"July, you can't possibly-"

"Hurry up!" July looked behind at her partner- ran into a wall, which she twisted against at the last possible moment to use to continue her momentum in the direction she wanted to go- and returned her focus on the stretch of corridor in front of her. "Do you really want to be late?"

Library sighed, and picked up the edge of her skirts, and started chasing after her partner. "No, but it's-"

"-Important!" July turned to make sure Library was actually following again. "Besides I set everything up and there is a less than zero zero zero zero zero desire on my part, personally, to have it vanish because people cannot not help themselves and then I would feel bad and then you should feel bad because I feel bad because everything would be rui- oooooooow." She had managed to run into someone. July collapsed to the floor in a mostly impressive manner, and looked at the ceiling dazedly. "Hi......"

Said other person had managed to use the corridor's wall as support, albiet with some grunting and what resulted in pain. "Hello, July."

"Samuel!" July managed to spring from being flat on the floor to standing up. "Whatareyoudoinghereyoushouldbeoverthereinsteadwhereeveryoneiswhatareyoudoingoutherewehavethingstodoohgodnothingisgoingtobe-" A calloused hand pressed against her mouth.

"July. Breathe."

She inhaled through her nose, and the hand pressed against her mouth was removed. "-finishhedandwhatareyoudoinghereweneedtogogogogogogogo!" With that, she started running again- this time trying to drag the much taller agent along with her.

"Wha- Let go!" He drug his heels in, which resulted in July's attempted death grip on his hand slipping away, sending her off even faster in her intended direction.

"Hello, Samuel!" Library soon ran past him, still trailing in July's wake. "I hope to see you soon! I'm so sorry about July!"

"MAKE SURE YOU BRING THE CAKE! AND CANDLES!" July shouted from down the corridor, out of sight.

Library's response echoed. "You already took care of that!"

Several collisions with walls, four agents, and an especially surprised daisy later they had finally arrived at their destination, and July pried the door open, and entered.

One of the auditoriums had been put to use for this, and it was crammed full with people- and probably-people- that July had been able to round up from various places. Not all wore the PPC uniform- no badge, no black- but there was something they all had in common.

July looked around. "She's not here yet, right?"

A varied set of responses that were essentially "No." filtered back to her.

"Okay, that's good, I'll collapse against a wall later. Or maybe not, those seem to hate me today."

"That would not have been such a problem if you actually paid attention to where you were going," Samuel groused, having walked in not too long after July and Library. "How many other people did you run into?"

"Uhhhhhhh four and a plant. And maybe a talking wall."

"Aha." He didn't sound impressed.

July stuffed a noisemaker into his hand in reponse.

Someone ran in, and quickly closed the door behind them. "She's almost here!"

July inhaled sharply. "Man your stations!"

Everyone in quickly moved around, and soon it was very quiet inside the auditorium until the door opened and a young woman entered....

"Happy 20th Birthday, Makari!"