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[ixgideonxi]

So... it's been awhile since I've posted on the comms. Sorry about that, I've just been... out of it.

But! I do have a question, particularly for my friends on board though open to everyone: birthdays? If you don't have a 12-month calendar back on your world, just go ahead and give the date as it would be back on your world.

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[missmimmi]

[Thank God Gideon. She was getting worried, man]

I... just realized that my birthday is very soon, actually. I have not been keeping track of the date.

[ixgideonxi]

Oh yeah? Lay it on me! When is it?

By the way--good to hear from you again, girl.

[missmimmi]

It is on the twentieth.

It is good to hear from you, too, Gideon. It has been much too quiet lately.

[ixgideonxi]

Yeah, it really has. Almost unsettling. Have I missed anything big while I was being reclusive?

[chopshopgoddess]

August 10th.

[ixgideonxi]

Heeey--I think I remember that! Baked you a pound cake last year if I'm not mistaken.

[chopshopgoddess]

[She grins to herself]

Yep, you sure did!

[ixgideonxi]

I'll have to outdo myself, then. I'll make something for you since I so carelessly missed your birthday this year.

[kazeyotsutaete]

December seventeenth at ten thirty seven and forty six seconds.

[A short pause.] If you want to be exact, Mister.

[ixgideonxi]

Well hey, exact is fine with me.

Don't think I've heard your voice before-- my name's Gideon.

[kazeyotsutaete]

I'm Roll, it's a pleasure to meet you Mister Gideon.

Um, so... why so interested in "birth"days?

[ixgideonxi]

Because where I come from, we always celebrate the days people were born when they come by each year. It's a way to show you care--and a great excuse to get together and have some fun.

[brittlenerves]

[THERE YOU ARE. Dear gods, every time you do that he's afraid you vanished.]

U-Um, uh... m-my birthday's i-in the winter, r-right around the solstice, b-but I'm not sure w-which day, e-exactly.

[ixgideonxi]

Oh? Is your calendar different than ours? How's it work?

[brittlenerves]

Well-- I'm not s-sure what calender y-you use, but ours is-- i-it's twelve months, b-based on the sun, a-and the solstice is-- it's the n-new year, pretty much. W-We always celebrated my birthday r--right before, though.

[ixgideonxi]

What's the month of your birthday called?

[battle_droid]

I am unsure of my exact manufacturing date.

[ixgideonxi]

"Manufacturing", huh? So you're not exactly human, then?

[battle_droid]

You are correct.

[ixgideonxi]

I see.

Well, uh-- I don't think we've ever talked before, so it's nice to meet you, miss. Name's Gideon.