presumablyalone: (Seto | A light in the dark)
Seto ([personal profile] presumablyalone) wrote2013-01-21 12:11 am

Fifteenth Firefly - [voice]

[ It’s been over two weeks since the New Year started, since Seto has considered himself yet another year older. That makes him seventeen this year, two years older than what he arrived here as.

Seto has never celebrated his birthday in his whole life. He’s celebrated his friend’s birthdays here, but not his nor even the old man’s back home. For as long as he can remember, his grandfather would just mark him a year older every year at some point. It isn’t likely that the old man actually knew when his real birthday was since he had only been with him since he was five. He was just an old man he lived with, an old man he rarely spoke to even until the very end.

But in his world, there had never been a point to celebrate a birthday or a way to, because they have nothing, not like they do here in Luceti. Not to mention, whoever is born into his world would have nothing to know of the date they were born. Survivors too because even if they remembered their birthdays, they would've no doubt lost track of time and dates.

There was never any to tell what month is coming up or which is ending. The only way to tell what time of the year it must be was when seasons would begin to change, watching the leaves, grass and temperature all change. It's how things were for him and his grandfather at least. He can't speak for the survivors whom he doesn't even know are alive, only assume if there are even any.

...It makes him wonder briefly to himself if the silver haired girl and Crow know theirs at all.

He's not one to complain, and really he won't, not about this. But... it would still be nice to have just one day that he can celebrate his birth, to be grateful for still being alive for another year when all others have died and to be grateful to his parents for giving birth to him. ]


What do you do when you don’t have a birthday? Like you can’t remember when it is. [The question comes after a moment after he opens up his journal.] Is there any way to just... make up a birthday?
tomodachi: (deep thoughts from crow)

voice; (well how else are we supposed to swing in if the window isn't open 8|)

[personal profile] tomodachi 2013-01-21 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh believe us Seto, we saw it. Don't look out the window or stuff yet.]

Man, that's lame... [Master of eloquence here, though he know how you feel considering we don't know the exact date when we were created either. A slight pause as he thinks about it.] So I guess you can just make up a new one if you can't remember the old one?
immamartillo: (Smile)

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[personal profile] immamartillo 2013-01-21 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Depends. Some people don't really pay attention to 'em, or maybe their families just never thought it was important enough to remember and celebrate.

[And some people never had somebody to tell them what it was, but that's too much like Seto's situation so Firo avoids saying it aloud.]

Even if you do know your birthday, for all you know the person who told you could be lyin', or they just made it up.
eyesofstrength: (069)

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[personal profile] eyesofstrength 2013-01-21 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I gather you have a day in mind then? It does help to pick a day that something life changing happened, but not something that is sad to recall.
seleniahymn: (Patient big sister.)

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[personal profile] seleniahymn 2013-01-21 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Would you happen to recall any other details, aside from the season? Such as what the sky looked like, or the time of day.

[It really was up to him, but it was a day that was about him more than anything, making it important to recognize what made it so memorable.]
misterbrief: (this doesn't look good)

[voice]

[personal profile] misterbrief 2013-01-21 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly, I don't see the point. It's just like any other day- no more special than the day previous! You could appreciate it anytime you wanted, but since you're so dead set on wasting an entire day, then why don't you just pick one and be done with it?
drawnbythesword: (I'm not sure I understand.)

[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2013-01-22 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Not having a birthday? That sounds terrible... Asbel has trouble remembering his birthday sometimes, but to not actually have one at all...]

Why not just pick a day that's important to you and make that your birthday?
frost_jewel: (content)

[personal profile] frost_jewel 2013-01-22 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
I don't see why you couldn't choose a special day for yourself. There are other worlds whose calendars don't match a Luceti year either, right? Those people must have to just approximate a birthday.
inmateincharge: (we want you!)

[Voice]

[personal profile] inmateincharge 2013-01-22 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! I pick a new day every year! That way, my birthday party's always a surprise! [You do not want to know what goes on at his birthday parties...]
personafalsify: (dlǝɥ s;ǝuoʎuɐ pǝǝu ʇ;uop l ♥ alone)

[voice]

[personal profile] personafalsify 2013-01-22 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't really celebrate mine. Last year someone who knew my birthday threw a party for me, but... he's gone now, and I guess I forgot about it again this year.
de_bel_survivor: (Quirk of a smile)

[Voice]

[personal profile] de_bel_survivor 2013-01-22 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right. Since you know the season it's in, it should be close enough to work for you.

[He'd just avoid mentioning seasonal differences between the two hemispheres. Unless Seto's world doesn't work like that.]
dragoneer: (Yup. There you have it.)

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[personal profile] dragoneer 2013-01-23 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I did. I didn't quite know exactly what day my birthday would fall on here, soooooo...I just picked a day.
lostinmyway: (?)

[Voice]

[personal profile] lostinmyway 2013-01-23 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now here's a startling entry to come across. Birthdays are so important--how could Seto not know his? (Never mind that she doesn't know hers, either....)]

Oh, my. Don't you know when your birthday is, Seto?
de_bel_survivor: ([Yuzu] There there)

[Voice]

[personal profile] de_bel_survivor 2013-01-25 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
That would be August.

[According to the northern hemisphere, anyway.]
starfishlovesyou: (pic#5068313)

[Voice[ sliiides in late

[personal profile] starfishlovesyou 2013-01-25 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Fuuko sees no reason why you cannot make up a birthday for yourself Seto-san! Even the starfish have birthdays, including Manami-san.
frost_jewel: (gentle)

[personal profile] frost_jewel 2013-01-25 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Sort of. They are called different things in my world, so I had to figure it out first.
doubleppk: (Lupin)

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[personal profile] doubleppk 2013-01-25 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Always different! Sometimes it's just the two of us. Other times he goes all out!

You could always make it the second Thursday in August then!
personafalsify: (˙˙˙ǝɹɐ sǝıɹoɯǝɯ ǝsǝɥʇ ʍouʞ l ♥ regret)

[voice]

[personal profile] personafalsify 2013-01-26 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
It's... alright. [ He doesn't like to dwell on Axel. ]

If I really cared, I guess I would've picked one myself earlier. It doesn't really matter for me, anyway.

[ He doesn't want a party that feels pointless. When Axel threw it... it might have just been to ruffle him, but he got the feeling that somehow, Axel actually sort of cared about him.

... Dammit, he's dwelling again. ]


The point is, I don't think you really need a birthday.

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