Happy Birthday Ben!!

Happy Birthday Ben!!
Sunrise Rainier D2 // [Thundy] , We hope that you're having a fantastic day! Your kindness, creativity, and resilience knows no bounds. Your love of lavender has no match. You're great. We love you!

It's Ben's birthday today!
Let's share some gifs to celebrate:

sbeeg


goat


wimdy


alex 🐺


✨ zozo.



@fabulousraven


fireflyz


marguerite harvard d2a (zori)


𝓂𝒶𝒽𝑜𝓊𝒽𝑜🕊


Lyn𝛿is


k!ah , Baby Wessex d9b [earthling] , & Stare


What recipe should Ben cook next?
The Hobbit: Ploughman’s Lunch because it feels like a great meal to eat on while reading a book
-Geebs

carbonara !
-goat

I’ve recently tried cooking oven baked pork chop loin with home made country Sainte and it is just :chefskiss:
-Kiah

Hmmm... Have you done thai food? Make you some massaman curry.
-Windy

apricot omelette 🤪
-kaitlin

Chicken Watermelon Tacos
-Kay

cheese souffle
-alex

chicken tikka masala!
-zoë

the rich! i heard they taste good!
-rave!

lavender honey pie~
-shrimp

Classic Victoria Sandwich
-zori

Lavender Cookies with Lemon Glaze
-WT

Lemon Blueberry Mini Cheesecakes!~They're the perfect, refreshing summer snack and the flavors remind me of you ^^

garlic scapes!!
-Lyndis

Ooooooo queso? but maybe like... dairy free queso, so it doesn't kill you? :jobbing:
-Stare


What's one thing Ben should do this year?
Hike! (there's no mountains but there has to be trails around close!)
-geebs

i would say come to florida but we’re kind of a covid hotspot rn so maybe don’t come here for a while
-goat

Try the oven cooked pork- its so good! 😂😂
-Kiah

Adopt five more eggs.
-windy

Erase the word 'should' from his vocab But alternatively: take a roadtrip!!! To the BEST COAST, obviously!
-Kay

cook his way through a chosen cookbook!
-alex

relax!!! <3
-zoë

take care of yourself, gently! buy yourself an $8 smoothie and vibe it out
-rave!

take a vacation
-fireflyz

Take the time to sit and slowly drink a cup of coffee
-shrimp

This is hard question during the pandemic but maybe take up a new skill like learning another language?
-zori

Try doing some picnics with Egg! It'll be a nice afternoon of cooking a creative meal, relaxing outside with either a good book or writing, and having fun with Egg outside~
-mahouho

try 365 new recipes
-Lyndis

Keep writing that fabulous book!
-Stare


If Ben were to get a second dog, what's a good name for Egg's sibling?
Bacon
-Geebs, Kiah, Lyndis, rave! ("Bacon, obvvvvs, ben's bed and breakfast themed dog resort")

Ham. Bonus points if the doggo loves to cheese for the camera.
-Kay

Pancake
-goat, zori

Legg, Thegg, Fregg, Wegg
-windy

name em yolk hehe
-kaitlin

waffle
-alex

omelette!
-zoë

or avodaco.
-zoë

Toast
-WT

or toast!! toast gets my vote
-zoë

Benedict! A cheesy play on eggs benedict, and a distinguished name for a playful duo ^^
-mahouhou

i almost said benedict but that's kinda close to bennett
-fireflyz

Tonic
-shrimp

Noodles
-stare


Treat yourself to some great writing by Ben! Share a quote of his prose that you love.
"For the first time in a long time,

I feel correct.

I feel happy.

I feel loved."
-Geebs


"I shouldn't feel like their lives were my responsibility, but I do. I feel their deaths like a knife twisting around in my gut, and I wonder if I could have done something differently in order to save them. What if I had spent my time finding more sponsors for my own tributes instead of worrying about Siren? Would they be alive right now?

It feels like my kill count is rising. It shouldn't, but it does."
--Colgate O'Leary
-windy



"For a fleeting moment, he thinks of going to knock on their bedroom doors and calling them to dinner early to chat, but decides otherwise. Instead, he sits down at the table and waits.

He could really use a nap."
-Colgate and also SUCH a mood!
-kay



"I don’t have to see her with fresh eyes to be in awe of her; if it were the first time I saw her or the thousandth, I would need to take pause and gather my bearings with the world again. Tonight – and every night – she looks dazzling, this time with an emerald dress that drifts into a lighter color, and her hair’s tickling just above her collarbone. She’s lovely in every sense of the word.

(I’m never the lucky sort, but she found me. She found me, so maybe I’m lucky after all.)"
-alex



"Calluna’s heart ached with worry. Somewhere in her synapses, deep in the crafted biology of herself as creation, she held the power to fear and fight and love. So, too, did Aster and Pyracantha. They felt that power as they moved in tandem, Calluna’s serpentine body twisting away from the claws of one creature, only to be impaled by another. Her friends cried in anguish as something pierced the spot where her wing connected to the rest of her body, even though Pyracantha’s wounds were just as deep."
-fireflyz



"I don’t like being afraid. This vulnerability stabs at my heart like a knife, but I ignore the way it cuts through my consciousness. Now isn’t the time for anxiety. Now is the time for the first--

Snip."
-shrimp



"I was wrong about the florist. I guess I expected someone older, someone with years and years of life stacked up in piles. The neatly-trimmed stems and intricate bouquets suggest that whoever owns the place has been doing this for a long, long time. But no -- the florist is a boy about my age, maybe a year or two older. I was so taken aback by the thought of a young florist who was a boy, a boy who liked flowers, that I literally stopped in my tracks and stared through the window, probably looking very bizarre.

I’ve made a point to walk by the shop every day after school since then.
-zori



"Eons and Eons and Eons, generations and lives and worlds wrapped into a single person. At least, that’s how it feels sometimes."
-WT



"Somewhere out there in the vast expanse of the future, I know I will have to let the sky clear. I will have to shed the uneasiness and step into the day unafraid of the whether or not I fit in at all.

I think I was made to stand out. It’s only a matter of when, and that’s the problem, isn’t it?

To yearn idly for the future is to postpone it indefinitely, immobile as stone."
- Sunshine Rainier, District Two
-mahouhou



"New mechanics means new loopholes to exploit!" - Ben

ok actual quote:
"I try not to dwell on the fact that they chose a name for me. They put work and care and love into that name, but it doesn’t fit. I can only hope that they’ll be okay when I pick a new one.

(Has Wander always been Wander? It makes me sad to think of it. It’s so difficult to talk to ver now, and I push the thought away. I want to write and ask, but I don’t know if ve would even care enough to answer, or if my letter would even make it there.)

I push past the worry, consuming names voraciously for weeks. I make a list for myself, trying to think of what might sound right. All I know now is wrongness, so detecting the correct is tricky." - Eon Renner
-lyndis


"They don’t mourn. Even if they were capable of mourning, they wouldn’t." Let's be honest, Ben SLAYS at writing mutts
-stare



Send Ben some birthday cheer!
You're such a wonderful person and brilliant writer. Have an awesome day Ben <3 Happy Birthday!
-geebs

happy birthday ben!!!!! u deserve to have a great day, ur such a joy !!! 💐💖
-goat

Happy birthday Ben! I hope you have a great day! I know times are hard at the moment, but I hope this thread bring a smile to your face
-kiah

Hey hi hello you're wonderful and just knowing you're alive brings so much joy to so many people. You are such a wonderful friend and person, and I'm always so excited to hear about your adventures in cooking and with Egg. I miss you, so so much. When things settle a bit and travel is reasonably possible again, I will be making my way back to Texas. Love you, and happy birthday!!!
-windy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!!!!!!! i hope u have a super chill day entirely good of family drama and instead filled cuddles from the pups. 💞
-kaitlin

Happy birthday, my dear friend!!! Ever so grateful for our steady friendship. Thank you for being there for me through thick and thin this year. And also, great job to you and WT on running this smooth, interesting, and aesthetic Games. <3 Hope your day is wonderful, just like you!
-kay

happiest of birthdays, darling! i hope that you can take today to do whatever makes you the happiest and cook something fantastic that you've been wanting to try. you deserve the world! have a great birthday <3
-alex

happy birthday dude!!! hope you have the best day filled with snuggles with egg, good books, good food, relaxation and no stupid emails from ur wacky boss! i have really appreciated getting closer with you this year chatting about all sorts of things in a billion and one channels, and i just wanted to let you know that your active presence really brings me joy and i'm sure it does to others too. you're the best!!! love u!! proud of u king!!
-zoë

happy birthday to the KING of july, pride part 2
-rave!

happy birthday to our fave head mod!! here's to another year of happiness and joy and egg & moose
-fireflyz

Happy Birthday Ben! Treat yourself today, you deserve everything and more<33
-shrimp

Happy Birthday Ben! You're such a warm presence here, I really enjoy seeing you and all that you give to thg!
-zori

okay so first of all your gift was already in the mail before we talked the other day so there!! second of all it's still in the mail so stay tuned for a doorstep dropoff (ft. your baking pan that I still have lmao) at some point in the future. ANYWAY. I love you, I miss you, calling you about Games work and periodically getting sidetracked into chatting about whatever has been a regular highlight of the last couple months, and I hope that you enjoy today and that the year ahead has much love and many shenanigans. happy birthday friend <3
-WT

Happy birthday Ben!! I'm so happy to have met you since joining, you're a wonderful kind person with a lot of heart~ I hope you're able to have a relaxing day with Egg and Moose by your side. Cheers to the games and may this next year be better than the last <3
-mahouho

Happy birthday, friend! Another year with your wonderful soul on this earth is absolutely something worth celebrating - we're all so lucky to have you in our lives. I hope your day is as spectacular as you are! (And I still hope we can get brunch someday!)
-Stare