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16autumnroad) wrote2013-05-01 11:16 pm
16autumnroad) wrote2013-05-01 11:16 pm
[Voice / Action: CH1 Floor 4, 5/1] Birthday Party (Joint post with Ino)
[VOICE, INO]
[A loud, familiar voice would be heard throughout the network today. Good thing it's not so early in the morning when it hollers or there'd be a lot of ruined mornings today despite the important announcement.]
Hey, Luceti! We've all had a lot of drama these past few days so, what do you all say about a little party? It's Chouji's birthday today and, of course, that needs celebrating!
Come by the first community building and you'll find the happenings on the fourth floor. See you there!
[With a little giggle, the announcement ends there.]
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[ACTION]
It was only a little bit of a surprise to Chouji when he received an invitation to his own birthday party, delivered to the apartment door. These were things you just had to expect and accept with Ino as a teammate. Everyone on the floor along with Kiba and Asuma received paper invitations. Then he heard her network post, inviting pretty much everyone in the village. Ino.
He'd laughed and grinned when he woke up to a knock on the apartment door and the smell of chips that morning, a purple whirlwind demanding entrance to the apartment so she could decorate it. A glance down the hallway showed a trail of butterfly decorations, marking the path of Hurricane Ino.
Chouji gladly spent half of his birthday in the kitchen, likewise decorated with butterflies, cooking for his own party. He'd always been the team's cook, and there was no reason for that to change just because it was his party.
By dinnertime, the common areas as well as Chouji, Shikamaru, and Masaomi's apartment held enough potato chips to feed an army even without all the food Chouji cooked. Barbecue, of course, along with vegetables, rice, fish, chicken curry, miso soup, and one or two desserts. He made sure to include pudding, his thanks to Ino for her thought and effort.
Now they just needed some guests to help eat it all.
((OOC: I am very close to done with the semester and will be back to full tagging speed ASAP! I'll match whatever format you tag me in, prose or brackets.
Open to anyone! Threadhopping and mingling highly encouraged! It's a party.))
[A loud, familiar voice would be heard throughout the network today. Good thing it's not so early in the morning when it hollers or there'd be a lot of ruined mornings today despite the important announcement.]
Hey, Luceti! We've all had a lot of drama these past few days so, what do you all say about a little party? It's Chouji's birthday today and, of course, that needs celebrating!
Come by the first community building and you'll find the happenings on the fourth floor. See you there!
[With a little giggle, the announcement ends there.]
--
[ACTION]
It was only a little bit of a surprise to Chouji when he received an invitation to his own birthday party, delivered to the apartment door. These were things you just had to expect and accept with Ino as a teammate. Everyone on the floor along with Kiba and Asuma received paper invitations. Then he heard her network post, inviting pretty much everyone in the village. Ino.
He'd laughed and grinned when he woke up to a knock on the apartment door and the smell of chips that morning, a purple whirlwind demanding entrance to the apartment so she could decorate it. A glance down the hallway showed a trail of butterfly decorations, marking the path of Hurricane Ino.
Chouji gladly spent half of his birthday in the kitchen, likewise decorated with butterflies, cooking for his own party. He'd always been the team's cook, and there was no reason for that to change just because it was his party.
By dinnertime, the common areas as well as Chouji, Shikamaru, and Masaomi's apartment held enough potato chips to feed an army even without all the food Chouji cooked. Barbecue, of course, along with vegetables, rice, fish, chicken curry, miso soup, and one or two desserts. He made sure to include pudding, his thanks to Ino for her thought and effort.
Now they just needed some guests to help eat it all.
((OOC: I am very close to done with the semester and will be back to full tagging speed ASAP! I'll match whatever format you tag me in, prose or brackets.
Open to anyone! Threadhopping and mingling highly encouraged! It's a party.))
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Chouji's interests are well-known, and the shape of that present suggests one thing. He might not be blessed with Shikamaru's deductive capabilities, but he doesn't need to be. It's book-shaped, and bigger than most books he's seen here. Except, of course, for the books in which he's most interested. Chouji is willing to bet it's a cookbook, and he keeps smiling. (He'll be sure to make Sakura something from it!)
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"Oh, don't be silly! What's the fun of having a birthday if you don't walk away from it with a little something, hmm? Are we putting these somewhere for a big present-opening extravaganza, or are you just taking them as they come?" She's happy for either; it's just good to have a reason to celebrate here. "It looks like you've got half the village attending!"
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"Well, Ino invited the entire village, so we can't be too surprised."
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"Of course she did." It comes out as an affectionate laugh, though, speaking of her best friend. Maybe there's some rivalry to things (okay, maybe more than some) but she hasn't ever stopped really liking Ino, despite the bumps.
"It's one way to mix and mingle," she adds, watching Chouji unwrapping the present.
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"Ah, thank you! I haven't made this sort of food yet!" He opens the book and flips through it, pausing to take a closer look at any recipes that seem particularly interesting. "Did you see anything you wanted to try when you picked it out?" Yes, he's already offering. All of it looks good to Chouji, so he might as well treat Sakura to something she'd like. He'll probably work his way through most of the cookbook eventually.
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Chouji really is a generous spirit; Sakura smiles brightly, and even blushes a little. "Well, some of those desserts..." With a wave of her hand. "I don't know, maybe it sounds horribly greedy, but they look amazing." Whoever these people were that created this cookbook, they had a fine sense of the absolutely decadent.
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And then, while he's looking over at the food table, Chouji thinks to warn Sakura, "The curry in the bowl to the right is too spicy for you. That one's for Lee, among other people. The curry on the left should be safe to eat."
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It made her laugh, that warning -- and the open note of just whom the really spicy curry was intended for. "Thank you for the warning! I'll be sure to be careful." With a bright smile for him, she eased her way over to the food set out, avoiding the bowl on the right and selecting from the milder options. She didn't care to have her mouth burnt off during a party!