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[harlequinhater]

i cannot believe that YET AGAIN my birthday was ruined through weird time shenanigans beyond my control.
i mean i guess that having prom and fighting off bad guys is not the worst birthday i have ever had because nobody has died, but still!
it was my eighteenth birthday, which is kind of a big deal!!!

anyways if youre in goldenrod and want to come by the house i'm going to have like, a belated bday get together for me and jane.
you don't need to bring presents or anything. we are just going to hang out and maybe watch a few movies!
it should be fun and not very stressful.

also, does anybody have advice on being an adult??

in goldenrod ;;

[As John has promised, the "party," such as it is, is pretty low key. In fact, it's low key to the point of being downright lazy. There aren't any decorations, and there isn't really any set up apart from a bowl of chips on the counter and a few movies by the TV.

Still, it's always nice to hang out with friends, no matter how low the budget, right?]

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[callbacks]

john buttwind egbert stop pretending like youre eighteen you newt

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[harlequinhater]

uh, excuse you dave!
i was sixteen when i got here, and this is the second birthday i have spent here.
clearly that makes me eighteen!

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[callbacks]

you got here like two seconds before your birthday
and you got here FROM your birthday
the time judges have ruled its an illegal move

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[harlequinhater]

it was more than two seconds!
PLUS i did a lot of other weird time shenanigans during and after my birthday.
i declare your time judges to be totally bogus!!

[cyan_maid]

Hey, wait a minute!
You're eighteen now?
But I'm only seventeen! That's not fair!

[Jane there is nothing fair about the passage of time]

[harlequinhater]

you got here a while after i did!
so you missed our birthday last year.
meaning i have had more time to grow and mature and stuff.

[Because John is definitely the more mature of the two.]

[cyan_maid]

Oh, is that so?
Funny how that sort of thing doesn't really shine through all that much.

[harlequinhater]

hey!
what is that supposed to mean?

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[charcoalfeather]

Whoa! John, you're eighteen?
That's amazing! I'm only


[.....The message sits there for a minute or so, just like that.]

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[harlequinhater]

thanks rakka!

....you're only what?

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[charcoalfeather]

I'm
fifteen? Maybe sixteen now since I had a birthday.
I don't really know how old I am


but uh, you're welcome!

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[quadrangle]

SIDING WITH DAVE HERE. YOU'RE SEVENTEEN, GET OVER IT.

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[harlequinhater]

you're only siding with dave because you're dating him.
it doesn't count.

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[quadrangle]

[Did he just]

[did he seriously just read that.]

EGBERT YOU LITERAL HORSE'S ASS, DON'T EVEN FUCKING PRETEND FOR AN INSTANT THAT MY DATING DAVE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
WHICH BY THE WAY FUCK YOU?? MY OPINION IS SUDDENLY INVALIDATED IN YOUR WORLD BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO SHARE IT WITH ONE OF MY MATESPRITS. HOW THE HELL DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SPOILERS IT DOESN'T, YOU'RE JUST PRETENDING IT DOES BECAUSE I HAVE LOGIC ON MY SIDE AND YOU'RE CLINGING TO THIS PETTY DELUSION THAT YOU CAN SOMEHOW ROUND UP A FUCKING WEEK INTO A WHOLE GODDAMN YEAR.

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[sunnysidewalkstreet]

advice huh?

well don't stop having fun with ur life
u dont need to act all boring and high and stuffy just bcuz you're an adult

trust me

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[harlequinhater]

you know, i am really glad to hear that!
because it would sort of suck to just not have fun for the rest of my life?
like that is a long time to be boring and stuffy! i don't think i could pull it off.

[islandshore]

Ugh. I'm still ticked that I missed out on all the action.

Bad timing on my part, I guess.

But, eh, this isn't about me. Happy belated birthday. Welcome to the wonderful world of adulthood and all that.

[harlequinhater]

is the world of adulthood really all that wonderful?
i feel like it is filled with boring things.
like taxes. and bills.
and business suits, hats, and very professional pipes.

[islandshore]

Well, adulthood here could be a lot worse.

I've been having to pay bills since I started my business, anyway. And I was a teen back then.

Honestly... I don't feel that different. Is that weird? Heck if I know.

[in4apounding]

Happy birthday, John!

Are you really eighteen now? It doesn't feel like it!

That you've been here that long

I mean

[harlequinhater]

thank you, penny!

and i guess numerically speaking i am maybe not EXACTLY eighteen yet.
but i think it is easier to just celebrate my birthday on the normal date rather than trying to find a new birthday to make my age super accurate or something.

and i have been here for over a year now, if you can believe it!

[in4apounding]

"Time shenanigans," I guess.

[Which in this specific case means "it's weird, but so is everything about this place, so just roll with it".]

Hee, it is pretty hard to believe! I remember when you first arrived.

[Dave got so excited he fell out of a chair, it was great.]

We were


actually the rest of us were still in Goldenrod then, this is a really nice place.

But a lot's happened since then!!

[hashtagafreakingghost]

okay, eighteen making you an adult is a TOTAL lie, jsyk.
they tell us growing up, "oh you're going to be all grown up then!" but it absolutely doesn't count.
I SO did not feel like an adult at eighteen.
still don't.

what movies though?

[harlequinhater]

that is good to know!!!
i will take your word for it as somebody who is definitely a more seasoned adult than i am.

and just some old classics!
or at least pokemon takes on old classics.
so con aerodactyl, little pocket monsters, ghastly dad, machop and me...
i think jane also wanted to watch some parks and recreation!
i forget the pokemon name of that one, though.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

omg nooo don't CALL me an adult, please.
I am absolutely not one.

if you're watching pokemon con air, though, count me in. I've watched it with one of my friends a hundred times, so that'd be fun.