Happy Birthday, Dork | Backdated to August 31

[crouching_sin]

Sender: Naoya
To: Everyone
Subject: Birthday boy

My cousin, who recently arrived, has a birthday today. Wishing him a happy birthday is encouraged.

He's 18 now after all. In many places that makes you an adult, Kazuya.

Yes, I know you can see me writing this.

Comments

[refantasma]

preaching to the choir.

[belheir]

And you have no sympathy? You're as cold as Naoya.

[refantasma]

Naoyas nicer than you think.
and not really. its just one birthday. Percys had his birthday ruined like every year.

[belheir]

You haven't lived with him most your life.

And it's not a competition. Having your birthday ruined sucks no matter how many times it happens.

[refantasma]

Im sure he has his reasons to be cryptic. too much information can be dangerous.

I wouldnt know. I was forced to pick a date out for mine. the whole thing seems overblown to me.

[belheir]

His level of cryptic makes him sound like a jrpg villain.

Maybe I'd care less if that was the case but your 18th birthday is supposed to be special. Getting it shouted out to a bunch of strangers kind of ruins that.

[refantasma]

what's jrpg?

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all birthdays that make you an adult depending on what time your from.

[belheir]

It's a kind of video game.

18 where I'm from makes me an adult. So it's special to me, specifically, in my time.

[refantasma]

whats a video game?

[He's trolling here. He just never got into the video game scene. Not when card games were much more fun.]

[belheir]

[Oh! He must be from one of those times that Naoya mentioned, where he's not as technologically advanced...

He falls for it, and answers completely in earnest.]

It's kind of like an interactive book. Some of them can be more or less like the Choose Your Own Adventure kinds, in that how you interact with the characters in the game determine the outcome of the ending.

[refantasma]

sounds boring.

card games like mythomagic and duel monsters and magic are better.

[belheir]

I never really got into the card game scene. Or the video game scene, honestly. Most of the ones I played were because of a friend of mine.

[Which weren't bad games, honestly. But there's only so many times you can get your ass beat in a video game before you've had enough :(]

[refantasma]

card games are better. trust me.

[belheir]

If you say so, but they're just not my style.