Ingress of the House of Arch (
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Ingress' 10th Birthday Party Extravaganza!
Out by the lake, there is a large construction dedicated to the 10th birthday of Lady Ingress of the House of Arch. Ingress has had birthday parties on this site before - there was a birthday princess ball her 7th year, a playground party for her 6th.
This party is different from either of those. Tom, Door, and Ingress worked on the design for months.
There are three ways to get into the birthday party.
Guests can go through the hedge maze. It's enchanted, of course, but the walls shift places at a docile rate. The path is wide and firm, so this is the easiest way to enter the party.
Guests might also try the obstacle course of tubes to crawl through, walls to climb, ropes to swing over deep ball pits, curly slides to fling themselves down. The only enchantment on this entrance are anti-falling charms.
Or guests can bounce through the giant bouncy castle!
Once they've passed through either of the three entrances,they will enter the clearing for the birthday party proper. Picnic blankets are spread out over the grass, and there are plenty of chairs scattered about. Paper lanterns float above people's heads with purple and green streamers linking them together.
A long table overflows with plenty of cold water, birthday treats, and other refreshments. There is a cake with lots of icing roses, of course, and ice cream. Each guest may help him or herself to a Wizarding cracker in a large basket at one end of the table, and there is space beside it for gifts, should guests wish to bring one. Gifts are not expected, however.
Most importantly, there is Ingress, a little girl in the comfortable gray uniform of a Herald-in-training, who is not so little anymore.
Come and have fun!
This party is different from either of those. Tom, Door, and Ingress worked on the design for months.
There are three ways to get into the birthday party.
Guests can go through the hedge maze. It's enchanted, of course, but the walls shift places at a docile rate. The path is wide and firm, so this is the easiest way to enter the party.
Guests might also try the obstacle course of tubes to crawl through, walls to climb, ropes to swing over deep ball pits, curly slides to fling themselves down. The only enchantment on this entrance are anti-falling charms.
Or guests can bounce through the giant bouncy castle!
Once they've passed through either of the three entrances,they will enter the clearing for the birthday party proper. Picnic blankets are spread out over the grass, and there are plenty of chairs scattered about. Paper lanterns float above people's heads with purple and green streamers linking them together.
A long table overflows with plenty of cold water, birthday treats, and other refreshments. There is a cake with lots of icing roses, of course, and ice cream. Each guest may help him or herself to a Wizarding cracker in a large basket at one end of the table, and there is space beside it for gifts, should guests wish to bring one. Gifts are not expected, however.
Most importantly, there is Ingress, a little girl in the comfortable gray uniform of a Herald-in-training, who is not so little anymore.
Come and have fun!
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Guests may mingle here. Talk amongst yourselves and have some cake!
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But she wouldn't miss this.
"Happy Birthday, darling."
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"I'm so glad you came."
Ingress knows grown ups tend to prefer chairs, but you never know.
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Ingress bounds over and gives her a huge hug.
"I'm so glad you got to come!"
OOC: Ack, I am so sorry. I saw this earlier in the week when I had no time, and then it slipped my mind.
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Anyway, he is here, greeting guests, sitting with Door, and enjoying the day.
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"Hi, Susannah! I haven't seen you in a long time! I'm glad you could come to my birthday party."
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Ein is staying in the clearing, begging for meat- and/or cheese-related foods from the party guests.
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... it was probably the best option, in her case.
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"Hi Elle! I'm so glad you came to my party!"
Ingress will be using many exclamation points. She's had a few icing roses by now.
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"I..."
(It might not just be the girl's volume that's confusing her.)
"... okay."
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Manners? What are those?
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"Lady Ingress." His smile is deep and generous; there's a wrapped box in his pocket and he'll put it in the appropriate place momentarily. "There's a rumour that today is important on so many levels. How old are you now, twenty? Twenty-five?"
Even very busy and morally questionable adventurers are allowed to make jokes from time to time. "Happy birthday."
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"I'm ten, actually" she says. "And thank you very much. Would you like a glass of punch or cold water? We have both."
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"You do know you're quite the talk of the town, don't you?" It's not meant to frighten her. Merely to make her feel every bit as important as she should on a day like today. When he sets his mind to it, he can be very good with children.
A shame he doesn't set his mind to it more than once or twice a century.
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"Ingress?"
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"Yes, that's me!"
She doesn't recognize Kida, but she's welcome anyway.
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"It has been years since I last saw you, for me. I remember you, meeting me one of the first times I was here." She chuckles, gesturing to Ingress' hair.
"Your blue hair has not changed."
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With a raucous crow-call and a deft handspring, Puck catapults out of the bouncy castle and lands in a sprawl of limbs on the grass. Grinning, he pats down his pockets-- no damage to Ingress' gift.
Excellent.
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"I saw you in the bouncy castle. You know how to flip like crazy!"
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"It comes of long practice, dear Ingress."
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