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presumablyalone) wrote2013-01-21 12:11 am
presumablyalone) wrote2013-01-21 12:11 am
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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?
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?
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Something special? [It makes him think of when he met the silver haired girl. That day was more special to him than anyone will ever know but unfortunately he doesn't know that exact date, and he never will. He lived in his world for fifteen years without any idea of what the dates were as they went by. All he knows is that it was at the end of the summer when he met her that night.]
What if I don't know the actual date but... guess based on the season? Would that be okay?
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Mm-hm! That sounds fine. Is it your favorite season or just something significant?
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I do like the season but... it's the day I met someone who's very important to me. [Even if he doesn't even know her name, she's important to him. She changed the world he knew so drastically there's no way that she couldn't be.]
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Oh? [Grins.] Sounds like the perfect day for it then. Do you have a favorite day of the week?
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A favorite day of the week? [Can't say he's ever thought about that before. So he takes a moment before answering] Thursday's are nice, I guess.
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You could always make it the second Thursday in August then!
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[He has to practically beam now because he's getting a birthday] That sounds great! The second Thursday in August is my birthday then.
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Second in Thursday in August. I'll remember it sweetie. Any plans what you want to do next time it rolls around?
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[Huh, that is a good question] I'm not... really sure. Would it be okay if I threw a party? [Because that's the only thing he knows to do on birthdays :| !!!]
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Thank you.
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[And then a pause] Ah--my name is Seto, by the way!
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How long have you been here?
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