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[cons]

So, alright!

[ someone take Wichita's comm away. now. now, now, now. she's sitting in the back room of the bar, not exactly trashed, but on her way. there's 90s music muffled in the background, as always, though she's not paying any attention to what's going on out there at this point. she's been back here, thinking.

how depressing. ]

I know this ship is mostly all doom and gloom, hey, I've had cold proof of that fact shoved down my throat time and time again. I get it. I know. This place sucks. ... Sorry, oh-two-oh's, but it's the truth.

But listen up. It's been way over a year since a lot of us showed up, and apparently our last jump lasted an additional year, so that means.. we've all missed a birthday. If not two! Or more, if more than one jump lasted that long. Which, to me, is a reason to celebrate. And don't give me any crap about not celebrating your birthday, because no, come on. You should party, you should feel pretty damn great about yourself. You've survived. You didn't let this place ruin you.

That's definitely worth celebrating.

[ and that's definitely something she's still working on convincing herself to be true, so. here's the motivation behind this whole transmission. oh boy. ]

And so, I'm declaring that today is, officially, our universal birthday. Everybody on the ship! It's your birthday today. So, go nuts. Forget about the fact that this place sucks for five minutes and have a drink or eat some space cake - if you can find anything like cake here anymore - do whatever you want. Relax. But mostly just try and do whatever you can to forget that this place is eventually going to k-

[ woop, crashbangbam. that's what it looks and sounds like when someone drops their comm in the middle of a sentence, oops. oh well. there's a muttered just do it! before she shuts off the comm. prepare yourselves crewmates, for the best game of pretend Wichita can muster considering.. everything. she'll try and help with the whole chilling out thing. she's not a con artist for nothing. ]

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[ex_question191]

I'm into the idea. What if I already celebrated my space birthday?

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[cons]

Um, excuse you, where was my invite?

[target]

Sounds like somebody started the party already.

[cons]

That's what it always sounds like here.

[ she knows that's prooooobably not what he meant, but dumdedum lalala ]

[logicunlocked]

Are we going to have a big bash? 'Cause I can definitely get behind that.

[cons]

I could get behind that too. And I dunno, I don't expect everyone to run straight here now that it's Birthday Day, but I wouldn't hate it.

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[jacked]

You know forcing us to celebrate birthdays stuck on this tin can could just work to make how much it sucks even clearer.

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[cons]

Happy Birthday to you.

[ she's ignoring your pessimism with the birthday song yes ]

Happy Birthday to you.

[ not singing, but sing-song ish. ]

Happy Birthday, dear-?

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[testgasm]

stasis doesn't work like that just so you know

that's why it's called stasis

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[cons]

wheatley.

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[herocomplex]

Where da party at.

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[cons]

the space bar, i guess, if there is gonna be a party. i haven't actually planned anything though

should i?

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[skindeep]

Another birthday. Well, I suppose being over the hill beats being buried under it.

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[cons]

That's the spirit! Though I doubt you're over the hill, you can't be older than me and I've barely grazed the bottom of the hill, as far as I'm concerned.

[ ok 24 ( in space years ) is practically a third of the way up the hill but whatever ]

[klutziness]

So since my birthday was supposed to be next month, does that mean I get this birthday and that one too? Because if yes, sign me up.

[cons]

Hey, sure, why not.

We're a little short on birthday cake, but there's really nothing else stopping you from taking a day to celebrate, or.. one day a month, whichever.

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[extrospector]

You know, that also means we all just wasted a year of our lives-- at least a year-- being unconscious. [ That's all he can think of! Because to him, a year is a short amount of time in which you need to get a lot of stuff done. ]

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[cons]

A year of our Tranquility lives. Doesn't really count for anything back home, at least.

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[avengeful]

[oh gosh]

... Are you alright?

[That crashing is just the comm, right? Gotta double-check.

gurl you should put away the bottles]

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[cons]

Hey, look who's back.

[ yeahyeahyeah, she's fine ]

You look.. different. Which means you probably are different.

[ which probably doesn't make her sound anymore sober, but really. who let the puppies out. ]

I'm Wichita, resident bartender.

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[heister]

You forgot about our lone oh-nineteen.

voice » she doesn't break 4th walls but. lemme know if this is cool. <3

[cons]

[ oh holy shit, someone sounds kinda like George Clooney. so. she's just going to assume it's George Clooney. BE COOL. ]

Oh, I think he's already painfully aware of how bad this ship sucks, just because of everyone's reaction to him.

Poor oh-nineteen.

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[inspirited]

Oh, that sounds like a really good idea—

Are you okay though? [you know since how that post ended didn't sound too good]

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[cons]

I'm glad you think so, PieGirl. More people need to get on board with this.

--Me? Oh, yeah, just fumbled that's all. It slipped out of my hand.

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[vindicating]

Universal birthday? [he just laughs, before shaking his head] I guess that's not a bad idea, but it's still weird to think that much time has gone by during one this jump or even others.

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[cons]

Why not? It's not like we actually know what the date is at this point. So. May as well all choose one day to acknowledge that we're older, in a way. Or that time passed. I dunno.

[ it's just a reason to try and get everyone to relax, yep ]

It is weird though, you're right. Kinda hate it sometimes.

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[elvenking]

Or begetting-day. Is cake one of your traditions? Ours is giving gifts.

[He hesitates for a moment.]

Well done. I believe there should be a celebration in the gardens. I will make the arrangements.

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[cons]

[ ... whoa. ]

Really? I mean, that might be kinda cool. I don't spend too much time in the gardens, so. Yeah, I'm up for that.

We give gifts too, usually, only that's a little hard to do here since we're only given the bare essentials at this point. But yeah, cake's a tradition. Blowing out candles and making a wish is, too.

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[acapriciousthing]

[Death can't help giggling]

Birthday. That would be a new one. But any excuse for a party, right?

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[cons]

Any excuse to get your mind off the reality of things, honestly.

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[handelaar]

There's no orange.

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[cons]

Huh? Orange what?

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[constructum]

Birthdays - seriously?

[ yes, this is a look of a girl that is so not sure what to make of you anymore, Wichita ]

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[cons]

Seriously. [ oh hey there. she's ignoring that look in favor of just being all 'oh hey' about hearing from her over the network for the first time in a while. passing people in the hallways is one thing, but. yeah. huh. it's been a while. ]

Just, really. Think about it. What else do we really have going for us here now besides the fact that we've managed to not die?