driftfleet | 006 - Ode to a Superhero

Who: Cheese Sandwich, Pinkie Pie and EVERYONE. IT'S A PARTY
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Iskaulit
When: Today!

[Video: Encrypted from Pinkie Pie]

[Cheese appears on the screen with a wide grin and a wave of his hoof.]

Hey everypony!! Today is a super duper awesome day! It's Pinkie Pie's birthday! I know she's pretty new to the Fleet and all, but I've thrown her a little shindig and I'm sure she'd love as many of you lovely folks if you could show up. She will for sure pay it back in kind when your celebrations come up. I mean, if you think I'm a good party planner, you wait til you see her.

So yeah! If you wanna come celebrate her birthday, come on down to the Iskaulit. I'm gonna be bringing her over at about seven. It's gonna be a surprise!!

[Action: Iskaulit]

[And those coming aboard the Iskaulit will find glitterly arrows stuck to the walls, leading them to the room where Cheese has set up the "little shindig". There are balloons and streamers everywhere, bunting and banners hangs from the ceiling - all bearing the face of the aforementioned pink pony. Food tables stand to one side, filled with delicious (but vegetarian) dishes, while another table holds more deserts and treats than you could ever imagine. The center-piece is a birthday cake which seems to be in the shape of an aligator. But Cheese isn't actually that great at the culinary arts despite his name, so it's kind of hard to tell.

Regardless, it's clear a lot of effort has gone into this, and the theme PINKIE IS GREAT is perhaps a little too obvious. But this is what happens when you put others on pedestals. Time to party like they're not on a bunch of spaceships trapped in a reality TV show for the rest of time. Woooo!]

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[Oh, she's fine about the age question! (But good luck ever getting a straight answer when the canon won't, heheheh!)

For now, though, hugs should work fine as a gift, especially sine she's giving him one now.]

Aw, thanks, Finn! And it's DEFINITELY gonna be a good one, making so many good friends!

[Finn looks briefly concerned about how he's supposed to hug her back, but it only takes a little shifting around to work and he gives her a quick but strong embrace.]

So this is the kind of thing you meant when you said you were a party planner, huh?

Yeah, it is~! I throw parties for EVERYPONY in Ponyville! Cheese is a party planner too, he travels all OVER the place throwing parties! Hee, we even met throwing a birthiversary party for my friend Rainbow Dash! That was a REALLY fun party after the career crisis and the Goof-Off!

[Finn quints, trying and mostly succeeding in following most of that.]

Is a--birthiversary--different from a birthday?

Heeheehee, Rarity made that one up, since it was Rainbow Dash's birthday AND the anniversary of the day she moved to Ponyville!

[Finn nods and then looks thoughtful.]

Maybe that's what I should do. Celebrate the anniversary of when I got here, once that happens. Even if I knew how to convert the calendar from home, I--uh, that is, it probably wouldn't line up right. For birthdays.

[CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!]

Oh my gosh, a WHOLE other world's calendar?! Eeeeee that's so cool~! So many birthdays and holidays and hoedowns and festivals and parties! Ooooh you've GOTTA show me that calendar when we get back to The Caprine, pretty pretty please~~~~?

[Now THAT is some enthusiasm for her job.]

[Finn ducks his head, a little embarrassed.]

I never--that is, we didn't have a whole lot of holidays, but I bet Poe knows some. [Nobody wants to celebrate Empire Day. Nobody. Maybe Battle of Endor Day. And--what other days are there?]

--Never asked him when his birthday was. Maybe I ought to do that. You could help me with a party?

[Empire Day is worst day.]

Could I?! I'd LOVE to! And when's YOUR birthday, I should learn EVERYBODY'S birthdays so nobody gets left out!

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Yeah, of course, I--

[--Finn breaks off and gets what can only be described as a deer-in-headlights look.]

N-no, that's okay, you don't have to have one for me. It's not important.

Aw, don't be silly, of course it is! I mean why WOULDN'T I wanna celebrate one of my new friends' birthdays?

It's--

[Finn grimaces, not wanting to ruin her good mood or anything.]

I'm not really sure when it is, okay?

[Oh. That's. Nooot a good reaction.]

Beeecause of the calendar thing?

[Even though the cautious tone makes it clear she's pretty sure it's not a calendar thing.]

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No, it's--

[I was taken from a family I'll never know? Stormtroopers aren't important enough to have names, let alone birthdays?]

Nobody ever told me, that's all.

[...If Ren or Snoke ever make it here, she is assaulting them with cake. HORRIBLY FLAVORED cakes, too.]

Whaaat?! Why-- that's-- who would--

[She can't even words right now.]

... Do you want one?

[If Ren or Snoke make it here, Finn is going to make sure they stay far, far away from his friends.]

Can you do that? Just give someone a birthday?

[Because he does not want to talk about why or who. Nope.]

{He DOES realize they live on the same ship, right? And remember the LAST time he tried to keep his past to himself?]

We can and we're gonna! Honestly, not telling you birthday, that's-- that's CRAZY!

[If it meant transferring away so his friends wouldn't be targeted, he'd do it in a heartbeat. But the only one who knows about his past here is Obi-Wan, and only because Poe told him....]

There were a lot of crazy things that happened. But I'm out of it now, and I got much better friends.

[Okay, but just to warn you, Pinkie's pretty... persistent at following people. And good at it, too.]

Good. And THIS better friend's getting you a birthday! Got a date in mind?

[That gets a bit of a smile, at least.]

I just said I don't even know the calendar here.

And I just said we can do calendar conversions once we get back to the ship! Shouldn't be TOO hard, after all. [Wink!

Trust me, this party pony knows her way around time math.]

Yeah, I guess so. I never really thought about it, you know? So it could be whenever.

[It's not like he's used to seasons, really, and as long as it doesn't fall on one of the First Order holidays he's good.]

Hm... Okey-dokey-lokey, then! One month it is!

[Pinkie, Pinkie no, don't decide things like that so quickly.]

[Well that was fast.]

A month from today?

[Although, if he thinks about it for a little bit--]

Why not? Sure. That'll work as good as anything else.

Yay~! [Glomp time again!] June 3rd it is! I'm so excited, you're the first party I've got on my schedule now!

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