[open] Birthday Party Extravaganza for (1) Campbell Saunders

[eatmybow]

Who: Maya, Cam, and the rest of ya'll.
What: A BIRTHDAY PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA okay no it's not an extravaganza, it's actually just a party for Cam's birthday.
When: December 5th.
Where: Cafeteria area.


At ridiculous o'clock on the morning of December 5th, Maya enlisted Hyokomon and Strabimon to help her tape invitations on anyone and everyone's door. All of the invitations were hand-written, although they seemed to be in three or four different handwritings, and they all said exactly the same thing:

YOU'RE INVITED TO CAM'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
TODAY AT 1PM IN THE CAFETERIA

In retrospect, there were definitely easier ways of inviting the whole city to a party but Maya didn't care. This way meant that only dedicated people would show up to the party. Maybe. That was Maya's hope, anyway. She didn't usually mind being around people, but the fact that she was performing a song she'd written for Cam was kind of. Embarrassing. She'd done it before, at Battle of the Bands, but that had been decidedly less personal than "Jersey Boy." As in "the song she never showed to anyone."

Most of the party preparations had been handled by Neku, because funnily enough freshman band geeks don't plan that many parties, and Maya was eternally grateful to him for it. Mostly because she'd been working nonstop on the stupid song and there wouldn't be much of a party if she'd had to plan it. If her plan failed miserably, then at least there was food. And probably the people here were less gossipy than the kids at Degrassi, so the whole city wouldn't know she'd made a fool of herself.

A girl could hope, right?

[ooc: You're free to post threads and do the mingle! There's no rules besides have fun.]

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PERFORMANCE

[eatmybow]

[Maya was no stranger to performing or being on stage, but she was still nervous about this. Smoothing the front of her dress down (seriously, she didn't know how Tori could wear them all the time), Maya resisted the urge to check if everything was set up again. It was. It was really just time to step on stage and go now, with her motley band backing her up.

Slinging her guitar around her neck, Maya stepped up on the stage and behind the mic.]

If I could have your attention, please? This song is for one Campbell Saunders, who is my favorite person in any world.

[With a glance to the band behind her, Maya counted them in and started to play.]

[terminalcresting]

[It might not be apparent to the girl singing or the makeshift band while they're playing, but a shining orange light starts up, about a verse in. It's small, it's warm, and it takes it's time to really glow. But with every word it gets brighter and brighter, until it's like a star above Maya's head.

And it's only when the performance is finished that it lowers itself, right down in front of her as her Crest of Courage.]

[headup_stickontheice]

[Party wasn't exactly what Cam was expecting, when he'd returned from his brief workout of the day; he does that a lot now, workout, like he used to back before. It keeps his head clear.

Anyway, a shower, an alert from Lucette of the message on the door, a few awkward run-ins-- it all leads to a small strangled yelp of Maya! and him trekking down to the cafeteria, because if she put work into it he wouldn't shy away, even if parties aren't exactly his speed.

If the party was a surprise, then the song is something else, because from the very first line it's very clear to him how specific it is. Lucette practically rocks out next to him, and Salamon bobs his head at Cam's feet, though Cam himself half wants to disappear into the ground, but--

But the more it goes on, with the light shining above Maya's head, the crest, the nerves calm. The rising anxiety shifts to admiration. She did all this for him. Threw together a band, even. She looks very pretty, in that dress, and he knows how rarely she gets dressed up-- and how much he's messed up in that regard. Heat rushes to his face, but he lets it, and he slowly walks closer to the stage, as she goes on.

At it's close, he's standing right at the front, clapping gently. He looks up at Maya.]

So. [Quiet, husky, loud enough so she can hear.] Jersey Boy, huh?

[interspace]

Misha was fashionably late. She had really only learned about the birthday party from the invitation, hadn't known her roommate's birthday at all, and decided to be a nice person and actually celebrate it with him. Heaven knew the kid was morose enough that he could use a good get-together to raise some spirit.

That said, it was harder to find a present than she'd thought it would be. With Thelma and Rufus as her peanut gallery, Misha had picked through all of the remaining shops in the district to find something appropriate. It had taken quite a while, but she'd managed to find a pretty awesome hoodie in the style of... well, it looked like a less trippy Rufus, actually. Gabumon. She thought it was pretty cool, and it even had little stuffed claws at the ends of the wrists.

The detour and lack of stores in the first place meant that when Misha got there, she had already missed the song and the cresting, but it didn't matter all that much. That was just the beginning, right? Right. She sent both of her partners to get drinks (one of them might get into trouble, but both should balance each other out) and looked for a place to drop her present.

[headup_stickontheice]

There is a part of Cam that simply wants to spend the whole party with Maya, but statistically speaking, some of these people probably did come to see him, and he regrettably should greet some of them. His new roommate is a place to start, of course.

"I think you just kinda put it anywhere," he says, all smiles right now. "I think Maya's got a table set up, somewhere. Or, ya know."

The birthday kid is right there, after all.

[interspace]

It wasn't hard to take the hint. Misha grinned when Cam approached her, thrusting her arm out to place the bag against his chest—it was well-enough wrapped, with gift paper stuffed inside and the hoodie itself folded neatly at the bottom and set in a way that it wouldn't be completely obvious what it was until it was pulled out and unfurled. She was rather proud of her presentation skills after spending so many birthdays with the types who liked to precede their gifts with firework shows or hacked broadcasts. This was, for her, a way of being fancy without being obnoxious. (Even if it was pretty endearing coming from the League.)

"Happy birthday, kid. Or are you not a kid anymore?" she asked, teasingly.

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[acceptedburden]

It was with the invitation that Kaldur realized it had been quite some time since he had last spoken to Cam in person or otherwise. It was true, things had been quite insane around here lately, but that was hardly an excuse in Kaldur's eyes. He should have been a better friend lately...but he did have to remind himself that it was hard to be in touch with people when you were sent on a whirlwind digital adventure prior to a giant monster attack in the middle of the city.

Right, he was sure Cam would understand. Kaldur gathered his partners, Sedna the Gizamon and Scipio the Kotemon, and headed for the party. It seemed he was early since not many others had arrived yet. He looked around for a place to set his gift for Cam and to see who else was here already.

[headup_stickontheice]

By this time there very much is a table amassing a small gift pile. But he can always give the item to Cam himself, who is wandering around the party. He spies Kaldur and yes, they have spoken little as of late. He's not one to shout, so he just clears his throat when he gets close enough, sending a tiny wave his way.

"Hey."

[acceptedburden]

There are a lot of people here so Kaldur doesn't realize Cam is making his way over until he's, well, there. Kaldur smiles at Cam in greeting, holding out the small wrapped package, and putting a hand on his shoulder. Kaldur really was going to have to do better about seeing his friends, but he could start htat now. "Hello Cam and Happy Birthday. It is good to see you again my friend."

[burnblonde]

Yang had no idea who this Cam guy was, but Yang lived by the motto to never pass up a party. Besides, there had been an invitation on her door so it wasn't like she was crashing the party. Just to be on the safe side, she kept the invitation on her as she walked into the cafeteria. Her purple eyes moved over the people already gathered there and she smiled, looking down at Bearmon, "See? This will be fun. We can make some new friends and get you out of your shell."

Bearmon shuffled behind her and Yang sighed. "Oh come on, you're worse than Ruby," she sounded more exasperated than angry. "Just give people a chance, okay?" Yang grabbed Bearmon's paw and started leading him further into the room, "Come on! We may not know the birthday boy yet, but it doesn't have to stay that way."

[headup_stickontheice]

Yang is...striking, to say the least, and the first thing Cam notices about her is her long, bright hair. Though he doesn't know her -- and is less likely to approach those he's not familiar with -- the sight stops him in place, all with a low whistle. He has never seen a girl with hair that long and well-kept.

Little Salamon, at Cam's feet, has a differing opinion, a slightly more nuanced one. "Wow, she's pretty."

Cam looks down. "Well, go talk to 'er, lil' buddy."

[burnblonde]

Bearmon stumbled over his feet as Yang dragged him through the room. After a few feet he managed to pull back on Yang and come to a stop. "Yang...please," he groaned in a soft voice, "I don't want to be with anyone else. You're the only partner I need." Yang looked down at Bearmon. It was strangely similar to something Ruby had said to her during the first week at Beacon. Yang didn't like the idea here any more, but she had a feeling she was going to be tied to Bearmon a little more than she'd be tied to her sister.

Looking past Bearmon she noticed a small digimon staring at them. Welp, time to change the subject and get Bearmon some friends so he could learn to be a little less clingy. She practically skipped past her partner, making a beeline for the Salamon and the boy. "Hello! I'm Yang and this is Bearmon. We're new here, hope you don't mind us at the party." Bearmon had no choice now but to follow.

[eatmybow]

Maya wasn't the birthday boy, but she was probably the next best thing. As much as she kind of wanted to spend the entire party glued to Cam's side, Maya had to pass out cookies to her band members and it only made sense to greet the other party-goers. She was all smiles, as approachable as she ever got.

Although the Strabimon that was currently trailing behind her was probably more than a little intimidating.

"Hey," Maya said. She gave a little wave, with the arm currently not holding a basket full of cookies. "I don't think we've ever met - I'm Maya, Cam's girlfriend."

[burnblonde]

Considering Yang fought giant monster bears, birds, wolves, and other creatures on a regular basis it was probably going to take more than Strabimon to intimidate her. As for Bearmon, he was more just shy than intimidated, though he did try to slip further behind Yang for the moment.

"Hello I'm Yang," Yang replied, returning the gesture. She glanced back at Bearmon, silently communicating to him how awesome it was that they'd met so many awesome, nice people already and why couldn't he just enjoy himself? Bearmon didn't respond. Yang looked back up, "Well that would probably be because I only dropped into town the other day. Haven't really had a chance to meet people yet."

[beingthecreature]

Chris had been part of the makeshift band, adding the sounds of a harmonica to the personal song. It was a joy really, both to be able to play and to be a part of this in the first place.

After the song he could be found near the food tables with his partners, doing his best to keep Nes from crashing into the whole thing and eating it all. Pacifying the Dracomon at last, the three of them settled to share a round of drinks and mingle with anyone else who came to the party.

[strengthinkindness]

Fluttershy came to find Chris after the song ended. She hadn't quite planned on attending the party at first; she hadn't talked to Cam for quite a while and didn't want to impose on the event since she didn't quite know him very well. But the Kratt brothers had both decided to go, and convinced her to come with them.

Plus, she had to admit that when she heard Chris had part in the performance, she had really wanted to see him play.

"Chris...! You sounded great!"

[beingthecreature]

Chris's hand was on one of Nes's antler-horns when he heard Fluttershy's voice. He smiled at her, while giving Nes a little meaningful tug. The Dracomon grinned sheepishly and then plopped down.

"Hey Fluttershy! Thanks!"

[headup_stickontheice]

"Uh, hey." Cam's flanked by Lucette, who is cheerfully wolfing down any bits of fruit she can find. "You...played in the band Maya threw together, right? Just kinda wanted to say, thanks. For helping her out."

To play a song she wrote for you, Cam.

[beingthecreature]

Chris turned at the voice, and then smiled brightly once he saw who it belonged to. Behind him, Nes leaned around and looked up curiously, chewing rather loudly on whatever he was eating (at least, until a quiet admonition from Sylvia).

"Hey Cam, happy birthday! Heh, you're welcome; I was happy to help."

[eatmybow]

Even though she'd been a little distracted after the song, Maya made a point of finding all her makeshift band members to thank them because, well. They'd worked really hard for her and also because she had things for them. Dante she'd paid in ice cream, but for everyone else she had a dozen cookies and 20bit (if they'd take it).

Spotting Chris, Maya walked over to him, a basket full of cookie packages on her arm. "Hi," she said, strangely shy for someone who'd just been crested with courage. Dipping her hand into the basket, she produced a bag of cookies and offered it to Chris. "I baked you cookies as a thank you. I have bit too, but I understand if you don't want to take that."

[beingthecreature]

It was Sylvia who first noticed Maya heading their way, sitting up on Chris' shoulders as she was. She tapped him and pointed and he turned, then smiled with a bright "Hey!" as the girl approached.

"Ah y'shouldn't have." A gentle chuckle was in his voice as he took the bag of cookies. "Thanks though." He looked a little indecisive about the bit and whether to accept it or not, but thankfully after a moment the decision is made for him.

"Can I have it?"

Chris glanced aside at Nes, then smiled. "Sure! You keep that and you save it, okay?"

The dragon beamed, proud to be given something all his own responsibility.

[strengthinkindness]

Fluttershy might seem a bit shy as she walks around the cafeteria, not initiating any conversation herself but more than happy to talk with anyone who'd like to speak with her. She felt perhaps a little awkward being there, not having spoken with Cam in a while. But she still wanted him to enjoy his birthday, and if she could help with that then she gladly would.

[headup_stickontheice]

Who will happen to approach Fluttershy? Lucette, Cam's Lucemon.

"My! I remember you!" Approach meaning pop right up in her face. Seriously, Lucette's a weirdo.

[the_lion_roller]

There was no way Martin could turn down a party invitation, especially not when it's a birthday party for a friend and his brother would be playing at it. While the band is playing, he's off to the side, humming and tapping along, not able to resist pulling his digimon into a quick jig once or twice.

Afterwards, he can most likely be found hanging out by the food tables, particularly near the dessert table, but he'll also be out mingling, particularly to try and catch a moment with the birthday boy to with him a happy one. Cody is back in his usual spot of perched up on his shoulders and Adele's at his side. Cody, at least, seems to have picked up Martin's liking of sweets...

[headup_stickontheice]

Can keeps a special eye out for those he knows. That's why, after a little while of mingling and greeting, with Lucette nibbling at cake, Cam walks over to Martin with a very simple comment.

"You know you've got a bear on your shoulders, right?"