estoria | [Closed] go shorty, it's your birthday we gon' party like it's your birthday

Who: A BUNCH OF NERDS. SERIOUSLY. Hinata Hajime (

particularity), Nagito Komaeda (

unluckless), Peko Pekoyama (

perfectstrike), Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu (

impheired), Gundam Tanaka (

hamham), Kazuichi Souda (

eggcream), Terteru Hanamura (

bozu), Makoto Naegi (

luckybeaks), Kyouko Kirigiri (

fittedgloves), Tenka (

sunshrouded), Abe no Sousei (

deontology) & Yang Xiao Long (

flaredo) look at all these dorks
When: IC: The night of January 4th
Where: Hinata & Komaeda's apartment
What: A small gathering to celebrate a belated New Years Eve and Hinata's birthday (also belated)
Rating/Warning: NERDS. EVERYWHERE.

[All right, so it's a few days later than intended, but when the night that you plan a party just completely disappears into a mess of mayhem and murderous Santas, well, you improvise. At least, that's been Komaeda's plan. After making sure to let everyone know about the rescheduling, it's just a matter of coordinating.

So here it is. Here they are.

The decorations -- courtesy of Souda -- are up: streamers, balloons, matching party hats all in varying shades of red, black and white. They're draped around the small apartment along with what is probably an oversupply of party poppers. The food is set out in the kitchen and most everywhere else.

There's even a punchbowl that's probably not spiked yet, but how long can that really last anyway? Music -- somewhat questionable in some of its variety -- plays quietly in the background. And outside the apartment, up on the roof of the building for later, the yakuza have provided some festive ~~explosives~~ fireworks.

Perfect night for a party. And Hinata's the kind of guy who deserves a good party. Right? Right. Only rules are: no murdering anyone and have some fun.]

((ooc: so yes, mingle around! post top levels, tag others. the party will start in the apartment and hit the roof at some point, so pick your location(s) too, if you like!))

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at the party;

[ Naegi had agreed to come by early to help set up, so he probably did that. Why...is everything red, black, and white? This is so Monokuma-esque, Souda, what the hell. Why did you choose those three colors, even with varying shades. Naegi kind of side-eyes the choice even when helping set up and just kind of glances around every so often vaguely unsettled later on, but okay. He forgoes a party hat mostly for this reason.

For the most part Naegi seems content to kind of hang out at the edge of the group and people-watch, though he's friendly enough to chat with anyone who wants to. Kirigiri's the only person he's known for longer than like a week, though, so he occasionally feels a tad out of place. Still, anyone who glances his way gets a smile. ]

How are you tonight?

on the roof;

[ On the roof, Naegi's a bit more at ease, having had time to get used to the assortment of people. He has some (hopefully non-spiked) punch and leans against the railing, watching other people set off fireworks.

Eventually, though, he'll light a sparkler of his own, just sort of idly tracing patterns before holding it down to watch it go. ]

Now it really does feel like New Year's.

[oh.

Someone is talking to him, and it's... it's another kid. Yeah he's definitely out of place here, he definitely needs to go home. He showed up for Hinata's sake, but... an adult surrounded by kids is just not a good thing in any situation, but especially not a party.

But right.

Socializing.]

...Fine. [#nailed it. A considering pause, and--] Are you one of Hinata's classmates as well?

[ You're only like five years older than Naegi, Sousei!!! Even if he's a shrimp and kind of baby-faced. ]

Oh, no! I'm from another class. [ Same school, though. ] Er, technically I'm their underclassman...though I think I'm a little older than some of them?

[ Or older than they...remember themselves to be..................

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

It's probably best not to think too deeply on it. ]

Naegi Makoto.

[Five years older physically, 60 years older mentally, inwardly he's shaking his old man cane, really.]

... I can't say I understand, but I will accept it as another odd factor of your lives. [#dangan ronpa experience]

Abe no Sousei. It is a pleasure.

Ah...have you known the others long, then, Sousei-san?

[ Because that definitely sounded like something someone would say if they were super Dangan familiar. ]

... I have known Hinata for some time here, and have met a few of the others.

[your cast's crazy just kind of bleeds through.]

So I am somewhat familiar with your situation, though it is not necessary to speak of it here. [because you know--murders and parties don't go great together.]

[ Yeah...Naegi isn't surprised. He's the most normal one out of any of them by default of being The Normal One but. ]

Oh, that's not what I - I was just wondering...it's still a little strange to me for there to be people from other worlds, honestly.

...Yes, it can take some time to absorb.

[He knows.... though a moment later, he nods.]

Though I am also from Japan--simply a different Japan than the one you are familiar with.

Not the best color scheme, huh...

[Hi Naegi. He saw you standing there looking vaguely unsettled and he's pretty sure he knows why that is. He needs to talk to somebody about it. It is so hard not to comment on this because what the actual fuck, Souda.]

You doing alright, decoration choices aside?

[At the party, adjusting to cerealia life in general...you now, just whatever.]

It's...not what I expected?

[ At least this is someone else who gets why he's side-eyeing it...the non-Dangans probably find nothing out of the ordinary about red, black, and white. ]

Ah, but I'm doing all right. It seems like everyone's having fun, and Kirigiri-san agreed to come along as well...how about you, Kuzuryuu-san?

Souda's...a moron. [Put lightly.] I'm sure he didn't actually mean anything bad by it, rather just he didn't think about it. I'm sure there's some, probably stupid, reason for it.

[Finding the color combination of black, red, and white distasteful. #JustDanganThings]

I'm fine. Better now that all that Christmas bullshit from the other night is over.

[ Well, that's as good an explanation as any. ]

I didn't think he had...that is, I assumed there was some sort of reason, or that it was, er...unintentional.

[ unless junko secretly was in charge of decorations, but there isn't enough murder here for that ]

...Ah, that was a little...questionable. Hinata-san helped me out, but I could have lived without the elves trying to eat me.

[He offers a shrug.]

Trust me, if there is a reason, he'll let us know. Subtlety is not one of his strong points.

[If you couldn't...just guess by looking at him.]

I think we all could have lived without the various bullshit they decided to throw at us that night.

[Closed] go shorty, it's your birthday we gon' party like it's your birthday

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