Bon Anniversaire a Toi

[halfbread]

Who: Jehan, Demeter Cabin, anyone wanting to wish the tiny Frenchman happy birthday
What: Jehan's surprise party, because it's his birthday
Where: Cabin 4, the party cabin!
When: Today, March 6
Warnings: No clue!

Of course Peeta's doing something for his brother's birthday, although unlike the café last month, this is more low-key and informal. Over the past couple of days he's spread the word around camp quietly, a word in an ear at a pegasus riding lesson or at an encounter on the training fields, and hopefully no one's told Jehan. When the time finally comes for the party, a collusion with Naomi has gotten Jehan away from their cabin to help her practice her powers. Though knowing Naomi, she'll likely end up in a tree somehow. At least it gives him and whoever shows up to help him time to set up.

There's food, of course, though it's all simple stuff this time and not anything so elaborate as Valentine's Day: various sandwiches, vegetable sticks, fruit slices, a few bowls of candy and pretzels. And of course a cake, because this is Demeter Cabin and this is just what they do, and Jehan has a sweet tooth that's bigger than his body. Anyone's welcome to stop by and grab some food or say hi to the birthday boy, but any fighting will be ejected in a rugby tackle from Peeta so just warnin'.

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[castleofice]

Elsa had volunteered to help with something small, and that something small happened to be the drinks and ice cubes for those drinks. The ice cubes had taken a little trial-and-error before she'd finally gotten them into the shape she desired. The ice cubes had the shapes of various flowers, most notably roses, bluebells, tulips, and morning glories. Small, but it made her very happy to be able to do those without mishap.

She was going to be something of a wallflower, though. Not that she'd mind talking to people if they wanted to talk to her, of course! Unlike a certain son of Hades.

[shylyintrepid]

"Elsa!"

Jehan was going around, thanking everyone for the wonderful surprise in between his tears (of joy). The bullshit earlier today had ruined his mood but this--this had fixed that right up. He hurries over to Anna's sister and reaches for her hand.

"Thank you so much for this! Did you do the ice? They're lovely!"

[castleofice]

She can't help a grin, and blushes a little in embarrassment. Elsa grips his hand in a friendly fashion.

"I did! I thought it would be good practice to work from something small into something bigger." With her other hand, she reaches into her pocket and pulls out a small, wrapped box. Inside he'll find a couple packets of snowdrop seeds. "Happy birthday, Jehan."

[deathdiduspart]

Nico was going to be the biggest wallflower in the face of existence. The amount of people sort of reminded him how, ah, gregarious Jehan was. He was sticking to a corner that was out-of-the-way and in shadow. Possibly pining because this was Nico di Angelo and he was a hardcore shipper of himself/unrequited love (at least to him).

Ugh. He just had to like the guys who were ridiculous social butterflies.

[shylyintrepid]

Surprise, Nico! As soon as Jehan spots him, he hurries over to the Hades boy and pulls him into the biggest hug ever.

"Bonjour, Nico!" He kisses his cheek, smiling. "There, now if you wish to leave all the people you can without feeling guilty. I won't make you stay, if you'd rather not."

[deathdiduspart]

He thinks his brain just fried for a second there. He just isn't expecting both a hug and a kiss at the same time. Why does he like the crazy and affectionate guys? Like seriously?

"What, and miss the look on your face when I give you your present?" Nico rolls his eyes, though his tone is teasing. He pulls out a slim, wrapped parcel from his jacket once Jehan lets him go, and hands it to him. It's a book with various poems in it. There's also a bookmark on the page that has The Lady of Shalott.

[angeliaforos]

Of course, it doesn't take much work from Gabriel to know that something's going on here as he watches those two chat. He has no clue what Nico identifies with - if he even identifies as anything at all, he doesn't know how the kid's mind works. But he kind of saunters up quietly behind Nico, invisible this time.

"The kid's got it bad for you, di Angelo."

[deathdiduspart]

The son of Hades tenses, and it's a good thing he has restraint on his instincts when in a place that doesn't typically have murderous monsters in it. Otherwise, Gabriel might just have had a taste of Stygian iron or a skeleton arm shoved down his throat. Nico glances behind him, not seeing anyone there, but he's sure that he's not going insane and hearing voices in his head.

He treats the statement with extreme caution, though.

"Excuse me?"

[serenesuccessor]

Excuse you, she did not get stuck in a tree once!

Mostly because Jehan wouldn't let her go near any while they were practicing. But that was besides the point! The point was that she had very successfully distracted Jehan until party time, and barely contained her excitement when she ran ahead to their cabin to give them warning he was coming.

Once the surprise was done she's set about eating the sweets laid out, as well as going around making sure everyone was alright. Odds are any wallflowers will at least be hearing from her once or twice during the celebration, mostly to see if they want anything.

[shylyintrepid]

During one of Naomi's rounds about the cabin, her older brother manages to grab her arm and promptly start messing with her hair, grinning.

"Brat! You were a distraction, oui?"

[ospreyed]

Okay, okay, y'know what? Fine. Fine. Jehan was Eponine's friend.

There. Are you happy now?

Gods.

And because they were friends, well, she was at the party. A little awkwardly, unsure of what even to do. These sort of parties were not her forté. Usually, she'd stuff her face with the food, but she couldn't even bring herself to do that. Well, at least the bruising from her fight with Margot was fading.

[shylyintrepid]

If he was shocked to see Nico, Jehan was floored to see Eponine. He didn't expect her to show up, especially not after his message this morning, and seeing her there is a wonderful surprise. He comes over, smiling softly and waving. Hugs likely wouldn't be enjoyed.

"Eponine! Thank you for coming--are you hungry?"

[ospreyed]

Yeah, she was more than a lot irritated about that, but she wasn't going to call him out about it. She had some class, contrary to popular belief. Besides, she'd heard the hubbub from two certain bffs of hers.

"It's no problem- we are friends." Yes, there was that word again, that she'd thrown back in his face so long ago on the beach. But it was true, and the word could be used to her advantage. "I'm alright. I ate earlier."

[annieisntokay]

While Eponine was a grumpy wallflower, Annie was not grumpy. In fact, she was just better at standing to the side and observing than anything else. With a small plate of fruits, Annie watches contentedly. She's not about to start conversation needlessly, but she's open to it, if someone saw fit to speak to her.

It really is a lovely party.

[shylyintrepid]

Jehan doesn't recognize this girl, beyond her being Percy's Roman sister. After seeing to his friends, Jehan goes over with a polite smile.

"Bonjour. Thank you for coming to the party I didn't know I was having!"

[moointhedark]

Charlie may not know Jehan that well, but he is Naomi's brother and he does seem to be having a pretty bad time with the angry girl brigade (one of its members being his sister.) Parties are always a good way to cheer people up and once he heard about it, he had spent a good amount of his time between his other hobbies at camp and made party hats.

Yes, party hats.

They're you're typical conical ones with little pom-poms on the tops and he's decorated each one by hand. As soon as he arrives, he's out handing them out to as many people as he can, including you sulking wallflowers.

[shylyintrepid]

So Charlie is the single most adorable person in camp not related to Jehan himself. It has been decided. Jehan sees the party hats and can't help but be utterly enchanted, going over to Charlie with a smile. "These are amazing! Did you make them?"

[halfbread]

After things have calmed down a little, Peeta's going to be hunting down his brother. Of course he's been circulating around this entire time, thanking people for coming and making sure the food's stocked, but this is Jehan's birthday and of course he has a present for him. Come out so he can give it to you, bro.

[shylyintrepid]

There really wasn't much of a need to hunt Jehan down. As the party calms down and dies off, Jehan moves to his bed and stays there, exhausted and happy and feeling so incredibly blessed by the gods to have such a wonderful group of friends and family.

[somatophylax]

Hephaistion had to had it to them, Demeter Cabin really did know how to throw a party, and of course he would make it a point to show up for Jehan's birthday. (He kind of feels he missed an opportunity by skipping celebration of his own birthday a couple months ago, but it wasn't important. Except for the food.) His compliments to Peeta for organizing this.

He seeks out Jehan first, not wanting to pull the birthday boy away from his social obligation to share his adorable self with everyone, but he also didn't want to go without pinning him down for at least a few minutes.

[shylyintrepid]

"Hephiastion!"

There was no need to worry about pulling him away or pinning him down as Jehan happily throws himself at the taller boy, hugging him tightly. "Thank you for coming, mon ami."

[angeliaforos]

It wouldn't be like Gabriel to not show up. First off, it's a party, he loves parties to pieces. Second off, it's Jean Prouvaire, for crying out loud. Not showing up to this kid's birthday party in particular would be an abomination.

He's hung around for a while, mingled, watched the right people before he flags down the French boy himself.

[shylyintrepid]

Gabriel is greeted with a tight, all encompassing hug from the birthday boy, as well as a kiss on the cheek.

"I was wondering when you'd find me," he teases, smiling at the taller boy. "Hello."

[pyrkagia]

There's a much, much happier Daenerys Targaryen at the party, one who actually looks well-rested. Admittedly, the green dragon she's with, she's keeping curled close to her, cradled in her arms though he's bigger now, protective as if someone's going to snatch him away again.

But Jehan and Dany are very close. She'll be looking for him at any rate.

[shylyintrepid]

Jehan spots Dany and he goes to hug her, but then he sees Rhaegal. Instead of squeeing over his friends, he promptly squees over her baby dragon and scratches behind his "ears"

"I'm so happy to see both of you!"