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[The video clicks on, and there is... well. There's a Rufflet and an Ursaring in colorful party hats.]
[In an inn room. He finally sprung for one tonight, yeah. Tobias turns the camera around and grins, though it's a little bit of a crooked grin. His last birthday... didn't go so well. Or was that the birthday before? The last birthday he paid attention to the date on, at least. Anyway.]
What kind of stuff do you guys do for your birthday where you're from? I never really did much for mine, so I decided to get a room for the night. It's kind of nice here, though it's sort of expensive...
[... He's probably going to go back to sleeping outside tomorrow night. Oh well.]
... Maybe we'll go out to eat or somethi -
[Aaand the Ursaring tackles him, and Tobias is left flailing under a pile of brown fur.]
Rachel! You're too big now! Get off!
[The Ursaring just laughs and Tobias crawls out from under her, turning the video off as her party hat falls and bonks him on the head.]
[In an inn room. He finally sprung for one tonight, yeah. Tobias turns the camera around and grins, though it's a little bit of a crooked grin. His last birthday... didn't go so well. Or was that the birthday before? The last birthday he paid attention to the date on, at least. Anyway.]
What kind of stuff do you guys do for your birthday where you're from? I never really did much for mine, so I decided to get a room for the night. It's kind of nice here, though it's sort of expensive...
[... He's probably going to go back to sleeping outside tomorrow night. Oh well.]
... Maybe we'll go out to eat or somethi -
[Aaand the Ursaring tackles him, and Tobias is left flailing under a pile of brown fur.]
Rachel! You're too big now! Get off!
[The Ursaring just laughs and Tobias crawls out from under her, turning the video off as her party hat falls and bonks him on the head.]
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Date: 2014-09-27 04:22 am (UTC)From:[He's not exactly the heaviest kid.]
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Date: 2014-09-27 05:36 am (UTC)From:After all that traveling, probably!
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Date: 2014-09-27 05:38 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2014-09-27 05:49 am (UTC)From:Blake has the phone set up on the kitchen counter as he tosses around some stir fry in a pan.]
Once you outgrow the cake and party hats crap, usually the tradition is get wasted and go to a-
[He pauses, and for a second there's just the sound of sizzling.]
Wait, how old are you, kid?
[Meanwhile, on a table behind him, his Clauncher is writing something on the small chalkboard he insisted on Blake buying for him. After a moment the little lobster finishes and holds it up to the camera. It reads: HAPPY BIRTHDAY]
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Date: 2014-09-27 05:57 am (UTC)From:[He glances over at Felix and grins a bit.]
Thanks.
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Date: 2014-09-27 06:25 am (UTC)From:[Jimmy pauses for a minute, tilting his head to the side.]
But he's waiting for you when you get home, isn't he? Like my Cerbee boy. He'll be right there when you get back, like you never left.
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Date: 2014-09-27 07:26 am (UTC)From:You're supposed to keep track of these things, y'know. Most kids around now are getting excited about getting their driver's permit.
[Blake twists around to see what he's looking at, and see Felix lift a claw in salute.]
You friends with my lobster? He's a weird little guy. Got him that chalkboard like he wanted, and he keeps using it to tell me to read books.
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Date: 2014-09-27 07:28 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2014-09-27 07:30 am (UTC)From:[He nods at the question, though.]
I told him a poem I remembered from a while ago. It was a Shel Silverstein poem.
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Date: 2014-09-27 07:52 am (UTC)From:[Blake adds that up as he adds some bell peppers to the pan.] Living on the streets, huh.
[His Snubbull waves to the young man before going back to check the rice. That is her job and she takes it very seriously.
Blake runs the name through the list of poets he knows. It doesn't take long.] Never heard of him. One of those fancy bastards who went around comparing shit to a summer's day?
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Date: 2014-09-27 08:00 am (UTC)From:[What a cute... dog-thing? He doesn't even know anymore.]
No. He wrote kid's poems. Like...
[... Can he come up with another one - right.]
Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird
And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.
If you’re a bird, be an early early bird —
But if you’re a worm, sleep late.
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Date: 2014-09-27 11:50 am (UTC)From:[She is indeed a very cute dog-thing! Her ears twitch when she hears the young man recite.
She applauds when he's done. The corner of Blake's mouth quirks.] Heh. Beats crap about sunsets, or a hundred pages of shit nobody can understand.
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Date: 2014-09-27 11:53 am (UTC)From:[He nods at that.]
I used to read a lot of poetry, and fantasy books, and science fiction. I haven't had much of a chance to read lately, though.
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Date: 2014-09-27 04:58 pm (UTC)From:Well, I guess if you don't mind sleeping outside, then that's okay! [ Even though she can not, at all, in any way fathom why someone wouldn't mind that. ] And your Pokémon sure looks like she can protect you! You've gotten pretty big, haven't you, Rachel? [ She offers the Ursaring a smile. ]
Isn't there anything you want for your birthday, though? If it was me, I'd want a giant cake with strawberries on top! Ooh, and some new clothes! It's never a bad time for new clothes!
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Date: 2014-09-27 09:10 pm (UTC)From:[Jimmy...]
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Date: 2014-09-27 10:21 pm (UTC)From:[And on those days, his parents would call in and wish him happy birthday.]
Which...probably isn't all that different from any other day, beside me doing stuff I want for the day. But happy birthday, Tobias!
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Date: 2014-09-28 03:47 am (UTC)From:I have fun with my friends! It's not really different from what I usually do, but this time I get presents and lots of food!
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Date: 2014-09-28 04:38 am (UTC)From:Yeah. But... it's been about two years since I lived there. And neither my aunt or my uncle are the type to take care of a cat they don't want. He might have run away, and that's... the better option.
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Date: 2014-09-28 04:50 am (UTC)From:[And Jimmy's smile falters. Just a bit.]
I'm sorry, Tobias.