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[determinationtofist]

Display Name: Gungnir
Profile Photo: this but with an orange mask added covering her eyes
Notes: Hibiki's birthday is the 13th and she has some questions.

Um, so like, quick question for everybody.

If your birthday is still like, mostly a year away, but then you end up here... and suddenly it's only a few months away... and now it suddenly is your birthday... does that count? AM I A YEAR OLDER???

Asking for a friend.

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video | UN: st33lchains

[codicies]

Uh... just round up or down, I guess? Whichever age you'd rather be.

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

[determinationtofist]

Aw, crap! I can't escape math even on my birthday!? I must be cursed...

I mean, I'd like it if I could stick with 17 since then nothing is weird if anybody from home shows up, but like, is that really allowed though?

[codicies]

...Yes. I'm giving you permission.

[determinationtofist]

...Welp! That's good enough for me, then! Woohoo!!

[ Problem solved?? Good job, team. ]

UN: @Elegy

[welcome_summer]

There's nothing wrong with celebrating a birthday. Whether you count your age up or not while you're away from home is your business.

[determinationtofist]

Oh, I mean, I'm definitely celebrating regardless! I was just super torn is all. Cuz like, woohoo! Birthday! One more year older! But also time is funky and it feels like I sorta just skipped ahead a bit and all, sooooooo

I thought I'd ask here!

[welcome_summer]

I know that feeling very well.

But overall, you'll be the best person to know when you feel that year older, whether that's tomorrow or a few months from now.

[determinationtofist]

Whoa... that's super wise, actually! Yeah, that makes a lot of sense! Thanks!

@AngelA; private

[hevenly]

Happy birthday, Hibiki.

🥳 🎂

[determinationtofist]

Ah! Thanks, Angela-san!

If this counts, then that'll make me 18! Which... to be honest is kinda weird! Feels like I skipped a few months and now suddenly I'm supposed to be an adult now??

Still, apparently I don't gotta count it if I don't wanna! But I'm still gonna celebrate it!

[hevenly]

Whether you are ready to call yourself an adult is something only you can decide.

Whether you count it or not, I hope the day is enjoyable for you.

[determinationtofist]

Yep! You know it! Birthdays are important regardless, so it's important to celebrate them as much as you can, after all!

At least, that's what a friend back home told me.

[hevenly]

Your friend was perhaps wise in this regard. If one knows their birthday, one ought to celebrate it.

[determinationtofist]

Ehehe, right? I think so too!

[ Though... Kirika? Wise? Feels strange... though Hibiki loses that train of thought when she reads the message again. The second part ends up sinking in a little more thanks to the thoughts of Kirika. ]

Well... It's also cuz, that friend... she told me she doesn't know when her real birthday is, which is why she wants to treasure everyone else's birthdays instead...

I think what she said back then just, got to me, yknow?

dn: Otto Octavius | text

[doctopoda]

I suppose you can think of it however you want.

Happy birthday!

[determinationtofist]

I guess so! Looking back now, I was kind of freaking out for no reason, lol

[doctopoda]

Once you start traveling through space and time, I think keeping track of these things objectively is probably more trouble than it's worth.

[determinationtofist]

Hm... I guess so, but...

[ ... ]

I feel like it's important to treasure birthdays, yknow? A friend from home told me that once.

[doctopoda]

I suppose so.

It's easy to forget about them, at my age. Especially with no family.

[determinationtofist]

Oh... I'm sorry...

[ O o p s. ]

[doctopoda]

Oh no, not at all.
I'm happy to see you enjoying yourself.

[He didn't mean to make her feel bad! Just a fact of being Old! And - well, his personal circumstances aside, most people didn't travel here with their families.]

[determinationtofist]

Ah, okay...

Well... I guess I'm kind of making a big deal about it cuz of something my friend said back home. She thinks it's really important to celebrate birthdays, so I thought to take after her, yknow?

[doctopoda]

I think it's good to have something to celebrate around here. Hope you have a good one.

Text | un: JustAGothamGirl

[qualityfriend]

a friend huh

[determinationtofist]

Yep! A friend!

Totally.

...I'm not fooling anybody, am I?

[qualityfriend]

im ttly fooled

wht do ur friend want 4 ur bday?

[determinationtofist]

Oh! Cool! Wow, I'm getting good at this!



he ywait a second!

[ Took you way too long to realize, Hibiki... ]

Well... I think my friend would love to like, eat a whole bunch without worrying about anything!

[ Hibiki you're a Super-Idol now, you can't just— ]

[qualityfriend]

u shud go2 the fair! they alws hv lots o food

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

that depends on whether or not your friend wants to have some birthday cake!

for real though, I wouldn't stress about it too much. Everything's relative, especially when you're outside your home dimension.

[determinationtofist]

I don't think there's anybody who could ever say no to some birthday cake!

But yeah, I guess so! Still, I couldn't help freaking out a bit about it, y'know?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

oh yeah, I totally get it! this whole thing is pretty weird.

Happy birthday btw! to you and/or your friend :D

[determinationtofist]

Aww, thanks!

For my friend, I mean.

Definitely.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

right! happy birthday to your friend, tell her to treat herself!

[ god, if this weren't over text, she would be giving Hibiki the biggest, broadest wink right now! ]

[demigoth]

you just reset yourself to the new calendar. too confusing to change your whole birthday

[determinationtofist]

Oh yeah, definitely way too confusing... but it just felt weird to me, yknow? Cuz I feel like I suddenly skipped ahead almost a whole year, right?

[demigoth]

better than skipping 80 years ahead

[determinationtofist]

Whoa, yeah, that'd be a super long time to skip ahead!

[ Hm... weirdly specific...

Eh, must be nothing. ]

[demigoth]

so… happy birthday?

[determinationtofist]

Oh! Thank you! I don't think this counts for getting another year older, but still! A birthday is a birthday!!

[demigoth]

yeah but i already told you it does

[determinationtofist]

EHHHH!? But I basically just jumped forward a year! I don't feel 18 yet!!

[demigoth]

time isn’t going to care how you feel and being legally 18 means you can legally do more things

what else could you do? move your birthday to April to make up for it and be an aries? why move your birthday to fix the world’s problems? It’s YOUR birthday

[determinationtofist]

Mmmmmm...

I was thinking more along the lines of just not counting this one this year...

[ Moving her birthday up...? That's another thought, but... yeah, as Nico said, it wouldn't feel right. Plus it feels confusing when all the months have different amounts of days! ]

[demigoth]

then you'd have to wait more than a year for your birthday party.

cass.c-w | text

[louder_than_words]

i always measured it by winters before i knew my birthday 🤷