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[ontheirside]

[News crew following him around all day? Strange, but not unwanted. Don't mind if this Archangel just runs with it and makes the best out of this.

Have the biggest smile and that kind of attitude you only find in reality show hosts that were made for the job. Gabe is standing near the fountain and behind him is a tent which stands wide open as if inviting everyone to come inside.]

Goooooood Morning, Stockholm!

My name is Gabriel and on this fine morning, I'd like to alert you to a very special birthday. One Mindy Macready is turning 12 today and y'all should come party with her.

I mean, look at this...

[He gestures for the camera crew to follow him as he leads the way into the part tent where it looks like someone vomited Hello Kitty. Inside there are streamerseverywhere, a few piñatas hang from the ceiling,and on a big, centeral, table there are cakes and utensils. On a side-table near the entrance there are party hats for people to wear and one special one that Gabriel dons himself.]

See? How can you go wrong with Hello Kitty? So, come on over, have some cake, meet the birthday girl, take a swing at a Papier-mâché cat, whatever strikes your fancy.

Oh and, birthday girl? Might want to head over here pronto I've got a couple of things for you.

[He moves the camera to show a dress and a doll set out on a seperate table away from everything else. And, with a wink and a winning smile, Gabe cuts the transmission.

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[She's stunned, gaping over the video feed at all that Gabriel did. Her brain really can't process something like this.]

Holy shit, that dress. How'd you know it was my birthday?

[And because she is eleven...no...twelve years old, Mindy decides to shut the video off and run to the location. She stops in front of Gabriel, looking up at him with wide eyes.]

Okay, now you can answer.

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[ontheirside]

[He just winks and raises his eyebrows.]

I'm just fantastic and know things, of course.

Like it?

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

Uh huh. [She's creeped out but not so much that she can't look everything over and grin at Gabriel.]

I do. [She pauses, looking up at Gabe again with mild confusion.] Why'd you do this, though?

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[ontheirside]

[He just shrugs as if it weren't a big deal.]

Because I could and because I thought you'd like it. Besides, you only have a birthday once a year and you'll only be twelve once.

[He totally just did it to make you smile, but he's not going to admit that....like ever.]

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[Yeah, yeah. You got Hit Girl to smile at something that isn't her beating a mobster to death. Points for you, tell no one, all that.

This is great, however. Her last birthday consisted of her getting breakfast for her and her dad and him giving her a pair of balisongs. Which she loves. But still.]

I do like this. It's...pretty awesome. [Another pause.] That's a lot of Hello, Kitty stuff.