Backdated to May 5th

[charming_freckles]

[Action: 1486 Kramden Road]

[This afternoon, you’ll find Sue busily and cheerfully active in the kitchen. She’s prepared loads of sandwiches and pastries and is packaging them all up for transport! What could this mean?!]

[Phone, open]

Hey everyone, it’s Sue! Hee, I don’t mean to make a big deal of it, but do you know what today is? No? It’s my birthday! I’m eleven years old today! One year closer to becoming a beautiful and sophisticated woman! Hee hee! Anyways, to celebrate, me and Puffy are having a picnic in the park today! Anyone who would like to attend is welcome! I’ve made tons of sandwiches and desserts! I… I especially hope that you’ll attend, Mr. Yosuke. I really appreciated your help recently… so please come and have some food, okay?

I hope to see you all there! ❤

[Action: John Doe Park]

[In the middle of the park, Sue and Puffy are camped out on a picnic basket, a bountiful spread placed around them. True to her message, there are a variety of sandwiches and desserts, including pie, brownies and cookies. If she sees you looking at her, she’ll smile and motion for you to join them.]

Hi there! You look hungry, why don’t you come over and have a bite to eat? ❤

Comments

In the house

[tsukihime]

[Cooking is happening? Have Arcueid materialize in the entrance to the kitchen.]

What are you doing?

[charming_freckles]

Hi, Arcueid! I'm getting ready to have a picnic with Puffy! You should join us and help me celebrate my birthday!

[tsukihime]

Oh, it's your birthday?

How old are you now?

[charming_freckles]

I'm eleven years old today!

[tsukihime]

Oh, wow that's pretty little.

Uh, yea sure I'll go with you. That's what moms do, right?

[charming_freckles]

...well, it's what friends do at least!

...have you started thinking of me as your daughter, Arcueid?

[tsukihime]

Not really...I don't even know what that'd be like.

The first kids I had in the house I kinda tried to act like a mom, one of them even grew up enough to get their own house and I pretended to be a grandma.

Wow...I guess I'm starting to remember things better. Anyway, I'll go on a picnic!

[Sudden return to topic is OBVIOUS.]

[charming_freckles]

[Sue laughs.]

I think you're way too youthful to pass as a grandma, Arcueid!

Thanks for agreeing to come with! I promise, there's be lots of tasty food!

[tsukihime]

[Yep, Arcueid seems a little excited about that.]

Like sandwiches and stuff?

[charming_freckles]

And cookies and brownies and pie!

[tsukihime]

[Arcueid seems to think about that for a moment.]

Yea, I should definitely come just to make sure you're okay and for mother daughter time and stuff.

I think that's what humans do.

park

[freakinblur]

[How can Scout not comes to this? Mayfield sure is turning him into a softie. Looks like he's shown up with a present in hand, too.]

Geez, kiddo, looks like ya went all out here.

[charming_freckles]

Of course! A good adventurer is always prepared! Now the trick is keeping Puffy from eating it all himself!

[Hey, is that? A, a present?]

Did, did you get that for me?

[freakinblur]

How can ya have a birthday without a present? [He grins, and tosses it to her. It's wrapped very hastily with a lot of tape, because it's not like Scout knows how to properly wrap this. Inside is a kids' sized baseball glove and ball.]

[charming_freckles]

...[Sue looks at the present and then at Scout before giving him a big hug. She really didn't expect anyone to get her a present.]

Thank you...

[Grateful as she is, Sue still makes a quick job of unwrapping her present! She examines her gifts a moment before her face lights up with recognition.]

OH! Hey, these are the things you use to play that game, aren't they?

[freakinblur]

[Adgfds hugs what do. But he's glad she likes it. Converting everyone to the baseball cult is what he loves to do.]

Exactly! Ya interested in learnin' how ta play?

[charming_freckles]

You bet! It looks like a lot of fun!

[freakinblur]

Sweet! Once yer done with all this here, we can practice. Gonna get a team together to play this summer, too.

[charming_freckles]

Really? That sounds like a lot of fun! Are there lots of people who play in Mayfield?

[freakinblur]

Not as many as I'd like. That's why I'm gonna teach people. I wanna have some games.

[charming_freckles]

Well, I'll do my best to help!

1486 Kramden

[infourbooks]

Wow, that's a lot of sandwiches.

[charming_freckles]

Sure is! We're gonna have a real feast tonight! Oo, what kind of sandwich would you like, Neville?

You'll come, right? To my picnic in the park? It's my birthday today!

[infourbooks]

Corned beef if we have it.

[Wait...]

Oh, happy birthday! Of course I'll come!

[charming_freckles]

Hee hee, thanks, Neville! I appreciate it!

Hey, when is your birthday? How old are you now?

[infourbooks]

On July 30th. I'm 15... I think. It was summer holidays when I was home last but I got here in December...

[charming_freckles]

Ohh... hey that's coming up kind of soon! I should make you a special birthday cake! What kind do you like?

[infourbooks]

Uh... I like lemon cake.

But today's your day. How old are you now?

[charming_freckles]

Oo, that does sound good!

I'm eleven years old! One step closer to growing into a beautiful sophisticated young woman! Maybe this will be the year I learn how to stomach drinking coffee!

[infourbooks]

Oh! Eleven's a really important birthday at home.

[charming_freckles]

Really? What happens when you turn eleven?

[infourbooks]

That's the year we start at Hogwarts and start really learning magic.

[charming_freckles]

Oh wow! What sort of magic did you first learn when you went away to school?

Action ☆ Park

[vividly]

Sue!!!

[ Vivio waves with her free hand. Right after she heard the phone call, Vivio went out to get Sue a gift. She's now holding a wrapping box in her other hand. ]

Great! I'm not too late?

[charming_freckles]

[Sue waves in return.]

Hi, Vivio! You're not too late! Puffy hasn't managed to eat all the food yet!

[Although the little bird thing seems to have... expanded, certainly. He's lying on the picnic blanket, kind of rolling slowly from side to side.]

[vividly]

Thank goodness! [ Vivio giggles a bit at the sight as she walks over and holds out the present. ] Here you go! Hope you don't mind that it's a bit poorly wrapped.

[charming_freckles]

Oh wow! Thanks, Vivio, you really didn't have to get me anything!

That doesn't mean Sue won't make quick time unwrapping her present! Because it would be rude if she didn't open it right away, right?