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Who: Invitation only, PM for details
What: Raye and Rakka's mutual birthday party, or "Jasmine sure does have a thing about throwing surprise parties for friends, huh?
Where: Shepherd's Haven, the rec building
When: Early to late evening, October 3rd

If Raye wasn't going to take her birthday seriously, Jasmine was going to make sure of it herself. What's more, Rakka's was soon as well, so it was decided to put it all together. Jasmine already had experience throwing parties, after all. I mean, she'd done the same for Winter, right?

~~A single experience is still experience, shut up.~~

In any case, though she'd been in Locke for the past several weeks, she'd returned to Shepherd's Haven for the sake of throwing this little get together. She'd gotten Marina to help her, Lily, Winter, Rakka (who was okay with not being surprised, as they needed SOMEONE to set things up with Raye)... anyone she could get a hold of to set things up in the rec building. It wasn't a really ostentatious affair, of course... there was music, there was food, there was cake, there were presents... all you needed for a birthday, really.

(There was also alcohol, but the advice to drink responsibly).

Now all they needed was the birthday girl.

[ooc - If you want your character to be here, PM Jasmine's account. She's the one handling invitations.]

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It's not often that Saretha Kaiser attempts to be inconspicuous, but today is one such day. Certainly, it feels important to be at her little sister's birthday party, and... she can't really deny that for as many as she missed. For Rakka, too. She's a friend, and important to Raye.

However... Two years ago still sticks out in her mind, as she's sure it does for Raye to some degree. On top of that, this is something much more low key than what she's used to, even if she figures it's the best way to approach it. Between all that, she feels rather out of place, and thus just sort of... drifts back towards corners of the room, minding her own business.

Edited 2015-10-14 22:42 (UTC)

Amy is a bit more used to stuff like this, even after more than a year of following Saretha to various functions. Despite her own comfort, she still notices the way Saretha is acting, and drifts over to her, reaching out to take her girlfriend's hand once she's close enough.

"Hey," she said. "Are you okay?"

Saretha blinks at the question for a moment, before giving a soft, barely audible chuckle. She nods a bit, crossing her arms as she leans back against the wall.

"I am fine. Really."

Amy shared a small smile with her. "Okay," she said. "It's just, this is a bit out of your wheelhouse. I wanted to make sure everything was alright."

There's a sharp, but brief laugh. Saretha nods her head, as it's... hard to argue that. Very few people have her number, but Amy is definitely right up there.

"That would be putting it mildly but... I think I'll be fine."

Amy smiled slightly. "Okay," she said, leaning forward to give her girlfriend a peck on the cheek. "But... I'm going to insist that you at least have a piece of cake. Because I made it."

Well, she's not going to complain about that. Either the kiss, or the cake. She gives a thoughtful nod though, at least giving the impression of her needing to be talked into it a little.

"Well, I suppose if you insist. I do not want to be dour on Raye and Rakka's time, either."

"Good," Amy said, squeezing her arm a little bit.

She looked at the party, and smiled. "It's actually kind of reassuring, you know? Something small like this. More intimate. It reminds me how glad I was to talk to everyone again..."

She smirks, but nods. "It is somewhat strange, for me. I am not exactly used to ... 'smaller, more intimate' as far as these sort of things go. However..." She looks out again, focusing briefly on her sister. Something about her expression seems to soften, before she focuses back on Amy. "I do not think that's a bad thing."

"It's not, no," Amy asked. She smiles a bit wider as she looks at Raye.

"... I'm glad you could be here for her on a day like today. Family's important, after all."

The implications of what she was saying would be immediately clear to Saretha. Yes, she still had Lyle, and her mother, but certain people were still missed dearly. But in a way, certain other people present were just as much family to Amy as blood relatives were.

These things weren't really her thing either, big gatherings, celebrations and the like, particularly not ones for her. The fact that it's just as much a party for Rakka helps that out a little though. Rakka deserves it.

Still, she's doing her best but those back corners are a pretty hefty draw for her and it isn't too long before she starts gravitating toward them as well. So, before too long she wanders over and slumps back a bit to lean against the wall beside Saretha. She's silent just long enough to gulp from her drink before looking over.

"Hey."

Saretha senses Raye beside her for a moment, but doesn't say anything at first. Their relationship is... something that Saretha is still trying to fully comprehend sometimes, but one thing she's learned is the importance of giving Raye her space. She understands more now when to push and when to not, and now isn't quite then.

So, when she speaks up, that's when Saretha looks back and nods, smiling a lot more genuinely than one might have ever expected from her.

On the outside, it's probably a bit freaky.

"Happy birthday, Raye."

Of course, that had to be the first thing out of her mouth - after all, she had a good eighteen years of not being able to say it.

It is kind of strange, even to her. Just a couple of years ago she and Saretha would have been at each other's throats the second they were in the same room together. Hell, people are still probably finding bits of rubble left over from the few times they'd even come to blows in the past and here they are two years later. It had taken some getting used to, not to mention Raye having to get used to being a younger sister for the first time in her life.

The smile is a little freaky though. Mainly because she's pretty sure Saretha's smile had sent a few people running for the hills in the past.

"Thanks." It's still a bit unfamiliar, accepting that particular wish, but she manages it with enough grace. "... They really went all out for this party, huh?"

Raye's not wrong to find it freaky, because that assumption is probably right on the money. Still, it's a lot more genuine than what she'd give those types of people - something that was once a rarity, but is becoming less so.

She gives a sharp, knowing chuckle and nods. "They did, at that. You have good people looking out for you, Raye. I suppose that you always have, since I've known you."

"... Yeah, guess I do."

Contrary to Saretha's smile Raye has an opposite but... equally uncommon expression on her face. Pensive, somehow, like she's trying to sort something out in her own mind. After a moment though, she shakes it off and takes another gulp from her drink. At least booze still works on her, wacky healing powers or not.

"Anyway. I'm, uh, I'm glad you made it out for this."

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