[Action] Hey Shorty, It's Your Birthday!

[unseenspy]

[Today is Jay's birthday…but he doesn't know it. Yes, he knows that Chibi-Usa randomly chose this date to be his birthday, but he's more or less forgotten about it, and assumes that she's done the same.]

[Today, Jay can be found walking from C3 to the plaza with empty bags in hand. After observing the population for a while, he'll head to the shops to gather food and other supplies. It's not his birthday, he doesn't need presents. It's just another day, really. Or is it?]

[Feel free to catch him anywhere between C3 and the plaza with your presents and birthday wishes.]

[OOC: This would be perfect for Joshua's event!]

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[pinkbedwetter.livejournal.com]

[Well, here's one person who hasn't forgotten. Chibi-Usa was just on her way to try and find Jay when, luck so has it, he's right there in the plaza! Clearly, this encounter was meant to happen. She wants to surprise him, though, which is why she hastily hides behind a building and tries to sneak up on him.

This can only end in failure.]

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Sneak up on a ninja? That's so not happening. When Jay senses Chibi-Usa's presence from behind, he merely folds his arms and sighs. He doesn't even turn to face her.]

What are you doing?

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[pinkbedwetter.livejournal.com]

[fskljfsd. Busted. Even so, Chibi-Usa can't help but keep the hope that maybe Jay's talking about something else. So she'll continue to hide just a bit longer.]

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Jay still doesn't face her. Instead he just taps his foot.]

Are you coming out? I don't have all day, you know.

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[pinkbedwetter.livejournal.com]

[First, her cotton candy hair slowly pokes out from behind the building. Then her face. Then she shows herself completely.]

... How did you know?

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Now Jay faces her, smiling proudly.]

I have my ways.

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[pinkbedwetter.livejournal.com]

Maaan... That's not fair.

[She pouts lightly, swinging a small plastic bag back and forth behind her back.]

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

Why not? I think it's perfectly fair, considering how unfair life is in general.

[He won't even ask about the plastic bag, because he knows it won't concern him. Or will it?]

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[pinkbedwetter.livejournal.com]

[Maybe it will, maybe it won't. That depends on how nice Jay is.]

But if life is unfair, shouldn't you try to make it fairer?

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[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

[Well, the birthday boy isn't getting away that easily. As soon as Stella saw that post of Chibi-Usa's, she got to work, choosing to spend as much time as possible making her gift rather than waste it to tell her that she'll be there. It would take some time, after all.

But on the day of the birthday, she finishes it. She wraps up the box with purple paper and puts a cute orange bow on top, places Sophie in the capable hands of her sister, and then, she's off to find Jay!

Now where could he be... Chibi-Usa didn't exactly explain where he'd be or anything, so she'll just wander aimlessly searching for a certain ninja boy.]

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[And she'll find the ninja boy walking aimlessly around the fountain, observing everyone. He doesn't see Stella just yet, so she'll have a chance to surprise him.]

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[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

[Ah, but Stella knows she has no chance to surprise someone like him. Still, once she searches by the fountain and finds him there, she smiles to herself, then walks at a brisk pace towards him, a rather large, yet light, wrapped box in hand.]

Jay!

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[He certainly didn't expect her to approach him, but he hides it with a smile.]

Stella. It's been a while.

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[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

Indeed, it has. Far too long.

[Her smile turns sly now, and she shifts the box so that she can hold it in one hand while the other fluffs the bow a little.] A little bird told me that today was a special day.

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

R-Really? What's so special about today?

[Clearly he has no idea what she's talking about. Today's just another day in Luceti, nothing more.]

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[goldenfirefly.livejournal.com]

Your birthday, silly! [And she holds out the box! Go on, take it! You know you want to!]

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

...What? But--

It's not my--

[Wait a minute...it is his birthday, isn't it? He takes the box and continues to stare for a moment.]

U-ummm...

[Examining the box now. To open or not to open...?]

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[prayingone]

[Pinged by Chibi-Usa's post but too shy to reply, Shirley also just made her own preparations privately. As soon as Stella comes back home, Shirley will set out on her own gift-giving shenanigans. She's got a basket on one arm and is carrying a purple gift bag in her other hand. You might as well just approach her and get this over with, Jay, because she's not heading home until she's found you.]

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Jay can see Shirley from a distance in the plaza. It's been so long since he's seen her, but he approaches her anyway.]

Shirley?

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[prayingone]

Jay! [Shirley smiles brightly, glad that they were able to find each other quickly.] Happy Birthday!

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Shirley knows, too?? What is this, he doesn't even--all right, stay calm...]

Th-thanks. Did you learn about it from the birds as well?

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[prayingone]

The birds?... [She looks puzzled.] No, I heard it from a girl on the journals...

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[He knows exactly which girl she's talking about. Chibi-Usa. And after he told her not to spread it around. Tsk, tsk, tsk...]

[But then again, he should have known better. Little girls can never keep their mouths shut, can they?]

I see...

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[prayingone]

Well, um... here's your present, Jay! Or, well, at least part of it. [She offers the bag. If he looks inside, he will find a carefully modified wind-chime: between the chimes, Shirley has hung strings with bells on the end.] I hope you like it...

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[unseenspy.livejournal.com]

[Oh Shirley, she knows his heart so well. Jay takes the bag and looks at the wind-chime. Ooh, bells!]

I...

Th-thank you.

[This is the best birthday ever. ♥ (Not that he would tell her that, though.)]