🎉 if i celebrate, i want to offer my heartfelt and honest congratulations

[nortonnnn]

Who: Norton Campbell, Nagito Komaeda, and open to anyone who'd be willing to offer Komaeda birthday wishes of their own volition
When: April 28, after class
What: 3rd floor, music room

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Arriving

( so, it's like this: nobody likes komaeda.

well, it seems that way a lot of the time, from what norton's observing, and the unfortunate fact of the matter? no matter how absolutely off-his-rocker insane he's been acting, he... well, real or not, he didn't seem to be a bad guy in those memories norton has of him. try as he might, he can't simply act as though they don't exist either. so instead, with a sigh of defeat and an important date that he'd learned in those strange memories in mind, he'll go about collecting those who seem to be... more tolerant (even if that's a generous way to express it) of komaeda lately.

he's already arranged for the most reliable chef he's yet to meet in this school to help by preparing a birthday cake, (and learned quite a bit in the process, actually,) and he's let the others know where they should gather. so, when norton decides it's about time to drag komaeda to the survival club's meeting room for some kind of survival club-related excuse of a reason, there should hopefully already be at least a couple of people there and waiting for them—including one boy holding a white cat who may or may not look a little out of his element.

his voice is soft, but as the cake and the small collection of people he's managed to gather come into view, norton offers a smile. )

Happy birthday.

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01.) ♡

( so... how will you greet the birthday boy? tag-ins will be assumed to be for komaeda, unless otherwise indicated! )

Comments

[commences]

You came here without knowing?

( she's not aware, which is pretty good he guesses. honestly the event was made for him, but even he's unable to admit that straight out so while he did hand over his birthday to someone else... ) It's Campbell-san's.

( while bonnie's focused on the cake, komaeda points to the side at a taller gentleman with a large scar on his face, and he seems pretty tired as he's engaging with the other party members. it's not like komaeda's lying, but he's not including himself in the matter. )

He's a really nice guy, sometimes a bit pessimistic, but you can ignore that about him.

( yes, komaeda is great at introductions, no seriously he is, but he's trying to be lighthearted about this to make it really seem like it's his birthday. ) And trustworthy too, so if you have any problems, he's your guy to solve them.

[dokkans]

Mm! I wanted to celebrate, no matter who it was!

[ And of course, get some cake. And a little bit of intel, since she was still trying to learn more and more about the gang here. Campbell, eh? Odd that anyone would throw him a party if he was pessimistic, but if he was as nice as this guy says...

Well, good idea! ]

Gosh, I hope so. Everyone's been so nice so far, it's hard to pick just one person to rely on!

[commences]

I'm glad you attended.

( it really wouldn't be a party if no one didn't, and so having her means that the effort norton put in is showing even more. pleased, komaeda points towards the group of people crowded together who seem to be having a conversation — )

You can rely on everyone, that's why we're all here. ( he figures that he can start one by one, ) That's Sakasaki-kun, a little rough around the edges, but he'll help because he's not really a horrible person. ( next, he draws attention to the more timid, but they seem to have a good head on their shoulders. )

That's Saihara-kun, I haven't seen him give up yet, so you won't have anything to worry about when he puts up with you.

( his eyes fall back towards bonnie, nodding to her in reassurance. )

If hope can be born in a small room like this, then it needed you as well.