Anakin's House That He is Super Regretting Being Next to Furnado, Sunday

[sith_happened]

Anakin had spent far too long corralling puppies and children (mostly the children. Christopher had been ecstatic to be outside in pajamas and had put himself on the top of the jungle gym, declared himself Emperor of Dogs and refused to come down for twenty minutes) and then had gone over to apologize to a gremlin (WHAT WAS HIS LIFE) and had ended up bitten (because of course he had) and thinking he was a singing shark.

So all he wanted was to go home, take a very hot shower, drink as much coffee as Rory had left behind and--

He sighed heavily as his house came into view. There was a unicorn bounce house fused to it somehow (he was blaming Nina without really knowing, and Rory and Prompto were cheerfully adding even more balloons and streamers and possibly a chocolate fountain in the front yard. "Happy birthday, honey!" Rory singsonged.

"I used to be feared across a galaxy," he muttered to himself, heading in.

[OOC: SO OPEN. Come, bounce on Anakin's house.]

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[bookbeltof_love]

For her part, Nina was sitting on the floor of his kitchen, glass of water beside her and sorting through more glittery decorations because once she'd managed the house feat, Prompto had taken one look at her pale face and made her sit down and this was about all she'd been able to talk him into letting her do.

Rude, big brother that I've shamelessly modded.

But, really, it did give her time to upload all the pictures and video she'd taken, and it was kind of nice, really, especially since Miss Rory had been all for this madness once she'd caught them at it which meant that Prompto would have help.

Nina hummed the birthday song to herself, content with everything, right in that moment.

[sith_happened]

Anakin found her there when he came in for a glass of water. "Do I have you to thank for this?"

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina giggled.

"Maaaybe," she said evasively, grinning up at him. "Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[sith_happened]

"Thank you," Anakin said. "It's the most memorable I've had in years."

[bookbeltof_love]

“We thought, like, the bigger the better??????????” she offered, completely unrepentant. “And, like, a party just didn’t seem............. exciting enough?????????????

And she wasn’t sure Bus Dean would appreciate a party the way he’d, ah, appreciate this!

[sith_happened]

"This is definitely more exciting than a party," Anakin agreed. "How long have you been planning this?"

[firstofitskind]

"Was this your handiwork?" Liam asked, although he was pretty sure he knew the answer.

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina grinned up at him, face still paler than normal but her enthusiasm undaunted.

“It worked even better than I’d hoped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” she said blissfully.

[firstofitskind]

And yeah, now that he was stepping a little closer he could see how pale she was.

"How much energy does something like that take?" he asked, frowning slightly.

[bookbeltof_love]

“A lot,” she admitted, making zero move to get off the floor. Prompto had made her sit and it really wasn’t worth the fight to not...

And she was pretty tired, not that she’d admit that to her big brother.

“Like, the hardest part was merging two physical, real objects??????????????? An illusion would’ve taken a fraction of the effort...........”

[solo_sword]

Today couldn't go without a call from Anakin's favorite granddaughter, could it?

No. It couldn't. Especially not when this was happening.

So ring, ring.

[sith_happened]

"Skywalker," Anakin replied, sounding resigned.

[solo_sword]

"Solo," she responded. "I was going to say happy birthday but that sounded less than happy."

[sith_happened]

"It's been a very long day and my house is currently a giant unicorn bounce house," he said.

[solo_sword]

There was a long, long pause.

"...It's a what?"

[hashtag_chocobro]

Oh, man, that could honestly not have gone better! Which was saying a lot because there were...so, so, soooooo many ways it could have gone wrong!

Prompto had also gotten so, so, sooooo many pictures to commemorate this beautiful perfection, and then there was a whole house bouncy house to take advantage of and, you know, help chase away the thoughts about how releasing a bunch of puppies and magically transforming the Citadel back home would not be nearly so much fun or successful.

Though he wouldn't put it past Nina to potentially try...

What a way to go out!

[sith_happened]

Anakin gave him a sour look that he only 70 percent meant. "Thanks," he said dryly. "Truly."

[hashtag_chocobro]

And Prompto couldn't have kept that smirk off his face even if he did try. Which he wouldn't. What's the worst that could have happened? He'd get kicked out of school? One more detention before he left where he might get another sweet helmet?

"You," said Prompto, who enacted a little bow, "are welcome. Happy birthday, man. We tried to, you know, make it...."

Hmm, what was the word? Oh, yeah....

"Memorable ."

[sith_happened]

"I'm sure this will haunt my dreams for years to come, so mission accomplished," Anakin said.

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Happy to help!" Prompto said cheerfully. "And, hopefully, we've given Juliet and Christopher something to aspire to, too! Everyone wins!"

[firstofitskind]

Liam was on his way to Il Pollo to order some takeout, and had decided to go the long way, because why not?

Clearly, the gods of coincidence or whatever were on his side, because going the long way meant he got to see... whatever this was.

"Wow," he said, stopping and just. Staring.

[sith_happened]

"Yeah," Anakin said, bone-dry, "my life-long, secret dream of living in a life-sized unicorn bounce house has finally come true."

[firstofitskind]

"That's a very odd, very specific dream to have," Liam commented, biting back a smile. "But I'm happy for you."

[sith_happened]

"Thank you," Anakin said. "This will do wonders for my reputation as a humorless badass."

[firstofitskind]

And see, Liam was politely refraining from asking whether he actually had a reputation as a humorless badass.

"And the kids look thrilled," he added. He didn't just mean Juliet and Christopher, he was totally including Nina and Prompto in that assessment.

... While also maybe missing the kids who'd visited last weekend again. Shut up.