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"Oh!" Marshall exclaimed, letting Gaius out of his hug, "Yeah! Well, Its Cinco de Mayo, soo...Mexican themed, really. Got some taco stuff, nachos, some burritos...Ummm..." Then, some thing dawned on Marshall, "Um...Gaius? Can you eat this stuff? I mean, I can for the most part, but I'm not sure since I don't really know what you're...Ummm..."

Marshall sighed, before finally asking, "Gaius, what exactly are you being turned into? I mean, we've been here for almost a year and well...I still don't really know..."

It was just about that time of day again, Victor was crawling back from the beach, and headed for the caferteria at a slow pace. He had been working on his pacing and walking to keep from falling over or tripping over his own limbs and ending up in a pile in the dirt. Eventually Victor reached the caferteria and went though the trouble of strugging to work the door open and push his way inside, suddenly surprised by the decorations..... and the presence of two other people, Marshall and Gaius.

The lizardman looked between the two, debating with himself if to stay or leave....but he was already there and there wasn't much he could do now.
Victor crawled his way further into the cafe, the limbs on his back twitching and shifting as he scuttled slowly closer, stopping a fair distance away to give a wave to the two.

"Hello Ggaiussss, Marrsssshall" Victor's upper mouth shifted and mimiced his words, the tongue flicking and moving about "Whhatssss ggoingg on?"

Tommy made his way groggily toward the chow hall, squinting heavily in the bright sunlight. This was the first time he had been up and about before sundown in a long time...and now the sun played havoc on his nocturnally inclined eyes. But...he wouldn't miss this for the world. It was something normal...a birthday party...for a penguin...yeah, right, normal. He shook his head as he pushed his way inside...glancing about at the others in the building. There was the penguin...then Victor...and Gaius. Huh...haven't seen him in a long time. Goddamn...what was he? Winged horse thing...Christ. He just gave a razor-toothed grin to those, "Hiya..." he said softly...wondering if anyone but Victor would recognize him.

Gaius blushed, more than a bit embarrassed by Marshall's outburst - And he wondered why Gaius always thought he was younger?

"Hey, hey, it's not all that call you know... I'd much rather just be myself. I mean, look at m-" The words died on his lips as he turned with Marshall. He looked wide-eyed at the scaled multi-limbed thing that'd scuttled in the door. This wasn't the first time he'd seen it, otherwise his reaction might have been worse than it was. Gaius stared blatantly, boggling at the sheer number of limbs - was there any animal really with that? But the face, he recognized that strange double-face. His lips curled in a frown. That was Victor, for sure. Trying to take his cue from Marshall, Gaius gave a small wave, though his manner was stiffer than he intended.

After that came a most strange being - some kind of bat, judging from the wings. Gaius gave a warmer wave to him, but there wasn't any sign of recognition in the horse-man's face. Last he'd seen Tommy, the guy'd just had long fingers and hadn't been covered with fur with beady black eyes.

He almost missed the other fellow that'd come in shortly after - another guy he'd not seen since his change. Gaius blinked. The green was more than recognizable, but the shape... It looked more like a giant frog than any human-like being. Gaius gulped. That had to be Newt, unless there was some other big green frog... but the croak was too recognizable. Well, that explained why the guy hadn't been around for construction. He frowned slightly, debating whether to press the guy about what he'd promised to get done, but decided against it, turning to get some nachos at least in a paper plate, avoiding the meat as he favored the beans and guacamole.

"Ohh it issss? hhappy birrthhday thhen Marrsssshall" Victor said as he then looked to Gaius and frowned slightly with his orginal mouth at Gaius' reaction to seeing him. The horseman stared at Victor and gave him a short, tense wave> On one level Victor understood why Gaius acted like that, but still didn't mean he liked it.

"I sssssssee You cchhangged too Ggaiussss" Victor commented before turning to see who else had entered... Tommy and Newt. Newt looked like he was a deer in the headlights, frozen in the doorway, Victor doubted he could do anything to make Newt feel less nervious so he just ignored the frog's presence.
"Hhey Tommy....prretty earrly forr you"

Tommy crutched his way in further, glancing over at the solid food with a sigh. He nodded to Victor as he was adressed, "Yeah...I hear ya...wouldn't miss this for the world. Heard about a birthday party...thought even I could get up in the middle of the day to wish Marshall a happy birthday." He grinned somewhat before glancing over the penguin. "So...yeah, happy birthday. Oh...I'm Tommy, by the way...we met down by the river a while ago," he said with renewed vigor. It was killing him to be out this early...but it was for a good cause.

Gaius's ears twitched up as Victor addressed the bat. Had he heard right? It sounded like a name he knew... Someone from months ago? But no, a more intent look at the bat still didn't ring any bells for the horse-man. Still, he came over to the gathering, far from wanting to be anti-social. He'd not brought Vixen today, a rare occurance considering she was a loyal part of his 'herd' family.

Newt's behavior got an odd look from him. He didn't know why the guy was so jumpy, but marked it off to his usual meekness. The nasty scars were a good indication of what might've upset him, though. Gaius frowned again as he looked at them, wondering if they were made by the same claws that'd left trails down his own back. That blasted dragon... He held up a hoof-hand as the frog seemed about ready to hyperventilate, trying to speak calmingly. "Woah! It's okay Newt, it's just me! Gaius, remember? I'm not gonna eat you or anything, even if I could!" Holy crud, those eyes were huge... "Looks like you went through another change, eh?" he offered, trying to get the guy to calm down with conversation.

His attention was pulled away sharply by the exclamations nearby. Gaius straightened alertly, neck and ears straight as his wings gave a quick flare. "What?" His eyes darted at the bat. "Tommy?!" he echoed Marshall. "That's... that's you?"