A Norans Special Day (Open to All)

[Ethan Snow]

"Heh, yeah, you really look nice." Ethan reiterated with a smile. Ethan's mention of Brandon staying with him seemed to surprise the young lady, ironically making it easier for Ethan to keep his cool attitude. "Heh heh, yep, he's been there pretty much since I got hurt in Central City." the blue haired teen replied, his smile turning to a grin. Ethan would have gone on but at about that moment he spotted the blur departing the cabin and steeled himself. Given the relative difference in their power levels, the impact was not so much a tackle into the slow but more along the lines of a bug hitting a windshield. She though at least had the benefit of padding provided by his winter coat.

"Errrrr, hi..." Ethan responded, lifting his arms up and away for a moment, looking a little uncomfortable, but then after the moment giving the strange girl a pat on the head. Ohkara didn't bat an eye and was already heading to the door by this point and Ethan didn't want to spend any more time in the snow then he had to, so the blue haired teen started shimmying towards the cabin even with the girl's arms still wrapped around his waist. "Hey uh, it's cold out here, let's get inside."

[Brandon]

Brandon gave off his usual evil smirk when Ohkara stated that they were lame for not bringing Ethar anything. But then, Brandon reached into his back pocket and took out a small wrapped object. It was roughly the size of a large wallet, but it was hard like plastic. "NAh, I got him something. Im not THAT stupid. Hahaha." He said, as his evil smirk turned to a normal smile.

The quick blur that seemed to hug Ethan quickly grabbed Brandons attention, and what she called him made him laugh a bit. "Uncle Ethan eh? Thats funny..." He chuckled as he looked up to Ethan. "You know this little girl?" He asked, as he somewhat followed Ohkara into the seemingly small cabin. He was quite surprised to find birthday decorations all over the place, and he also saw that it was bigger then the outside had let on.

"Whoo, Cozy in here." He said, looking around before he spotted Ethar, a man who Ohkara seemed delighted to see as she walked over to him and hugged him. "Mm Yes, Happy birthday." He said, placing his gift for Ethar onto the table, so he wouldnt accidentally drop it on the floor.

[Celeh]

Everything seemed to be going swell so far, until Ethar thought it was a good idea to try and be a judge of character on topics he barely understood about a person he had just met. It just didn't sit right with Celeh and her mood turned sour almost immediately. She sat her cup down on the counter and scowled at him, "What do you know about real strength? What do you know about me? Don't go making stupid assumptions after just meeting me." Without another word she turned and headed for the door. On the way she passed Ohkara, Brandon, and Ethan. She gave a nod to Ohkara and then stepped outside. The winter weather didn't bother her too much, but she didn't grab her cloak on the way out. She'd likely be back. She just stepped outside to calm down and make it easier to hold her tongue from stirring up more problems. This guy was one of the protectors of the planet and apparently he was her neighbor, too. She'd rather not be on unpleasant terms with him if she could avoid it...so she tried not to wreck his birthday party even though she hadn't been invited in the first place. She just showed up to finally be neighborly in some respect.

[Ethar Luxun]

Watch Celeh almost storm out, Ethar was fairly certain as to what had happened to the girl. Obviously, him judging her the way he was stirred up some nasty memories that she tried so hard to overcome, and that made him feel quite a bit guilty.

Seeing Summers burst out the door ahead of Celeh, seeing her hug Ethan as Ohkara came into the door made his smile return a bit as Ohkara wished him a happy birthday. She moved in to hug him, which surprised him a bit, but he accepted her hug with open arms, and patted her on the back before letting her go. "Thank you Ohkara, Im so glad all of you can come. And no, I havent started anything yet. I was waiting for everyone to be here before anything happened." He said, as he saw Ethan coming in the door after Summers stopped hugging him and bolted back into the house, and seemingly ran downstairs for something.

But Ethars eyes were caught on by the new individual with the grey skin and purple eyes. Looking from the new person back to Ethan, He asked "And who might this be?" as he soon vaguely recognized the other's energy. Just before he took off from his fight with Zarbon, he felt a dark presence. Although he was not sure what it was, but seeing the grey skinned individual now, he felt the same energy from him as he did before.

But the individual was here for the party, as he saw he had placed a package onto the table. "In any case, a friend of Ohkaras and Ethans, is a friend of mine. Welcome, My name is Ethar." He said, as he extended his hand towards Brandon for a handshake.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Catching the tail end of what seemed to be an argument between Ethar and Celeh right before embracing the boy, Ohkara glanced over to see Celeh leave the cabin. Ethar hugged the girl back, patting her on the back, then released her; all in all his returned hug felt a lot less warm that what she’d intended. With a huff, Ohkara took a step back from the Noran, placing a hand on her hips, ”What’d you say, dummy?” she asked, motioning towards the door, of course referring to the Saiyan that just exited. Shaking her head, Ohkara turned and headed towards the door herself; if the brown-haired man had just messed up, she was going to see about smoothing things over.

Gracefully making her way towards the door, she pushed past Ethan, handing the gift she was holding to him, ”Be a sweetie and hold this for me. I want to be the one that gives it to Ethar,” she told the teen, trusting him with whatever prized position might have been in the box.

Rushing after Celeh, Ohkara held out a hand in the air and called after her, ”Hey, Celeh! Wait up!” If allowed, the green-haired girl would catch up with the Saiyan rather quickly, taking position by her side, ”What was that all about, if you don’t mind me asking?” Of course, if the brunette wanted, she could easily just tell Ohkara that it was none of her business, she’d just noticed the woman’s ruffled response and wanted to help, ”I know how Ethar can be… He might be a bit of a bookworm, and smart in that sense, but when it comes to people skills, he’s pretty much a big ol’ dummy…” she offered, trying to lighten the woman’s mood.

[Ethan Snow]

Released from the little girl's grasp, Ethan continued towards the cabin, intending to follow Ohkara inside, though before he reached the door another young lady stormed out looking upset. It was on the boy's mind to come back out once he'd said his 'hello's' and just gave her a friendly smile on the way in. It would at least give his unfortunately excited nethers a few more minutes to calm before heading inside and taking his coat off, which was ok with him in spite of how much the garment bothered him. His plan to turn around was derailed though when Ohkara, already moving at warp speed, handed her gift off to him and rushed outside to talk with the other young lady first. Grumbling as she disappeared through the open doorway, Ethan called back.

"Oy, what do I look like? The help?" the boy hollered cheekily and nudged the door closed with his shoe, being the last one in and not wanted to let all of the heat out now that he was trapped. Brandon had asked him about the little girl outside, but too many things were happening at once and Ethan simply couldn't respond to everything without sounding like the fast talking salesman from the old Micro Machines commercials. Ethar's question about the extra guest though was of a decidedly higher priority and so the blue haired teen smiled at him as he stepped and introduced the grey skinned young man.

"Oh, this is Brandon." Ethan started, motioning towards him with his free hand. "He showed up in central and helped us get rid of that Zarbon guy's ship... And we're rooming together. Didn't want to leave him all alone on the boat. Hope you don't mind." the boy explained and then moved on to the gift he was holding. "Ah, and this is from Ohkara." he added and held the present out to Ethar.

[Brandon]

Brandon smiled as he accepted the Noran's handshake. "A pleasure. Ethans told me a few stories about you. Good ones." He said, as the two would shake hands.

After the greeting was done and over with, he heard Ethan tell Ethar that he didnt want to leave Brandon on the boat all by himself, and he merely shook his head. "The kidder, He knows he cant stand being away from me for too long. Heh." He said, as he gave Ethan a hug with a sheepish grin on his face.

As he then saw Ethan push Ohkara's present towards Ethar, he gestured down to the smaller present that he had bought. "And this one is from me. I know I didnt come invited, but thought it was proper to bring my own gift." He added, hoping that the Noran would like his gift. Though, he was unsure if he was going to wait for Ohkara and the other woman to return before opening the gifts which he had received.

[Celeh]

Celeh left the house, but only got a few steps outside the place before she came to a stop. Even with Ohkara chasing after her, it didn't change her pace any. She didn't glance over her shoulder at Ohkara, but she did stop completely and let the green haired girl catch up. "It's nothing you should concern yourself with. I know you're trying to defend his air-headed stupidity, but it's unlikely that it will change any time soon if I had to guess. He looks old enough to know better than to judge people at first glance." She crossed her arms and shook her head, "I came over today not because of the silly party, but because he's been my neighbor on this mountain for months now. I ignored him to a point, but after that battle in Central City I realized that he was involved...and I wanted to get to know a potential ally a little better. I almost regret my decision already. If he wasn't on the same side as me I'd have probably blown up his house for insulting me."

[Ethar Luxun]

Accepting the gifts, but not opening them, Ethar placed them infront of him on the table and smiled. "I thank you for your gift, Im sure it is wonderful. But please forgive me if i do not unveil their contents yet. I read that it is traditional on Earthling birthdays that presents only be opened after cake, and that everyone is with the birthday person. So we should wait for Celeh and Ohkara." He said, being the book worm he was, he did not not to mess up his first celebrated Earthling birthday party.

He then eyed Ethan and Brandon as he asked "So, am I to understand that you two are a couple now?" A grin crossed his face as he was curious as to what had sparked this kind of relationship already. But then again, quite some time had passed since their fight with Zarbon, and alot of things could happen in that time frame. His sinister grin resumed his normal playful smile as he added "Brandon, I can speak from...past experiences, that Ethan will be a handful for ya. I do hope your stamina will be as... durable, as his is."

He then looked toward the door where Ohkara and Celeh had gone through, as he then let out a sigh. "I screwed up pretty badly. I really didn't mean to upset her... and I really dont want to make an enemy out of Celeh, since we are next door neighbors afterall...."

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Ohkara listened to the woman carefully as she spoke, allowing her to say her piece before starting her own. She nodded when Celeh finished, and even laughed at her comment of blowing the house up- she knew Celeh well enough to gather that wasn’t an empty threat, but she too had experiences in the past with Ethar that made her feel the same way, ”Well, I’m glad you didn’t,” she told her, smiling kindly, ”Like I said, he’s a dummy. Seriously. I’ve shared my fair shares of threats with him myself,” she giggled dryly, shaking her head.

”When he steps out of line towards me, I put him in his place… You’re right, he’s old enough to know better. I agree,” she told her giving a shrug, ”but he does mean well… And he is a talented fighter…” with a grimace, she let out a sigh and continued, ”I’m not going to defend him, but he does make for a good ally…”

”Listen, maybe you don’t feel like coming back in right now, and that’s fine. Cool off all you need to,” Glancing back to the cabin over her shoulder she gave a light smile, and gestured to it, ”But the rest of the guys in there are also good allies. So at the very least come back when you’re ready to and meet them.” Offering a smile to the Saiyan woman, Ohkara gave her a shrug, ”Besides, I’m sure Ethar will be having food too- he’s a great cook, and if you don’t eat with us, I’m going to end up eating your portion and getting fat!” she joked, trying to lighten the mood a bit more, ”No one wants a fat Ohkara; especially if I’m supposed to be considered an ally!”

[Ethan Snow]

Feeling his nethers had calmed sufficiently to no longer be noticeably excited, Ethan had started to unzip his winter coat when Brandon chimed in, telling Ethar the their relationship was decidedly more then just roomies, all the while trapping the blue haired boy's arms with a hug. Ethan looked genuinely surprised that Brandon was being so openly affectionate in public, they after all hadn't actually formally promised themselves to each other, theirs was more of a relationship of mutual physical attraction and shared interests in a decidedly more brutal form of love. While Ethan enjoyed getting the tar kicked out of him and Brandon enjoyed doing the kicking, the two still had separate interests, at least that's what Ethan thought. He well understood Ohkara had some attraction to him as well and he shared in that interest. Given the teen's somewhat conservative views on committed relationships, thanks to his home life, the thought of being involved with both of them seemed a little on the cheating side. He liked them both and although he hadn't spent much time with Ohkara over the last few weeks, he still knew she had way about her when she used it that turned his spine to jelly. With Brandon it was a completely different story, two dominant young men wrestling for top, though the end result was always the same and both enjoyed it that way. There was a term Ethan had heard once that he recalled described the kind of relationship he had with Brandon.

"Uh.. Well... A couple?" the blue haired boy stammered in response to Ethar's question. "Well... I uh... I wouldn't say that... Uh... More... friends... Yeah, really good friends... with benefits..." Ethan was sweating under his coat now and with Brandon's arms around him there was no way to get free and stop it. Then again, all of this thinking about his relationship with the muscular, grey skinned young man had set his loins off again and the boy nervously swallowed as he felt the telltale tightening.

"Uh... Maybe we should uh..." Ethan continued, desperately looking for a subject change. "...Maybe we should put your gifts down... Oh you did that... well... who's for something to drink?" 'Cripes that's bad, what the hell am I doing?' Ethan thought to himself and fussed a little in Brandon's hug.

[Brandon]

Brandon couldn't help but have a sinister grin on his face as he felt Ethan squirming slightly in his grip. After hearing what Ethan called the two of them, he leaned closer to Ethans ear and whispered "Interesting benefits..." in an effort to give the teen goosebumps.

After several moments of making his 'friend with benefits' suffer, he giggled and let him go just after he asked if anyone wanted a drink. "A coffee would be nice. With cream, no sugar, if your up to making it Ethan." He replied as his sinister grin turned into a normal smile.

Looking to Ethar he said "Eh, Im yet to tire out before he does actually. Hes an awesome sparring partner and roomie. He sorta spoils me." As he looked down to the gift he was giving Ethar. "I dont wanna spoil the present too much, but you will use this stuff more then I will now. Recent events have lead me to beleive it would be safer for everyone if I didn't gain too much power. So Im giving you my old training equipment... Its all stored in capsules for ya."

[Celeh]

Celeh didn't seem to relax or calm down any just yet, but it was good to hear that someone else understood how she felt about the situation. Of course, if first impressions were anything to go by then Ohkara had more than enough experience in dealing with him to know that what Celeh was saying wasn't entirely false. The soldier sighed and shook her head, "I suppose common decency and not making assumptions about others or their values are customs not practiced on his home planet." Although it wasn't snarky and sarcastic in tone, it was still probably funny.

"I'll come back in a few minutes. I just need to calm down. I appreciate you coming out to check on me and trying to calm me down, but I'm fine. I left so I wouldn't explode on him for being an idiot. I might not be able to keep him in check, but I can keep myself in check. I'd be a fool to turn down a good home cooked meal, anyway. I'm a terrible cook."

[Ethar Luxun]

Ethar gave Ethan and Brandon an odd look, then he smiled. "Ah I suppose I shouldnt be surprised. Especially when it comes to you Ethan." He said as he smiled, a faint chuckle escaping from him.

He saw Brandon put his gift closer to him, and tell what was in the package. Valuable training equipment!

"Oh my, Thank you! I will be sure to give them good use when the time comes. These will especially come in handy." He said as his smile brightened as he picked the package up, and gently shook it. He could hear the faint rattles of capsules in their case, and there was a fair amount of them. It was quite the gift! But alas, he put the package down next to Ohkaras. "I still think we should wait for Ohkara and Celeh to come back in, before opening the packages." He said.

When Ethan brought up the subjects of drinks, the small succubus-in-training looked over to Ethan and giggled. "Whats your poison? Hot chocolate? Tea? Mead? OR my specialty, Hot Chocolate Supreme?" She asked, her tail waving behind her as she gave Ethan a rather perverted hungry grin.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

With a laugh, Ohkara gave a shrug. Of course, she knew better, but that only made the comment even funnier. ”Hey, I’m not saying ‘hit him’,” she told her slyly with a humored, but serious tone, ”but next time he steps out of line to you, put him in his place,” she stated, then quietly mouthed the words “hit him” to her. Bursting into laughter, it would almost seem that she was joking, but that would remain unclarified as the conversation shifted.

”Hehehe! I’m glad to hear that. Take all the time you need.” she told her with a smile, nodding her head in agreement.

”I’m gonna go back inside before something stupid happens,” She told her, turning back towards the cabin. Stopping, she glanced over her shoulder and smiled, ”Hey Celeh, I know sometimes it’s good to be alone,” she said softly, ”But being alone all the time is never good,” she told her, ”We’re friends, so just know now, you never have to be,” she gave a half-hearted shrug and she twirled back around to smile brightly at the Saiyan woman, ”I guess what I’m saying is if you ever wanna talk, I’m here! You know, you’re the first girl I’ve met in a long time I’ve gotten along with, and it’s nice to have a friend that isn’t…” she gave a humored huff and rolled her eyes, pointing them back to the cabin, ”… A guy.”

With a bubbly laugh, Ohkara turned back and headed for the cabin, ”See you in a few then!” she told her, giving her small backwards wave over her head.