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Lᴀᴅʏ Uʀᴛᴢ Cʀᴏᴍᴡᴇʟʟ ([personal profile] imyoubut) wrote in [community profile] daybreakacademy2020-05-08 10:21 pm

For He's A Jolly Good Fellow

Who: All of Ekkehardt's friends
What: A (belated) birthday gathering
When: May 2nd
Where: On campus
Warning: Copious amounts of fun involving the Daybreak Dumbass Squad.
Notes: None!

While Urtz already somewhat of a perfectionist, that trait tends to increase dramatically when she is working on something for someone else. Or, to be more premise, someone she actually cares about. Which is why Ekkehardt's birthday celebration took her a few days more than she had planned, even after her recovery from the possession debacle. Although the hardest part was making sure that the celebration was nothing too ornate or big, while not seeming lazy. Ekke tended to be a difficult person to please when it came to things like this, since he was the kind of person to appreciate the act of caring in and of itself.

Not that it would stop Urtz in any way.

She was sure to break out all the stops. A delicious cake baked by herself, embedded with magic so her brother would be able to taste it much better than normal, food prepared by the Academy's finest staff, subtle but nevertheless elegant decorations, various activities including karaoke (because of course it's there), and more. Placed against the wall of the room is a table full of various wrapped gifts for Ekke. One such gift is a long box, wrapped in black wrapping paper and tied with a purple bow. A tag on the present simply says "From Jail and Urtz".

Aside from all the friends on campus, both students, staff, and others, Urtz also took the liberty of inviting his other family members and even a certain four-legged friend. It took a lot of work, but she really hopes everything goes smoothly. After all the preparations have been finished and all the guests who responded have shown up, Urtz heads off to bring the man of honor himself.
spelleton: consumed by the earth (☀ set forth a soldier)

[personal profile] spelleton 2020-05-11 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'm starting to think that perhaps you should pursue a profession as a baker instead, miss Fulton. [ Despite the whole 'dulled sense of taste' thing, he eats some anyway. ] This is an impressive effort, I have to say.
lifeforced: (relief)

[personal profile] lifeforced 2020-05-11 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Did you expect me to do something else? [He's probably seen her bring in her cookies enough times to know that that was what she was going to do today.]

I've thought about doing that every now and then. [It is another thing that she's regularly done, and it's something that she obviously likes doing else she would have stopped doing it some time ago, so it shouldn't be an especially-difficult career to pursue.] I'd probably have to more or less strike out on my own for it, though. [The extra accommodations that any given place might have to make due to her height? Might be a bit of an obstacle, depending on how far those places would be willing to go.

Or, maybe, after everything is all over, she could remain here; in addition to what she already does, she could possibly spend part of her time helping Professor Henderson, and probably remain involved with the academy's cooking club on top of that. Accommodations wouldn't be nearly as much of a problem, that way.

It's something to think about.]
spelleton: reign the living with fright (☀ to let the masked)

[personal profile] spelleton 2020-05-11 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't expect anything of you, actually! You're hardly obliged to celebrate my birthday. [ Ekkehardt is 100% the type to not make a big deal about his birthday and generally doesn't expect other people to make a big deal about it either. ]

Not that I'm ungrateful! I do appreciate it. [ Just eating another cookie. ]

Is striking out on your own such a daunting idea? [ He glances at her, mid-bite. ]
Edited 2020-05-11 22:55 (UTC)
lifeforced: (um)

[personal profile] lifeforced 2020-05-11 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Becky might not have needed to do something, but there's a difference between that and wanting to do it; Ekkehardt's put up with her long enough that she's started wanting to do something as a show of appreciation.

Making some kind of contribution to things here had seemed like a pretty good idea.]


It is, kinda. I mean, going from doing it as just a hobby here to trying to do it professionally? Feels like it'd be a little bit of a plunge to take. I'd probably want to try easing my way into it instead of just immediately going off to do my own thing, maybe do some working with people or in places willing to accommodate my being, y'know, tiny.
spelleton: (☀ our idolized sun has burned out)

[personal profile] spelleton 2020-05-19 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, that is a good point. [ Crunch. Even with the dulled sense of taste, he's still enjoying these cookies. They really are good. ]

Have you tried looking into assistant work here, or in Soleil? It might be a good start, and it would give you valuable experience.

[ Why is he being a guidance counselor on his birthday? He just can't turn this stuff off is why. ]
lifeforced: (distant)

[personal profile] lifeforced 2020-05-19 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[There are just some things that neither of them can really stop doing.]

I think I'd be better off getting into things either here or there, yeah. Accommodations wouldn't be a huge issue that way, and if I stayed here I could probably stay involved with the cooking club and some other things too.