kaworu’s birthday party | there are strong wings

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Who: Kaworu Nagisa and CR (plus a handful of interlopers)
What: Birthday beach bash
When: September 18th
Where: The Farther Shores

Content warnings: Underage drinking



The party thrown for Kaworu Nagisa in late September is a modest affair by the standard of at least one of its planners, although the second pair of hands involved has had cause to disagree.

A section of the beach near a cluster of natural hot springs up in the black rocks of the Farther Shores has been cleaned of any remaining August debris, set up with a handful of tents, and laid with tables. These amenities cluster around a piled high bonfire, which will be lit as the sun begins to set and kept burning throughout the night’s festivities, just like the sea-scented incense discreetly placed all around the perimeter. A speaker set up has been graciously provided by one mostly mechanical friend, who also has generously and suspiciously curated an angel-themed playlist.

The dining tables are full of various foods meant to be skewered on sticks, catering to a wide variety of tastes and needs, from mushrooms to parboiled root vegetables to bits of game or crab meat and more. A selection of sauces and rubs adds to the customization possibilities, alongside covered baskets of warm rice and flatbreads to complement the skewers. Another table is laden with cakes, pastries, and fruits in another array of flavors, and finally, a modest selection of juice, beer and wine is on offer - anything stronger must be brought by party guests.

Nearby these, in a conspicuously well-lit and well-traveled area, is the gift table, where a large Sleeper cocoon stands guard (with occasional gurgles and wiping about of curious tentacles) under a sign reading THEFT IS A CRIME. Another, smaller sign on the table itself invites Gifts for Kaworu-kun to be piled around it.

Lunar Orbs on tall torch stands mark the path to and from the hot springs and the main body of the party on the beach. The hot springs are well-lit even in the dark, but the air is crisp with the chill of autumn, especially as night falls properly. A few smaller tents allow for people to change and store their clothing before they sink into the hot mineral water bubbling up from deep below the surface.

If you have gotten tired of the festivities, the tents on the main beach are all open for people to rest and relax in, shielded away from the bustle of the party at large. Besides one tent marked Guest of Honor, the rest are all stocked with water, comfortable cushions, and warm blankets, lit by softer glowing Lunar Orbs than the ones outside, which come with a cover to conceal their light if desired.

If instead you venture away from the party on either side, keep your eyes peeled for large, venomous crabs who are not dancing to the playlist, but rather clicking their claws for blood. Better to stick to dipping your toes in the water, where a distinctly alive marine lizard swims purposefully in the shallows, occasionally lifting his head to inspect passersby with a sensitive, yet knowing expression. Shinji-kun is a thoughtful (and handsome) lizard.

The atmosphere is light and warm, the weather pleasant, and all that’s asked of guests is to eat well, enjoy themselves, and celebrate Kaworu Nagisa’s only slightly belated birthday.

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PARTY SUMMARY

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<b>Name:</b> Your character’s name <b>Notable Party Activities:</b> What they would be doing at the party <b>May Have Been Seen:</b> Things other characters may freely have observed

Ortus Nigenad

[noniad]

Name: Ortus Nigenad
Notable Party Activities: Maintaining a vigil (in a beach chair) near the cocoon of Gideon Nav; drinking half-watered down juice; internally judging the lyrics of every song.
May Have Been Seen: Discreetly patting Gideon’s cocoon; being emotionally moved by pop songs.

gideon nav's cocoon

[lipochrome]

Name: gideon nav (cocoon edition)
Notable Party Activities: guarding the gift table VERY bravely
May Have Been Seen: the cocoon might also rate your gifts. gifts that are cool (weapons, junk food, comics) will receive a pleasant gurgle. gifts that are lame (socks, actual literature, healthy food) will instead get an aura of disappointment.

Farmlad Oscar Enters the Chat

[justoscar]

Name: Oscar Pine
Notable Party Activities: Giving snacks to the cocoon, giving snacks to Shinji-kun, trying to figure out the recipes for the crab sauces,
May Have Been Seen: Frowning at the THEFT IS A CRIME sign, and staring at the hot springs with a puzzled look.

one mostly mechanical friend

[hauntedsavior]

Name: Anna Amarande
Notable Party Activities: Taking a break from her role as resident musician, she's just chilling and attending this party instead. It's the most public she's been since The Troubles, so she's on edge for a lot of the night, trying to stay out of the limelight and out of people's hair.
May Have Been Seen: She spends a surprising amount of time trying to destress in the hot springs. She definitely started singing songs to herself when she thought no one was around, either existing songs or fragments of original ones (not that anyone would know the originals).

[unsheathedfromreality]

Name: Illarion Albireo/Old Man/Merlinus....
Notable Party Activities: Precariously balancing between being a Solemn Guardian at the edge of the festivities and participating in the party games and merriment exactly enough to not bring bad luck on things. It's confusing when you're dead. ETA: Also shadowing A Certain Emperor more often than not; it lets him stick to the Solemn Guardian role nicely.
May Have Been Seen: Having a serious heart-to-heart with Shinji-kun; considering the hot springs longingly when he thinks no one's looking.
Other: why does he have a sharpened axe with him what is he doing with it???

🦅 🦅 🦅

[grice]

Name: the nugget sized giant bird falco grice
Notable Party Activities: helping to serve drinks, food, playing games/hanging out and starting a massive sand pit digging activity that will surely attract more folk with the primal urge to dig sand hole. confetti the togekiss will also be offering happiness blessings to pretty much anyone with a smile on their face! enjoy your joy boost!
May Have Been Seen: stink eying rowdy drunks, nagging on/taking care of said drunks, leaving a party hat on the gidecocoon, someone may have buried him and left his head out but the culprit has yet to be identified—

Duty

[martyrofduty]

Name: Duty
Notable Party Activities: Cooking crabs, keeping an eye on things but generally not ruining the young people's fun times
May Have Been Seen: Selfie with the cocoon, creating ice from water vapor in the air to add to drinks, quietly leaving a (cool, per the cocoon) gift for Kaworu, replacing the THEFT IS A CRIME sign with another nearly identical THEFT IS A CRIME sign

Izuku "Deku" Midoriya

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Name: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya
Notable Party Activities: Not an entertainer by any means, Midoriya is still very helpful with making sure the party is safe and running smoothly. If anyone means harm, he will instantly know because of [redacted] and will come over to investigate/evacuate. This is part of why he is so efficient at keeping murdercrabs at bay, and also why there is so much crab meat on offer. Enjoy...
May Have Been Seen: The other half of the setup team wears black swim trunks with SECURITY on the butt. These were not his idea. Midoriya is unseen for however long is narratively convenient for A Special Guest to mingle. Midoriya is pointedly seen tailing Another Special Guest. Otherwise, the muscled and scarred hero can be found anywhere--extolling the benefits of a relaxing soak in the hot springs, digging in Falco's sand pit, playing in the surf with Shinji-kun, making sure trash makes its way to the proper receptacles, and remaining sober for the entire night. When it gets dark and cold, he puts on his T-shirt and hoodie--if he can find them.

who invited jeff the killer's scarier baby cousin

[the_obedient_servant]

Name: Chara
Notable Party Activities: Generally vibing, hanging out with people Chara didn't irreparably damage their relationship with and also some of the people they did irreparably damage their relationship with, killing crabs who threaten the party....
May Have Been Seen: Hanging out with Shinji-kun, leaving a whole pie on Kaworu's gift table.

[comecatchthesehands]

Name: Tomura Shigaraki
Notable Party Activities: He's skulking around. He goes to the beach a lot to look for people who may have washed up that he tolerates as well as the people who have already. Mostly he'll be people watching out of curiosity. He's going to be leaving a nice looking seashell on the present table, though.
May Have Been Seen: He's definitely people watching. He won't be doing any posturing at anyone who doesn't do the same to him. Once he realizes it's a birthday party, he'll probably pop off after that.

Re: PARTY SUMMARY

[imaglyphwitch]

Name: Luz Noceda
Notable Party Activities: Discovering people she hasn't seen and connecting with those she has but might not have seen in some time!
May Have Been Seen: Looking the cocoon with unrestrained curiosity.

John Gaius or possibly Teacher

[necrolord]

Name: isn't that always the question
Notable Party Activities: hanging around the fringes with an untouched beer. inadvisable participation in never have I ever. he made kaworu a necroharp
May Have Been Seen: getting tailed by midoriya. talking quietly and unhappily with augustine, duty, or illarion. being surprisingly well-behaved, actually.

Paul Atreides

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Name: Paul Atreides
Notable Party Activities: Meeting and greeting; mingling with guests; being on his best behavior.
May Have Been Seen: Paul Wandering out to the water and being herded back by Midoriya; canoodling with Kaworu and Midoriya; hanging out with the cocoon; getting his toes wet next to Shinji-kun the lizard; frowning at the swapped sign disapprovingly; very carefully not looking at certain party guests.

Kainé

[foulhussy]

Name: Kainé
Notable Party Activities: Pretty much just hanging out, giving food to the cocoon, cooking food by the fire.
May Have Been Seen: She's notably more social than usual! Which is still somewhat reserved and awkward. She spends a lot of time with her girlfriend, Anna, trying to make her feel more comfortable.

[asas]

Name: shoyo hinata
Notable Party Activities: did someone ask for.... volleyball???
May Have Been Seen: with balls????

Patience, Snake, Dragon

[butnotyet]

Name: Augustine the First, accompanied by Alfred the Dangernoodle and Petrie the Pterodactyl
Notable Party Activities: Attempting to keep Teacher in frame (rather than John or God), helping out with the food-making, fussing over drinks, keeping the pterodactyl on a leash
May Have Been Seen: Making up two big bowls of punch and clearly labeling one of them as "This Is The Spiked One" (with disembodied hands ready to serve, growing — apparently — out of the table, and liable to smack anyone attempting to spike the other bowl); perched at the edge of the Crab Dividing Line and blowing smoke into crabby faces to see how they react; retrieving the Original THEFT IS A CRIME sign and altering it to read THEFT VANDALISM IS A CRIME (and carefully putting it against the back of the original sign, such that only one version is visible from any given three-dimensional perspective); flying the two-month-old pterodactyl on a gold-leather-and-goldtone-metal-spiked collar/halter/leash combo like the world's weirdest kite; threatening John that he (Augustine) is going to go beachcombing if he (John) doesn't behave Properly; unspeakable acts in the more-obscure hot springs.

L Lawliet (Lazarus Sauveterre)

[hearthebell]

Name: L Lawliet (Lazarus Sauveterre)
Notable Party Activities: Skulking, mingling with the wary enthusiasm of a cat that someone in attendance has tried to drown, drinking in cautious moderation
May Have Been Seen: This guy, tonight, just will not relax.

WELL WISHES AND GIFT TABLE

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[hauntedsavior]

Anna's gift to Kaworu is a well-bound copy of fourteen songs worth of sheet music, all arranged for piano and meant to be played solo. The songs aren't ones that most people would recognize, Anna's sure, but it's still a meaningful gift from the heart that might bring a little joy into her friend's life. And if the album was so formative for her that a high G can still make her snap to attention, she owes it to him to introduce him to The Black Parade.

[justoscar]

Oscar's gift to Kaworu, the enigmatic nerd who was as fickle as a cat and frequently found something bizarre to complain about, was simple enough to almost be guaranteed to go over well. In a neat little bag was folded up a blanket scarf and multiple packages of fruity gummy candies-- as well as a note:]

For your allergies.
- Oscar

AT THE PARTY

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before the party | strawberry blue | kaworu nagisa and izuku "deku" midoriya

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[ Content warning: sensory loss (sight). ]

In the afternoon, after everything is set up but only a handful of other people occupy the beach, Paul sends Sophia to fetch Kaworu and Midoriya to join him where he sits on a log drawn up by the unlit bonfire. He's lightly and casually dressed in swimming shorts and an unbuttoned shirt, which is as much as he can be sure of about his outfit between Midoriya and Kaworu's descriptive abilities, with his sea medallion unlit on his bare chest. He has one leg drawn up, ankle crossed over knee, and he faces out towards the sea with half-lidded, unfocused eyes.

He smiles when he hears their footsteps, tilting his head to each of them in turn, the sound of their stride on sand nearly as well-known to him as his. He pats the place beside him for the first one to arrive, motioning for patience until they're joined by the other, looping an arm around a set of shoulders while they wait.

"There you are," he says, lifting his chin with a smile at his approach, "Are you ready? The surprise is at the mouth of the niche behind us, in the cliffs, if you'll take me."

IC PARTY GAMES

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Truth or Dare

[wannasmash]

Midoriya (or "SECURITY" as the butt of his swim shorts indicates) doesn't have much experience with games like these and is probably setting himself up for disaster, but he leans in with an intrepid look and answers the dreaded question:

"Dare."

He never says "Truth."

THE MORNING AFTER

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PARTY PLAYLIST SONGS (ANGELIC AND OTHER)

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i said i'd do it

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"Arms Of An Angel" - Sarah McLachlan (dance remix by T-Jay)