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Who: Hijikata (

hijiwanwan) & all his friends! Or anyone who just feels like harassing a historical figure.
When: The first weekend of April
Where: The park
What: Hijikata's birthday party! He's turning 181 years old and needs to get his daily exercise, so a surprise party is being thrown! Good work, team.
Rating/Warning: N/A

[A small area of the park has been cleared out and decorated today! There are balloons, streamers, party poppers and all other manner of birthday paraphernalia set out. A banner on one of the park's gazebo's says HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIJIKATA in surprisingly well-written letters (especially compared to the banner in front of the nearby dojo, ah...), though it's also slathered in glitter. Anyone walking under it may just find themselves covered in glittery snow...

But what's that over there? A buffet that's incredibly well-stocked and ripe for snatching food from! It's covered in everything from small finger foods to entire boxes of pizza. There are little trifles and cookies and bowls of candy and chips as well, though the center of the celebration is the tiered cake in the middle table. It's matcha and white chocolate, of course.

And over there? Several tables have been set up with music and records, as well as various party games - pretty much anything your partying heart desires. One has also been set aside for gifts, and there are several boxes stacked on top already.

But you might want to watch out for those nearby ponds and the snappy alien fish lurking around in them, or the foliage nearby that seems kind of... hungry. Maybe they should have picked a better location.]

(This is a mingle log for Hijikata's surprise party! Feel free to toplevel and tag around to your heart's content! Anyone who would stop by is invited, though party-crashers are of course welcome since it's being held in a public location.)

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[ Hijikata will smack that look off Kashuu's face if he doesn't do something about it... ]

Well, I guess... When you put it that way...

[ no stop, it's completely different! not his style at all! attention is nice and all but gifts too? come on... ]

Fine. I'll give it a try. [ there's step one... ... now what to try first... ]

[He'll have to catch Kashuu first, which we all know is impossible with his BAD GRANDPA BACK and rickety old knees.]

Good, good! You could start with... [A party game? No, it should probably be something a little more simple at first.]

Mmm... Well, what sort of thing interests you the most?

[ Hijikata spends most of his days chasing Souji when he acts like a piece of shit? catching an okitagumi should be EASY for him. ]

Well...

[ ugh, no way. no games. but he might as well ask... ]

What kind of cake is that?

[OKAY BUT HAS HE EVER HAD TO CHASE A SPEEDY OKITAGUMI SPIRIT THAT CAN RUN IN 3 INCH HEELS.]

Matcha! You haven't had any yet?

[Why Is Grandpa Like This: The Saga Continues...

He doesn't even wait for an answer before he's standing up and trotting over to cut a nice big slice!]

Here, here!

[ no... he hasn't. but he's never seen anyone run in 3 inch heels, and maybe he wants to? that sounds amazing to watch. ]

Oh, is that what it is... No I haven't. I didn't know we could serve ourselves.

[ but obviously, everyone else is serving themselves. A+. good job.

he takes it... reluctantly though - he was very close to saying something along of the lines of the usual 'I don't eat sweets' but... HE ASKED ABOUT THE CAKE IN THE FIRST PLACE. but he'll take an experimental bite of it! ]

Ah... Well, it's not that bad - for a dessert, that is.

[ BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE HE LIKES SWEETS OR ANYTHING. ]

[He does it like a star, it really is entertaining.]

I mean, if you wanted someone else to cut a slice for you, you should've said something! I don't mind.

[Hijikata is the 200 year old birthday boy and it's his day to be spoiled!!

Also, because Kashuu is a doxxing shit who doesn't care about Hijikata's reputation:]

Hey, why is it that you pretend you don't like desserts, anyway? I don't get it.

[ ugh no. don't spoil him, he's not use to it and it's weird. this is why he doesn't even spend his money from his three jobs...

but when Hijikata takes a bite of the cake Kashuu just had to say that. Hijikata has that kind of face - yes, the kind of face 'oh shit' face when they KNOW they've been doxxed and doxxed well. ]

It's... Habit, I guess.

I mean, back at home if you're seen with sweets the soldiers would probably think it'd be okay to sneak in stuff they aren't suppose to sneak in.

[ yeeep. ] Which is why I had to take Kondou-san's sweets away from him... Or gave them to Saitou.

But plenty of people had sweets in the base, y'know?

[HIJIKATA. How many times has Kashuu seen someone come back with a little satchel of konpeito or a small bag of wagashi or some fresh mochi... A Lot™. Some things just can't get between a man and his sweets, including house rules.]

And you're not there anymore so you don't have to be all weird about it here. Everyone can tell you like 'em anyway.

[In case that wasn't obvious...]

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i work for ya.. i feed ya... and this is what i get

taking care of kashuu is a thankless job...

ugh you'er ew

why are u like THIS

bc u wont call me grandpa... sniffle

BC UR NOT MY REAL GRANDPA!!!!!!

someone is going to get grounded in 3..2..1..

IM RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME