Kitty's birthday : Mingle!

[passingthrough]

Who: Kitty's friends, anyone Pinkie or Winn would have invited, people who would be on the ship anyway, party crashers, etc. They probably tried to keep it small and then failed hard. Feel free to assume you heard about it.
Broadcast: N/A
Action: The Tourist
When: August 15

[Kitty was not expecting a surprise birthday party because while it is the date of her birth, her last birthday was about seven months ago because abductions that can happen from any time make things weird. And then there's also the part where Winn got attacked by Sascha and she and Winn had their first significant fight and things have been on the rough side. Of course, with people like Winn and Pinkie Pie in her life she really should have known better.

So, here we are on The Tourist with dancing in the cargo hold. Winn's phone is playing mustic amplified by Cisco's speakers. There are snacks, beverages, and cake in the kitchen. With Pinkie Pie helping out and some of the stores of food they built up from the time on the hand holding planet you can expect better-than-spacefood quality. And if you need more privacy, Winn opened his room up, but he did include a sign that says no making out complete with a disappointed frowny face, so you would never! Probably.

Enjoy the party! Kitty is turning 20 years and 7 months today? Yeah, there may be another birthday party for her coming up. She's probably doomed to have two per year. Of course you have to get gifts for both!]

Comments

[passingthrough]

I feel like I should say happy birthday to you too. [Mostly because this whole thing is catching her off guard, but in a good way if a little surreal.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I mean, why not! It's hard to keep track of that stuff through space and time, so I'm sure it's close to my birthday or name day.

[passingthrough]

Tell me about it. This is the date I was born on, but when I worked out the timing at the prison and then here, well, I had a birthday 7 months ago. I wasn't expecting all this. [Not the least of which is because Winn has been so... It's been hard for him.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I hope you're not complaining! Two birthdays a year sounds great.

[passingthrough]

I'll out-age you all in no time.

...

You don't really think he'd throw me another one this year do you?

[takingkarabusiness]

I wouldn't put anything past Winn.

And I don't think that's possible. The out-aging, I mean, especially if we're counting stasis time.

[passingthrough]

Okay, not if you want to get technical.

Walk with me? I want to change shirts. You should clearly be there for that.

[takingkarabusiness]

Of course. You may need an assist.

[passingthrough]

We'd need some porn music for that and Winn's head would explode.

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh, god, no. Let us never mention it.

[passingthrough]

It's a deal. Speaking of... How's he doing when he's around you? [Not that Kitty is ever away long, but she does wonder if it's different not around her. Maybe better? They did have a fight.]

[takingkarabusiness]

...Tired, mostly? He hasn't had a lot of time to process everything that's been going on.

[passingthrough]

I wish he was getting more sleep. I think that would help a lot.

[takingkarabusiness]

Me too, but I can't help but feel a little bit of irony on that one.

[passingthrough]

How so?

[takingkarabusiness]

He just slept for a month?

[passingthrough]

Right. Right... I think I'm getting a little stir crazy and it's cooking my brain. [Too much time on the Tourist. She does go to the Windrose sometimes and once to the Iskaulit to hit pre-Sascha. But mostly she's been staying with Winn.] I wish it worked that way. You could just save it up.

[takingkarabusiness]

So do I. I'd have a lot of time saved up.

[ once they're out of earshot of the party ]

So, what's going on?

[passingthrough]

Um, he gave me a sports jersey that he made. I wanted to put it on instead. [Because you meant what's going on with the shirt change, right?]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ sure ]

That's very sweet of him. I had no idea, actually.

[ but you know that's not what she asked, kitty ]

[passingthrough]

Being sweet and thoughtful is his superpower. My favorite team.

[But the bracket isn't loud enough to make her acknowledge it!]

[takingkarabusiness]

But you didn't just ask me to come with while you change.

[passingthrough]

I mean, I did. [She wasn't really planning to spill her guts about stuff. She just wanted to change and didn't want to leave Kara hanging and okay maybe if her guts happened to spill along the way it would be okay.]

Just worried about Winn is all. Have you...heard him at night? [She's not talking about sex. But sometimes he's vocal when he wakes from the nightmares.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I try not to concentrate in that direction, to be honest.

[passingthrough]

Right. That's probably smart. Knowing that would probably make him feel better. Or... It would have before anyway. [Now fear might win out over modesty.]