ORCHESTRA TWO

[luckydragonsfoot]

[Alright so admittedly it took Katsuya a bit to react to this, not the least because he was a bit busy looking over missing names and such on the roster instead of at his own name and points.

The day after that though, boy howdy-]

So...SO....guess who's 18? [It's him, the one grinning and not directly looking at the camera. He is 18.

Ahem.] Nyhhh, figures this'd happen right after we went t' tha' resort though...

[BOOOOO HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THE ADULT WRIST BAND]

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[blue_ice]

So you made it.

Is this your way of asking for a birthday party?

[happyends]

Wow.. It really feels like a lot of people suddenly have a different age on the roster, huh..?

[ It's kind of curious! Maybe the train is just updating a bunch of people at once? Who knows. Madoka sure doesn't - so it just leaves her looking surprised for a moment before she shakes her head to shake off the sensation, instead saying: ]

But.. you know, that means you have to get birthday presents..!

[schrodingersghost]

Must be weird. Its like you're an adult now.

[yondu]

Hey, you're doin' good huh. Guess I can't call you a kid anymore.

[Anyone under 25 is a kid to him, though, he just won't call them that. Hell, his son is still 'Boy' at 34.]

If I'd known I woulda got ya somethin'.

[He could give him one of the little Ravager badges or something. Maybe that'd do.]

[sizedoesntmatter]

Congrats on becoming 18. Still feels odd saying that when I am 19.

[It was an age gap he never would have expected for obvious reasons.]

But it just means I have to get you something for next platform.

[luckydragonsfoot]

What, y' figure I wouldn't?

Eh, dunno what we'd do f'r it, an' it ain't like I normally have much of one...

[does he realize how bad that sounds]

[luckydragonsfoot]

Yeah, come t' think of it, I saw a few differen' numbers on there while checkin' it...

AH- Heh! Maybe~! Nyhhh, don't go outta yer way or anything though, it ain't like we have a reliable allowance here..I'm good w'th a good meal if anything~!

[luckydragonsfoot]

Heheeeee...dang right! Yer lookin' at a man!

...'course I'd still have t' take my final year if I went back... ...plus most stuff, y' need t' be 20 for... [Enthusiasm...draining...]

[luckydragonsfoot]

Sure can't~!

[Yes he can.]

Eh, 's all good, it ain't like I knew, righ'?

[luckydragonsfoot]

Tell me abou' it, you 'n Kaiba've been from some weird far future f'r th' whole time...

[And !!! Hey!!!] AHH...Geeze, y' don't really have t'...

[So he says, but it's hard to hide being at least a Little excited about presents.]

[blue_ice]

You have a good meal with your allies. And friends.

[ He still trips over that word sometimes. ]

I'm already in the kitchen this month. So just tell me what you want.

[blitzcheer]

Congrats on the birthday. I didn't even notice 'til I checked the roster for me.

[ Way... way late. But whatever! ]

Feeling like doing anything special to celebrate?

[jingyeets]

Congratulations on getting older, is there anything you do to mark things like this?

( Birthdays. Being 18 or 17 has no difference to him, not after 15, and not when 20 was the next marked birthday and he's past that, so all he's got to say from his standpoint is "keep getting older, it's the biggest compliment and FU you can give the world at the same time" )

[yondu]

Just a comment that it'd be nice to know what cycles it runs on.

[He has no idea when his own birthday is. Maybe he'll figure it out if he checks the roster.]

I tell ya what, next time we have a stop that ain't chaotic, I'll snag ya somethin'.

[fivemilesdeep]

[He only just turned seventeen a month ago himself, so he definitely gets the excitement, and he offers a smile of his own.]

Happy birthday! How are we celebrating?

[schrodingersghost]

"Ugh, don't remind me. I'm probably going to have to retake tenth grade when I get back. Not to mention that I'm supposed to be a junior now."

And being a year behind all his friends was going to be miserable.

[happyends]

But..!

[ Madoka puffs up her cheeks a little bit, seeming just the faintest bit pouty. It wouldn't be fair if Katsuya aged up and didn't get any presents, right? It's not like they'll go back home and magically go back to their original age.. or so Madoka thinks, anyway.

And that means he would have missed out on an entire year's worth of presents! That's so much.

But he does mention that part about the meal, making her protests die down a little - for now. ]

... Oh, um.. I guess we do have octopus this month.. [ And he's Japanese like her, right? He's got to be, with his name. ] Do you like takoyaki..?

[gundamofthedesert]

[Quatre couldn’t help but chuckle at that]

Happy birthday. That is kind of funny. Very ironic that you didn’t have it that much earlier.

[luckydragonsfoot]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

[Welp] No idea, people keep askin' about a party like I didn' find out t'day.

[luckydragonsfoot]

[ONE YEAR! ONE MORE YEAR THAT YOU HAVE NOT YET TAKEN HIM!!]

Eh...back home, I'd get like, a burger 'r somethin', though th' las' two years there was a small party...Mostly, it's just a good excuse t' play around..! [he finishes, grinning.]

[luckydragonsfoot]

Hah, right?! Can't track anythin'!

Yeesh, good question though...I barely got used t' birthday parties back home, an' that stuff was always put t'gether by someone else, y'know..?

[luckydragonsfoot]

Yeah, tha's true...

[Ah- AH!!] Ah geeze, y' mean tha'? Y' already gave me stuff b'fore..!

[He's protesting, but it's kinda obvious that presents sounds exciting to the guy.]

[luckydragonsfoot]

Heheeeeee...you got it, 'Chef Kaiba'~! What's th' food of th' month, it's prob'bly th' only thing we really got in stock right now.

[luckydragonsfoot]

Bah! Tell me abou' it! ...'course I guess th' only thing I really couldn't try out was th' casino, an' it ain't like I wanted t' do much in there...

[Well. Maybe a liiiiiiitttttllle bitttttt...]

[luckydragonsfoot]

Hohhh!!! Octopus..!?

If y' can make takoyaki that'd be perfect!! It's been ages since I had tha' kinda taste from home! Hey, y' know how they do it up in Osaka? My sister lived there..!

[It's a shot in the dark of course, because Madoka sure as heck doesn't speak with an Osaka-ben dialect, but it's worth asking!!!]