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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?

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A what? [Does that answer that question about whether Crow knows his at all...but no it's okay, we can totally figure this out.]

You mean like...the day you were "born" or something like that, right?

[Hey bro, just monitoring you from afar.

Firo did consider just coming back home and addressing the question then, but since he happens to be passing by the store... In the plot twist to end all plot twists, Firo has an idea.]

'Course you can. Pretty sure a lotta people never found out their exact birthday. And it definitely doesn't mean you can't have a party.

[Okay, flour, eggs... what else?]

There is, and there's no harm to it. [Though to hear that Seto doesn't have a birthday doesn't seem right to her, surely he had many friends who would want to celebrate it.]

Would you be willing to pick one?

[Leonhardt sadly knows that one all too well. He was a mere child when he lost his whole family and didn't recall when his birthday was because he was too young to know it himself and the circumstances of it all didn't aid his memory.]

A birthday is merely a date that serves as a way to count the years you have lived to celebrate them. If you cannot recall what that should be, it doesn't matter since the date only aids in counting. The only important thing is that you can recall the day you picked.

Why are you worrying about such a ridiculous thing anyway. [He's also never really celebrated his birthday- never had the time or patience for that sort of thing.]

Why not? If you can't remember it, you can pick a day to celebrate it on.

[He knows his own birthday, so he doesn't share Seto's worries. Only his semi-immortality affect his views on birthdays.]

That's what Lupin did for me. I didn't know when mine was so he makes up a different date every year to celebrate it.

You could probably just a pick a date that means something special to you if you'd like.

[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?

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.

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...]

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.

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.

[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?

Fuuko sees no reason why you cannot make up a birthday for yourself Seto-san! Even the starfish have birthdays, including Manami-san.

Why don't you remember your birthday...?
We could always have a birthday party today!		Maybe just pick something that seems right?
Have you tried using a calculator?

You... could probably just pick something close, couldn't you? If there's something about the year that makes you think of getting older, maybe you could use that as a guide for picking a date here?

[ Serah's reply comes after some very careful consideration, one finger brought to her lips in the video that accompanies it. Honestly, with all her time-hopping and the strange calendar that seems to be used here, she has no idea what her own birthday would be in this place, either. ]

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