The twins' birthday: millitimed to Monday, May 30th

[the_lioness]

*After several days and nights of hard riding along overgrown trails and through forests, Alanna stumbles back into Milliways late Monday afternoon. Without so much as a glance around, she scurries to her room and emerges half an hour later, clearly still exhausted, but clean and wearing a dress.

She wastes no time raiding the kitchen and locating a thermos of coffee. Basket of food tucked under her arm, she sips her drink and looks worriedly around the bar. Not finding whom or what she seeks, Alanna sighs and heads out to the lake.

Thom sits near the shore, right around where the bright green grass fades into dirt and then into sand. Alanna heaves a sigh of relief and hurries over.*

Brother, you look so pensive.

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[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

Thom turns to her and smiles. "All dressed up? why, Sister!"

He holds out his hand, teasing, "You shouldn't have."

[the_lioness]

How could I not dress up for my favorite brother? *She takes his hand, bows and plants a loud kiss near his wrist. Smirking, she sits as gracefully as possible and stares at the lake.* Have you had a good day thus far?

(a guest appearance!)

[duke-roger.livejournal.com]

Roger is suddenly there, leaning against a convenient something: be it a tree or similar standing object... he quirks up a corner of his mouth and waits silently, humming to himself.

Re: (a guest appearance!)

[the_lioness]

*The humming sets Alanna's teeth on edge, even before she turns her head and locates the source of the sound.*

Great Mother Goddess, look who is still with us. Hello, Roger.

*A slight snarl, but she's too tired to do it justice.*

[doc-lecter.livejournal.com]

In celebration of his newly-won freedom, he is in the bar. He manages to position himself in the staff hallway when she heads to her room, and so catches her on her way outside, where he cannot follow.

"Happy Birthday, Sir Alanna."

He presents a large draped painting, complete with frame.

[the_lioness]

*Alanna stiffens, but the stiffness fades as she gazes at the covered painting with curiosity. He had remembered her birthday. She doesn't know whether to be oddly honored or very, very frightened.*

The painting? The one you were working on? I wondered what it was... *Alanna blinks at him.* Why? You don't like me.

[no-more-chianti.livejournal.com]

Clarice comes jogging out of the forest and towards the lake, where she sees Alanna, looking much dressier than is the norm. She's with someone who bears a striking resemblance to her ... the brother Clarice has heard about?

She slows to a walk and waves in greeting.

[the_lioness]

*Momentarily quiet, Alanna leans against her brother and sighs as she scans the lake area. As her head turns, she spots Clarice and returns her wave.*

Clarice! Come meet Thom. *Alanna calls out, eager to tell Clarice about the painting.*

[OOC: No worries! I have until tomorrow night. That's why I posted it yesterday. *clings to slowtime* (Also, good luck!) :D ]

[thelastearthman.livejournal.com]

Arthur wanders outaide, hands in his pockets, looking for a quiet spot. He notices Alanna and waves.

[the_lioness]

*Alanna watches him out of the corner of her eye, smiling slowly. She waves, gesturing for him to join them.*

Hallo, Arthur!

[anthy-rosebride.livejournal.com]

Anthy has Ways of telling when it is your birthday.

And so she wanders out to joined them, with a brightly-wrapped box in her hands.

[the_lioness]

Hello, Anthy! *Alanna smiles brightly, her eyes flashing an unusually bright purple today. (The dress sets them off.)* How are you? *She eyes the box curiously.*

[abtruse-wiggin.livejournal.com]

Of course Peter knows it's their birthday. If he didn't, he'd be losing major points.

He tries to sneak up on them, but it probably doesn't work. Still, though, he tiptoes up behind them, kneeling down before throwing an arm around each of their shoulders. "How's my favourite twins?"

[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

Thom tenses, twisting to see who's attacked them...

And grins. "What kept you?"

[balletrat]

So I hear, *Meg announces, from behind them,* that you two are getting old.

[the_lioness]

Meg! *Alanna beams, leaping to her feet, tripping slightly over her dress and giving her a hug all in one fell swoop.* That's the rumor anyway.

[big-b-wolf.livejournal.com]

*Bigby just happens to be heading out for a stroll, when he spots some of the commotion and heads over. He eyes the dress and adds one raised eyebrow to the non-vocal communication as he stands there, silently smoking.*

[the_lioness]

*Alanna spies him and waves cheerfully, quickly shoving Anthy's present (the padded bra, not the kitten) back in the box.*

Hello, Bigby. *She self-consciously tugs at her dress.* How are you?

[eldest-wiggin.livejournal.com]

Theresa never misses a beat, especially when her children are involved; and since she already considers these two as such, she made sure to extract their birthday from Peter. Knowing that today is the day, she has been searching for them.

And oh, there they are. Theresa approaches with a smile. "So where can I find two lovely people with a birthday?"

[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

"Dunno," says Thom. "Just around the corner?"

[neosso-irrado.livejournal.com]

[Sario comes over, for once without his sketchbook and satchel. His clothes are still faintly dusty, though, and his hands are still paint-and-charcoal stained.]

[some things never change]

Saluto ei Suerrta, Alanna, ei Sihirro ei Sangua, Thom.

[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

Thom reddens a little; his grip on Alanna's hand tightens slightly.

"Hey."

[princejonathan.livejournal.com]

*Jon strides out to the lake, bearing 2 gifts wrapped in purple cloth. He has a very evil grin on his face as he approaches the pair.*

Happy Birthday, Trebonds! *At their startled expressions, he grins broadly* As if i could forget?

[the_lioness]

Jon! *Alanna looks both startled and oddly guilty. She stands, bowing quickly.* Goddess, I didn't think.

*She smiles.* You always did like to make a fuss.

[samael-diablo.livejournal.com]

Lucifer walks carefully over to the lake, trying not to step on the spilt icecream. What? Of course there's spilled icecream. It was a party. And if there wasn't, there is now.

"So you're entertaining crowds now? What's the occasion?"

He might know. He probably knows.

[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

Thom shrugs. "Pure fancy, would you believe?"

[last_adam]

*Adam sneaks over and, with a slight smile to Alanna, and leaves a present for Thom where he'll find it before slipping back into the bar. It is a miniature version of the Tower they built together.*