entrancelogs | [MINGLE LOG] I'M GLAD IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

Who: The Pines Twins and EVERYONE (MINGLE LOG)
Where: The Jolly Roger
When: September 2nd
Rating: G
Summary: The Pines Twins are technically turning thirteen, and are having a giant birthday party to celebrate. EVERYONE COME EAT CAKE.
The Story:

The Jolly Roger has been decked out with enough streamers to give its previous owner a small heart attack, but at least the streamers are done up in red, black, and white to go with the pirate theme and not something colorful and obscene like Mabel might design if left to her own devices. Most of the tables for snacks ( including oranges to ward off scurvy) have been set up on the beach to give the guests plenty of room to mingle around without overcrowding the ship, and at various places around the party areas are large barrels full of fake plastic pirate weapons, eyepatches, hats, and other pirate accessories so everyone can get into the spirit of things.

The deck of the Jolly Roger has been turned into a sort of makeshift dance floor for people willing to get up and get their groove on for the entertainment of everyone on the beach, which is entirely Mabel's idea, because who wouldn't want to have a dance party on the deck of a pirate ship.

For the most part, it's a free-for-all, since the twins can't possibly organize that many people, but they're here, there, and everywhere, making sure everyone's having a good time and basking in all the birthday excitement.

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[The Once-ler probably shouldn't even be here. It's not like he knows either of the twins well, but Mabel's a good kid, and Dipper...

...

...Well, Mabel's a good kid. Good enough for him to knit something adorable for her and pretend he cared enough to give something to Dipper in exchange for cake. Cake which he's taken up to the railing of the ship to eat, because it looks pretty empty up there at the moment.

After a long moment though, he realizes he isn't alone but there. There's a little bird just...sitting there. It always surprises him a little when animals don't just flee at the sight of him. It's enough to make him stare for a second, but then he squints. Wait. He knows this bird.]

...Sheesh, what happened to you? The human thing didn't stick?

[Beatrice rolls her eyes. Oh, this isn't getting old at all.] I don't know, what happened to you? Did the minding your own business thing not stick?

Ha, ha. You're hilarious. [Except no, not really. He rolls his eyes a little, but he's not put off by it enough to actually go away..]

What, did you leave and come back or something? It'd explain the return of the whole super angry bluebird thing.

[He's been around long enough that he's seen it happen to people plenty of times. He just, uh. Hadn't realized she'd taken off. Oops.]

[She sighs, rolling her eyes. Apparently, this stupid thing is never gonna go away.]

Yes, and I don't remember ever being here before, so there's that too.

[The Once-ler shrugs.]

Yeah, that happens a lot. The opposite happened to me. I went home, forgot this whole place, made a whole bunch've bad choices and then got dragged back here. All of a sudden I remembered everything but I'd been gone like, four years. I didn't remember Wonderland while I was gone, but you'd think being gone that long would be enough for Wonderland to like, leave you alone for the rest of your life.

[That's not the norm but it's still weird enough to him that he brings it up now and then.]

I'd welcome you back, but this place is kind of terrible and most people don't really want to be here if they can help it.

It's nice that you don't try to sugar coat it. [Beatrice is cranky about being here, and she definitely is not in the mood to hear that this place isn't so bad or anything along those lines.] I would really like to go home now.

[Not that home really is an option. Not until she has those scissors.]

Why bother? Sugar-coated misery is still misery. It tastes a little better, but it's still pretty gross.

[He's never been one to act like this place is better than it is. Sure it's better than his world, but it's still pretty awful.]

Most of the people here just wanna go home, which just goes to show this place doesn't really care what you want.

[She decides she likes this guy. He's got the right sort of attitude.]

That makes it a lot like most people.

[He actually laughs a little at that.]

True! It'd be better if it was a person though. Then maybe someone could actually try and stop it from being such a jerk all the time.

You could force it to do what you want. That's how the world works. [It's easier when you're not tiny and a blue bird.]

Right. I'm pretty sure it doesn't work like that when the "it" is a giant house. Though, it'd be funny to watch people try...

[He's kind of imagining people just trying to beat it up like it's a person, and it's a little ridiculous in his head.]

What do they do, threaten the house? [She snickers a little.] Do they throw rocks? Threaten to write on the walls?

[The Once-ler shrugs, with a little grin.]

Probably. And if all else fails, there's always fire.

Do you think that would work? [She... she shouldn't look so excited about the possibility.]

Probably not, knowing this place. It fixes stuff when you break it, so it'd probably be up and running again in no time.

[Not to, you know. Burst her bubble or anything.]

Figures. [She doesn't look more than mildly disappointed. She didn't think it would ever be that easy.] I guess I'll just have to find some people who have stuff I want and take that.

[Sorry, but that's pretty funny coming out of an adorable woodland critter.]

What are you, some kind of little bluebird thief?

Only when I have to be. [Sometimes she isn't little, a bluebird, or a thief.]

[MINGLE LOG] I'M GLAD IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

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