Poi 05 - Voice

[firewalled]

...It's Rich.

[Might as well not bother with preamble, though that's certainly odd for him. Odder still that he has the video off, even if there's still the faint strumming of guitar suggesting that he's nervously plucking at strings as he often does.]

I'm 18 now, according to the roster. Guess I missed my birthday. I knew it was coming up, but I was kinda distracted with stuff.

[Like having a mental crisis for the better part of two months at least.]

Anyways, was just wondering like... what's the longest someone's been stuck here before they got to go back home? Maybe, uh, maybe it was wishful thinking? But I was kinda thinking with the whole Ministry investigation and how fucking useless I am on the missions that the train would boot me off by now.

[He's really trying to laugh, trying to make that sound like a joke.]

Just. Was thinking about it. At this point, my friends back home probably assume my dad stabbed me or shit... maybe they'll believe those messages we got to send at that river, but more likely they'll think I'm nuts.

[Just another certified Rich Goranski Comedy Routine. He'll be here all week, folks.]

Comments

[firewalled]

[Sorry, Tidus. He's usually more personable than this, but like he said, he can be a bit of an ass when he's feeling down on himself. At least he doesn't keep Tidus waiting long, and doesn't make a comment on the movie selection as of yet. Comedies are fine with him, and action can be fun once in a while.

He even gives sort of a half-smile as he gets closer, even if it doesn't reach his eyes.]

I'm doing okay. Not like this place is much worse for birthdays than back home. Think more people might have actually said something here, but I guess I don't really talk about it much...

[He hadn't even planned on saying anything before Devero had made a big deal about it.]

[blitzcheer]

[ Tidus doesn't take it personally at least, pausing his flip through the list. Though, he does have his eyes on trying to spot a title that looks interesting. ]

S'hard, I think. Most of the time you won't notice unless you're really paying attention to the roster, then some people, they haven't celebrated their birthdays for a real long time. 'Cause always something else was going on.

[ War, mostly. ]

[firewalled]

Yeah. Makes sense that not a lot of people here know how to celebrate. I only checked the roster because I was thinking about how long I've been here.

[And you know, moping.]