DECEMBER 2ND, birthday armageddon action mingle

[parodeity]

So, anyone in the entertainment room area come December 2nd will be subjected to a ridiculous clash of colors and decorations. While the only advertisement was word-of-mouth, it's a six-way birthday party although none of the guests of honor seem to care if people actually celebrate their birthdays; it's possible to just come by for cake and/or random hangouts. The room seems to be divvied up into six pie slices with decorations, with a table in the middle with six cakes. The slices are kind of variable but easy enough to match up to their respective "owner": Jade's is neon green paired with white decoration-wise and seems to mostly be dog themed, although there's also more glitter in her slice than anywhere else; Jake's is less neon green paired with black and the collective Dave-and-Rose decoration committee apparently decided skulls was as good a theme as anything; Dave's is red and black and records although also just really dumb sbahj drawings which tbh have infected the other slices aside from Rose's; Dirk's is orange-and-white and robots; Rose's is purple-and-black and wizards and octopi; Roxy's is pink-and-white and cats and wizards. None of the decorations really seem intended to mesh with any other slices' decorations at all?

The cakes are equally mismatched, although some of them work together. Jade got a Bec-head shaped cake; Jake got another...skull...THEY TRIED, OKAY JAKE; Dave elected himself for hella jeff; Dirk got assigned sweet bro because Rose couldn't convince Dave to Not; Rose herself got a very disturbing octopus tentacle thing, what the fuck Rose; and Roxy got a cat.

There are like six pinatas in various colors and some party games and a movie marathon that seems to have literally no theme beyond being chosen by Dave and Rose and therefore the theme might actually be "what movie will annoy my sibling most" back and forth. So there's. Just a super variety of stuff there. And there's music which Dave seems to have been in control of, although most of it is lowkey so that's nice???

Sorry if you wanted to do something in this room related to not this hot mess today, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE NOT DOING SIX SEPARATE PARTIES??? Also there are party hats in the colors of each slice (with a dumb paper crown in slice colors for each birthday kid) so pick your poison. There's a generic and very messy "HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY" banner so apparently it's just. 6 17s? Nice.

Comments

[parodeity]

[ ok good because dave would have Complained all day if karkat picked someone else's hat??? no one wants that. NO ONE WANTS THAT. karkat gets a smile, though since dave has not actually opened his presents yet it's not overlaid with like

the unholy glee he will have later rip ]

Does that mean you're plannin' a wake-up call with a proper birthday wish tomorrow?

[alienates]

Yeah sure, obviously. Expect trumpets and everything.

[ probably not trumpets. karkat is p sure dave is gonna spend a fair chunk of his actual bday fucking around with the other birthday boy of that day so no trumpets.

karkat doesn't even know how to play trumpet. ]

[parodeity]

That sounds like a threat, since you're kinda anti-musically talented.

[ he's Teasing, but

is it a threat ]

[alienates]

Whoa. What the fuck, I am completely musical, how dare you, globe fucker.

[parodeity]

I like squares better.

[ that is a completely stupid comeback but he's not...trying...since he's mostly amused ]

Also, no you're not. Much as I love your dulcet tones, they are not actually dulcet.

[alienates]

Well that's just your extremely wrong opinion.

[ it's everyone's opinion karkat ]

Tell Dirk to make me a trumpet.

[parodeity]

Tell him to make one yourself? I thought you guys were doing the talking thing now.

[ that is a subtle way of asking how that is going

subtle like a sledgehammer maybe ]

[alienates]

Yes. We say hi to each other when we cross paths and we are not aware that the greeting is not secretly filled with contempt.

[ it's going alright probably ]

[parodeity]

Well, here you go. The chance to take your acquaintanceship to the next level. He loves dumb side projects.

[ OR AT LEAST DAVE'S EXPERIENCE IS DIRK THROWING A THOUSAND THINGS AT HIM, SO ]

[alienates]

[ is karkat childish enough to go build a fuckin trumpet with dirk just to carry on with this joke

yes. yes he is. ]

Fine! I'll go ask him about it later and we'll build the best fucking trumpet together.

[parodeity]

And learn how to actually play one?

[ best birthday ever tbh because this sounds like a tragedy ]

[alienates]

[ this... feels like a mistake ]

What else would I sldi with it? I will give you the best concert of your life.

[parodeity]

[ it probably is but dave's about to make this more awkward by just blurting a change of topic: ]

Yeah maybe. So. Will you reconsider the whole going places alone on no sleep thing and or the no sleep thing?

[alienates]

[ that is such an abrupt change of topic that it just gave karkat whiplash ]

I thought you had accepted my unique sleep schedule.

[parodeity]

Yep. You can say "no".

[ he is only bothering to ask to get dirk off his case. ]

[alienates]

[ karkat just looks bewildered now because "hey can you stop doing this thing but feel free to say no" seems contradictory ]

Uhhh what brings this up?

[parodeity]

An intense desire to avoid bein' mommed.

[ BY DIRK ]

[alienates]

So you don't actually care if I reconsider then.

[ is what he's getting from what dave just said. ]

[parodeity]

I fully expect you to say no.

[ since he already did?? ]

[alienates]

[ ok but telling karkat that you expect him to do something is always going to result in him... arguing...... dave no ]

Okay so it does still bother you or not then? There is an important distinction here.

[parodeity]

Oh my god it was a yes or no question.

[ his hands go into his back pockets and he shoots a scowl at dirk. not that dirk is. paying attention probably. ]

Idk, assume whichever answer ends the conversation faster 'cause the idea was to avoid another one not gain an extra one in addition to whatever the fuck other people are gonna throw at me eventually.

[alienates]

[ he follows dave's gaze towards dirk and just. frowns. before looking back at dave. ]

Just tell him I said whatever the fuck you want me to say then.

[parodeity]

That actually would not work. Just say whatever you want so I have a legitimate answer. I can't actually lie to him in a fashion that does not end with him naggin' me until I quit lyin' to him. I've tried, it literally always ends with me losin'.

[ a pause. ]

Don't tell him I said anythin' remotely like that.

[alienates]

Fine. [ although karkat still doesn't see why dave can just go tell dirk whatever since karkat does not seem to be that important in this whole conversation?? the whole focus is dirk, so. he's still frowning. ]

Go tell Dirk I said no then if it'll end this conversation faster.

[parodeity]

Eh, I'll tell him whenever he brings it up again.

[ also he warned dirk he would probably fuck up asking primarily so at least he can confirm that was a thing he did for sure when asked later. ]

So Kanaya's datin' some dude now?