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...This is gonna sound kinda weird, but hypothetically--just work with me here, hypothetically someone had a birthday here. Does it still count even though they're sorta uh, dead? See, I have this buddy and he's been worrying about it for about a week now--if it counts, would he just keep tacking the years on? Does it even matter here? I know some worlds have limits like in some you can only drive when you're 16 (if you have a license that is), and then some you can only drink if you're a certain age.

_{[Demyx could you be any less obvious? Just man up and admit it's your birthday, jeeze.]}

A-Anyway, would it be weird if he did want to go out and celebrate with himself, even if it doesn't count?

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As far as anyone can tell, other than some scars, I haven't aged at all since I passed about seventeen winters.

A wise man once said to me, "It is not the turnings of the world, it's the miles you've travelled." So I'd say yes, it counts. Whether to celebrate surviving another year, or just to appreciate what you've done, there's no reason NOT to celebrate.

Seriously? How old are you, if it's okay to ask?

...But that actually sounds pretty nifty--the whole... Turning of the world thing. I never really did much to be proud of in the past, soooo I guess I'm sticking with the surviving another year deal.

Thirty-three, but they tell me I still look I haven't yet seen twenty winters. (Because where I'm from, you tend to have starvation and death in winter, that's a tradtional way to measure ages.)

And that's a poetic kind of thing. Sometimes it's not how old you are but what you've done in that time that really leaves the marks.

Does it ever give you any problems with people?

The reason behind the not-aging thing gives me more trouble.

[A picture of her becomes available.]

My father was half-demon. I look less human than he does. A lot of people saw me and would chase me and try to kill me - or worse - so I sort of have something more to worry about than not aging.

Also, where I'm from, there are elves, and they live four hundred years or so. And two hundred fifty for the dwarves. And people with elven blood who don't seem to age for a while, then get suddenly very old very quickly. So where I'm from, not aging isn't really the kind of thing that some people worry about.

And there's magic to return the dead to life - or not quite to life, if you don't mind horrible hungers - so 'I was dead' or similar, for some people, is more of a job hazard than anything else.

Of course it counts. You're alive here, so why should it not count?

I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to celebrate either.

wouldnt some people think its kinda dumb though? i mean the last time i celebrated a bithday was when i was 15

so i wouldnt even really know where to start celebrating

do people just throw confetti and junk nowdays?

I don't know.

It might be for the best to pick up where you left off. Or to start with whatever age you should be turning now.

Edited 2013-02-25 05:18 (UTC)

yeesh 16 was a nightmare for me...

so 24 i guess. do humans do anything special for that or do things kinda mellow out after 21?

Not that I know of. What's important about 21?

I can't see why it wouldn't count. If he's dead back home, it seems to me he's got more reason to celebrate than most.

So he can pretty much say things like "Take that, universe! I'm not down for the count yet!" and all kinds of other dumb things, right?

You can be as dumb as you want on your birthday. You kinda get a pass for that sort of thing.

Happy birthday! ☆

How does a dead man want to celebrate his birthday? Shouldn't he be, you know, dead?

Technically, but I guess the laws of death don't really apply here cuz I bit the bullet back in another world and I just ended up dropping in here. It's still pretty weird but it's not bad, what with having a new start and all.

This town is weird.

Tell me about it.

...I can't think of any reason why dying means you can't have birthdays anymore if you want to.

I mean, you're still alive and kicking, right?

You oughta party even harder if you're dead.

What makes partying hard, exactly?

Like, umm... Just having as much fun as you can?

Someone who's wondering about whether or not to celebrate his birthday should celebrate it.

Party on, my friend.

I think it'd be weird if he didn't want to celebrate another year of unlikely afterlife.

When you put it that way, I guess it makes sense. I mean, it's not like I--er, he knew that he'd end up here, y'know?

See? Plenty to celebrate. The bakery around the corner might do cakes...

[He wouldn't know, he only ever buys doughnuts.]

Happy birthday! And it always counts.

Ack--! Was it that obvious--?

Is it bad if it was?

We're not dead, we're existence-impaired. Big difference.

Some of you guys are existence-impaired.

_{[Dream Team; Never forget!]}

[He's still not sure he buys the whole kicking the bucket thing. But he's not going to argue about it, that just seems silly.]

Jerk, why didn't you ever tell me when your birthday was? I mean, at least one person would have had it memorized, you know? You can't complain about not getting any presents if you don't tell anybody.

It wasn't really that big of a deal in the Organization, was it? 'sides, it's not like I thought I'd get to see another birthday.

Unfortunately it seems the only thing that's a big deal in the Organization is Xemnas listening to himself talk.

But that's a bit fatalistic, isn't it? Do you need a heart to be pessimistic? I lose track of what I'm supposedly able to actually comprehend and reflect accurately. [Here, I got you some sarcasm. Happy birthday!]

Is that before or after all of the work?

Wait-wait--Fatal...istic? _{[Axel there are one too many -istic words there for his liking.]} C'mon, man...

Right, right, I forgot to use small words.

[He waves a hand then.] Look, I'm still not sure what to think about... everything. But if it's your birthday then at least let me buy you a drink or something. Just 'cuz we never got the day off for it back home doesn't mean it's not a big deal.

It counts, obviously.

[ The topic of the permanence death might just strike a nerve for Edgeworth. ]

You don't think it's weird?

[ Tersely: ]

No.

It absolutely counts! Happy Birthday!

_{[She waits a beat.]}

To your friend, I mean. You know, hypothetically.

_[;3c]

Edited 2013-02-28 01:54 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it counts.

Looks like everybody else is telling you the same thing.

Edited 2013-02-28 13:36 (UTC)

[Fortunately for Demyx, Med'an is not fast enough to figure out wtf he's talking about. He's just a little confused right now.]

If you're...still living here, then...I think it should count. Right?

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