Happy Birthday to me!

[goldencobra]

It's Henry's twelfth birthday today which makes him exceptionally happy. Over the past few days he's been handing out invitations to his party on the holodeck and he's currently sitting in the program hoping people actually turn up!

It's Granny's diner in Storybrooke but he's used to technology to make it larger. There's a bit of a dance floor in the middle, more tables and a lot of food. So far, the only person he knows is coming is his father. And if no one else comes, then Henry will content himself with the knowledge that a few months ago, he didn't even have that.

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(OOC: No presents necessary, Henry's just happy to have people. I will be tagging around but you guys can to. It's a party! P.S. There are hats by the door.)

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[primeverdeen]

Prim knew that Philip said that birthdays were happy things but... this was for a kid.. someone who would be facing the reaping. She... couldn't see that as a happy thing. She couldn't. But... she could be there for him, even if he didn't seem to care for her.

So she made a small wheel of cheese for him, with milk from Lady, because food was always welcome, right? Philip said that outside of Panem birthdays were about gifts, but... well, she would have brought cheese to someone who was mourning, so it fit either way... right?

Wearing her father's hunting jacket that Katniss had left behind, and holding onto the plate with the small wheel of cheese, she walked in, unsure and hesitant.

She looked around the place when she came in, confused. It looked a little like ten forward, like the lounge here, but at the same time... not.

[goldencobra]

Henry had been trying to be the best host and greeting people as they came in but it wasn't always possible. Thankfully for Prim, Henry did spot her. Mostly due to her unusual gift.

"Hey. Cheese huh?"

[primeverdeen]

She nodded. "I figured... happy or sad, food would always be welcome," Prim said softly, a little shyly as she held out the plate. "I made it myself, without the replicators. It's fresh. I... I got really good at making cheese," she said, then stopped herself, because she was babbling.

[goldencobra]

"Birthdays are meant to be a happy occasion." He had no idea what she meant by sad but then again, they didn't know each other that well yet.

"Thanks. I appreciate the thought." As well as the obviously time spent on it. "Did you make cheese a lot back home?"

[primeverdeen]

She nodded at him. "Yes. My sister got me a goat for my birthday, and the milk helped make sure we had enough food, even on rough days and in the winter. You can meet her sometime, if you like."

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[savedbylove]

Emma was fairly certain that she knew when she gave birth to her son, but then she reminded herself that Henry Gold, was not the same boy that she gave birth to. Yes, he was still her son, but just just a different version of him.

She supposed she shouldn't be thinking about it like that, but it was really the only way she could keep it straight. Of course she was going to come to her son's birthday party. She stood inside Granny's, a party hat in her hand.

[goldencobra]

Henry had thought about if he invite Emma to his party or not. He'd eventually concluded that, while she wasn't his mother, she could still be his friend. he hadn't invited Hook though.

So he greeted her when she came in with a smile. "I think you'd look better in a green one." He jested, meaning the party hat.

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[whereishe]

Yuna came happy to see the young boy celebrating such a day. She had wanted to get him something but she didn't know what to get a young boy. Most boys she knew played with swords and she wasn't sure his father would like her getting him a magical sword. With a heavy sigh she shows up empty handed.

She mostly stood to the side watching those talking to each other and laughing. She hadn't been to a birthday party before arriving on this ship and now she had been to two. There was a smile across her lips as she watched from a stool sipping on a drink.

[goldencobra]

Yuna was one of those strange special cases where Henry had seen her around and spoken not at length but often so he felt comfortable in her presence. Hence the invite. After a short while of noticing her on the side lines, he walked up to her.

"Hey wallflower. How's the view?"

[whereishe]

Yuna almost jumped as Henry came over and spoke to her. She hadn't been paying close attention to anything in particular which left her zoning out against the wall. She laughed softly looking down at the birthday boy.

"It's pretty great." Her head tilted to the side with a slight smile spread across her lips. "I'm not used to birthdays. Though I've been to a few here. Are you having a good time?"

She wondered again if she should have gotten him something but he seemed happy enough to have everyone gathered together.

[goldencobra]

"Not used to birthdays? Do they not happen where you come from?" He sounded so incredulous. Birthdays were great. You got presents and everything! But he did know his dad was the best dad ever so perhaps everyone else's lives hadn't been as great.

Minus the curse thing.

[whereishe]

"Nope. I went to one a few weeks ago but we didn't celebrate them in my world. I suppose there just wasn't time to stop." She smiled even though her sentience sounded sad, Yuna didn't look to bothered about it.

"Maybe you can tell me more about them?"

[ltcolonel]

John quite likes the kid and turns up to hand over his birthday present. He's carrying a pretty badly decorated cake (he did the decorating himself) and a baseball bat and ball. "Happy Birthday," he says with an easy grin. The presents are set down on the table so that he can snap one of the ridiculous hats on his head.

"It's pretty cool that you can say you've had a birthday in space."

[goldencobra]

"Wow. Thanks." Baseball hadn't exactly been high on his things to learn back in Storybrooke, but here? He could find the time.

"Yeah. Space Birthday but all I get is Earth sports materials?" He laughed. "Think you can teach me?"