Party like it's your birthday [OPEN]

[plasticasshole]

Who: Connor & OTA!
When: 15th August
Where: Connor and Hank's cottage
What: Connor's very first birthday!
Warnings: None so far, will update if necessary


[It starts with a video on the 14th. Connor is sitting and petting a very large dragonfly by his head, because that isn't weird at all.]

Hello everyone. I just wanted to send a message out to let everyone know that it's my first birthday tomorrow, and I'm inviting people over to join me for the evening at my home. If we've met, you can assume you're invited. If we haven't met, well... I'd like to meet you, so you're invited too. There will be food, and the backyard has a giant pool. I hope to see you there.

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[And on the actual night of his birthday, of course Connor is confined to his pool because of the full moons. Which is fine, he supposes, as long as people want to swim with him. As promised there is plenty of food, laid out on a table near the back of the cottage, and he's even set out a couple of small tables and seats. The backyard is large and lit up by floating lights, but most of it is taken up by a huge pool.

Connor himself is swimming around, though if he spots someone he'll come over to greet them. He'll look very different to his usual self, his teeth long and sharp and his eyes a milky blue instead of the usual warm brown; he's mostly blind above the water tonight. His fingers are unnaturally long and tipped with claws, and the little balls at the end of his whiskers and ear fins glow a soft blue. His entire body is covered in scales now. He still sounds the same though, and if approached he seems pleased that someone actually turned up.]

((Feel free to mingle amongst yourselves too!))

Comments

[firewalled]

I guess cat videos are the world's greatest pasttime. Hell, why not? Do you have a day off work we can go?

[It'd probably be fine if Connor was working too, but Rich would feel bad keeping him away from other customers.]

[plasticasshole]

I don't work Wednesdays or Sundays, though I have violin lessons on Wednesdays... so Sunday?

[firewalled]

Sunday sounds perfect to me. I guess it's a date!

[Rich teases gently, but that's honestly a sign he's more comfortable now. He's also curious about the violin... he wonders if the idea of finding people to play with him isn't that impossible, though he doesn't know what songs a guitarist and violinist could even play.]

[plasticasshole]

I guess so.

[He pushes off the edge of the pool and dives down to grab a shiny gold coin from the bottom, then swims swiftly back to to the surface again, spinning the coin on one fingertip.]

Would you like to join me in the water?

[Sometimes it's nice to just have someone to swim with.]

[firewalled]

O-Oh... I mean, I didn't bring a swimsuit, but I guess if you don't mind me dripping all over your party...

[He can at least do what he can to keep most of his clothes dry, though, so he strips off both his jacket and his top, apparently unembarrassed by his ugly scars becoming more obvious. Once he's done that, he tosses them out of the way before sitting on the edge of the pool, taking a deep breath, and then sliding into the water.]

Ah! Shit, that's cold!

[plasticasshole]

[Connor swims in a lazy circle around Rich as he gets used to the water, and like this he can get close enough that he can see Rich better.]

I don't mind.

[It's only water.]

I'm just happy to have someone to swim with. I imagine that if I could feel pain, I'd get a stiff neck from looking up at everyone all night.

[firewalled]

[Rich gives a small smile as he bobs in the water. It's cold, but it is kind of soothing, and it's nice to see Connor close up, even if it makes his chest feel weirdly tight.]

Well, I wouldn't wanna make you uncomfortable! And swimming's not my forte, but it's nice.