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Who: Lance and you!
When: Backdated to Juril 28th
Where: Voltron House in the Haven
What: Lance's 18th birthday party!
Warnings: n/a for now

Welcome!

[This isn’t quite the house party that Lance would’ve thrown for himself back on earth (he would’ve at least had a stereo going with some modern music), but he can make his own fun in Aefenglom, too. He made sure to post a message on the network beforehand inviting Mirrorbound to the party, so everyone's welcome to join in on the fun! There’s a good chance he won’t turn you away no matter who you are, unless you're looking to shut down the party. He might even be a little petty if you ask him to lower the noise level...but the choice is yours! ]

Weapons Security

[ Have fun getting past Kolivan and Keith who are collecting weapons at the door, though. That’s right: Keith and Kolivan (who is standing at over eight feet tall) are both at the entrance and are asking people to leave their weapons there. Maybe you’ll comply with their demands, or maybe you’ll take this as a challenge. Maybe you don't even have weapons on you! Whatever the case may be, Lance is busy socializing, so he won’t be bothered with security unless specifically requested. You’ll have to answer to these two instead. Good luck! ]

Birthday Cake

[ Over in the dining room is an assortment of refreshments, including a lovely birthday cake! It looks like it might’ve been ordered from a bake shop with the decorations, the frosting placement, and the gradient that fades from blue to white. Bernadetta von Varley can be seen slicing the cake and putting each slice on a dainty little plate for everyone to enjoy! It’s vanilla, too. Grab yourself a slice and enjoy! (It'll make Bernie very happy!) ]

Magic Show

[ That’s not all, though. In fact, in the middle of the party, Lance and Trucy Wright start encouraging people to come to the ballroom. Dressed in fancy, sparkly jackets, the two of them are ready to put on their very own magic show! Trucy introduces herself, and then Lance as her very own assistant -- who woulda thunk -- and after a little razzle dazzle of an intro, they begin.

Their first trick is known as the Zig Zag Girl, which isn’t too far off from the saw-in-half trick. For this performance, Lance and Trucy call up two volunteers (including you!) from the audience. Volunteer A holds a saw while the Volunteer B steps into a box. After Trucy instructs Volunteer A to saw into the box into thirds, Lance will then pull the middle section out and present the second volunteer appearing as though their body is also divided into thirds! Spooky. (The saw and the box are covered in illusion magic!)

Trucy and Lance also add some other tricks to their performance, like pulling a dove out from an empty pan and playing card magic. They'll also be doing a trick known as Assistant's Revenge as the finale, in which Lance gets trapped in a box and somehow does a miraculous switcheroo with Trucy, trapping her in the box instead! ]

Mingling

[ Lance will encourage everyone to get to know one another, chat, and make friends! For the most part the party takes place in the ballroom, but in the yard is a swimming pool, charged purely by magic. It’s not perfectly made, but it’s there for everyone to use to cool off from the heat wave. ]

[ ooc: Feel free to make your own prompts and top levels, and tag around! Presents can be left in Lance's inbox or you can give them to him personally, but they definitely aren't required. Hit me up at

amplitude or via PM if you have any questions. c: ]

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They're dead... [Completely deadpan. No sadness...She was upset about her parents' deaths and would remember them. See them when she closed her eyes.

But being upset didn't bring them back.]

[That’s enough to have her doing a record scratch in her head, her head jerking back in surprise. And then remorse.]

I’m sorry, I- [Should have known better. She should know better than most the pain of losing your parents, whether it was before their time or at the end of their natural life. She swallows, ducking her head.] Accept my apologies, I was careless with my words.

[At a birthday no less.]

[Mikasa just shrugs, face remaining blank.]

You don't have to apologise. [That wouldn't change anything and Allura had no involvement in what had happened.] It was a long time ago now. [Eleven years...More than half her life.]

Why did you ask?

[They really are opposites. Allura always feels her emotions so strongly, that meeting someone whose reaction to her parents passing with just a shrug is entirely alien. Allura doesn't know whether to feel pity or just confusion about it.]

Oh, about human ages? [She lets the parental topic drop for now, desperately reaching for a happier topic,] Alteans have a much longer lifespan... my advisor is four-hundred years old, and he's considered middle aged.

[It was a numbness, brought on from there being so many without parents back home. She wasn't going into detail, Allura was only getting the surface.]

That's...A very long time. [A month was a long time.] The...The place I'm from has less than a hundred years of history. [Technically more, but memory manipulation and a lot of things Mikasa wasn't going to explain. Because this advisor was supposedly four times the age of the walls.]

And you?

[Her eyes widen at that. She's had experience with different worlds and cultures before but even the Arusians, a incredibly simple people, had generations of history and tradition behind them. How is it possible for a society to reach the sort of sentience that Mikasa seemed to have and yet their history is barely a lifespan long. There's a million questions on her mind but those will have to wait as Mikasa turns her question on Allura,]

Oh, me? [Ah. She looks sheepish,] Technically I was born over ten-thousand years ago...

[Stares.....

No, Mikasa was literally just staring for a moment. Then blinking. Wuh? Did she hear that right or?? ALLURA!? What?]

...What do you mean by 'Technically'?

[Ah. She should really know better by now. The number ten-thousand usually got some stares.]

Well, it was a little bit of a magical sleep... [She doesn't expect Mikasa will understand the concept of stasis pods.] It was like someone just put a pause on my life for a very, very long time.

[Allura, magical sleep wasn't a lot easier for her to understand. It was going in the category of 'strange bullshit'. So Mikasa was just going to give up on understanding it.]

Was there a reason for it? Or is that normal where you're from?

[Unfortunately for Mikasa, Allura's world is full of strange bullshit.

She shakes her head,]

It is not. Not to that extent, that is. [The sleep chambers were meant for short term stasis, and healing.] My father put me inside to avoid a war. [Her expression darkens. ~~We're having a good time at this party.~~] Unfortunately, there was no one to wake me when it was over.

[Mikasa's home was the same, except people tended to be horrified to know.

Though the explanation does just get a flat look. Because Mikasa isn't really sure how to respond to that. Not quite horror, but if 'oh' had a look, that was what Allura was getting.

At least this very cheerful conversation wasn't with the birthday boy?]

...How did you get out?

[While she’s not exactly at Mikasa levels of blasé, talking about her planet has at least become something she can do without getting too emotional about it. And it’s fine, they’ll cheer up whenever Lance gets in earshot. Speaking of, her gaze flickers over to where Lance is probably chatting it up with someone else at the party.]

Lance and the others – Keith and Shiro. It… is a long story. But they found my castle, and were able to rouse me from the sleep chamber.

[That gets a small nod. She could understand that.]

So now you stay with them. [No so much a question. Like with her and Eren and Armin. They'd become her home. She'd followed them for so long...] Sorry. I probably shouldn't be talking about this.

[At least she'd gained some awareness over the years.]

[She shakes her head.] No, I am the one who brought it up.

[Really, talking about this kind of thing is sometimes easier than talk about every day life, of which Allura has learned her upbringing was much different from others.

Her voice softens,] They became my family. I am not sure if they think of me in the same way but... they are all that I have.

[It really was easy to talk about. Something Mikasa has mentioned to others before. Recently asking Levi if it said a lot about them that most things about here didn't bother her, but home bothered other people.

The family comment...That gets a small quirk of the lips. Not quite a smile. Looking over at where Lance was, or had been. She hadn't really been keeping track.] I have people like that... [Or had. The number had been dwindling, the old urge to cling and coddle, keep those that remained close so nothing could happen coming back. Even if that was useless now.] It's...good. That you're here together, I mean.

[Not good that they were all she had.]

[She almost misses it - it's not quite a smile, but it's the nearest she's seen out of Mikasa, and she turns her head to stare. Her own smile appearing on her face.]

What are they like? Your family.

[Not her blood family, but the people that were to her like Keith and Lance and Shiro were to Allura.]

[The fae wasn't quite looking at Allura's face there. How did she talk about them when it felt like she'd ignored one's pain? Hesitating on how to describe them.]

They're... A lot. They're better at talking than me. We were all in training together and the barracks. [They were also better at describing each other. She was kind of bad at that.]

[She smiles, a small press of her lips together. Even if they grew up in radically different circumstances, Allura feels like she understands Mikasa’s sentiments.]

But that’s probably okay, if they’re better at it. I’m sure there are things that you’re better at that they admire too. That’s what it means to be part of a team.

[There's a pause. Her thinking of that time, way back when they fought Rod Reiss, how Eren had mentioned...not being jelous of her streghnth. But how he'd resented himself for her being in danger because of him. And how he'd taken that out on her.

It gets a soft sigh.]

I miss them... [THIS IS A PITY PARTY now.]

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I'm so sorry

smh mikasa is just here to ruin Allura's days

She must make everyone's mood match her own

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