.] Hey! It's going good. You doin' okay?

[valuedstrength]

Great actually. [He looks around.] Not sure where to start to be honest. It's a nice problem to have at a party.

[amiable]

[ There wasn't any possible way Uru was showing up without anything for Peeta. She wasn't sure what to get him exactly, but food is always a good gift to fall back on and since Peeta comes from a world where so much food is rationed, she's made wagashi, wrapped in a red paper with a gold ribbon. There's a little card written To: Peeta on it.

Beside it will be another gift wrapped in the same red paper. ]

[tyingknots]

[Finnick hadn't been sure what all to get Peeta, but he eventually figured it out. So he just hands over a couple of plain brown paper wrapped gifts, one boxed shaped and reasonably sized, the other smaller and more book shaped which if he feels he'll feel two books in there.

The larger box is an ice cream machine (Finnick discovered ice cream cakes in town...) and the other package is well books. One is on how to make ice cream (and ice cream cakes and things related to that) and the other is a small blue dyed leather journal full of information on the various types of bread and related things from District 4.

And he's totally putting that on the table before trying to slip off. He doesn't have his name on the gifts either as he's trying to be able to pass it off if needed as someone else.]

CAKE

[peeta_bread]

[ CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE

Chocolate and Vanilla! Take a piece!

After the singing, Peeta blows out his candles. Yaaaay!]

[precede]

[ Klaus came for booze and, finding none, wishes one up and proceeds to drink it by the cake while watching the birthday boy blow out the candles. ]

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta glances around at the crowd as he takes a piece of cake and wanders over to Klaus with another piece. He offers it to him.]

We haven't met. I'm Peeta.

[precede]

Birthday boy. [ He raises a glass toward him and smiles a lopsided one, not taking the offered cake. ] You're welcome to call me Klaus.

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta just slides the other plate onto the table next to them and takes a bite of his own cake.]

Nice to meet you, Klaus. Having fun?

[precede]

As much fun as one can have-- [ without blood and fighting and everything nice. He pours him a half-glass and hands it over. ]

You're the one who's supposed to be having fun though. So, are you?

mmm cake

[chubbycreampuff]

[ Kirby had come along, even if he had no idea who this Peeta person was.

He really did want to meet and make friends with him, but... he would stare longingly at the cake, just waiting for it.

Anyone want to cut him a slice before he inhales whatever is left? ]

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta is about to take a bite of his own cake when he sees Kirby eyeing the cake. He smiles and walks over to Kirby. Was this someone's Pokemon?]

Hey, buddy. You want some cake?

[chubbycreampuff]

[ Have a happy nod, his eyes positively lighting up at the question. ]

Poyo poyo! [ he exclaimed, before deciding to be polite. He knew this must be Peeta, after all, he had blown out the candles, right? ] Haaaappy...!

DANCING

[peeta_bread]

[Yeahhhh get down and dirty. The birthday boy is standing off to the side. Maybe he wants to dance? Or maybe someone else caught your eye!]

[amiable]

[ Dancing is not really her thing. She's trying to move past this and stick to the side. ]

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta spots Uru and slides up to her, holding his hands out.]

Wanna dance?

[amiable]

[ She freezes. ]

S-Sorry?

[fishy_go_byebye]

[Del isn't so great at conventional dancing - it's all sinuous, liquidy, boneless movement. And often just a touch off-beat.

Butchya know what? It damn well looks like fun.]

CORNER

[peeta_bread]

[All the unsocial people, you seem to find corners to sit in. B( Fine, hang out in your unsocial corner, but Peeta may come find you.]

[accidentalrebellion]

[WHATEVA I DO WHAT I WANT]

[peeta_bread]

[X(

After a while, Peeta wanders over to her, looking quite dashing in a nice button-up shirt and nice pants.]

Thanks for coming.

[accidentalrebellion]

[B)

It's what Katniss always defaults to in these situations. After everything she's had to do, everything she's been forced to, she's still not comfortable in a crowd. She never will be. So this corner is the safest.

At the sound of his voice, she finally looks up from whatever she's thinking about. And some part of her might agree with that assessment re: looks... but what are these strikethroughs they lie obviously Her gaze stays, momentarily, and then drifts off.]

It's nothing. [... This is, like, something normal that people do... right? (Not that she and Peeta have ever known much about "normal.")]

[peeta_bread]

[He carefully- timidly -lays a hand on her shoulder.]

No, really. Thank you. I know you don't really like... parties. But it really means a lot to me.

[accidentalrebellion]

[It's all right. She doesn't recoil from the touch. In fact, if she had her way, she might want it to stay. Initially, it's a jolt, back to reality with a force, but then it's light and warm. Comfortably so. ... It's been a while.

She doesn't really know what to say. Again, the words are failing her, like they so often do. A moment, a very long moment, passes before she finally gives her quiet response:]

Happy birthday. [They never meant much to her, not really. Only as the day she could sign up for tesserae, maybe as some kind of symbolic mark that she's managed to survive another year. But if it means something to him....

Maybe she can start paying back what she owes. (And she hates owing people.)]

[periculis]

[ is he surprised to find her in the corner? is the sky purple??

he strolls over and leans against the wall next to her, hands in his pockets. ]

[persequor]

[ Curiosity lead Arya here. She managed to piece together it's a nameday celebration of sorts. She lingers more on the edge of the festivities, feeling more than a little put of place. Nymeria, her constant shadow, sniffs at the strange new smells beside her.

A wolf bigger than a pony. Nothing that might bring up terrible memories, right? ]

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta is just walking along-

OMG GIANT MUTT. After having a heart attack, Peeta slowly walks toward the little girl, terrified.]

Are you... is that... is that a muttation?

[persequor]

[ Offended: ] She is not a mutation. She's a direwolf.

[ninjainviolet]

[Sheena had heard about the party through the grapevine (read: journal entries) and had originally decided not to go because she wouldn't know anyone. In fact, she had just declined an invitation from a stranger and was walking away when she saw Kirby go in.

And that changed her mind.

She liked the little guy, and had developed a soft spot for him. She had no idea what might happen at the party, but she was going to make sure he didn't get hurt.

So, she went in, grabbed a glass of punch, and stood in a corner, her eyes scanning the room occasionally and lighting up with pleasure when she saw Kirby having a good time.]

[chubbycreampuff]

[ Kirby didn't really know many people around, either, but he was an adorable little puffball and most people mistook him for a Pokemon or an animal of some sort, so he got all kinds of positive attention.

Soon, though, he would see a familiar face: Sheena! ]

Sheena! [ he would call, running to her, the sides of his mouth smudged a little bit with cake icing. ]

[ninjainviolet]

[Sheena smiled brightly when she saw Kirby heading her way and knelt down to talk to him.]

Hey! You look like you're enjoying yourself!

[And how adorable was that icing?!]

Placeholder; with correct icon this time!

[wizard_redfive]

[Being a WizPod wasn't as cracked up as Dairine would have thought. Sure, thinking in quicktime was great, and having the manual's information directly in her head was something she had missed. But she can't move, can't do wizardry, can't read the journal, and can't really speak (except when communicating with Spot in their own techy way). It's been so long, Dairine no longer knows what day it is, what with that fast little computer brain of hers screwing up her internal clock.

So when Peeta's birthday rolls around, Dairine is completely unaware of the event.

Spot, however, does notice the invitation. He knew that she wouldn't want to miss her best friend's birthday party, loss or no loss. So in one corner of the ballroom, one laptop and a music player sit, watching the rest of the guests. Odd... but perhaps not for Paradisa.]

[peeta_bread]

[Peeta's been a little disappointed that Dairine hasn't shown up. In fact, he's a little worried. He notices the laptop and music player and walks right past them.

Maybe he should check up on Dairine later...]

I'm so lateee... ><

[wizard_redfive]

[As he passes by, Peeta may sense that he’s being watched. After all, Spot is keeping a close eye on him.]