To the 'You Didn't Die' Party

One second you were in the car with Gogo and Diana getting jumped by Andy and Pinkie Pie and the next second you were standing with your girls in a decorated conference room getting party hats fitted over your heads. The conference room had several snack tables decorated in a distinctive Halloween style mixed with a Normandy SR-2 color scheme. There was a large black and red banner saying “You Didn’t Die James!” and it was hanging on the wall along with decals of zombies, wendigos, and werewolves.

The snack tables had a large cake in the shape of the Normandy SR-2 and a cut out slice revealed that it was a red velvet cake. There were other snacks that were mainly breakfast foods and snacks. Mini egg soufflés, pancakes, donuts, bear claws, and cinnamon rolls in the shape of a wolf head.

“Huh, nice spread,” Gogo said as she looked at the party and the variety of Rein Corp employees and characters hanging around.

“Thanks!” Pinkie cheered as she fitted around like a hummingbird. “How do you like your pancakes! I personally love them with strawberry syrup, whipped cream and extra marshmallows!” As Pinkie mentioned the toppings they appeared in her hands as she dumped it on a tall stack of pancakes. Shoving them into Gogo’s hands, Pinkie suddenly appeared in front of you and stuffed your mouth full of a few egg soufflés.

“Hey James! How you doing! When I heard the news I was like ‘Bah’!” She makes a horrified look. “And then I was like ‘What’! And then I saw you get carried out and was like ‘whew’!” She let out a deep breath sending your hair back. “Anyways, have some cake!” Suddenly your hands were full of red velvet cake and a fork. Pinkie suddenly set off to greet some characters who wandered in.

“What was that?” Gogo asked as she poked at the stack of pancakes and the mountain of whipped cream and marshmallows slowly falling to the ground.

“That was Pinkie,” you say after chewing through the egg soufflé. Looking back at your two girls you do a double take as Diana was stuffing her mouth with ice cream with all sorts of toppings. She spotted you staring and gave an embarrassed smile before going back to her ice cream.

You got started on the red velvet cake as you watched your co-workers helping themselves to the foods and cake. You saw some of the ogres and maids you picked up a while back laughing with each other and a couple were even cuddling with each other. You walked over as soon as you spotted Larry walk inside.

“Hey James, you sure you ready to comeback so soon?” Larry shook your hand and patted your back.

“The doc said I would be good to go, plus I need to make that money,” you say as the two of you walk over to the snacks.

“Where did you even get that Normandy, I know you won’t accept your dad’s money for some reason,” Larry asks as he munches on a bear claw.

“Dad invited me to his poker night,” you explain as you eat a fresh slice of cake that appeared out of nowhere. “One of his buddies was upgrading to a bigger version and bet the old one which his ex didn’t know when she set up the deathtrap.”

“Your luck is interesting,” Larry chuckled. “Oh hey, before I forget, the wedding invitation mentioned a plus one. Do characters count as a plus one or only prime worlders?” You recall that the invitation included a character section but you guess that Larry was asking if he could use a character for the plus one.

“Your plus one will sit at your table while anyone else you bring with you will sit at their own table if you are bringing more than 2 or three, else they share.” You figured that Larry’s question was a good one as depending on the leaning of the bride and groom, characters might not be considered guests, only accessories.

“And is there a wedding gift registry or something?”

“Nah, nothing like that, we are good with whatever,” you waved him off. “My brothers are already joking about getting me a lifetime supply of condoms.”

“Considering what’s up with the guard Clover, you need them,” Larry said offhandedly, causing you to freeze.

“Wait what do you–”

“Who's ready for their buckets?!” Andy came running in and squeezed between you and Larry, carrying a large stack of buckets. What ensued made you completely forget your conversation as buckets were passed out. You set your cake aside to catch the bucket that was tossed to you.

“Let’s party!” Andy and Pinkie brought out sparklers and noise makers as many of the party-goers cheered as the lights dimmed and glow sticks and rings appeared on people. You quickly got swept up in the crowd.