Happy birthday, Enzo!

[a1enzo]

[OOM: In his own world, Enzo celebrates his birthday with family and friends.]

Out by the Caribbean inlet this afternoon/evening, a makeshift boardwalk has been set up on the beach, and on and around the boardwalk, a small funfair. Booths offer carnival games for prizes; waitrats are dispensing food (free; it's a party) from the type of carts normally associated with hot dog vendors, although there's rather more variety available here. Beachy music—with, if you pay attention, oddly computer-centric lyrics—plays over loudspeakers.

And, of course, the sand and waves are ever so inviting.

[OOC: Party time! All Enzo's friends are invited, of course, but everyone is welcome! Open forever, slowtime is love! Slowtime is really love, in fact, because I'll be in the car for hours today and Sunday and have to tag very slowly via Kindle, and Saturday is my sister-in-law's baby shower...]

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Meet and Greet

[a1enzo]

The birthday boy can, for greeting purposes, be found lounging on the beach. Some people might not recognize him right away in human form, but he looks the same aside from trivial details of colouration and texture. And clothing, since he's out of uniform and almost everything else.

One... well, two things that are new are a golden glint from his right earlobe and another higher up, hugging the cartilage.

Re: Meet and Greet

[ami_imperfect]

And it's these two things that earn him a raised eyebrow from his girlfriend.

"What did you do to yourself?" she asks him as she walks up. Even though what they are is fairly obvious. Dani just wants to hear the explanation.

Re: Meet and Greet

[a1enzo]

"Defaced my body?" he offers.

Re: Meet and Greet

[1nv1nc1ble]

Invincible has been through another Door for a little while (coming soon to an OOM near you!), but he's back now and stepping out back to see some landscape that doesn't look like it's been hammered with weapons of mass destruction. "Oh hey, another party...," he says, wandering over.

Re: Meet and Greet

[a1enzo]

"Hey, man!" calls Enzo, waving."

Re: Meet and Greet

[havetubawilltravel]

"HIYA ENZO!"

Pinkie recognizes him right away - even though they barely know one another. That's how scary Pinkie sense is. Her words are muffled due to the fact that she's carrying a rather large red-wrapped package by a white ribbon between her teeth. Detonating the party canon on her back, she bucks it upwards - hoping to land the gift on the gift table or into his hands. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

As the paper carnage settles down around them, she notices his ear.

"Niiice blingity bling!" she grins.

Re: Meet and Greet

[a1enzo]

"Ah! Hi, Pinkie! Thanks!" Enzo catches the present and wonders what the \dev\null just happened.

Re: Meet and Greet

[pullsneedles]

"Hey Enzo!" Lucas calls. "What's going on?"

Because all of this looks like fun and Lucas hasn't been to a birthday party since...

When did he turn 10 again?

Re: Meet and Greet

[a1enzo]

"Hey, Lucas! It's my birthday! My real one!"

Re: Meet and Greet

[hey35andholding]

Of course Clementine's here, Enzo.

She's even managed to dress tactfully, though there's a lot of glitter going on.

"HEY" she shouts, coming up the beach, approaching him directly with a large bag in one hand and swinging her purse over her head with the other. "Happy birthday, short stuff!"

Re: Meet and Greet

[a1enzo]

An unavoidable hazard of holding a beach party: Clem seeing him shirtless. Ah well. She can only embarrass him to death once.

"Hey, Clem!"

Re: Meet and Greet

[mandercommander]

Somewhat naturally, Bonzo is there, enjoying the food and sitting on the beach. Yes, he's enjoying the party...and, of course, seeking out Enzo in the impressive show that is the party.

Re: Meet and Greet

[seat_five_girl]

"Hello Enzo-san!" calls Ako.

Who has a bunch of balloons bobbing on the ends of ribbons to hand over to the birthday boy.

They rattle.

Re: Meet and Greet

[time_dancer]

When Val finally makes it to the celebration and spots Enzo she has to laugh as she switched to Sprite to be on a more equal footing with him.

"Hey, Enzo," she says walking up with a chagrinned smile. "Looks like I picked the wrong outfit."

Re: Meet and Greet

[ikissdhimbck]

When Kate asked about proper attire, Enzo had said 'bathing suit.' Granted, he likely wouldn't have thought about the kinds of bathing suits they have in Kate's where and when, since flannels don't always conjure images of the beach.

She's wearing a modest suit, which looks like a sailor outfit and is accompanied by lace-up shoes. No, really.

"Howdy, Enzo."

Re: Meet and Greet

[feminine_menace]

YT has arrived fully kitted out for a beach party - adorable retro blue-and-white striped bathing suit, flip-flops, shades, towel, and a bag of other beach-y items.

"Hey, Pod! Took me a while to find you, with you not being green and...oh my God, when did you get that done?" By which she means the ear piercing, of course.

[evilontheloose]

Jordan will make note of both things.

Funny, how she looks older, but still much the same.

Her cybernetic arm holds a gift box, about shoebox size.

Sand, Sea, and Sports

[a1enzo]

There are balls of several types available for playing with, and nets have been set up on the beach, of both the soccer and volleyball varieties.

There are also some balls in the water, but there are no nets there, unless someone has gotten very confused as to today's activities.

Re: Sand, Sea, and Sports

[guppy_sandhu]

Away from the crowds, Guppy and two of Enzo's little guests are playing in the sand.

Re: Sand, Sea, and Sports

[ikissdhimbck]

Someone raised questions as to whether or not she could actually swim in her current outfit.

Well.

Kate's about to show him just how cumbersome it really is.

She's wading in the water at about waist level, curiously poking a beach ball, watching the colors flip over each other one after the other as it spins in the water.

Over the Boardwalk

[a1enzo]

The booths, manned by waitrats, have the usual sort of games, mostly consisting of throwing things at other things. The prizes, though made of matter, are idiosyncratic to Enzo's world: Guardian bears, toy dogcows that go Moof! when squeezed, RC flying cars, plush cats embroidered with humorously ungrammatical captions...

Re: Over the Boardwalk

[hey35andholding]

Clementine knows how to game the system, which is why she's got toy dogcow tucked under her arm, a corndog in her other hand.

She's squeezing the stuffed animal with an odd expression on her face. She brought her own - which might be why she looks so fascinated by its wounded mooing.

Re: Over the Boardwalk

[cbucsrule]

Man. It's almost like the Riverwalk used to be, back in Caprica City, with all this stuff around. It's nice. Jacket slung over his shoulder, he wanders by: games, food, music. Strolling through the place back in C-City was impossible for him unless he wanted to attract a crowd, but he can sure as frak enjoy it in a relaxed way now.

In his hands he's got a nice square box, wrapped up with a bow. Bar's cute: the ribbon's decorated with ones and zeroes. Inside's nothing all that special, just one of their pyramid balls, but it's something, and he did include a note about how he's glad to have Enzo on his team.

He's bound to run into the guy eventually.

Fun and Games

[a1enzo]

The more traditional party games must not be neglected, and so a highly enthusiastic pink pony is presiding over such classics as Twister, the limbo, and Pin the Tail on the, er, Pony.

Seriously, you try to stop her from helping.

Re: Fun and Games

[havetubawilltravel]

She even has THREE party hats on while she munches big bites of cake! But mostly Pinkie's gigling and running in the warm sunshine, enjoying herself hugely.