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smallestopener) wrote2009-06-14 08:08 pm
smallestopener) wrote2009-06-14 08:08 pm
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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She gestures for Sari to follow her as the tube branches off and turns into a steep slide with cushions at the bottom.
"Come on, you can slide down really fast on this one!"
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Ingress hits the cushions and bounces. "Ow, my bum," she giggles. It doesn't hurt too much.
"Where are you from, Sari? I'm from London Below, but we visit Milliways a lot."
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Ingress is getting better with geography.
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She scrambles to her feet.
"Hey, do you want to swing on the rope over the ball pit? If you drop, you get buried in the balls and you have to swim through them. It's great!"
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How much would you like to wager that she'll let go on purpose?
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Ingress takes a rope and hands the other to Sari.
"Okay, ready, set, go!"
She swings out over the balls.
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"AAAAaaiiiAAAAAaaiiiAAAAA!"
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She almost makes it. Almost.
Her Tarzan yell turns into a real scream as she clips the edge of the platform with her heel and tumbles into the pit.
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There are charms to keep people from any serious falls, but Ingress knows falls can be scary.
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Ice cream makes everything better!
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"Come on then. We can have as much as we like."