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Birthday Party for Laura/X-23

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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It takes a few minutes to spot the familiar face, but when he does Stitch's eyes widen slightly in recognition. He offers a wave, grinning around the present.

He waves as well. "You wrap that yourself?" Don't answer verbally, Stitch. Duo does not want to catch something covered in your saliva.

Thankfully, a verbal reply is not offered. Instead Stitch nods like a bobblehead in the midst of a 6.8 seismic event. And then releases his hold on the ceiling to land with decent precision and all the grace of a brick on the floor beside Duo.

The present is removed with a soft "shlorp!'ing sound.

"heh-Hiiiiiii."

"Hi," Duo says, amused. "Not bad for a guy with four fingers. Having fun yet?"

Stitch extends his secondary arms and waggles his eyebrows. Sixteen actually.

"Ih. Bootifa iddibidepah!"

"-you know, that explains a lot."

He leans against the wall. "You know any of these people, besides our birthday girl?"

One set of fingers taps Stitch's chin as thought as his peers out at the crowd, ears fanning forward. After a few seconds he shrugs and holds out a hand palm down. The hand is wobbled.

"Cass. Elle. Ingress..."

Each name is accompanied by a pointing claw. several more remain nameless but are pointed to just the same. He doesn't know any of them well, but they've met. And of course he recognizes the scents of several he's never met in person.

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Duo nods attentively, and points out who he knows in return. "Meg, she's one of the ones who planned this whole thing. I know Ingress' name, but we haven't been introduced. Elle showed up to bartending, but I didn't catch her name. Liz, she's cool. 's about it."

Stitch peers dutifully in the directions in which Duo points. If the slight tenseness that had crept into his posture at the first mention of Elle had been bordering on the subtle, the grimace that appears as she's brought up again is anything but. Stitch's poker face leaves something to be desired.

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"What," Duo says. "She doesn't appreciate your sparkling personality?" He's not sure how serious Stitch's objection to her is, yet.

"Naga Bootifa." mutters Stitch, making a rather eloquent face.

She talks during movies. And sort of tortured a guy for information.

Duo is excellent at inferring meaning from languages he doesn't know, and reading body language. He may not understand literally, but he gets the point.

"Not like 494, is she?"

"Is..."

("We are not safe.")

Dangerous.

"Don't like her." It is accompanied by an awkward shrug.

"Yeah." She had something a little off about her, but he thought maybe it was just the hangover. He didn't really see her move.

"X gives plenty of people chances that everyone else maybe wouldn't. Probably lucky, for schmoes like us."

There are several moments of silent blinking before Stitch responds.

He glances across the room to where X is standing, posture stiff as always, by the buffet table.

"Ih."

Lucky.

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