After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World

And ’Swing’, he did.

He danced dynamically, moving those hips, but also with steps that the children could absorb and follow safely (if he backflipped, what if a kid followed and got into an accident?)

There was a rather large space between the stage and the small chairs of the children so they could come and dance. It was led by the twins who were sitting up front—which was so cute someone from the audience almost fainted.

Some of the more introverted kids like Horus refused to get up from his small chair, but the others did join in. It was an adorable, funny, and heartwarming sight.

”Fwabwe! Fwabwe!” The children giggled, milky voices resounding the halls and mixing with their giggles.

”Do Baby Skunk!” Maya yelled after the piece was over, which the babies wholeheartedly agreed on.

”Ya, Skun!!”

”Skun!”

Fable flushed as he looked at the adults who were holding back their laughter. Then he looked at the kids looking at him with those innocent eyes. To them, Baby Skunk was a fun song and he just wanted him to join in.

How could Fable refuse?

He danced the heck out of Baby Skunk.

Baby Skunk Too-too, too-too-tooo~

Baby Skunk Too-too, too-too-tooo~

Complete with the bum step which was embarrassing as heck.

However, when he looked at the children’s happy clapping right below him, all that was worth it.

Anyway, now that that was over, he combed back his hair and looked at the audience.

”Of course, what the guests don’t know is that the birthday celebrants also prepared a performance for you guys!” he said, and he looked at the babies guided up the stage by their big brothers and big sisters.

This time, he was part of the audience. The band began to play their piece and the dance, led by the two babies—with the other kids like Horus, Maya, and Theo at their sides—performed a funny and cute song that involved a lot of bum movements.

Tun tun tun ten tenn

”Wigguw wigguw wigguw~”

Tun tun tun ten tenn

”Wigguw wigguw wigguw~”

The short performance—which probably lasted about a minute—ended with bright smiles from everyone (except Horus, who was red in embarrassment) followed by resounding claps, cheers, and a standing ovation.

”Amazing! Amazing!” Fable yelled along with everyone, and they were indeed really impressed just as their hearts melted by their cuteness.

The kids were just one year old! Although they were mostly out-of-sync, they seemed to have the (very) rough timing of the movements down pat, which was already very good.

Anyway, the twins were obviously used to and loved the attention. They were jumping and giggling and generally appearing to really enjoy their party so far.

After the adorable performance, the kids went back to their seats (the children had small tables near the stage) and the rest of the performances began. The food for the kids was also served, while the adults lined up by table on the buffet table as the performances went on.

The food was amazing but there was something particularly special today: Chocolates!!

They were still tiny pellets but they tasted just as they remembered! (Someone literally fainted from happiness).

This alone (the chocolate, not the fainting) would definitely be a topic for the weeks to come, with people wondering when it’d be commercially available!

Anyway, the program continued as people ate and chattered. They even added performances like magic tricks and clowns.

The clown scared a few little goblins though which made said clown very sad.

The rest were minor elemental tricks, designed to inspire the kids as well.

It wasn’t too flashy, but it was beautiful.

For example, two water elementalists created a water show, forming water horses that seemed to gallop on the stage, jumping off the stage and becoming an eagle, before dropping down and dispersing right above the kids.

”WOWW!”

”Wow!”

”Waa!”

There were also similar tricks but made from earth, and there were also balancing tricks using tiny tornadoes—all of which required immense control.

The aborigine kids (and adults) were particularly amazed, while the Terrans were inspired to do those tricks someday, too!

Anyway, those performances alone… definitely made the party a celebration to remember.

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After a fun night of amazing performances and delicious food, the party ended with a beloved speech from the parents. The babies were also there with them, each carried by a parent.

Traditionally, it was the father who’d speak first, so they all stared at Garan, who admittedly wasn’t much of a speaker.

He nodded and, with a blank face, looked at the audience. ”Thanks for coming.”

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Althea’s lips twitched and she couldn’t help but chuckle a bit. When she asked him if he was going to say something, he said yes. Who knew it was only this one line…

Anyway, Althea (who was also a bit of an introvert) knew this speech would be on her. She disliked speeches, to be honest, which was why she always pushed Mathilda up front during events. However, she also wanted to express her wishes to their guests at the same time.

”Hello everyone,” she said with a smile. ”First of all—like what my husband said—thank you for being here to celebrate the twins’ 1st birthday party with us.

”It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since the babies were born. It would never cease to amaze me to think about how much things had changed since then—for all of us.”

She looked at the children in their arms. They turned to look up at them, not really knowing what this was about, but they loved their cuddles so they ended up snuggling with the parent carrying them.

Althea giggled as she kissed her babies’ foreheads. ”Since their birth, we have been met with wondrous days filled with joy, cuddles, and—of course—a sprinkle of chaos,” a pause. ”Okay, a tsunami of chaos.”

The crowd chuckled, familiar with some of the kids’ antics—particularly when they would hear Ansel’s yells of ’Meatball, stop running!’, ’Meatball stop eating that!’ or his pleas like ’Pepper, please stop calling people ugly!’

They hadn’t seen the babies exhibit their powers though, so it could be said that they hadn’t seen anything yet.

Althea took a deep breath, her heart feeling the warmth of her babies’ cuddles.

”Each day is a beautiful gift of love and adventure—and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”