seasonsrpg | Birthday Hogs

WHO: Hedgehaus and friends
WHAT: Birthday Party
WHEN: Hedgehog Birthday Weekend
WHERE: Hedgehaus
WARNINGS: A stupid amount of chili dogs. PROBABLY FEELINGS? Listen, some people have personhood issues. Maybe Boomdow.

Sonic new it was around his Birthday. Vaguely. Move around planets enough and its hard to track the date, he had a birthday not too far from when he arrived on Earth. So the BEarthday was very fitting. And, well, Shadow woke up from cyro the same day or day after, so Sonic figured he could share it with his Shadow.

But also explaining that to people would be weird, and telling WAY too much, and also Primedow and SonIDW had their birthdays around the same time and that's why the banners say Birthday.

Sonic was nothing, if not stupidly sentimental. He knew he was throwing a party for his Shadow because he deserved it and well, he isn't going to just ignore the others. Maybe talk about a week of celebration or something for next year.

The beauty of superspeed though is he can set up a party FAST. He just has to make sure Big Blue is busy upstairs for a few minutes and BOOM, party is set up.

First and foremost, the party is an explosion of color. Why? Sonic promised Primedow and SonIDW pride flags and he delivered. There are rainbows and all sorts of other flags scattered across the yard, on the walls, and over the first floor. He's even got balloons over pride flag colors.

There was a banner that said 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHADOWS AND SONICS!' Hand painted, so its a bit messy, and made with blue, red, and black.

There is SO much food. Most of it is cake and chilidogs. Mostly because Sonic knows how much Sonics can pack away, and other people should get to enjoy these foods. There is even a variety in the cake flavors! Chocolate, white, strawberry, even lemon.

There is also coffee beans. Just....just straight coffee beans.

And some chocolate covered espresso beans, and Tiramisu. Less of that, but still plenty. And burgers for those who think hotdogs are beneath them or something.

There is also fruit salad, and guacamole with chips for those who want something kind of healthy.

There is a table labeled GIFTs and a sign. 'Be sure you indicate WHICH Shadow or Sonic. Fluffy are the younger ones.'

The party activities are scattered in the yard and the first floor of the house. Its nothing too over the top, beyond the color explosion. There is music for outside hanging out, some dancing. There is also a television for people to play video games on. (There will be DDR at some point, thanks Eva.)

Inside, there is a large stack of DVDs to watch movies inside.

There are board games on the dining room table for people to play those.

There is also a sign at the stairs to the second floor. 'RESIDENTS ONLY. If someone is upstairs, you leave them alone, even if they're one of the Birthday Boys! Any non-resident attempting to go upstairs if not accompanied by a resident will be swiftly removed.' (He figures he should account for social batteries. Especially for his Shadow and Maria. Sometimes you need a space to retreat away from people.)

((Feel free to mingle!!!))

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Eva is really smart, it was just also something we've talked about before.

[When he talked to her after Rinku's dream outed her.]

So we had a basis of understanding.

I dunno if he would or would not like me like that.

I don't think he would know, he's figuring stuff out and he deserves to have all the time for it. Telling him now just might confuse him while he's working out some stuff and I don't want to do that. And I'm happy taking care of him.

Huh...

[Rinku contemplates this, kicking her feet idly.]

So you wanna let him find out who he is before telling him? That makes sense. Like if you like someone, but you know they don't want to date right now, but you also think maybe someday they will 'cause of other stuff they told you.

[He nods.] Exactly.

And like, maybe he won't want to date. Because I saw flags for that, and its possible. I would have thought I was that, until this place went 'hey, maybe options ARE open.' And even then, I dunno if I want to date so much as like...

The intensity of the feelings.

Like I would do anything to keep him in my life, but its not the same way like it is with my family.

Like I'd be content with anything he wanted to give, as long as we could stay together.

And I want it to be him. And that means he has to be able to figure out who he is, now that he has all these options open he didn't before.

[She thinks about this, tilts her head, and then smiles.]

That sounds really nice. No matter what happens, I bet he appreciates you. And maybe you got him to think about things too, even if you didn't mean to! I hope you guys both get to be happy.

Oh no, I meant too.

But it was for like....life choices stuff over relationship stuff.

You know, the big questions that affect his outlook on life over how he looks at specific people.

[Like maybe DON'T blow up the planet in mourning.]

Maybe stuff incidentally, but that's just like interacting.

Pretty sure I don't get this intense feeling until I get hit with an empathy bomb. Like! I like people.

But then there is this click I get with people and then its like...

WOOF.

So like... if you relate to them? I think I get it. Or at least I understand why you would. And you probably get along really well if you're that alike.

Well, I wouldn't say we're a lot alike in personality.

We just understand a lot of the same things and experiences.

I'm pretty sure he could understand me better than basically anyone else.

Huh... So someone who gets you because they've been there. No wonder you'd fall for someone like that. It's like... I dunno, that thing people talk about where your souls are the same? Even though you're not the same the same. Like off movies and stuff.

[Oh no, the red blush is getting even more so under his fur.]

....well....there is....there is probably definitely something about that.

Soulmate stuff?

Or like...soulbond? That might be better. Mate might not be a thing.

There was some pretty intense stuff we went though.

[SOMETIMES YOU SHARE GODHOOD WITH SOMEONE AND IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN CHEMISTRY.]

I dunno, I thought soulbond was that thing where you're the same person as someone in another universe, and you already have, like, five of those.

[Rinku giggles. She pats Sonic's shoulder and beams down at him.]

If it's that important, I bet it'll all work out just fine, Sonic-kun! No worries!

I'm pretty sure that's just alternates. Like, I understand Big Blue, but also I'm good at understanding people, I honestly don't know how much he's even figured out about me.

Meanwhile my-uh. Crush?

My crush has made an undeniable impact on my life.

I mean...

I'm pretty sure it will. I just have to be like respectful. Try to not be overbearing while he's figuring stuff out. I don't think even then he'd hate me or anything.

It'd just be overwhelming and he needs time to...not be.

Huh... like when you just did something really hard and you gotta rest for a while? I know for me, when more people show up and there's more stuff to do, then I'm ready to go again! But I guess not everyone is like that.

Oh yeah, no, he's definitely an introvert. Gotta pace things out.

[Unlike him who is definitely an extrovert.]

[Even if he totally doesn't get the whole feeling MORE recharged when more people show up, clearly this is a Rinku thing.]

But yeah, the whole do something hard and then gotta crash afterwards. He just crashes faster.

You really take care of him, don't you? I bet it makes him happy.

[The blushing is going to continue.]

[And maybe another few chirps.]

I try. Someone has to, until he's used to it. [Sonic, this is absolutely going to give away who it is-]

[Like he isn't obvious.]

I'm pretty sure if he hated it, he would have made that clear. He usually only indulges things so long if he's neutral on it, so I think he has to like it a little.

[oh he's so obvious]

Then I bet there's no problem. And Ellipsa's a really nice place, so I bet he'll feel a lot better here than where he was before.

It is a nice place! Don't even need to pretend to be in costume or nothing just to go shopping, I could only do that in Green Hills.

[BEING. OBVIOUS THERE SONIC.]

Like, okay, could do without the rando vampire attacks, but eh, pros and cons and takes away the stress from home.

[A beat.]

Their home.

[Which is definitely not his home or nothing!]

[Rinku giggles. But when he mentions the vampire attacks, she frowns.]

Yeah, there's some bad stuff here. Like the gangs, and those vampire guys. There are way better ways to get blood than attacking people! They tried to grab my friend in the middle of helping some civilians, and I tried to talk them into a deal. If they got to bite me too, then they said they wouldn't drain Frieda-chan.

[Rinku's hand goes to a bite scar on the side of her neck.]

Except they drained her anyway. Even after I told them a bunch of other ways they could get what they needed.

[Granted, among those was "if you want to kidnap and bite people so badly, then just set up a Sinder profile like normal people."]

Birthday Hogs

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