29 Chimera Court, Saturday Afternoon

[firstofitskind]

Well, the past week had been... something, that was for sure. He'd settled in to his new job at the Trooper Station with very little hiccups (there was the one day with all the llamas, which had resulted in a lot of phone calls, but no lasting damages, so he was calling that one a win). He'd even managed to get ahold of Street over on the mainland and have her send over what was left of his things: a few pictures, those little Taelon sculptures, and his favorite leather jacket. Not much, but then he'd never actually had much in the way of possessions to start with.

He'd taken to going out for walks around the island, just to familiarize himself with the place, and today had been business as usual... until he passed by the bakery. It was, after all, his birthday today. His entire knowledge of birthdays was secondhand, memories inherited from his human parents; there always seemed to be one crisis or another on his actual birthday, and the people he associated with for the most part considered themselves 'too old' or were otherwise unconcerned with celebrating their own. But here he was, June 24th, no crisis to speak of, and there was a bakery right here. So yeah, he bought himself a cake, because why the heck not?

He'd brought the cake back to the house, found the tea kettle, and was now sitting down at the table for tea and chocolate cake because it was his birthday and he could.

[ooc: for those what are in the house too.]

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[magnusrushesin]

Magnus wandered past him, frappacino in hand. Then, after a moment, backtracked.

"Who the hell are you again?"

He paid so much attention. Failed that initial perception check, okay?

[firstofitskind]

"Liam Kincaid." Liam introduced himself. Hey, at least he'd finally gotten out of the habit of adding on the Companion Protector bit. "I don't think we've actually met yet."

[magnusrushesin]

"Nope," Magnus replied brightly. "Cool to meet you. Um. Quick question. Whatcha doin' here?"

[firstofitskind]

"Eating cake," Liam replied innocently. Yes, he knew what Magnus meant, he was just being a smartass because he could. "Go ahead and have a slice if you'd like."

[magnusrushesin]

"...yeah, I'll pass on the creepy cake, but thanks?" You were creepy now, Liam. Hella creepy.

[firstofitskind]

"It's not creepy, it's from the bakery," Liam insisted. Also he lived here. Wasn't his fault Magnus didn't pay attention to these things.

[magnusrushesin]

MAGNUS DIDN'T NEED TO PAY ATTENTION, YOU WERE JUST AN NPC WHO HE WAS ASSUMING WAS VOICED BY GRIFFIN.

"It's a little creepy."

[firstofitskind]

No, Magnus, this was a creepy cake. The cake currently on the table was a totally unassuming, innocent chocolate cake.

"...How?"

[magnusrushesin]

"Because you're creepy," Magnus replied like that should have been obvious.

[shiroi_tiger]

Nathan needed tea. He was finished teaching at least for the foreseeable future, he'd spent a good chunk of his morning in the yard just appreciating the oceanside air and polishing his sword. Now, naturally, it was time for tea.

The cake was unexpected, mind.

"Huh," he mused. "What's the occasion?"

[firstofitskind]

"My birthday, actually," Liam said with a smile. "Help yourself. There's a pot of tea going, too."

[shiroi_tiger]

"Well, happy birthday, then," Nathan said, smiling right on back. "If I had known, I would have at least gotten you a card."

Or... something. As it stood, he was quite happy to make his way over to get himself a plate.

[firstofitskind]

"Well, you gave me a room in your house after knowing me for like, five minutes, so I think that's better than a card," Liam pointed out.

[shiroi_tiger]

... He had a point, there. Nathan laughed and made his way over to get himself a slice of cake.

"Fair enough," he allowed. "Though if I can't trust law enforcement to not rob me blind if I give them a room and a housekey, who can I trust?"

What would he take? The guns, or the hakama?

[firstofitskind]

"The ducks by the pond, maybe?" Liam mused. "They seem trustworthy."

[shiroi_tiger]

"I don't know. They are ducks," Nathan pointed out. "How can you trust anything with such beady little eyes?"

[firstofitskind]

"Nah, it's seagulls you can't trust. Ducks are fine," Liam insisted.

[shiroi_tiger]

"Are you sure? At least with seagulls you know what you're in for," Nathan replied. "It's not quite so easy to tell what's on a duck's mind."

[magnusrushesin]

"Someone broke in with cake. I think?"

Magnus was rolling bad perception again. So he was working with the clues he had here.

[shiroi_tiger]

Oh, Magnus. With you around, Nathan didn't really need to miss Minsc so much.

It'd be interesting to see who would win in a battle to the end, though, between Steven and Boo.

"You mean Liam, right?"

He had to check to be sure.

[magnusrushesin]

"Burglar guy, yeah," Magnus agreed.

[shiroi_tiger]

"I'm pretty sure 'burglar guy' happens to be the new sheriff of Fandom," Nathan offered. Because it was occurring to him that maybe he should have told Magnus about the new boarder, but at the same time, this was kind of amusing him too much.

Nathan was a bad man.

[magnusrushesin]

"Which would be the perfect cover for a burglar, don't you think?" Magnus asked. He was thinking outside of the box here, Nathan.

[shiroi_tiger]

Nathan had to admit that at least Magnus' logic had a strange sort of consistency to it.

"Mm, I suppose," he allowed, grinning faintly. "And what do you suppose the cake is for?"

[magnusrushesin]

"Poison us. Captain Captain Bane tried to do that with some fancy hooch."

His life was special.