[ 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

[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. ]

[cranekin]

... I can't decide!

(And he sort of laughs,)

There are so many. I haven't found one I didn't like.

[ignoreher]

I know what you mean! I'm pretty much the same way, but... I think there's situational ice creams. A light matcha would pair well with some afternoon sweets as it warms up, but nothing beats the richness of chocolate or cookies and cream when it's dark out! I haven't found a circumstance for all of them, but it's been really helpful to make the most out of them!

[ she's a lover of lists. ]

And that's not even getting into this like frozen yogurt or sorbets... I'd like to try squid ink ice cream too, or maybe pineapple...