Happy Birthday to Meeerrrrrreeeeeeeeee [Open Mingle]

[abrightboy]

Who: The residents of ADI Apt B1 and YOU.
When: January 18th, from early evening onward.
Where: Apartment B1 at the ADI complex.
Summary: Tim Drake discovered Meredith Idlewild's birthday is today (by snooping in her stuff) and her boys decided to throw her a little surprise celebration since she, you know, looks after them and shit. Ofc neither of them knows how to do that, really, so Malcolm has recruited Neal Caffrey as Party Planner.
Warnings: To be added as necessary but none to start.


Thanks to Neal's intervention, the party Malcolm and Tim are throwing for Meredith is very nice, with tasteful decorations and good wine, alongside fancy finger foods and even fancier cocktails. Neal mans the 'bar' personally, mixing drinks for anyone who'd like to try one.

Malcolm and Tim will try to be social. It's for Meredith.

They did use Tim's connections, too. He recruited Jeff to slip invites onto people's desks if they work at ADI and take some over to Bonnie's. Meredith deserves maximum appreciation. The invites instructed everyone not to say anything to Meredith. When she comes home, it's meant to surprise her.

Early evening: SURPRISE!
When Meredith gets home, get ready to shout!

Mid-evening
Mix, mingle, eat and drink.

Late-evening
Your hosts will arrange a cab if you can't make it home; they already have a police lieutenant sleeping on their couch and tonight has been a lot of peopling for them. If they need to carry you down there... they're more capable of it than their slight frames would suggest.

Comments

[henchgal]

"They are at the stage where they've admitted to feelings and maybe done some things about it. Though it's Gil who's been on the couch, not Neal--he's an older gentleman, you'll see him around here somewhere."

Maybe. Hopefully.

[bossyboiler]

"I'm sorry. I thought you said Neal not Gil." Her bad! Kate shakes her head. She has no excuse, not even the excuse of having a few drinks in her. "I've met Gil. I didn't know he knew Malcolm though. Are they from the same world?"

[henchgal]

"Yes, Gil and Malcolm are--they've known each other for a long time, I think since Malcolm was young. I don't have the full details, beyond them working together and Gil being a father figure."

She laughs softly.

"The first time I met Gil was, like...six months ago, when the Kelpies got us. That shit still gives me nightmares, you know? Halloween, I think I've mostly gotten over, but the selkie shit, not yet."

[bossyboiler]

"Gil seems a much better father than the one he actually has," Kate says without thinking. "I mean, based on what Malcolm has told me." She adds swiftly because she isn't sure who all Malcolm has told about his serial-killer father. She won't out him like that.

"That entire week was unpleasant," which Kate knows is putting it mildly. "I can't imagine the horror of turning into another creature. It sounds traumatizing and I really believe that ADI should invest in actual therapists for us."