Birthday Party for Laura/X-23

[noteful]

It's a pretty low-key party, all things considered, and not significantly different than the one Parker or Meg would have thrown in a dorm room for a friend at home, not-exactly-traditional menu not withstanding.

There's music, low enough to talk over (and maybe with a little more folk in the mix than one expects to find a party). Balloons and streamers in purple and blue and red. A place to leave presents. People to meet or catch up with.

And, most importantly, a chance to wish X-23 (or Laura) a very happy birthday.

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Re: Mingle with the other guests

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Curious, she raises her eyebrows again. "How long's a while?"

In her experience, secrets often have a habit of coming out eventually.

"Must be pretty hard. If I could do something like that, I bet I'd be tempted to do it in public sooner or later."

Re: Mingle with the other guests

[ellectrical]

"One of us is ... three hundred or something."

Beat.

"Because he doesn't age." Er. In case that wasn't clear.

Re: Mingle with the other guests

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Her mouth falls open a little. "Seriously?"

She hesitates for a second.

"Is it that he can't be killed?" Because you'd think that a guy who doesn't get in any life-threatening situations in over three hundred years is incredibly lucky. "Or is it only that he doesn't age?"

Re: Mingle with the other guests

[ellectrical]

"Most things can't kill him."

Elle talks about this as though it's a fairly normal occurrence. "And he doesn't really get sick."

Re: Mingle with the other guests

[noattachments]

She reaches up and absently pinches her earlobe. "That's--"

Crazy. But the person who just toasted her own bread with sparks from her fingers probably isn't gonna think so, is she?

Her lips press together. "What about you? Were you born being able to do that?"

Re: Mingle with the other guests

[ellectrical]

"It's usually how it works."

Her attention had turned to the bread at this point, but she looks up to add, "But it takes longer to start up."

Re: Mingle with the other guests

[noattachments]

She just can't keep all trace of skepticism out of her face, even after seeing the sparks with her own eyes.

"Guess you're not doing things like that" -- she nods to the bread -- "much in public when you're not here."

Re: Mingle with the other guests

[ellectrical]

Whether the other woman believes her or not doesn't make that much difference to Elle.

"Nope," she agrees.

She also doesn't go out in public all that much, either. "Most of us who know about it don't."