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Characters: Rock Lee, Hyuuga Neji, and EVERYONE WHO WANTS CAKE
Location: Watch HQ
Rating: Gen to PG-13, depending on if there are swearing characters
Time: BACKDATED: July 8th, all day
Description: Lee wound up sending a mass message inviting anyone who wanted to come celebrate Neji's birthday**! Stop in, wish Neji happy birthday, get cake, and go about your day~

Were it not for the one banner across the doorway as you enter Watch Headquarters, one might never have known there was a birthday going on at all. But as it is, you don't need fancy decorations to have a swell party!

Lee has bought some cakes and ginger ale, but otherwise it's hoped to be a relatively casual affair. People stop in, have cake, wish the birthday boy well, then are free to go about their day as usual. Lee knew Neji would not want a big surprise party that was too loud or crazy, so having this kind of stopping-in party was really for the best. Lee would have liked a bigger occasion himself but it was not his birthday so it was not his decision. Not really. Even though he was the one to plan this.

Lee knew some of their friends would show up, but he was also curious to see how many new faces might peek in...

-Wish well the birthday boy! (pssst! He just turned 18!)
-General Mingling
-Refreshments (Cake!!)

[ooc: **This is mostly handwaved, but you can see Lee planning the party in this post!]

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[Come get cake and ginger ale (or water)! These were made by the Queen of Baking, The Condesce, and you have Applesauce Spice Cake and a Chocolate Raspberry Cake to choose from! You know that if it's from Betty Crocker it's gonna be goooooood~]

[Decided to wander around the Watch HQ? Thought you might try to pull some pranks or otherwise get into mischief? Or maybe you're snooping where you're not supposed to be looking! Either way, at least pretend that you're making small talk...]

[Neji had come into work like any ordinary day to find cake, refreshments and a banner declaring its traitorous message strewn over an office archway. From Mello, he'd gleaned that Lee had told at least a few people, but he'd hoped to escape anything further by sheer virtue that they spent his actual birthday inside a shelter.

He's sure he knows the culprit, but aside from having a slice of cake, Neji hopes to make it through like any other- and not have too many people call into question his age]

[Unfortunately, there was one right now, who was conveniently at his desk to hand over reports from the Agency.]

Well, well. Looks like my boss has just taken his first step into adulthood... in terms of age, of course.

[Neji grimaces, resisting the urge to sigh and rub at his forehead. It's going to be a long day. But he accepts the reports and spends a moment searching among his paperwork, then hands over the Watch reports for the Agency]

According to this world, at any rate. I've been an adult for a few years now in my own.

I guess you had to come out of hiding eventually. *Auron is eating a slice of cake. He's not normally into sweets but he's certainly not going to turn down free cake.*

[Neji briefly wonders how it feels for grown men to answer to a sevent- eighteen year old, but refrains from asking. He didn't immediately step into the commander position, after all]

I suppose. I just hope this doesn't provoke too much doubt over my capability. Worst-case scenario however, you'd take over.

Edited 2013-10-18 08:13 (UTC)

Yeah, it would be pretty bad if I took over. *He chuckles with self-mocking humor.* I've got no complaints about you. I just wish we had more people, but we can't do anything if BREW is on some waning cycle.

[Neji hums an amused note] I'm sure you'd be fine, but I appreciate your vote of confidence.

As for our roster.. BREW doesn't seem to intend to allow us to fill all of our shifts again. I was wondering your opinion on extending the shifts by two hours and having only two shifts per district, rather than three. Naturally, we'd need to get more opinions on such a change, but first, what do you think of it?

Edited 2013-10-19 14:03 (UTC)

I'd use two shifts and make them longer. It'd put a gap in, but it's not as though there's no one but us running around trying to keep the city safe. Shibusen has its own people.

[He nods, looking over their roster]

We're currently missing one shift in each district at the moment and I'm sure as Zone Leaders, it's tiring to continue to cover them after so long. This proposed change would certainly make up for those missing and hopefully keep the Watch personnel at a more manageable level..

I'll see about proposing the idea soon, and see if it meets too much opposition.

_{[Karkat isn't good at parties, or basically any situation where he's surrounded by a lot of people. But he knows a lot of the people here, maybe not well, but well enough to know he's not going to get stabbed in the back, and he felt sort of obligated to come. And he likes Neji. He's easy to get along with, and he's someone Karkat knows he can trust.

He also has to wonder what being 18 is like, since he knows he hasn't gotten there yet. Although, he has no idea how old he actually is, and how his wiggling day would even transfer to the human calendar.

Ugh, he should stop brooding. This is a party. He's going to sort of wander around and try to look approachable.]}

[Fortunately, there are some people who are so nosy that they won't leave you alone even if you do look like you're brooding.

Wearing a small black bow tie, Keroro notices Karkat out of the corner of his eye and waves.]

Karkat-dono!

Keroro. Hi. _{[He waves back, feeling kind of stupid for doing so, but whatever.]} You look nice. I like the bow tie.

[Lee was currently stuffing his face with Spice Cake. It wasn't spicy in the way that he had expected, but it was still super delicious! He was even contemplating the chocolate cake and he wasn't even someone who indulged too much in sweets. It was almost as if these cakes were meant to enslave the senses!

But Lee thought he could hold it in. He needed to allow for others to share in the birthday experience after all.]

[With a small smile, Lee tosses one of the colorful paper shuriken Cloud had made for them at Neji, giggling like a little kid. It was nice to take a break just to enjoy the company of their friends while they were here, and Lee thought Neji could use a little time to lighten up.]

Enjoying your day so far?

[Karkat had shown up! Gai-sensei would be proud! Even if it wasn't the same Karkat as before, he was still a welcome sight to the Konoha shinobi!]

Welcome, Karkat-san! Have you tried the cake yet? Or wish Neji and happy birthday?

[Lee's a bit more... vibrant today. Probably because he's a tad hopped-up on sugar.]

Hi. Um. You know, actually, I've just kind of been thinking of you as Neji's partner. I don't think I actually know your name. _{[He is so fucking dumb ugh. Why does he even try to be social, when he does even know Neji's partner's name?]}

I'm not a huge fan of cake, but I'm going to talk to Neji eventually, when he isn't totally surrounded by people. Wishing him a happy birthday is kind of the point of being here.

Oh really? [Had he not shouted it loud enough? Possibly not...]

I am Rock Lee, the beautiful blue beast of Konoha! [And he executes a short bow.] And it is fine! I am sure it is strange how some people seem to know you even if you are not certain yourself.

And I am glad! Neji needs more friends to cheer him on! He is so certain people will not take him seriously at his age, but he is a very responsible person!

_{[...Really. That is the weirdest human name he has ever heard. And what is up with that weird ass title?]}

Those people are idiots. I'm younger than he is, and I would have been an adult on Alternia. From what I gather, where you're from, he would have been treated as an adult, and he's already had a shit ton of training. You don't just become the leader of the Watch. You have to earn it.

That is very true! However, by civilian standards, Neji would have just reached adulthood a few days ago on his birthday. As a shinobi, he is actually rather mature.

[And that was very true. He and Neji had both faced death several times since they were the ages of twelves and thirteen. Once you made it beyond your first year as a genin you were truly already an adult.]

He should have more confidence! And it is true, too, that you are certainly very capable despite your age, and everyone great respect for you before, as well. So it seems that Death City is a bit different from most other places in the world.

I don't think there'll be a lot of fuss. The people we've got seem to have their heads on their shoulders.

[Stupid or not, it looks like that was exactly the right thing to say judging from the way Keroro's eyes light up when he hears that.]

Really? Thank you, de arimasu!

Yeah, I wouldn't say that if I didn't mean it. You're making me feel under dressed. _{[He just showed up in his regular old clothes. Then again, the only relatively fancy thing he owns is a full blown tux from Signless and Disciple's wedding and the Gala.]}

Of course not, de arimasu! It looks good, de arimasu! What do they call it........ "Comfy casual", de arimasu?

[Although he wouldn't judge if Karkat chose to show up in a tux either.]

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