Alain's birthday

[key-youth-bert.livejournal.com]

It's almost sunset, and the preparations are almost finished.

Cuthbert, Lilly, and the waitrats they've roped into helping out have set up tables with food out by the lake. On one of them, there's a small CD player currently playing The Beatles.

A few games are set up in the surrounding area--the kind you'd find at any country fair or picnic--but on the whole, there's nothing elaborate.

All that's needed now is for people to show up.


[Summary: Alain has a birthday party. Roland, Cuthbert, Susan, Lilly, Faith, Ace, Meg, and Gavroche attend. There are snow cones and lovely presents and a general mood of "there's doom all around, so let's make this one thing tonight happy and fun".]

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[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

Helpfully, Alain shrugs, a bit at a loss.

"...I don't know. I don't need presents, really, say true."

[balletrat]

Needing isn't the point, *Meg says cheerfully.* Birthdays are the time to give you stupid things you'd never possibly need, but you want anyways.

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

He laughs, and concedes the point with a shrug.

[balletrat]

*Meg tugs on a curl thoughtfully.*

I wonder . . .

*She brightens.*

You know? Hang on a sec. *And she speeds upstairs.*

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

Alain looks equal parts amused and wary, and waits.

This is pretty much par for the course when Meg has an Inspiration.

[balletrat]

*Look! It's an unscary Inspiration!

When Meg returns, taking the steps two at a time, she is clutching something square and blue.*

I thought this'd be useful - for writing riddles, maybe, or just for practicing writing English, I know the letters where you come from are different -

*And she hold out a blue leather notebook.*

[honest-johns.livejournal.com]

And the world marvels.

Alain takes it, surprised and smiling. "Aye -- say thankya, Meg. It will be."

[balletrat]

*She never even at all considered a tutu.*

I'd have got you a nicer one, *she adds,* if I'd had warning. But I always keep one or two about, just for choreography, so -