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smallestopenerOut 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!
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-16 03:11 am (UTC)Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-16 03:20 am (UTC)Amy wonders, briefly, if Tom put anti-broken-bone charms on the castle.
(Mothers fret about these things.)
"Well, every princess needs a castle," Amy says. "And I could not be prouder of this particular princess."
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-16 03:25 am (UTC)"Thanks, Amy. I'm going to go to Valdemar for the whole of July, and I've already gotten to go for a couple of weeks."
Her summer holidays there are getting longer. Soon enough, it will be her summer holidays back home that are too short.
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-18 12:13 am (UTC)"And what will you get to do on your next visit?"
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-18 02:41 am (UTC)Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 12:23 am (UTC)Fully two thirds of what goes on at court isn't worth the effort, though Amy doesn't always have the option of avoiding it.
Then again, you don't get far in Ambergeldar if you tick off Her Majesty, so people tend not to be mean to her.
(At least, not to her face.)
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 01:38 am (UTC)She licks some errant icing off of her finger.
"I've already met some new friends today. I knew if there was a big bunch of stuff then more people would come."
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 02:13 am (UTC)Certain details will not be reported to Susan.
Amy has learned that lesson.
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 02:26 am (UTC)Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 02:53 am (UTC)She remembers it well. She got engaged at it.
"It's good to do new things."
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 03:15 am (UTC)Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 03:22 am (UTC)Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 03:25 am (UTC)She is very proud of this fact.
"It's a pretty fun maze. It's not too scary for the grown ups."
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 03:44 am (UTC)It's kind of the only option for pregnant with twins.
Well, that or hedge clippers.
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 03:47 am (UTC)See?
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 04:02 am (UTC)Amy smiles.
"I am probably being horribly greedy with the birthday girl's time, and should let you talk to your other guests."
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 04:06 am (UTC)"You can come watch me bounce in the bouncy castle if you want. I can do flips. Or if not, I'll come back and say hi in a little bit."
Re: The Birthday Party Clearing
Date: 2009-06-19 04:09 am (UTC)Amy waves good-bye, for now.