A Birthday Gone Wrong

In Which Vlastomil Gets Tangled In Balloons And Julian Hits His Head

"Happy birthday, Volta" The Devil patted Volta on the head before turning to Valdemar. "Have you prepared the cannons?" He asked."I have. And I also took the liberty of setting up the pinata. And hiding the bat." Valdemar stole a glance a Vulgora who was just waiting for their turn to smash something. The Devil chuckled. A large, glowing portal opened up behind him and out stepped Asra, Nadia, Julian, Lianna and Portia"Oh, this is...nice." Lianna said as she glanced around at the stone walls, softly glowing red. A banner that read "Happy Birthday" was tied to a wall on the far left. On the wall to the right, a 'Pin the tail on the Lucio' game was attached. Asra nodded in a half agreement. Volta ran up to Nadia, who swooped her up in a big hug."Oh, Countess! It's so good to see you!" She giggled and hugged Nadia tighter."It is good to see you as well, dear Volta." Nadia made eye contact with the Devil who shrugged and gave his best 'She's too cute, I know' smile. Nadia set Volta down and turned to Asra. "You have your present, right?" She asked. He smiled and nodded."Yeah, tucked into my bag somewhere." He stared down at his bag. "This thing has way too many pockets..." Asra chuckled. Julian stood at the back, arms crossed watching everyone greet each other. Vulgora and Lianna were talking about sports. Volta and Portia were hugging and swapping stories about small animals. Vlastomil was trying to figure out how balloons work. Valerius was arguing with the Devil on the subject of whether or not there should be alcohol at Volta's birthday party. Nadia and Asra were discussing gifts. Everyone was there. Except..."Looking for someone?" Valdemar's voice rang out from behind Julian. He jumped, surprised and slammed into a low-hanging chandelier. He fell to the floor with a thud. Everyone's eyes were on him now. Valdemar chuckled and slithered off to some other room."Uncle Jules!" Volta ran over and threw herself on top of Julian."Dogpile!" Shouted Vulgora as they ran over and launched themselves onto Julian's legs. Lianna shrugged and joined the others. Asra could barely contain his laughter while Nadia just stood there, shaking her head. Vlastomil had gotten tangled up in balloon strings and the Devil and Valerius were to busy trying to untangle him. Julian groaned and gave up. Suddenly, from across the room, someone shouted "Cake Time!" That was when all hell broke loose.