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

Hell yeah it is!

[whatsamada]

Are you sure?

I think you would be a much better person to do that job.

[belheir]

Positive.

Don't worry. I'm already making myself the biggest nuisance possible by sleeping on his couch and rifling through his stuff while he's not looking.

The couch, while comfortable, is possibly the ugliest thing I've seen in my life.

[whatsamada]

...

I don't think I can do a much better job than you can. I'm not sure how to top that.

[belheir]

[....]

Want to rifle through his stuff with me?

[Kazuya NO.]

[crouching_sin]

I can read this, you know.

[belheir]

And?

[whatsamada]

[....................]

Depends on what kind of stuff he has.

[What have you done, Kazuya]

[belheir]

[ chaos chaos chaos ]

That would be for us to find out, now wouldn't it?

[whatsamada]

Where are you right now? Maybe I can meet up with you?

[This is bad idea, right?]

[belheir]

[ A terrible idea, but Kazuya is the birthday boy, and Naoya puts up with him anyway, so what does it matter? ]

Naoya's place, since I forced him to let me live here.

[whatsamada]

Uh...and where might that be?

[belheir]

[Kazuya will POP SOME DIRECTIONS DOWN because i dont know the specifics, man. Other than that Naoya is a recluse so they're a little away from most people.]

I can wait outside for you, but if I do that he might lock me out and I'd hate to have to break in.

[whatsamada]

[And once he gets said directions, he'll start getting up and going straight to said place!]

It's fine, I think I can find it myself. Although, that's kind of rude for him to do that to his family.

[belheir]

Not the rudest thing he's ever done to his family.

[whatsamada]

Do I dare ask?

[belheir]

He ruined my summer vacation entirely.

[whatsamada]

How so?

If you don't mind me asking.

[belheir]

The short story is that he took a job from a cult and I got dragged into his mess.

[whatsamada]

Oh.

...I hope he's no longer in the cult.

[crouching_sin]

I was never in the cult, I was an outside contractor.

[whatsamada]

...That doesn't make things any better.

[crouching_sin]

Why not?

[belheir]

I don't think he was in the cult so much as just working for them, but it was pretty obnoxious to deal with all the same.

Actually I don't think he would have joined the cult anyway, now that I think about it.

[whatsamada]

...Isn't working for them just the same? Even if he didn't join them.

[belheir]

Nah. People work for people they don't agree with all the time.