Maribelle's birthday party

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Who: Maribelle and her Guests
Where: Isla Empieza
When: April 14th (But feel free to backtag forever)
What: A birthday party smash, with cake, candy, meat, tea, music, dancing, and Maribelle bopping people over the head with her Parasol if they misbehave.
Warnings: Probably PG, since Maribelle will harp on anyone using foul language at her birthday party.
Status: Open to everyone. You can sneak in the party through the window if you really want.
Style: Whatever your comfortable with.

She'd 'reserved' the pub for the day, but the bartender was still letting any of his regulars in to buy drinks because there was no way some prissy vixen was going to get in the way of good business. Still, Maribelle made a point of whacking the fingers of any locals who tried to steal any of her party hors d'oeuvres. She was also pressing Brady and Smoker to take shifts watching the door, since she suspected the both of them forgetting her birthday entirely. Their job was to watch and make sure no unwelcome pirates came into the place, while Maribelle's party was ongoing.

All that was left now... was to wait.

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Welcome~!

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"Welcome, Welcome, I am your hostess and birthday girl, Maribelle. Please come in, and help yourself to any hors d'oeuvres, place all presents on the table to your left, and please remember to be on your best behavior!"

[Reply to this for those of you who are coming in through the front door and wish to play this part out. Smoker or Brady are encouraged to also welcome people]

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Food~!

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[Here is where you reply for those of you who came for the food. Or simply wish to eat something, nothing wrong with that. Will Maribelle perhaps mistake you for someone who wasn't invited and smack your fingers with a parasol? Or will you perhaps sit down for a nice cup of tea? Anything's possible!]

[lazyjustice]

He's not entirely sure why he's here. Or, well, he does know, it's just the instincitiveness of it surprises him a bit. The young lady Maribelle is crew, in this world's sense of the term, so of course he had to be here in a show of support; though his mind kept insisting it was more like, 'public appearance'.

Well, semantics.

The important thing was he was at the party, at a small table, holding a smaller teacup and sipping at it. He felt like a bear in that one children's story... Or was it a comic book? Well, never mind. He felt just this side of too big for too small a place but...

At least the tea is good. And the hors d'oeuvres were--if not the same quality he'd find at certain Marine receptions, at least not terrible. And now he seemed to be out of tea.

"Well..."

He picked up a tiny round of pate and ate it, assuming the mantle of: of course I'm not too big for this establishment. I fit right in. You just have failed to notice, obviously.

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Being the impeccable host that she is, Maribelle has been going about making sure that everyone's tea cup is full. Although given the low turnout because... lets face it she sprung it last minute and she isn't quite as popular as she thinks she is, she's over where Aokiji was seated in a short amount of time.

"It seems we have a relatively small turnout for my birthday party this year, but I suppose that is to be expected. Still I'm very grateful that you came today Kuzan."

Damn though... he really was pretty tall. She always thought Smoker was tall, but Aokiji was nearly twice her height, and possibly just as tall as her sitting down.

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Presents~!

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"Oh darling, you really didn't need to go to the trouble on such short notice! Nonetheless I'm ever so grateful. Let's see what's inside shall we?"

[Here is where the birthday girl unwraps any and all presents. If you wish to give Maribelle a present, please say what it is either through your character's thoughts or your character explaining when the gift is unwrapped. I don't need to be playing a guessing game with whatever it is in Maribelle's hands at the time.]

[lazyjustice]

[even if he is here and not entirely sure why, it is a birthday party and so not having something to give to a somewhat fussy young woman would be out of place. Besides which, he wondered if, had he forgotten, he would hear the end of it.]

Ahh, well... It was nothing...

[and it's not much, granted. A variety of teas in a little wooden box. Fairly cheap but he hopes the sentiment is good enough]

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[She unwraps her gift with a certain manner of innocent glee. She may still be an adult, but once in a while she likes to let her fantasies run wild like a kid at Christmas.]

Oh, how cute!

[Maribelle opens the little wooden box, picking up one of the little tea bags, delighted at just the gesture that he knew enough about her to know her fondness for tea time.]

You'll have to be sure to come share these with me at some point, alright? It's the least I can do for such a thoughful gesture.

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Music and Dancing~!

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[This is where you go if you like to dance, sing, play the violin, play piano, or just run around crazy pretending your dancing when really you're just chasing somebody. Will you ask the birthday girl for a dance? Is there someone here at the party that you wanted to have a romantic slow dance with? The dance floor is yours ladies and gentlemen!]

[cry_brady]

[Behold, Maribelle's scary looking son, playing the violin! Because it's pretty much the only thing he can do on occasions like this.]

[grizzly_tea]

[Brady's playing is lovely as ever, but Maribelle as the birthday girl has something in mind after a few violin duets. She instructs the piano player to keep playing as she strolls over to Brady, and taps him on the shoulder.]

Brady dear? Will you be so kind as to dance with your mother on her birthday?

[It may sound like a request, but denying her request on her birthday may not be a safe idea.]

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Dance?

[He knows he has little choice in this, given who this is, but... Dance, really? The guy with the two left feet?]

... Tch. Only cause it's your birthday, old-timer...

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Mingling/Other

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[Are you here because you're drunk? Do you remember who's birthday it is we're supposed to be celebrating again? Are you trying to covertly sneak in through the window because there's guards at the door? Are you avoiding most of the hustle and bustle to sit in the corner? Did your dancing get so steamy downstairs that you're taking things upstairs? Whatever you don't know what to do with, put it here!]

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End of the Night

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"Goodnight everyone! Thank you all for coming and making this a memorable birthday. I'm sure you'll all remember to mark your calenders for next year, and I hope that you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I did~!"

[It's time for the teary goodbyes, or getting literally thrown out of the pub for being a loud, obnoxious party-crasher. Thank you for coming and have a nice day!]