Happy Birthday Jonathan ((open thread))

[slayers_desire]

Every friend of either Clark or April are going to receive an invitation in their PINpoint, (or at their home, if they are based in the Smallville-universe).

It's Jonathan's First Birthday!
We would be honored to have you celebrate the first birthday of Jonathan Kent.

There is instructions on how to safely arrive at Clark and April's apartment. The apartment itself is decorated for a first birthday. There is a place for guests to sit, snacks, drinks and music in the background. Jonathan is in his best clothes too... which should last about two seconds.


((Jonathan's birthday is April 28th, so pretend this post takes place on that date))

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[save_us_alice]

Alice and company arrive outside Clark and April's door, dressed in some of their better outfits -- nothing fancy, just what seemed appropriate for a one-year-old's birthday party. They've also got some presents wrapped up -- some soft toys for Jonathan to play with. A bunny, a dog and a small dragon are all cuddling up together inside a big yellow box.

Once they've made sure they're all here and all presentable, Alice knocks politely on the door.

[slayers_desire]

April answers the door. The dogs, Shelby and a new black golden-retriever puppy, named Ree is at her heels.

Jonathan looks up at the sound of the knock at the door. He is all smiles right now. Excited.

"Hi everyone!" April greets the guests.

[museicalmarty]

"Hey April," Marty says, waving from behind Alice. "How's it going? Happy birthday to the little guy!"

"Seems like you've added to the family in another way too," Doc says, noticing Ree.

[slayers_desire]

"This is Ree..." April introduces the new puppy, who is running around in circles excited. New guests! New smells!

"We just got her."

[deadgirlslikeme]

"She's adorable," Victor says, kneeling down and offering his hand to smell. "Hello, Ree!" Yes, it's easy to see who the biggest dog person in the group is.

[victormakesart]

It feels like just yesterday, Jonathan was a newborn in her arms, and now he's basically halfway to Toddlerville. Victor's brought the family. The girls, in matching green jumpers with their hair in braided pigtails, Jude fussing with the bow on their present to make sure it's just perfect for the baby.

[slayers_desire]

The sight of more kids will definitely excited Jonathan. And the new puppy. Who is running in circles around the girls and Jude.

"Hi everyone! Come on in."

[victormakesart]

Victor sort of keeps stepping away from the puppy, the way she usually reacts to animals in her vicinity, but the girls are delighted, and they both crouch down to be on puppy-level.

[slayers_desire]

The puppy is attracted to the ones paying attention to her. And the girls are going to get licked. Jonathan crawls over, pointing to the puppy, "Ree!"

Victor gets a hug of welcome from April.

[victormakesart]

Ew, puppy licks. Victor cringes a bit and makes a mental note to give Anya an extra good bath tonight. Athena won't be bothered by the germs, of course. Then on comes the hug, and Victor hugs April back tightly. "I can't believe it's been a year." It hasn't been, not for Victor.

She sweeps up Jonathan into her arms and smothers him with little kisses. "How's the birthday boy?"

[fmalchemist160]

As soon as Victor gets a free moment, Ed slips up behind her and taps her gently on one shoulder, smiling mischievously. "You brought the kids!" he notes.

[victormakesart]

"I did!" she crows, and Jude pauses in his baby-wrangling to smile and stick out his hand. "Hello, Mister Ed."

Victor sporfles and tries to hide it. Mister Ed. A horse is a horse, of course, of course!

Jude looks a lot like Victor (milk-pale with a prominent nose and a touch of jerky clumsiness, intentionally programmed in), a bit of the lankiness of the Doctor. He has a mop of brown hair, a wide, sunny smile, and his handshake is just as normal as any other human handshake.

[fmalchemist160]

Ed fights back laughter of his own, smiles at Jude, and shakes his hand. "You can go ahead and drop the salutation. I'm not a talking horse, after all." He adds, to Victor, "He reminds me of Al already."

[fmalchemist160]

Ed turns up with a present under his left arm wrapped in red paper and tied with a gold ribbon, grinning like a fool. As per usual, he knocks on the door with his right hand, a distinctive sound of steel against wood that might give the guests that have already arrived and who haven't met him a WTF moment. That's just his way of announcing himself.

[slayers_desire]

There are a few guests already arrived (and muns can interact), when April opens the door. Jonathan greets him with the familiar, "Ed!"

[fmalchemist160]

"Heya buddy!" Ed says, still grinning, greeting his godson with the usual peck on the forehead. "Happy birthday!" April gets a hug, too, and he also passes her the present under his arm.

[slayers_desire]

"Thank you so much. We appreciate you being here."

[1stmacleod]

Connor is fashionably late, which is about the only thing about him that's ever fashionable. Kai just may or may not have arrived without him, but he's late because he's carrying a fairly big and apparently weighty box. It's looks big enough to hold a kitchen sink. Or maybe a toddler chair or something. It's plain cardboard, unwrapped, but he's stuck some bows on it because he knows that's the part Jonathon will probably like best anyway. They're shiny and bright, perfect for chewing on.

"Um... where do I put this?"

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark never holds it against his friends for showing up late, as he himself has to do the same all the time, thanks to his work. He looks as pleased as ever to see Connor. "The table's fine. Glad you could make it."

Around Clark's ankles, there's a nearly-black puppy attempting to gnaw on his shoelaces, and they're quickly forgotten as she notices another new person, and her tail wags so hard that it's just a blur. Oh boy, more new people!

[slayers_desire]

"Connor! I am glad that you could make it!" April is so glad to be sharing this day with all her friends.

"Do you need help with this?" She gestures to the large package.

[1stmacleod]

It's not too heavy to carry, but it is a little hard to see around and he doesn't want to knock anything over. "Just make sure it doesn't shove anything else off?" He maneuvers it onto the table carefully. Once that's done, he steps back and sees the dark ball of fur at their ankles. "Hey! Got Shelby some company?"

Connor crouches down to give pettings.

[kairosaether]

Kai is going to be slightly later than Connor is, as she's coming directly from her shift at the way. She'd stored little Jonathan's birthday gifts in the homeless shelter's offices, and they'd had a pretty good day.

And now a party for a lil guy! He's so cute.

She's half looking for Connor, and half looking for a place to stow her two gifts.

((Sorry I'm a little late! Money issues equaled no internet/cable. Bah!))

[kalel_ofkrypton]

She's here and that's what matters to the Kents. "Kairos, glad to see you could make it," Clark greets her, smiling warmly.

There's a few other presents, including Connor's massive one, stashed on a table just out of Jonathan's reach. The birthday boy himself looks up when he sees a new person entering the apartment and waves his little hands. "Hi!"

[slayers_desire]

April is happy to see Jonathan dealing so well with so many people at once. "Hi Kairos!"

[kairosaether]

"Hi! I'm glad I could come, too. It was a good day, but busy. Lots of good things going on." There's half-hugs for both of them, since she hasn't bothered to put the gifts down yet. Once she does, she kneels in front of little Jonathan and gives him a hug, too. "Hi there, big guy!"

"Speaking of big guys, Connor showed up, didn't he? You know how he gets with the smithing."