driftfleet | Kitty's birthday : Mingle!

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!]

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[Well, that was a lot to follow all at once. Wanda takes a second to process. Her mind latching on to one particular key bit.]

Did you say "prison?"

[She then realizes this might not be the time or place, shaking her head dismissively.]

Sorry, that's not really appropriate birthday conversation.

[She tries to redirect things back towards birthday-related things.]

So if you're 20 again... how many times have you been 20?

No, it's fine. [She's so used to saying it she forgets it can be a starling thing to hear.] The prison was a place like this that was gathering random people from the multiverse. Except instead of ships in space it was a city under a dome underwater. AI wardens instead of alien overlords. Instead of augment glitches they would just have prison-wide days where you might wake up as a bunny or a child or think you're married to someone you aren't married to. Bad times and good times. Not your usual kind of prison. [She smiles. See? It's fine. Prison was the good portion of her life. Easier than home.]

Just the ones. I'm only seven months into it even if this is the date of my birthday. Time gets confusing when you're being abducted by places that can pull you from any timeline.

I see. It seems there are more and more places like this that exist out there.

[Wanda looks troubled. She really doesn't know how she feels about this.]

So many places that seem to be able to just take people away against their will... they each seem to have their similarities to the others, too. At least, in some way.

In the prison I only knew about one other person who had been to something like this previously but here it's a lot. I'm almost surprised when someone hasn't been abducted before. This is Charles and Erik's third time.

Erik told me. I did not it was Charles' third time, as well.

[A small up-tick of a smile at the corner of her mouth.]

I suppose that makes me a rarity then. This being my first "abduction."

I could be mistaken about Charles too, but the point is that it can happen more than once.

Congratulations? [Smiling]

[And Kitty's "congratulations" causes Wanda to crack and giggle some.]

Thank you. It's a great honor to feel included.

We've got an unlimited supply of included here. Always good to stay on the bright side. Thanks for coming to this. [Silly events in her honor.]

[She gives Kitty a warm, friendly smile.]

Would not have missed it.

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