>>18239166For the next while Colby just wanders through her own party, starstruck. No expense was spared: there is an open bar, broadly well-stocked but leaning heavily towards things that are sweet, fizzy, and effervescent; little trifles like an arrangement of edible pink roses are everywhere; and clearly somebody had marked "All of the Above" when selecting the different styles and types of birthday cake.
Colby begins to make her rounds, mingling with the guests of every station and vocation, trying the different sweet desserts and drinks, as deep in her abdomen, beneath the thin silken fabric of her pink party dress, her pancreas says a silent but fervent plea to its ancestors, begging for much-needed strength to confront an impending sugar rush of never-before-seen proportions.
>>18239627Colby sees the Yellow Empress and returns her hug warmly. There had been a bit of tension between them before, at the Empress's treatment of Amy, but it's now forgotten, and Colby greets her with genuine happiness and enthusiasm.
>"Empress! I'm so glad that you're here! Th-thank you, this means so much to me!" 