Birthday Hogs

[sonic_wachowski]

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!!!))

Comments

[sonic_wachowski]

You are never too old to celebrate your birthday and I'm buying something tomorrow because I'll need to vibrate on the floor after the party, you know how it is- [Sonic says like that's a normal thing to do] -but I am buying you something tomorrow and it's gonna be a great later Birthday present and also maybe some food. Maybe I could talk Amy into another cake, she really likes making them, she made most of what's out there.

I dunno if you want a party, it might overwhelm you, but gotta mark it somehow.

[fauxbot]

No, it ain't that I'm too old - I don't age at all, I'm just gonna be twenty-one forever...
But, eh... since 's a li'l too late to go holdin' a wholeass party for my birthday, how 'bout you hang onto that idea 'til my deathday rolls 'round?

[A pause in thought, that eye of his looking up at the ceiling for a second.]

... I mean, I'll still take a gift, 'course.

[Look. He's never gonna say no to free stuff, okay.]

[sonic_wachowski]

Birthdays aren't about AGING, its about people getting to celebrate you're in their lives.

Just in a way you can enjoy, and that's why I had a joint Birthday so the lower social batteries didn't have to be the focus today if they didn't wanna, I need to plan the celebrations better next year.

Anyway, I could also do a party for your Deathday as long as its still a celebrating you vibe.

But I already said you're getting a gift, so you're getting a gift.

[He finally looks down at this gift.]

[Oh, he should probably open it.]

[fauxbot]

[He probably should!! If he goes to do that, Chipp'll even give him a little nod and a wave of his hand as if to say, "go on, you're allowed, I wanna see you open it!"]

If you really gonna do that, then... I guess you oughtta know - deathday's off in September, so you got plenty o' time to start plannin' now.
We Reapers don't do cake for it, though. Cake's for birthdays, right? You gotta have somethin' sweet for a birthday.

So for deathdays, we usually make a bigass stew. Potluck style, everyone brings somethin' to go in the stew! No plannin', no askin' for specifics - you want your friends' unique tastes makin' that stew up the best it can, so they bring whatever the hell they want.
And if the stew ain't taste any good after everything added in, well... ya figure out who to blame 'n do the same on their deathday.

[... Grim Reapers also just really enjoy things like potlucks and hotpots. It's a part of the culture!
They also really enjoy pranking each other and having reasons to get revenge. That's also part of the culture.
So a big stew potluck where people bring whatever the hell they want to add to the soup is perfect for an important celebration like that.]

[sonic_wachowski]

[He nods.] September. Yeah, that's plenty of time.

We can do a stew. Stew IS pretty good. I usually like savory stuff anyway, its just cakes are the tradition, ya know. And traditions are fun! They say stuff about history and things like that.

So we can have a whole big stew. Does that mean you're the one making the broth or is that up in the air too?

[He will start unraveling the paper. He's actually surprisingly careful about it.]

[Its the part of him that says save resources.]

[He's not quite all the anxieties of....everything.]

[fauxbot]

Nope, broth's up in the air, too! One o' my friends had someone bring in cream for the base, once...
Someone else brought anchovies. It just turned into a bigass pot o' Caesar salad dressin', so someone ran out, bought a shitton o' veggies to eat it on.

[Chipp's watching the whole time, of course... but he's not commenting on the saving of resources, because let's be real, here -
He's the exact same way. He'd probably have a drawer in the shed dedicated to wrapping paper and bows from past gifts if he got gifts enough for it.]

[sonic_wachowski]

[He sticks out his tongue out at that.] Ugh, anchovies. Dunno why anyone wants stinky fish. [Listen. He'll eat them. Food insecurity was real too long. He just won't choose them if he doesn't have to.] Dunno why Caesar loved them so much. [That probably isn't why its called that. Maybe.]

[Paper out of the way and he's looking at the gift and he gasps a bit.]

[Ooooooh.] Its a banjo? And its my color too! [Listen...he doesn't know fancy guitar names.]

[He does play a few notes. And does actually know how to position his fingers for it, at least if its the same as a guitar. Gotta get in those Sonic Underground references.]

[fauxbot]

Better than a banjo - it's somethin' called a banjolele. Y'know, a ukulele-banjo!
Smaller, li'l higher pitched, just as fun to play.

[The fingering is pretty similar to a guitar, thankfully; there's inevitably some notes that differ just due to the neck being a different size than a guitar's, but they're pretty damn close!]

I figured, y'know... ya liked Spin Jockey a lot, 'n it looked like ya had an idea of what you were doin' -
Makes sense to getcha somethin' like this as a gift, right?

And hey, if ya don't know how to play all that much, I can always teach ya!

[sonic_wachowski]

Omg. [Listen. He's that age, he'll say omg, the nerd.] A banjo and ukulele is great.

[He strums the notes, testing them out, ears twisting to listen to the notes.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I know a bit. Tom used to play it in the backyard for cook outs and stuff and I'd watch from under the porch. Sometimes he'd leave the guitar outside and I could borrow it for a bit.

Managed to figure out a few songs, but its been a while.