Second Strike | Birthday Wishes

[halfdog]

Type: Video
Sender ID: halfdog (Inuyasha) ft. bloodthirstydawn (Moroha)
To: Everyone
Subject: Birthday
Warnings: N/A


[ The video opens to... the ceiling? With a fair bit of commotion in the background. Voices can be heard near the vicinity of the shellphone, suggesting its user is nearby, before an irritated sigh booms from the side. ]

—Why's it such a big deal, anyway!? It doesn't matter!

[ The jostled device shifts as a hand seems to reach for the camera, only for it to be snatched away just as small fists attempt to clamp themself around it.

Another sigh, but this time from a much younger voice.

"Aw, don't be like that, dad! It's your birthday! Just lettem know!"

There's a loud "tsk!" that follows, and long white hair flashes across the screen before the scene moves again. Almost as if... he had climbed on something? Higher? The world below looks a little smaller, but with that clarity comes the beaming face of Moroha. Her half scowling, half smiling face indicting her motives quite clearly.

"It's a big deal! Tell'em or I'll do it for you...!" ]

H- hey! Back up! Don't touch that—

[ .... Annnnd a "thunk!" followed by the shellphone toppling to the ground as Moroha sweeps in and scoops it up.

"Haaaappy birthday! Make sure to say it to'em, too—" ]

Morohaaaaaa!!

[ Before more rustling and the feed cuts off— ]

Comments

[pinksidekicking]

[ They gotta stick together, being different and all. ]

Come on! You gotta use your birthday as a chance to get all kinds of free things. People give gifts on birthdays, or hold celebrations where there's plenty of food.

[halfdog]

[ Free things... food... ]

Well, yeah, maybe! But ain't it embarrassing goin' around and tellin' everyone it's your birthday!? It's not like everyone's gotta know!

[pinksidekicking]

[ She shrugs. ]

I dunno. Never had a birthday before, but I picked a day and I'm gonna wear something that says "It's my birthday" all day long.

[halfdog]

Huh? Whaddya mean you've never had a birthday before?

[ He'll leaaaan closer to the screen, squinting. He's seen her in person before, so age could really mean anything- ]

How old are ya, anyway?

[pinksidekicking]

There wasn't a point to having a birthday. No one to celebrate it, no idea of when it even was, or if I was even born.

[ Nimona moves in close too to mimic him. He has seen her in person, but he's also 50-something years old himself. ]

Uh... a thousand and one-ish? I dunno. What's age matter when dying doesn't come easy?

[halfdog]

[ Damn... the kid's had it pretty rough, then. Or he could have called her if a kid if she hadn't said her age like that!

Shocked, he leans back a bit before only going into the camera a little closer. He knew demons didn't age, but she really proved it. ]

No way you're older than me!

[pinksidekicking]

[ She's a kid at heart, and acts like one, too. Most people consider her a kid even knowing her age.

A laugh and Nimona leans back again. ]

I'm older than a lot of people here! Some of the really old guys left already. Why, how old are you?

[halfdog]

[ Old guys? Yeah, probably kicked the bucket.

Inuyasha thinks for a moment before shrugging. ] I dunno... two hundred or somethin'? Kinda lost track of time.

[pinksidekicking]

[ Nah, just went home probably.

A nod of her head. ] Guess you get to add another year onto two hundred, then. You gotta exploit your birthdays. Get free food or free stuff.

[halfdog]

But then that means I gotta tell people it's my birthday. That's the thing I'm tryin' to avoid!

[pinksidekicking]

Get your daughter to do it. She seems pretty excited about celebrating it.