HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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[Visitors to the Velvet Room are in for an unusual sight.

Gorb balloons. Streamers. Banners that not only read, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GORO AKECHI! but also...

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FRIENDSHIP!

This particular banner has cutesy illustrations of a normal Akechi and Falcon. Yes, really.

There are multiple, multi-layered cakes. One is an angel food cake, decorated to resemble Robin Hood. Then there's another cake, fashioned after Loki, with lovingly decorated dazzle camouflage frosting. Inside is a heavenly red velvet.

Lastly, there's a purely chocolate delight, patterned after Hereward.

There are even little Gorb cupcakes, designed to look like the myriad Akechis resident in the Velvet Room. Fresh brewed coffee and Jazz Jin mocktails await those who seek a beverage, and there's even some curry. How thoughtful!

So... care to mingle?]

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Dove is back, baby!

[seekerofjustice]

When Dove steps into the room, he isn't expecting to see the myriad of cakes and banners. For a moment he doesn't quite realize it's celebrating the birthday of Goro Akechi, and perhaps wonders if he's stepped into some other kind of Velvet Room get together-- but no, it seems to be a birthday celebration. For Goro Akechi.

...That includes him, doesn't it? It feels... odd. Wrong, even. Has he ever had a party before? He remembers happy celebrations with his mother, or at least he thinks he does? But what of his real life? The one hidden behind the curtain?

...No, no. Don't get lost in the same old thoughts now, Dove. It's very kind for a party like this to have been set up, and at the very least he can celebrate his fellow Akechis' birthdays. It's the least he can do.

So Dove smiles, stepping into the room proper. Perhaps he can chat with everyone.

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[mamakechi]

"Oh, hello," Akako, in her yukata, notices a new arrival. "I don't believe I've met you here before."

[seekerofjustice]

Dove turns to look at Akako, and he can't help but be struck by a sense of familiarity. She isn't his mother, but the resemblance is certainly there.

It's enough to lower his guard slightly, still keeping up a smile as he blinks.

"Ah, pardon me! Please, call me Dove. What do I have the pleasure of calling you?"

You know... he kind of misses home. His mother. How long has it been since he's been home now?

[mamakechi]

"Akechi- Akechi Akako," she chuckles. "It's a pleasure, Dove. Born Akechi Goro, I presume?"

[seekerofjustice]

He can't help but be a bit surprised at the name. Another Akechi, but rather than another version of him, she seems to be...

"It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Akako-san. And yes... you would be correct. I am fact Goro Akechi, though one of many as you're likely well aware."

He has his suspicions, as he looks at her and his thoughts flash back to his mother's...