A Late Birthday Party / MAY 26, 2063 Night

[therealbrianna]

[ After a short "vacation" at Tokyo, Brianna sends a text to her friends. It's a general invitation that stretches from her blade mates to her mentors, to well, the whole of Netsach (as long as she knows them. Also extends to some Zangyaku friends). Of course, she asks her parents for permission first. ]

SENT: 03:00 PM

Hello friend! It would make me very happy if you could make it to Haven this Saturday to celebrate my 520th birthday. Drinks on me. :)

- OOC note: Feel free to tag in whenever you like, whatever you like. 
- May 21, 2063: Date of text
- May 26, 2063: Date of party

Comments

[icarusalsoflew]

[And have a familiar hand snagging one of those bottles, cracking it open, and bring it up to this one's lips.]

You look like you're out to kill somebody, Dee.

[inqdeirdra]

[ Since nobody else would even dare steal something from her like that...

Okay fine, she doesn't mind. It's a party.

She grins at Hikaru. ]

If by kill somebody you actually mean alcohol poisoning... [ A flash of mischief in her eyes. ]

Hey, can you blame me? I miss this.

[icarusalsoflew]

Hey, I wasn't saying anything. It HAS been a while for you guys.

[Casting a glance in Gideon's direction, then back to Deirdra.]

It's nice to see the both of you here.

[inqdeirdra]

[ She takes the bottle from Hikaru and in turn, drinks directly from it, then wipes her mouth with her jacket sleeve.

Some things never change. ]

Yeah, it has. Nice to take a break once in a while. Nothing like kids to remind you of the good old days.

[ By kids, she meant the celebrant, her blade, all the younger hunters... ]

[icarusalsoflew]

[Chuckling at that.]

Tell me about it. They're a pretty interesting bunch.

[inqdeirdra]

[ She's watching the others while Hikaru's talking. [

That is true. I have the pleasure of knowing four of them.

[icarusalsoflew]

Oh? Which ones?

[inqdeirdra]

[ Quickly navigating through the crowd with her eyes again. ]

Promethean, Bladian, Changeling and of course, my nephew Kaz.

[ She's especially fond of Brig, Yulia and by default, Kaz. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

And two of them are big on the fighting in their group.

[Chuckles.]

I should have figured.

[inqdeirdra]

[ She actually realizes that, but still. ]

Can't help the way I am. I like them all though. I just attract that type.

[ Looking at the Blade King as if saying 'I can say the same for you. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

[He doesn't know what that look means, Dee! (Not. Of course he does.)]

Well, you ARE charming in your own special way...

[inqdeirdra]

[ WOW, Hikaru. ...Okay no, she missed this silly banter. ]

If you weren't the Blade King...

[icarusalsoflew]

I would've thought that me being the Blade King was your favorite part about me.

[inqdeirdra]

Used to be. Now I actually like you for who you are. Maybe you forget that I'm a real girl now.

[ Aside from the fact that he's helped her butt out a couple of other times, and not just on the field. He did help her find her mom, among other things.

Handing him back one of the bottles, and raises up another one against Hikaru's. ]

Cheers to that, hm?

[icarusalsoflew]

Cheers.

[And toasting, of course, before he's chugging a hefty amount down. He and Deirdra were drinking buddies, yanno.]

I'm positively touched that you have a particular fondness for my sociopathic tendencies.

[inqdeirdra]

[ Leave it to the Blade King to make something such as that sound absolutely charming and just overall nice-sounding. ]

Mind you, I do have standards for my sociopathic friends.

[icarusalsoflew]

And I'm sure you set that bar very high after you met me.

[It's one of his special talents.]

[inqdeirdra]

Someone sure thinks highly of himself, hm?

[ Not that she didn't expect that or anything. They probably just really like annoying the fuck out of each other in a playful way. Good thing Deirdra learned how to do humor. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

Well, half of being awesome is really believing that you are, right?

[Hee. =w=]

I mean, belief is partially responsible for making you a real girl, so.

[inqdeirdra]

[ Gahd... ]

More like your daughter is partially responsible for that.

[ Shaking her head, feigning trauma in a joking way.

All those shopping trips where Tala would fool Deirdra into thinking that she just needs some muscle to help her out with bags...

Okay maybe a part of her was willing to embrace some change. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

If it helps, that is kind of the way that she shows her love for you.

[Have you SEEN the way the shit in his closet changes itself every month?]

[inqdeirdra]

Don't I know it.

[ Short pause here. ]

I... actually miss our "girl dates" - [ She actually makes air bunnies at that. ] - as tedious as they can be for me. That's probably why they mean a lot more to me now.

[icarusalsoflew]

[Ah. Well.]

The lot of you HAVE been busy lately. Still, I'm pretty sure that if you brought it up with Tala, she'd readily indulge you.

[inqdeirdra]

[ Actually considering it, but if there's something that Deirdra respects, it's space. Unless you're Aria or Anton, then she'll smother you. ]

I'll give that some thought.

[ She says this with a slight squint. When they do get together again, they will probably have more serious things to talk about. But a bit of old time's sake kind of normalcy would be nice too. Nevertheless, working closely with Eli did mean seeing Tala a lot. Just not enough. THEN you still have just around 20 more people to check in on... No big deal. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

[He'll just watch you with a little smile for a bit, and then take another swig from his drink.]

It's been a long time for everyone, hasn't it?