[Closed] Party Planning

[outofyourshadow]

Who: Members of the Quack Pack
Where: The Library
When: Early August
What: Lena asks the boys for help planning a birthday party for Webby. Because that can't go wrong
Warnings: See above

It was only mentioned for a brief moment, but learning that Webby's birthday was coming up meant that Lena had work to do. Unfortunately, while she had an idea of how people celebrated birthdays from what she picked up here and there, actually planning one was not familiar territory for her.

So at some point, each of the guys might find Nectormancer flying around before the bat familiar lands on or near them, holding a note for them. And the note carried a simple message:

Meet me at the library
Lena

She wouldn't be difficult to spot, either, and for all the world it looked like she was just reading.

Though she was also keeping an eye out for Webby, just in case.

Comments

[couldabeenturbo]

Dewey was super stoked to get a note from Lena, to the point that he didn't even think about the possibility that maybe he wasn't the only one to get an invite. He beamed at Nectormancer.

"Alright, little guy! The moment has finally arrived! I! Am! Oficially! Friend material!"

CHRONOS, hovering at his shoulder, ticked a little louder, almost as if to warn him to be careful. When Dewey's enthusiasm failed to wane, the giant pocketwatch floated at his side, following him dutifully to the library. Depending on how close they were to 10:10 in the morning, they might be able to use his special ability as part of the party planning ... but for now, Dewey was just eager to get there.

"Hi, Lena," he called out, thoroughly forgetting where, exactly, she'd asked him to meet. A nanosecond later, it hit him, and he clapped his hands over his beak.

"Sorry. ... Hi Lena!"

[outofyourshadow]

Well, she at least knew who it was that arrived. Luckily the librarian didn’t seem anything more than a bit grumpy, but she continued on her business as Lena waved him down.

“Yo, Dew,” she said. “Glad you could make it.”

[talkyourwayout]

"So," Louie began once he spotted Lena in the library, taking a seat beside her, "is this something good or bad? Because I'm really not in the mood for something bad."

As he spoke, he took a glance at the book she had open, wondering if that would give him a clue.

[outofyourshadow]

He wouldn't really get any clues from the book, since it looked like she'd just opened up to a random page in whatever textbook she had on hand.

"That depends," she replied as she looked at him. "How do you feel about birthdays?"

[talkyourwayout]

"Birthdays? Wait, you have a-"

Oh! Oh, no, he'd almost forgotten. "Webby's is coming up, right?"

[outofyourshadow]

“Exactly,” she replied, lifting her book some to pull out a notebook. There some things jotted down and some things scribbled out, and some with question marks and other things underlined.

“So I figured we can try throwing a party for her. Nothing big, just something fun, y’know? But I need some help, since...well, neither Webby or I really grew up normal.”

It was getting easier to say things like that without feeling sorry for herself...at least not really. But right now it was just a statement of fact, nothing more.

[talkyourwayout]

"Alright," Louie said, once she'd explained. He knew better than to comment on the 'grew up normal' thing - he wouldn't know what to say. Instead, he focused on the notebook she'd revealed. "What kind of things were you thinking? Are there going to be decorations and games? That stuff's pretty lame to me, but I think Webby'd like it."

[outofyourshadow]

She slid the notebook closer to him so he could better see the ideas she'd written down. "Yeah, something like that. I figure the decorations could be kinda normal, y'know: balloons, streamers, the whole thing. But as far as games go, I was thinking of something like a scavenger hunt. That seemed to be a bit more Webby's thing."

[talkyourwayout]

"A scavenger hunt?" He couldn't help smiling more enthusiastically than usual at that. He's working on getting over Webby, but it's not a quick thing. And she's always going to be one of his closest friends. So no matter what way he looked at it, it was just nice to think about Webby being happy. "Yeah, that's totally Webs, you're right. She's going to love it."

[outofyourshadow]

With a grin, she nodded. "Right? It probably won't be as exciting as an actual adventure, but I think she'll have fun anyway. But what I can't come up with is the treasure she's supposed to find at the end."

[couldabeenturbo]

"Wouldn't miss it for the world." He grinned, making his way over to her. "But I gotta ask: why are we hanging in the library? I thought you'd be more the outdoor adventurey type."

[talkyourwayout]

"Personally? I'm okay with less exciting," Louie pointed out. "But the treasure... Huh. It should probably be something magical, since she's still so excited about all this."

[outofyourshadow]

She snickered. "Maybe. But the library is actually the perfect place to discuss top secret plans, because no one's suspicious when you whisper in a library."

[outofyourshadow]

She nodded, writing that down. "Yeah, something magic would be good...But what exactly? Like, I'm thinking we'll want to stay away from the 'all powerful, could destroy the world' type of magic. But something more than 'it just glitters' magic."

[goingbythebook]

If there was one place he knew how to get to, it was the library. Could practically do it with his eyes closed! Lena's note caused him no undue bit of curiosity, and as soon as he received it he headed off to meet her.

She was, indeed, easy to spot, but mindful of the Quiet Rule, he waited until he was close enough to hail her.

"Hey Lena, what's up?"

[talkyourwayout]

"Definitely don't give Webby anything that could destroy the world," Louie agreed, tapping his fingers against the table. "It should be functional, though... Or, actually, hold on. What if we could get her something that would remind her of home?"

[outofyourshadow]

Glancing up for a moment, she waved the hand still holding a pencil.

"Hey, dude," she said, motioning for him to take a seat. "I need your help with something."

[outofyourshadow]

"Remind her of home? Like what?"

[goingbythebook]

"Of course!" He offered her a warm enough smile as he slid into the chair. "What do you need?"

[outofyourshadow]

Tapping her pencil in her notebook, she then slid it over to him so he could see its pages. "See, Webby's birthday is coming up, and I thought it'd be cool throw her a party."

[goingbythebook]

"Webby's birthday?" He picked up the notebook and cast his eyes over it, kicking his feet a little at the prospect of what he was about to say.

"Well, you came to the right guy! I happen to be the Party Master." Duckworth who?

[outofyourshadow]

She snickered. "Well good, because I have no idea what I'm doing."

[goingbythebook]

He studied the page again, then held out his hand for her pencil.

"If I may?"

[outofyourshadow]

With a shrug, she handed it to him. "Go for it."

[goingbythebook]

Taking the pencil, he spun it in his fingers and then started writing, muttering under himself. "No... No... Maybe if they were pink and purple... Yes... Definite yes... Music in these genres... And let's dull those points on the arrows... No- Wait yes, if they're glow-in-the-dark..."

By the time he's done and has returned the notebook to her, she'll find most of her notes scratched out or ammended, with Huey's hand having added two more pages, plus supplies list, plus tentative schedule.

"There you go! A rough draft of a party idea for Webby."