melodiesofeternity | ♪ ❝ seems like it crept up out of nowhere ❞

Who the P-Thieves & OPEN
When A Stop on the World Tour! April 23rd, 20XX
Where Arito, somewhere in-between "studious atmosphere" and "wild party"... (a book café?)
What It's a Special Day for your local Queen!
Warnings/Notes Please feel free to post your own top-levels! Food(?), beverages and... books? Are here for everyone to enjoy during the get-together! Just... don't touch the books unless your hands are clean. (We don't want to cause a scene. Yet.)

When you walk into the quaint looking café, maybe the scene that greets you wasn't exactly what you were expecting. Not the soft music overhead or the smell of old and new books that line the shelves... that's all pretty standard seeming. It's the makeshift banner that looks as though it was put together in a manner of minutes reading, “ℋAPPY ℬIRTHDAY ℳAKOTO—” that looks rather out of place.

There are a few tables lined with some food and drink, water, juice, tea and coffee— just the basics really. Only a little further down are some baked goods that could easily be mistaken for delicious cupcakes. Unfortunately, on such short notice and even shorter funds... the only thing Ren could come up with were some Kupo-Nut Cakes... if you're willing to try one though, you may just find yourself with a Guts +1 boost.

Well, at least the coffee seems decent.

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They're store-bought. ( ren explains, getting a grip on his drip-brewed pot of coffee and bringing three cups over to where they could sit. whether that made it better or worse, well... )

The only flavour they had left was Kupo Nut... ( and honestly, after his encounter with the butter— ) It's not exactly tasty for those of us without a pom-pom. ( he jokes, pouring each one of them a full cup. ) Everyone else might be glad they missed it.

But this— ( he sets down his pot, serving a cup to the two ladies and smiling all the while— feeling at home in a moment like this regardless of their surroundings. ) I did make myself.

[Makoto is appreciative of the coffee. Sure the Black Cat Cafe was one choice, but there was a love and attention in Ren's cup that just could not be imitated.]

[She gladly takes a sip before setting it down.]

Oh, I see. You know I heard from quite a few sources that kupo nuts didn't taste very good, but how bad could it be if a bakery is using them?

[Confidently she picked one up. This was her party right? But she wasn't about to pull an Akechi and go all in on one. Instead she took her fingers and broke off a little piece, looked at it carefully, and put it in her mouth.]

[She instantly regretted it. The look was palpable on her face.]

[ Yeah, she's certainly feeling a lot more at home herself. If she closes her eyes for a moment, nose poised over the cup that Ren made, she can imagine that she's back at LeBlanc.

But when she open her eyes again and sees Makoto- well, thankfully she hadn't actually taken a sip of that coffee yet, or it probably would have gone flying. ]

Makoto your face-

[ IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY SHE KNOWS but oh gosh that expression is priceless. ]

( he'd just managed to take his own cup in hand finally, as he looks up with interest as makoto breaks off a piece of the cake. there's a cautionary— ) Ah...? ( that comes from him a bit too late...

and he leans forward, placing his coffee back down again. his head is bowed in what looks like a moment of silence...
until his shoulders start to shake.

a hand clamps down on his mouth, but it isn't enough, what starts out as muffled snickering erupts into full blown laughter as he casts his head up and back again.
her face was right, futaba! )

[There's a moment of panic as she looked around of what to do with the dreadful thing that was in her mouth. She was fighting every instinct to spew it out, but her upbringing would not allow it. Noticing a small pile of what she hoped was napkins Makoto discreetly spat it out.]

...lets... not get those again.

[Hoping to regain at least a little bit of her dignity, she took a glass of water to her lips and took a dainty sip from it. While pushing down the urge to gargle and spit.]

[ She's still snickering a bit, though trying to quash it down for Makoto's sake. ]

The Moogles'll like 'em at least.

[ And since just about everybody's been having a Moogle following them around it won't be a total loss. Hopefully. ]

Deal... heh. ( he had to let slip one last chuckle, too. seeing the mighty queen lose her composure like that wasn't just an every day occurrence, you know. and it just— seemed to deepen the bond that they all had. ren had to wonder if the two girls felt it too, as he looked from makoto to futaba fondly— then finally reached for his cup again. )

You'll probably need more than that to wash it down, right? So how about a toast?

[In spite of the fact that her mouth felt so dry that water couldn't help, she didn't begrudge their laughter. She did feel closer to them. Who else would even think to do something like this except for her friends?]

[A wry smirk came to her lips as she nodded to Ren.]

Just as long as one of them will be to never tasting kupo nuts ever again.

But that aside, what else should we toast to?

[ Hmmm... things to toast??? ]

Well, we're all still in one piece, despite all the weird stuff.

[ And in her case not... hiding in a corner of the room while trying to avoid being noticed by as many people as possible?? It's progress. ]

And we got Jobs.

( there was a nod at both suggestions, both of them being good points. there was one thing he was the most grateful for though, that being... )

And also— we're together. ( as he raises his cup, he turns to futaba with a gentle smile, glad that she was there to navigate them through this strange world as she had so many times in the metaverse...

then turned to makoto with a softening look, confident that thanks to her, the strategies and plans that they'd have to employ with her help would be calculated and careful.

ren amamiya— the young man of few words, but with a single look that spoke volumes about them... about his team mates. his family. )

Happy Birthday, Makoto.

Hmm... [The words can't help but make a smile on her face. True, there's still a lot of things uncertain out there. The one thing that she can count on, though, is the two being there. They've already been so much already. They can weather whatever else that may be thrown their way.]

Then. To being one piece. To having Jobs. And... most of all, to being together.

Let's toast to that.

[Small words and small gestures that meant the world to the ones who know what they meant. A mug was lifted aloft -- alone for but a moment, but no doubt will be soon met with others to share the moment together.]

[She couldn't think of few birthday presents better than this.]

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