[ open ] birthday time!

[picky]

WHO: Marcille, Ryoji, and YOU!
WHAT: A party for the April (and May) birthdays!
WHERE: LILICO Game Center in Akihabara
WHEN: April 20th
WARNINGS: TBA

No matter who you are, you receive a text early in the morning from Ryoji (memors):

Good morning! Did you know it's a special someone's birthday today? Actually, we have several birthdays to celebrate, so join us today at the LILICO Game Center! There will be cake! Lots and *lots* of cake. Hope to see you there!

This is an open log, so feel free to tag out or top level or respond to the prompts below. Have fun!

Comments

[cranekin]

(He'll help himself to cake but as for the survey itself... he eats a piece of strawberry and hums,)

If you could choose any birth date, which would you choose?

(Birthdayless questions.)

[ignoreher]

No holidays! You'd miss out on presents if you put it by Christmas or Valentine's day, right?

[ just getting one instead of more... so cheap. she wouldn't do that though. they're matching strawberries. ]

But I think I'd choose a day that was special to me somehow.

[cranekin]

Eh? You wouldn't get twice the gifts or surprises? (Lame...) That's so boring.

(Ugh, there goes that idea!!!)

Do you have a day in mind?

[ignoreher]

Some people might give you two, but most would shove them together...

[ sickeningly lazy. ]

Mm... A couple of them. Maybe I'll just let people decide when it is in March and give me gifts whenever.

[cranekin]

How stingy.

(He's so disappointed.)

I would give twice the surprises. (But he's generous like that.) Oh, but that's a good idea... then you could keep getting presents all month.

[ignoreher]

Exactly! And no one'd feel pressured to get it by a certain day either, just by the end of the month.

[ wait. she's such a genius actually. all birthdays should be like this. ]

Do you have a season you like best? Let's start there and work our way down, it'll be a fun exercise.

[cranekin]

I like all of them.

(Really. How can he choose???)

[ignoreher]

Do you like warm weather or cold weather better?

[ we will simplify this. ]

[cranekin]

Both of them have good points...

(His voice trails because he knows if he doesn't give a clear answer to another question... that would be strange. Everyone has preferences. He should, too.)

... I like being hot less.

(He feels gross in the heat.)

[ignoreher]

So we'll narrow it down to later fall through early spring. Are you a fan of colors, or do you prefer muted environments?

[ feelin like a magazine quiz rn see who you're destined to be with and all ]

[cranekin]

(HELP.........

Why does he feel like he's being grilled? He sees where this is going and-- )

I like white but I also like red.

(If it helps, he's wearing a lot more neutral colors than bright ones. A lot of whites, grays, black, and dark blues...)

[ignoreher]

[ hmmm............ ]

So... we'll scratch off spring too, then... just fall and winter.

[ that's just about six months, four or five if they keep to later fall... ]

Let's see. Somewhere in the middle of them, I think, when the trees have turned and frost has begun to pile on the branches that bore them... November, maybe? October? November? One of those might be okay.

[cranekin]

(Time for his first definitive answer this whole conversation:)

Not November.

(It's #personal.)

[ignoreher]

October it is!

[ great!!!!!!!!! she'll






hold on. ]

What's your name? I'm Malkuth.

[cranekin]

Malkuth?

(What an interesting name. He has to try it out for himself to make sure he's saying it right.)

Tsurumaru Kuninaga. But you can call me Tsurumaru.

[ignoreher]

Tsurumaru... Kuninagi. Okay.

[ what a mouthful. but it's written down in plain script, along with simply "October" beside it. she's decided his birth month. ]

It's nice to meet you, Tsurumaru! When October comes around, you can let people know they'll be able to drop gifts at your doorstep whenever they'd like. Convenient, don't you think?

1/2

[cranekin]

Close enough.

(She gets points for trying. He's going to lean in and watch her write it out, though. October, huh...?)

... It'll be a month of surprises.

(How exciting but now--)

[cranekin]

I don't want to wait that long!

[ignoreher]

[ stop... she'll realize her mistake and fix it. this is what happens when she's not careful. naga... kuninaga... this is why she needs to remember to carefully write things down rather than rush it... this is literally just how she is.

there, okay. tsurumaru kuninagiga. october. done. she's not embarrassed by it at all. ]

You can have a half-birthday, then! Let's see... That'd be next month, if you want to celebrate a little earlier.

[ be fun. ]

[cranekin]

(help i thought it was an ic mistake.

He doesn't mind and just nods when she fixes it.)

A half birthday?! (Wait, he's never heard of this. Is this some sort of new tradition like Valentine's or Christmas?) We can celebrate that?!

[ignoreher]

[ it is don't worry. she's overexcited to be able to help people pick birthdays. i promise. ]

We can! With cake and ice cream and balloons and fireworks and gifts! I think that's what people do.

[cranekin]

(Wait--)

We should have ice cream! Did you now there are people here who have never had it?

[ignoreher]

Really?! But it's so good! Even I made sure to have it the moment I could!

[ since she too had not had it before, ]

We definitely, definitely, definitely need to have ice cream! Do you want your party to be an ice cream party? We can totally have a thousand different flavors, probably!

[cranekin]

(Nodding,)

Before it gets hot, everyone should find their favorite flavor.

(He wants every single flavor and he wants to share it with everyone.)

[ignoreher]

Oh, absolutely. What's yours?

[ if he has one. please say everything she'll understand. ]