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[hischair]

When: 19th
Rating: TBC
Characters: You!
Summary: A shindig at the beach for the best navigator in Starfleet.
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[ OOC: Feel free to assume your character has received an invite to the party via their inbox or word of mouth for Chekov's birthday! Everyone is welcome except you, Khan and presents are mandatory for the Enterprise's young navigator. Please tag under either section to keep the party somewhat ordered, and have fun! ]

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midday | 1800

[hischair]

[ The party officially starts at midday. The weather is thankfully clear and there's a barbecue being tended to next to a stack of cooling boxes with beverages stuffed inside, some alcoholic and others not, while the barbecue of various sorts is constantly being switched between self-appointed chefs. A table stands in the sand amidst some of the folding chairs acquired for the occasion and is the hub of the main gathering where Chekov's presents are being piled. There are toys from the beach shop scattered all over the place, leading all the way down to the sea itself. Time to play! ]

Lydia - Daytime - OTA

[lefthandedgenius]

Lydia Martin showed up in a vintage bikini with a rather old copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for the birthday boy (they'd had a charming conversation about the importance of un-birthdays at the last celebration).

The social butterfly that she is, Lydia can be found enjoying the food, dancing if there's music, romping about in the surf, and of course, lazily sprawling on a towel to soak up the sun.

She has delicate skin of course, and may need help getting lotion applied in those hard to reach spots. Volunteers are welcome.

[mightbeconcussed]

Lucy finds Lydia sprawled on a towel while she's in the process of doing the same. She unrolls a towel a foot or so from Lydia, sits down and looks over at her.

"Super cute bikini."

Lucy is wearing a less vintage one that's perfect for, in her opinion, sunbathing.

Naga - Daytime - OTA

[anatural]

[Did somebody say....... barbecue?

While the shindig itself is pretty far from the Beach House where Korra and Naga live, it's not so far that Naga could miss the sweet sweet smell of meat. With Korra off doing some human thing, Naga is on her own. And since Naga is on her own....there's nobody to tell her she shouldn't crash the party.

Say hello to a gigantic polar bear dog, everyone. Also, pass her some meat. Bitches be hungry.]

[logistical]

[That sure is a giant polar bear... which is also a dog? This calls for Science!]

[Spock is cautiously offering Naga some meat on a plate.]

[affectioning]

[ Oh. Hey. It's you. He looks down at the meat on his plate. ] Are you hungry?

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[phonetical]

[Uhura's not much of a party girl, but Chekov's family and you just don't miss a birthday in this family. Each one counts because there may not be another one, here or at home. She arrives just at the beginning of the party clad in a modest two-piece in her customary red, with a wrapped chess set tucked under her arm,

There's a beach chair with her name on it so once the chess set is placed on the gift table, she grabs a plate and a couple of kabobs and slides into the seat. It's been a long time since she's been to the beach. She's actually itching to get into the water.]

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[sleepingstar]

Hello.

[Pai kneels abruptly next to Uhura. She has little interest in getting to know more humans, but her brother clearly doesn't like how isolated she is. As though he's much better. Almost all the people he knows only know the lie of him.

But. To make him happy, she's trying. That's why she ordered Yin to take her to this party, and why she is currently staring at Uhura. She has all the sweet-faced innocence of a child, but there's something a little creepy about it -- an offness that can't quite be pinned down.

Sorry, Uhura. There's only so much she can fake.]

[medicos]

Chess at the beach, darling?

[ not that he really needs to ask, to be honest. he knows who that's mainly for. ]

[hischair]

[ Once she's done eating and the plate is put down, she'll find herself swiftly scooped up in the arms of her captain as he makes a b-line for the water. HERE WE GOOOO ... ]

ginny (late afternoon)

[hexuality]

[Ginny loves the beach, this is where she likes to go flying if she isn't on the pitch, and she loves spending time with her friends. She's spent most of her afternoon in and out of the water and despite her best efforts, Miss Weasley is obviously sunburned in her yellow bikini. But it's all for fun and frolicking!

And her gift of a self-inking quill is neatly wrapped and been set on the table.

But yes. Beach adventures. Maybe she's climbing rocks or rolling through the waves or eating her sixth serving of barbecue. Come say hi (since she's going to peace out for moonrise and check on a friend, most likely).]

[medicos]

You're going to melt your skin off at this rate.

[ ah, yes, standard mccoy greeting, is it not? ]

Did you even bother to put on sunblock?

[excelsiors]

_{( sulu finds her on the rocks, climbing up after her and stopping a few feet away. he's taken to the beach readily, shirtless and fresh out of the ocean. the sea air seems to agree with him, and he grins. )}

I was thinking of diving, from up here.

[affectioning]

[ Rocks, you say? ]

Ginny!

[ He calls out to her from below before traversing them, making his way across. ] Hey!

Afternoon - "Li" - Open

[mortemscintilla]

[ It's supposed to be a reconnaissance run, this sort of thing. Neither Hei nor 'Li' are social butterflies, ready to sail out and make connections. Li hovers skittishly at the corners or by the food table, the quintessential wallflower -- with an appetite for twelve. Hei allocates half his time to monitoring the terrain: entrances, exits, potential weapons, suspicious individuals -- his standoffish demeanor and visual alertness entirely out-out-sync with the frivolous party atmosphere. He doesn't feel at ease in crowds, but he's a chameleon at his core. By imitating the walk, the posture, the expressions of the other partiers, he's less liable to stick out.]

[ You'll find him settled under the spreading fronds of a palm tree -- with a brimming plate and a fruity drink with an umbrella. His surface aura radiates wide-eyed shyness paired with a laid-back reserve. There is a lot more to 'Li' than just that, true, but he wears that outward persona well. ]

[moonlitrequiem]

[Yin doesn't approach "Li", especially not while Hei is falling back on his persona, and not in front of so many people. She does, however, sit on the wet sand, feet barely in the water as it laps at her ankles, and with her observer spirit, her back to him, watches him. She can see it, now, the way he's different as "Li". She couldn't before, and now she just wants to spy on him. There are some people between them, so likely he doesn't even notice her.]

SANDCASTLES | OPEN

[logistical]

[Spock isn't dressed for the beach, well, not the way everyone else is. He's wearing light colours, and 3/4 sleeve. It pains him to be this exposed, especially since heat doesn't really affect him that much. It's the sand he's concerned about, he doesn't like it on his clothes.]

[After depositing his gift and checking to see that nobody's burning anything at the barbecue, he has claimed a patch of sand (okay, several patches) and is building a series of sandcastles, each more elaborate than the last.]

[Join him, or marvel at them. Step on them at your peril.]

Re: SANDCASTLES | OPEN

[skintoskin]

[No shirt and tie - the new look - this time. Neil is wearing jeans and a t-shirt, but his hair is styled differently and he looks a little more... mature than he has previously. His feet are bare as he walks on the sand. He's seen Spock around on the network and thinks he knows he's they guy he spoke with way back, but he's a bit distracted by the sandcastles to completely connect the dots just yet.]

Whoa. You building a city or something?

[sleepingstar]

[Pai is bored. Parties, it seems, consist entirely of people talking to each other, horsing around, and eating food. She can get behind the food-eating, but everything else is just too much. She doesn't even like humans much, and she's never been among this many all at once (not unless she was killing them, at least). She would leave, but then her brother would leave too, and she still thinks it's important that he have friends.

She settles down a few feet from Spock, because he's in one of the few quiet spaces on the beach, and she's curious.]

It's just going to get destroyed. [So why build it?]

marie (she is so grumpy)

[prosopopoeia]

[ It is, generally, unlike Marie Delacroix to attend a party. She preferred to be alone, and even more preferable than that would be drinking alone. However, she makes exceptions for certain things in the case of Chekov, and so here she is. Even in attendance, however, she is not terribly inclined to socialization... So she will be somewhat apart from the group, as she usually is. She's watching, a look of apathy on her face, but in truth she's enjoying herself as long as she can sit here with her wine and not participate. ]

leonard mccoy ; ota »

[medicos]

[ bones is one of the earliest arrivals ( his gift for chekov, a hard copy of Leo Tolstoy's Childhood; Boyhood; Youth placed with the rest of the gifts stashed in one corner for chekov to pry at if he wants to look at them early on ), helping set up the place, bringing along the alcohol that jim warned him against bringing ( he does what he wants, okay ), and generally snapping at anyone who isn't helping out up until the party itself starts.

then he relaxes on one of the blankets laid out on the sand, stretching out languidly wearing black chino shorts and regrettably sand-filled sandals as he watches everyone else. he's more than content with just laying there with a beer in his hand. ]

scott mccall ; ota

[affectioning]

[ Scott's new to dating in general, he'd only dated Allison for a few months and some of those months were in secret. But, he does know that it's so early in whatever's going on with them that he can't go to a party with Isaac or Allison. He invited them, of course. It's safe to say anybody Scott knew had been invited. Jim had tasked him with that. But, he felt showing up alone was better. Nobody gets left out - or, Isaac and Allison can go together. It's their choice!

So, Scott arrives around one after spending the morning at the clinic. He's in a pair of red swim trunks and a tank. He leaves his gift for Chekhov (a video game, hoping he plays those) and he moves right to the barbecue.

When not there, he can also be found in the ocean or on a towel drying off. ]

open!

[chakotay]

[ chakotay arrives with kathryn, but they don't stay in the same area for the duration of the party. no, at some point, chakotay can be seen wandering around, examining what's going on. he'd brought chekov a present in the form of a bunch of handwritten notes -- a joint gift he'd worked on with kathryn -- and after that was placed where it needed to go, he can be found pretty much anywhere on the beach. he's very open to being approached. ]

captain janeway » open!

[directives]

[ kathryn usually isn't one for parties -- not any more. the ones she went to on voyager were mostly for the sake of crew morale, to let them see her doing something other than captaining the ship and ordering them around. she attended ginny's after being presented with a convincing argument from her first officer, though she's present at this one of her own accord. she likes chekov; he reminds her of herself at that age, brings out something in her that she may never have any real use for with the way her life is going. she even dressed the part, albeit without putting a bathing suit on underneath. (she doesn't plan on getting in the water.) kathryn did, however, confer with chakotay on the matter of chekov's present, the two of them putting their heads together to jot down what they could from their own memories and areas of expertise when it came to what they decided to share with him in relation to his field of interest, two heads being better than one when they were unable to access any of their backlogs or the federation database.

she can be found near the barbecue, sunglasses resting atop her head, inspecting the items that are cooked, not, and in the process of. real food, especially terran -- human food, was so incredibly rare on voyager once their initial stock ran out and they began relying on replicators and what the delta quadrant had to offer. she's still somewhat in awe of its abundance. ]

open forever.

[valedictory]

[ Harry is certainly up for a party - and he's gotten to like Chekov quite a bit, so he's more than happy to be here for the occasion. He's got a bathing suit, a t-shirt... he's entirely beach-attired and quite ready to enjoy himself.

Pardon him if the first thing he heads for is the barbecue - most people just don't understand how long the joyous wonder of not having to eat leola root sticks with you. ]