Paper's Game

"How we were supposed to know your surprise thing for us wasn't leading to a party?" Chance replies.

"You... you guys weren't setting up a p-party for me?" At this point Pine pulls a disheartening face of extreme sadness as his eyes get all watery...

Pine's face brightens up, a full 180 of what it was before. "Haha, don't worry guys, Winter Fur has already offered to throw a party for me. I was only playing with you. But thanks for the offer Starsong."

Now, Winter Fur is a great mare and all, with a good spacious house, but you guys also know that she kinda has a habit of waiting until the last minute to set things up...

Chance rolls her eyes and says, "Well should we go and help out?"

"Winter Fur?" Starsong grabs Chance and Lickety and pulls them toward a corner away from where Needles can hear. "Ok, I fly there and tell Winter that Needles is going to be there in 10 minutes, but then you guys take him on detours so that we have 10 or 20 extra minutes to set up. That work for you?"

"Yeh alright." Lickity looks around Starsong to Pine Needles and says, "Hey Pine we're gonna distract you before you go to the thing."

"What thing?" quizzes Pine...

"I dunno, what time is it?" Pine looks at the clock, which says it is thirty minutes past midday...

Not being able to resist, Chance suggests, "Perhaps a game of...chance?" and she pulls out a pack of cards.

"Starts at three? Okay, well I'm gonna go see if Winter Fur could use some help in setting up for the party." Starsong says, stretching her wings before she heads out.

Lickity waves a friendly good as Starsong flies off, and turns to the closet to wipe the counters down now that the floor if the main room is mostly dust-free.
"I'm actually going to sit this hand out and keep cleaning, if that's alright. It's just...so good to be doing this again!"

"Sure, let me just put my stuff down." With that, Pine moves to the offices and starts putting stuff from his bag down on the desks...

Chance shrugs at Lickity and goes to said room and seeing as how Needles didn't state a preference, proceeds to set things up for a complicated game that should, with a couple rounds, take up a good deal of time.

After a while, Pine Needles returns. "Okay, what are we playing?"

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Starsong finally arrives outside the house of Winter Fur...

Starsong knocks at the door, humming to herself as she waits for the answer.

The door is answered by Winter Fur, a, erm, "big-boned" and fluffy coated earth pony answers the door. Her mane is in a bit of a mess at the moment, and she is wearing an apron. "Oh, hello Starsong," greets Winter Fur, "Here for the party?"

(Telebiscuit feel free to say what your character is doing at the moment, she is currently in the house...)

I hear the knock at the door, and see the friendly mare Winter Fur go to answer it. I continue what I'm doing, having arrived early I decided to help set up some of the more mundane party stuff before setting up my own show. Right now I'm laying out plates and silverware at the snack table, idly pulling at balloons with my tail as I work. I hum the tune I'm performing to later, swaying my hips as I mentally rehearse the movements.Once the table is settled, I call out to Winter, "Table's done, what else is next?"

Starsong freezes, her eyes wide and ears back a little. "Uh- who's that? I don't recognize their voice..."

Provided Pine and Chance don't close the office door, Lickity makes some small talk. "Your brother coming up for your birthday, Pine?"