yogen | Ultimate Gamer Birthday

who: the Nanamis & you!
what: birthday gaming tournament!
when: March 14th
where: hallways; Game Club
warnings: idk, excessive fun??

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[ Throughout the first half of the month, after classes (on days when Nanami hasn't been drawn into the forest again), Nanami can be found wandering the halls of Yogen, putting up posters. The posters have crudely drawn illustrations of all sorts of animals on them, for some reason; those with keen eyes may notice they're the exact same style and quality of drawing that has been on most of the posters advertising the school store recently.

GAME CLUB OPEN HOUSE
GAMING TOURNAMENT!!!!
MARCH 14TH AFTER CLASSES

She'll also hand out invitations individually to every single transfer student she can find. Yes, every one. No exceptions. Please say you'll come.

At other times, you may find Nanami playing on her new Game Girl Advance, barely looking where she's going as she wanders the halls. Watch where you walk, or she might bump into you! ]

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[ After classes on the 14th, the Game Club has been decked out in its finest. The Nanamis really went to town.

There's flags and banners up everywhere to commemorate the event. To the side, a table's packed full of food - snacks, sweets, hot soup, drinks, the works. There's even a cake. (Maybe somebody figured out why the Nanamis chose this date of all days, after all.)

As for the tournament itself, gamers have options! Anybody can challenge people one-on-one or in small groups, of course. But the main tournament has been designed after the Nintendo World Championships. The blackboard displays high scores for three separate events:

DK Jungle Parkway (Mario Kart 64)
Super Smash Bros. 1P (any character)
Bob-omb Battlefield (Summit Star)
The N64 has been hooked up to the television, and anyone is free to play any of the events and record their times on the chalkboard. A winner will be chosen by the end of the night.

Nanami herself has as much energy as anybody's seen her have, jumping back and forth between playing against people on the N64, making sure the tech is still running, and checking on anybody looking a little lost or out of place at the party. She wants everybody to have a good time - so if you're feeling awkward, she'll probably run up to you directly and challenge you to a game, drag you over to the food table, or just warmly greet you and thank you for coming. ]

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[Noah walks into the room, sees the cake, registers all the other food, and then walks out. It's not that he doesn't like parties (well, he doesn't, but that's not the point), but rather that he had no idea it was the Nanamis' birthday, and now that he's recovered ~~offscreen~~ from his Doppelganger Fear™ with them, it's time to add to the food on the table.

Which is to say: Noah returns about thirty minutes later with two plates of chocolate chip pancakes with a shitty wax candle crammed into the top of each stack, not lit because he could not find a lighter, but rather there's a small spark of celestial magic on each in lieu of a flame.

He does this for people's birthdays. He'll play games in a minute, he swears. The pancakes are important.]

Hey! Um... happy birthday. I didn't ask if you like pancakes so I hope this is okay...

[ She's disappointed when she sees him leave, but she understands. Parties aren't for everybody; things can quickly get overwhelming.

It's too bad... but she makes a mental note to go ask if he wants to play games later. She doesn't want him to miss out.

Half an hour later she's fiddling with the TV's settings to get a clearer picture, and startles with surprise when he returns - with food - and magic?? She sees the candles and her face goes extremely warm. ]

P-pancakes are so good!! They have chocolate in them?? [ She cranes her neck around the old CRT to look closer. ] Th-thank you, Noah! I didn't even tell people it was my birthday...

Um— I kinda parsed it by the party and the cake... I'm glad I was right. Here.

[He passes the plate over, silverware included of course, and he'll pass the other one to the other Nanami if she's nearby too! With that out of the way, Noah casually adds,]

Oh, and the candles aren't actually burning. You should make a wish anyway.

[ Nanami stares transfixed at the glowing, as she tends to be whenever Noah does a magic. She tilts her head, considering... screws up her eyes as she thinks of a wish.

Then blows out the candle - if that can even be done with magic like this. ]

Mm... I didn't mean it to be. I just wanted everybody to have a good time. [ She scuffs her feet, a bit embarrassed.

But she does take a bite, and her eyes widen. IT'S GOOD. ] Ah... thank you so much!! And thank you for coming, that really means a lot...!!

[It can't quite be done, blowing out magic, but Noah happily makes the magic flicker out in time with Nanami's breath so that it looks that way.]

I'm just glad I figured it out. It's your birthday, so we should be celebrating you, too.

[He just wishes he could give a gift or something. He doesn't quite have anything worthwhile, so pancakes will have to do.]

I hope it's been okay so far.

[ She can't help grinning, peering at the spot where the magic disappeared from, fascinated. (She's probably never gonna get over Magic Being Real suddenly.)

... Right. He asked a question! ] It's been really good!! Hey, we should play a game together. Are you gonna do the tournament??

Tournament...? No, I'd lose horribly, honestly. I'm better at athletic stuff. But... I'll play a game with you, yeah. It wouldn't be a birthday without games.

It's just for fun! But we should definitely play a game.

[ She goes to the cartridges and discs next to the television, and starts flipping through them. She pulls out Spyro, puts it into the Playstation, and hands Noah a controller. ]

Wanna alternate levels?

[Noah's eyes sparkle. She remembered! Why does this shock him so much?]

Uh-huh! I'll think of a story to tell you like last time, too.

[...probably, anyway. But while that's happening, Noah dexterously takes his hand off of the controller and flicks his wrist about; Nanami will find that she has shadowy cat ears and a tail now. He looks over at her and grins before his attention snaps back to the television.

Enjoy being cat.]

Ultimate Gamer Birthday

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