PARTY PARTY!!

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I now present to you...

THE AWESOME BIRTHDAY PARTY LOG OF BIRTHDAY AWESOMENESS~

What started out as a ~SURPRISE~ joint birthday party for Usopp and Tamaki has since exploded to include Luffy, Mori, and EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS A BIRTHDAY IN APRIL AND MAY!! Welcome to the Straw Hat Crew and Company's ships, the Thousand Sunny and the S.S. Haruhi the Second! The party spans both of them and the decorations are designed to reflect the season. Enjoy the beautiful sakura trees that grace each ship's decks, spend time beneath the lanterns and twinkling lights, and come dressed in your best yukata!

There's a banquet fit for a king - or several kings, this is Luffy's party, too, after all - and don't ask how it got there because Sanji still can't cook properly, BUT ENJOY THE FOOD ANYWAY. The dessert table is a sight to behold, there's gotta be at least fifteen cakes on that thing...

So eat, drink, be merry, and most importantly, HAVE FUN!!!


As there are about 12987319820392 rooms on the S.S. Haruhi, feel free to ask for more threads, or add your own under the Random Rooms comments!

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[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you could find some, if you looked," Reborn suggested. "Not all the members of this crew enjoy alcohol."

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

"Would you like to accompany me to check? We can refill your drink, too," he said cheerfully.

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. Why not?" Reborn said, and stood up, leading the way over to the bar.

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

Yamamoto hailed the bartender and ordered himself a glass of milk, then motioned for the bartender to turn his attention to Reborn.

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

Yamamoto really was much too good at this, Reborn thought with mixed amusement and pride; it was almost like being on a date. "A grappa, then," he ordered, giving the bartender his empty glass to take away.

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

"So, do you have any new training missions in mind for Tsuna, Gokudera and I in the near future? Or is it mostly focusing on Tsuna for the time being?" he asked conversationally, although the glitter in his eye said plainly he hoped to be included. Apparently not having Squalo to spar with everyday left the young swordsman aching for some action.

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm sure I'll think of something," he said, accepting his drink when it came by again. "It wouldn't do for the both of you to languish."

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

Yamamoto looked overjoyed, "Fantastic!" He loved these games. Although, after returning from the future he was no longer naive enough to think that all of the mafia's actions were a game. It was just more fun to treat them as such.

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"Do you have something you think you need to work on, Yamamoto?" Reborn was genuinely curious; besides, a bit of directed self-introspection was also good for training...

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

"Hmm..." Yamamoto glanced upward thoughtfully. "I... I think training with Squalo has improved my speed an my skill against a single opponent quite a bit. However, I think I need more practice fighting multiple opponents at the same, since I haven't been able to focus on that and it's certain to come in handy."

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"Do you think you'll need practice with a weapon other than a sword?" Reborn asked, all business now; this was what he did best, after all...

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

"No," Yamamoto laughed. "I don't think I'd ever be without it when I enter battle." His sword was hanging at his side even now. "Although.... maybe," he paused, "but I don't know if I could use anything other than a sword to really fight with. I might fair alright in hand-to-hand combat, but if I was faced against someone with a weapon I'd be at a huge disadvantage. I'd probably lose," he stated realistically, "but I still want to improve my skill with a sword, regardless. Against more than one opponent. Practicing that improves my chances if I'm ever caught without it anyway, since it helps my speed and strength... don't you think?"

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"We may have to give you a gun; you need something that could conceivably be a range weapon, even if you almost never use it. You never know when that extra few seconds will be important..." He trailed off, thinking about something else. Then he shook his head slightly, as if to clear it. "Are you thinking your opponents will be swordsmen specifically?"

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

"Probably not. If they were all swordsmen, I wouldn't be worried, since they couldn't possibly be any more skilled than Squalo," he said, grinning as he thought of his Varia counterpart.

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes it doesn't take skill," Reborn cautioned, "just surprise." But he was clearly considering the question, trying to come up with a workable solution... "Unarmed opponents would be difficult for you, I think..."

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

"I think guns would probably be my biggest downfall," Yamamoto replied. He didn't particularly like the idea of carrying a gun himself. Pulling a trigger felt so much more impersonal to him than swinging a sword. Being a sharpshooter gave the user more of a relationship with their weapon, like Reborn had, but Yamamoto doubted he'd ever be much of a sharpshooter himself.

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"But you see, Yamamoto," Reborn said, very seriously - he knew Yamamoto's instincts were good, but there were some things he didn't understand (and hopefully they would never become too clear to him...) - "if your opponent has a gun, they can easily be classified as an enemy. I trust in you to train your body to the point where you could avoid, deflect or otherwise render a bullet harmless; in fact I know you will do it." He paused, and a little softer, "but you are still an optimist at heart; you will want to give people chances, and unarmed ones even more...even if their goal is to kill you."

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

((OoC: Your tag makes me want to roleplay through some plot where Yamamoto does get shot for putting faith in someone.... WE SHOULD THINK OF SOMETHING! <3 :D PS, I'm on AIM right now... be swapping between "Megazostradon" and "Whimiscal Loki".))

"Even if they didn't have a gun and were my opponent, wouldn't that make them my enemy in the situation?" Yamamoto chuckled, diverting away from the actual point of Reborn's sentiments.

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

[[ooc: SORRY, I've been trapped in the middle of finals loop - which is part of why I put Reborn mostly out of commission for the next week - but I'll be happy to plan stuff out once I have time again!! :D Sometime next week?]]

"Are you sure you would be able to take care of them?" Reborn countered Yamamoto's question with one of his own. "Will you be able to overcome your natural aversion to dealing serious damage to an apparently unarmed and defenseless opponent, even if they happened to be your enemy? Or one of Tsuna's enemies? Or an enemy of the Family?" He trailed off, and took a sip of the drink in his hand, then a longer swallow; Reborn wasn't usually one who shied away from saying such things, but this little delay did give that impression.

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

Yamamoto averted his gaze, turning to the cup of milk in his hands. "I... I won't let anyone hurt Tsuna," his eyes darkened, "but I will not hurt someone needlessly either. There will be a way. There always has to be a way."

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"Only two kinds of people can afford to say such things," Reborn said, very carefully not looking at Yamamoto. "People who are too weak to do anything other than talk about this ideal...and people who are strong enough to actually make it happen."

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

"I'll be the second," he said seriously, finally looking back at Reborn. His hand gripped his glass so tightly his knuckles were white. Yamamoto recalled discussing assassinations with Russia in a similar situation... and had ended upon the same conclusion, though through a bit of a different mental pathway. "I know I may not be worthy yet... but I'll train until I am."

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

"That's exactly what I expect of you, Yamamoto," Reborn said almost lightly, but his voice is expectant, almost demanding. He is more than capable, but sometimes he needs these little extra pushes.

[daysintherain.livejournal.com]

Yamamoto nodded, his smile was determined and set, rather than buoyant and carefree as it usually was, "I won't disappoint you."

((OoC: I think this ends it nicely, wouldn't you say? :D OH! I never responded to your other OoC comment, I was so caught up in replying to the tag. Hahaha, yes, finals are horrible! We can wait until they're over, but after that I'd love to come up with some stuff next week!))

[chameleongun.livejournal.com]

[[ooc: Sounds good to me! I'm all excited about this now, XD. Maybe if they stop at an island somewhere; someone in the marketplace...? of course Reborn is incapacitated right now, pft.]]

Reborn nodded back, his smile serious, but, in its own way, trusting. "I know you won't."