HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERIK

[daughterofthefifth]

Lwaxana had elected to leave all the additional furniture in the Taj Mahal room after the unveiling party, so the setup tonight was comparatively simple. By nine o'clock Friday night, she was standing back, admiring the effects of the orange and green paper lanterns she'd found. In the spirit of Erik's decade, she was wearing a long sleeved tunic-length dress in a purple and ivory paisley, over matching purple leggings and black mid-calf boots. Her wig was loose and long in the back, flowing from a bouffant wrapped in an ivory scarf. All in all, she had found the effect rather reminiscent of old Starfleet uniform style, but Earth was strange like that.

The table was laid with an assortment of mid-twentieth century foods, including a number of things that Lwaxana was almost 100% certain were not from Earth, as well as something the computer had identified as "Ambrosia." The centerpiece was a three-tiered display of sugar cookies all iced with purple and red, cut to resemble small helmets. Crowning that was an oddly-shaped cake, the only cake the computer would produce, and it had done so over and over again until she had given up and taken one: sides iced in white, topped with red and edged with black, cut to the telltale curve of a u-shaped magnet. Apparently the Proserpina had a sense of humor today, further evidenced by a number of alcohols that were not gin and one set of a Gin Rummy game.

Here will follow two top-level comments: the first, an initial Everybody Except Erik Arrives post! Tag there to mingle, comment on the slapdash '60s mod theme, poke holes in the Magnet Cake, and pat yourselves on the back for your part in the party planning! The second, an Erik Finally Arrives SURPRISE post, for all your hilarity needs.

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Everybody Except Erik Arrives

[daughterofthefifth]

Just after nine o'clock, Lwaxana turned to her nearest volunteer. "Not the most impressive birthday party I have ever thrown, but thanks to your help, it has certainly surpassed all expectations!"

[nottheotherguy]

I happened to be the closest person to Mrs. Troi when she offered her congratulations, and assented with a sheepish little shrug. "I think you're over-selling my part in the preparations," I said, "but I'll take some of the credit if you're dishing it out."

[tag him after he chats with Lwaxana if you fancy a pre-Erik's-arrival conversation :)]

[inhisnest]

"You can take my part of the credit too," Clint says. Parties haven't ever been something he's really enjoyed but on the station, it seems stupid to pass one up. Besides, Erik seems to be from their world and that makes him obligated in a strange way.

"Though I don't really see you as a party type either, Banner."

[girl_who_waited]

"Well," Amy said over her shoulder without even a pause, "I think you did a lot, too, so that's two vs. one." She smiled, her brows rising. "Are you responsible for the magnet cake? I mean, bit weird for a cake, but I'm not really one to nitpick on things baked into shapes, now am I?" Given that she'd made a TARDIS cake more than once.... well.

She'd tried. Sort of a disaster, right across the board. "I don't think we've met... again. I'm Amy Pond, although you likely knew that." She was hoping he'd just fill in the other half of this particular set of social mad-libs that she'd been playing for what seemed like months.

[daughterofthefifth]

"Don't diminish yourself, dear!" Lwaxana smiled. "You're here, aren't you? What kind of party would it be with no guests?"

Re: Everybody Except Erik Arrives

[girl_who_waited]

Amy doesn't really know who Erik is, but it's time for a party, and she and Kate have already talked about doing the whole surprise-birthday thing so it's not a shock that she's on hand the second that Lwaxana sends her email. She grins at Lwaxana, and it's sort of the first big thing on the station that she's been to, and it's... weird, trying to put names to faces, so she's hoping people introduce themselves, or at least say something.

Feel free to tag Amy as a top-level!

[daughterofthefifth]

"What do you think, Amy? Not as terrible a place as most of the rest of the station? You know, you have your previous iteration to thank for most of the furnishings--tables, chairs, lighting. Not the lanterns, of course, those we added today."

Lwaxana paused. "Don't worry, dear. I'm sure it's strange, but I sense you are not entirely unused to strangeness in the timeline. And we would rather have you from a different moment than not have you at all!"

Abed

[6seasonsandamovie]

Abed is dressed in a very peculiar manner for anyone used to his geeky tee-shirts. The tweed jacket is grey, and the tweed trousers are a darker shade, with a simple shirt and charcoal tie to complete the look. It looks nerdy more than his usual geeky, and it's very clear to anyone looking at him that he's playing a part. He's quietly flirtatious with women (and, some would say, men too), and he looks normal, and even charming. And, of course, he is speaking with an English accent, and using all sorts of sixties slang, but otherwise sounds like a perfectly adjusted member of society, albeit one that probably loves grad students.

The slang phrase he uses right then, as he looks around the room with a small smile, is a single word. "Groovy."

Zoe

[firstcylon]

Zoe's only here because Caroline insisted, with enough exclamation marks at the end of her sentences to make Zoe give in, if only so she would calm down. Still by virtue of Caroline, she's dressed in a typical mod dress, or so Caroline said that fashion trend is called, in the decade on Earth when Erik is from. She wears red boots and a matching red and black hairband in her hair, which has been done the way it apparently was done back then.

It's been a lot of work, but Zoe admits that she likes the result. These sixties of theirs must have been a fun time period.

And hopefully, their hostess won't have anything to say about what she's wearing this time, although Zoe is still avoiding her out of instinct.

Steve

[theycallmecap]

Caroline said to come dressed up in sixties style, and when Steve saw what the wardrobe had to offer, his choice was quickly made. Instead of going for the all too bright colors he wouldn't have known what to do with, he chose a simple dark suit, with a shirt and tie, and a hat to complete the outfit. Now that he's walking into the room, he hopes that the wardrobe has gotten it right and he doesn't look like too much of a fool.