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[toplay_thefool]

It's strange, to think that I've been here for almost a year. ...It really doesn't feel like it's been that long at all.

[He pauses, thoughtful. The poised tail of a cat can be seen in the bottom of the feed, as the cait sith winds around his ankles. He leans down to scratch it behind the ears.]In some ways, I don't mind being here at all.

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[notmycreampuffs]

Yeah? I'd rather think people were going on with their lives, [but her tone isn't reprimanding or accusatory, just... resigned, rueful.]

He's eighteen now, right?

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[toplay_thefool]

That's a fair point, I suppose. Although... really, life is going on there. It's... us that have been frozen.

[He shakes his head.] Nineteen. He's been here for a year.

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[notmycreampuffs]

... Nineteen.

[Saki squares her shoulders, wholly unprepared for that. Hana-chan was - ]

Are you going to do anything?

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[toplay_thefool]

I'd like to, if others are interested.

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[junesoholic]

Are we going to have a birthday party for him, big bro..?

... And do you think he'd like a drawing too?

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[toplay_thefool]

Do you think we should?

I think he'd love a drawing. You're getting really good, now.

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[junesoholic]

Well.. he deserves a birthday party, right? I'm not sure if we have enough to bake him a cake though here..

What sort of thing would he like a drawing of? [ the answer is Schneizel.. ]

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[toplay_thefool]

We have enough. If it's a special occasion, we can spare a little more than we usually would.

[He smiles.] Don't think he'd appreciate the unicorns?

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[ascendedpawn]

I don't think most people expect to be in those places for almost a year or more than one. So when they realize that all that time has passed it really screws up time perception.

[Personally... He has no actual expectations, not after Luceti.]

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[toplay_thefool]

That's true. Even with a calendar and a natural shift in time and seasons, it's easy to lose track of things.

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[ascendedpawn]

That life becomes such a big routine here doesn't help. Every day ends blending with the previous one and the next one... Then again when they don't blend like that it means something bad is happening so it's better that way.

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[toplay_thefool]

I'd rather have a basic routine than none at all, though. Things would be more likely to drag on, then.

You... seem pretty accustomed to this.

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[a_la_turk]

Well said, Souji.

[ That she wouldn't expect anything less from him goes left unsaid, the implication left through her voice alone. She's quick as ever to move on, however, her thoughts turning rapidly to a certain young man's birthday. ]

Nineteen, hm? Okay then. What's the plan? [ Because she will never, ever miss out on making somebody else's birthday a blast, thank you. ]

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[toplay_thefool]

Well, I plan to make a cake for him. I'm not sure where to go from there, though. [HE KNEW HE COULD COUNT ON YOU, VAL.]

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[a_la_turk]

Company would be a good start. Presents, too, if we can manage it.

[ And she's going to pause on that note, considering a moment just what guys turning nineteen would like before stopping. Dangerous territory, that. Better to ask a good friend of the birthday boy in this case. ]

Not sure what he would want, though. Any ideas?

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[toplay_thefool]

I was able to get him some clothes in Hyrule - he doesn't admit it, but he's actually pretty into that stuff.

But I don't think he's expecting anything. I'm sure if you bring something to the party he'd be delighted.

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[trashheap_angel]

What do you mean, frozen or broken? Is that an effect of this realm?!

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[toplay_thefool]

No matter how long we stay here, it seems as though whenever we return home, no time at all has passed. So you won't miss anything.

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[trashheap_angel]

That is... a relief...

It means that someone important to me is safe.

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[toplay_thefool]

That's good. I think we have enough to worry about here at times, without having to wonder what's happening at home.