Log; ongoing

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When; 7pm July 18th
Rating; PG-13 (for now?)
Characters; Anybody who is considered a friend of Toshiko Sato's
Summary; Tosh is being thrown a surprise party in Lux. Come and help her celebrate!
Log;

Lux was decorated and ready to go. It was just waiting a certain birthday girl and her friends.

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[warped-inside.livejournal.com]

"It is a surprise." Tosh shook her head, bemused. "I never had any friends back home, Leia. I mean it. No one outside of Torchwood. Didn't have any friends before them either. When I got my very first flat in London, after university, I didn't even have anyone to invite to a flat-warming. The only people I've ever had in my life besides my parents and grandparents, have been people I met through work. Until now."

[nogoldbikinis.livejournal.com]

She pulled her in for a quick hug again, as if to reassure Tosh that the here and now was what was most important. "Hey," she said, shaking her a bit, one arm around her still. "This is your birthday. And you are meant to be happy."

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"I am happy," Tosh insisted, leaning a bit into Leia's embrace. "You know how you feel so happy about something you could just burst into tears? That's how I feel. Like nothing bad that's ever happened matters, because of how much love I feel right now. I don't know if I can ever believe I deserve that, but I love all of you for thinking that I do."

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"You do," she replied, reassuringly. "You do so much more than you give yourself credit for, and nothing outside of these moments should matter at all right now."

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Tosh nodded, quiet for a moment. It was quite a reversal from the nightmares of the last few days, but she had a feeling there was a lot in those dreams that were relevant to today.

"I did do some good things," she said at last, nodding again, but with more certainty this time. "I was there when people needed me." She glanced over at Leia, and smiled. "Come have a piece of my birthday cake."

[nogoldbikinis.livejournal.com]

Leia smiled, squeezing Tosh's shoulder as she guided her over toward where she had seen this cake set up. She wasn't one for sweet things, but for Tosh she would definitely try. "Did you like black cherry, then?"

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"Yes, I- you're the one who put that idea in Ianto's head!" she exclaimed. "I wondered how he'd just happened to hit on black cherry out of the blue like that. And I know desserts aren't your favorite thing, but this is quite light, I think you might like it. Luke said he did."

Not that Tosh thought Luke and Leia had exactly the same tastes. Just that, well...Luke said it liked it, so it had to be pretty good, right?

[nogoldbikinis.livejournal.com]

Leia held up her hands - a sort of 'surrender' pantomime - and said, "Innocent until proven guilty!" She laughed a bit and nodded, continuing on. "If Luke doesn't mind it, then I doubt I'll have an issue with it. I'd like to try it regardless, as it is part of your party."

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"Uh huh, don't even try, I know better," Tosh laughed. "You can just try a little bite, I'm sure you'll at least like the fruit."

Leia was escorted to the food table and presented with a very small slice of black cherry cake, with whipped cream and fresh fruit on top, and then Tosh looked at her expectantly.

[nogoldbikinis.livejournal.com]

"You did end up liking it," she said, accepting the small slice and picking up a fork off of the table bravely. For a moment, she stared back at Tosh, as if asking 'what next?' but then she grinned and cut off a small piece of the cake with a generous portion of fruit and so sampled. When she was finished chewing, had swallowed, wiped her mouth with a napkin, she said, "It's bearable."

Which, of course, met that she did actually like it.

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"Yes, I did. And I appreciate everything all of you have done to put this together tonight." Tosh grinned as Leia tried the cake. "So long as you aren't going to be sick," she replied solemnly.

She waved a hand at the table. "There's sushi too. Also apparently there's to be dancing later, with the possibility of me being talked into making a fool of myself by singing karaoke."

[nogoldbikinis.livejournal.com]

She managed another bite and the cake, though sweet, was good. "I think there's enough fruit to balance both the cake itself and its flavor." Then she laughed. "I'm not going to be sick!"

Leia nodded as Toshiko spoke, making a mental note to go back for the sushi later. "I have a feeling the combination of dancing and singing will prove to be more entertaining than the party itself."

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"Probably so," Tosh agreed with a laugh. "Though Ishiah's got the bar open, and Ianto seems to think some of us won't be able to hold our liquor enough to avoid ending up playing spin the bottle or some nonsense."

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"I'm surprised Jack hasn't already suggested a game like that, to be honest." Meant solely in good humor, honest!

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"So am I. Probably he suggested worse, and Ianto talked him out of it." Tosh smiled, going right along with the spirit of Leia's remark. "Ianto promised he'd dance with me, though."

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"I'm almost too terrified to imagine any sort of game that Jack may come up with." She set her plate down, not finished with the cake but intending to come back to it. "Will it be one of those odd, Earth dances?"

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"Well, I'm afraid all I know are odd Earth dances, so I suppose it'll have to be. But probably just something like a waltz, I imagine. You know, a couples dance," Tosh answered. "Might see if I can wheedle Jack into one too."

[nogoldbikinis.livejournal.com]

"I know what a waltz is," she said, a little smartly though all in good fun. "I'm sure he'd love to dance with you today, Toshiko."

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"Maybe. He's been a bit hard to pin down lately," Tosh said. "But I suppose if there's any time I could get a dance out of him, it'd be my birthday. You know, bet he'd dance with you too if you asked. Though then Ianto'd probably cut in. He did at Gwen's wedding."

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"You should definitely take advantage of the situation. Be opportunistic." Time to finish the cake. "I would never start a dance I don't intend to see finished."

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"Oh, as if I haven't already, going around getting hugs from people and making them eat cake and all," Tosh laughed. "Think I might have scandalized Caspian a bit, but hopefully he'll put it up to high spirits."

[nogoldbikinis.livejournal.com]

"Scandalized Caspian?" Oh, now she was interested.

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"Oh, it's nothing that bad! I just kissed his cheek. Which I will admit straight off is not something I usually do to even people I know well, but then I don't usually have people kissing my hand either, so he started it," Tosh protested. "I just think he was a little shocked. Although he hid it pretty well."

[nogoldbikinis.livejournal.com]

"I love your methods of deduction and reasoning," said Leia, not fighting the laughter that came easily and naturally.

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Tosh laughed as well. "They may be a little befuddled by all the excitement at the moment," she admitted. "And you know, there's that thing where it's people I'm trying to reason out, and people will insist on being unpredictable."