( closed ) i'm at the librarian meeting. i'm at the bowling alley party.

[worldexecute]

WHO: Miss Boss Lady & her employees (Angela, and Roland, Gebura, Netzach, Yesod)
WHAT: A fun and friendly work party........
WHERE: A bowling alley, just some regular one in District 2
WHEN: Early September (wiggles hands)
WARNINGS: Library of Ruina spoilers, probably.

( Angela technically put the onus on Roland to invite everyone bowling, mostly because she didn't think any of them would want to go with her—so he's probably responsible for gathering them all... but she's responsible for getting there early, despite also telling him "tell me when you go bowling". Her managerial talents just can't leave well enough alone—

Anyway, there's bowling (obviously), so go bowl. She's also been helpful and put out all available food on the counters and tables here, so go crazy. And... for drinks, there's the regular water and soda and such, but there's also several bottles of champagne and matching flutes for it.

She's also taken some CDs and a stereo from one of the shops around the city, so instead of just eerie silence or whatever, there's music. She just grabbed whatever she could find. Don't judge her.

... ... ... ... ...

Anyway, have fun. )

Comments

[bemist]

Ah, I see. Nothing to do with you trying to get along with us? All Roland's fault?

[ YEAH SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE BIRTHDAY, ANGELA!!! ]

[worldexecute]

Precisely. Has anything happened to lead you to believe I'd like to get along with the rest of you? While I admit it'll make our time easier here, it isn't going to matter once we're back in the City.

( yeah, it really won't. )

[wordchain]

[ There is a growing list that hasn't been expunged... Yesod isn't planning to interject with comments on that right now, but he is observing this exchange, too. ]

[bemist]

...

Yeah. Netzach mentioned you went out of your way to wish him a Happy Birthday.

[ She's just fine calling Angela out. ]

1/2

[worldexecute]

( . )

2/2

[worldexecute]

( if looks could kill, netzach. )

Is that so. I suppose that I did do that, but it isn't as if birthdays matter to you all, do they? It's just another day, so there's no need to treat it, or my well-wishes, as anything special.

( meet her behind the bowling alley after the party you green-haired bitch-- )

[abstractart]

[GEBURAAAA YOU HAVE BETRAYED HIM

he's finishing his drink in the background don't look at him he can't say anything]

[bemist]

[ CALLOUTS WHEN CALLOUTS ARE DUE ]

[bemist]

[ Wow. ]

So why bother taking the time to say something about it, then?

[worldexecute]

I just felt like it. Is there something wrong with that, Gebura?

( they have to go home together after this. insane. )

[bemist]

[ Angela, shooting herself in the foot. ]

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. Just noting how you've changed.

[worldexecute]

( well if someone hadn't opened his fat mouth about it-- )

Is it so funny to you that you have to point it out? All of you.

[abstractart]

Nah, no one's saying it's funny.

[worldexecute]

( oh yeah? ... yeah, no one is, but she can't help but feel like it's all some joke anyway-- )

Go back to drinking yourself into a stupor.

[wordchain]

[ Sorry to Angela for everyone ganging up on her because by the look that Yesod gives her, he has quite a bit that he could say on this topic. But he'll keep it brief. ]

That isn't the case.

[worldexecute]

( she swears to the wings-- )

No? Then what's your take on this, Yesod. Please, I'm sure we're all very interested in hearing your thoughts.

( her voice is level as ever but her gaze is ice. speak wisely. )

[wordchain]

[ Admittedly, he has some complicated feelings now, having behaved inappropriately by his standards, as well as falling short of what he had set out to accomplish that day — at least in his view — but all of that is contained inside its own box, shelved out of the way. He meets Angela's frosty stare evenly. ]

As I said to Netzach, I consider it a matter of individual choice. Any of us can choose to ascribe meaning to our birthdays even now, not necessarily to mark the passage of time.

[ As for the well-wishes... ]

And acknowledging someone's birthday is commonly regarded as a thoughtful gesture.

[worldexecute]

( They can decide, huh. That goes for her too then, she supposes? ... )

You can regard it however you want. As I told Gebura, I just felt like saying something. I wasn't being thoughtful.

[wordchain]

[ Angela is only excluded if she decides that his proposed approach doesn't apply to her, he thinks. That choice is hers to make, too. ]

Even so, some good came of your acting on that whim, Angela.

[worldexecute]

( For who? She isn't feeling that good right now— )

Did you all meet up and have a merry little time or whatever? How nice.

[gradenine]

[ ... ]

Well, when's your birthday?

[worldexecute]

( et tu, roland? )

Why does it matter?

[gradenine]

I'unno. Maybe one of us is gonna return the favor.

[ et tu, bestie... ]

[worldexecute]

( why would they, though. )

Is that supposed to convince me to share? Not that I was ever "born" in the traditional sense, so I don't have a "birthday".

( is the day in her memory the one she was created on? the one she was awoken on? is it carmen's, and they share? she doesn't know, but it's the one day she especially wished someone would-- )

Give up while you're ahead, Roland.

[gradenine]

[ he hums thoughtfully. hmm. ]

Well... Maybe we can just decide on your birthday. No, wait. You yourself should pick out a date. There.