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[bent_the_world]

Huh. I guess it was my birthday yesterday? That's...the third one here.

Wow.

[Time really does fly.]

Anyway, I came back to the mainland for a little bit and it...actually feels weird. It didn't the last time I was back. So I guess that settles my dilemma of whether or not to get a place on the islands!

But the most important thing....

[Korra turns the 'gear to show...a teeny Wooper curled up on the nose of a sleeping Tyrantrum.]

They're already best friends and I don't understand it but it gives me the fuzzies.

Oh yeah, I have a dinosaur now!

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[hellablue]

Yo dude! You should've told me it was your b-day! I would've get you something. I'm not sure what, but. Something.

[bent_the_world]

I didn't even realize it was coming up. I just sort of stopped keeping track or paying attention, here.

Don't worry about it.

You can always send candy if you feel really bad about it.

[hellablue]

I could definitely swing some candy. What kind do you like?

[bent_the_world]

Is 'all of the candy' a valid answer?

Because I've never met a candy I didn't like.

..except stuff that's not candy but just pretends to be. If it has more fruit and/or nuts than chocolate or caramel...that's not candy.

[hellablue]

"All of the candy" is absolutely a valid answer. Get ready, you're about to get showered in candy!

[Actually, she pauses.]

Where are you, anyway? Anywhere near Goldenrod?

[bent_the_world]

And people say I'm hard to shop for....

Nah, I ran into a friend at the circus who was planning on checking out the islands, so we hooked up and now we're going poke-catching down here.

[hellablue]

Oh, that's balls.

[So much for potentially meeting up she guesses!!!]

I think we're just destined to be, as my mother would say, penpals.

[Gross she's such an old lady]

[bent_the_world]

Yeah, Botan was really eager to head out. And it's best to beat the warmer weather influx.

Trust me, we'll run into each other one of these days. I mean if nothing else, everybody goes to prom.

[hellablue]

Everyone goes to prom? What?

[Listen where she's from prom is like.

It's a high school thing. It's not exactly a hoppin' party that everyone goes to. Gross.]

[bent_the_world]

Oh yeah, it's a huge party once a year.

One time it was on the moon.

And one time Team Rocket tried to ruin it, the assholes.

[hellablue]

Oh. So it's.. not your typical prom. That's cool.

[This place is so weird. Good weird, but. Weird.]

Sounds pretty typical for TR, though.

[bent_the_world]

From what I've heard about proms, no, it's not. It's just called that.

Yeah, they're a real problem. A lot of trainers lost Pokemon that night, and haven't been able to get them back.

[hellablue]

My question is, if everyone hates team rocket so much why don't we all just band together and, I dunno, burn down their base?

[It seems easy, honestly.]

[bent_the_world]

Their bases being secret is a big issue there. I think they have a bunch. All over the place.

They're a pretty big organization. I mean, I want to take them down, it's just not that easy.

[hellablue]

Well I mean when you put it like that, I guess.

[Listen, she didn't think it through like that.]

[bent_the_world]

For all they're kind of dumb, they....are a pretty serious and big organization.

[2hellwiththe1stlaw]

Happy late birthday punk!

How old are you now? Like 45? Firggin' Grandma!

[bent_the_world]

Oh, thanks.

Ha, ha. I'm twenty three. I think. I kind of stopped keeping track of my birthday since I got here.

[2hellwiththe1stlaw]

Aw damnit, another cool person who's older then me.

At least that means I'm cool well before my prime.

So come on what are we gonna do about this? Wanna meet up and go find a club or some food or something? You shouldn't just forget your birthday that's like proof you're already too old!

[bent_the_world]

I don't think I'm much older than you, am I?

I'm always a fan of food. Clubs...not so much. Which island are you on? And it's more I just...don't usually have anybody to celebrate it with.

[2hellwiththe1stlaw]

Well I'm 18 so no, not THAT much older.

[But way more mature.]

I've been staying on One Island but I can totally travel.

[Either by boat or by clinging to her like two water types.]

[bent_the_world]

Yeah, see!

Oh, you're on One Island? So am I!

[2hellwiththe1stlaw]

Well come on then hoe! Let's live it up!

Where you at? Or where you want me to meet you at? You've been here longer you gotta know where the best grub is right?

[bent_the_world]

...you have seen the island we're on? I dunno how much living it up there is to do.

But there is a really great clam shack on the edge of 'town'.

[2hellwiththe1stlaw]

Bet I can eat more clams then you can!

[Ten second delay and then she snickers and snorts.]

I mean in a purely platonic way!

[bent_the_world]

Wow.

Just...wow.

[But Korra is cracking up.]

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[warnotlove]

Oh wow, almost a month apart, huh? That's cool, I mean what are the chances, right?

[He can't imagine being in one place like this for so long without having an idea of how to handle one's birthday.]

You didn't tell me it was coming up, if it's your third one here there must be something you like to do for it.

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[bent_the_world]

Apparently! I tend to just...not keep track. And then it happens and I immediately forget again.

Nothing I can really think of... I did just adopt two new Pokemon.

[warnotlove]

You just... don't keep track of time passing?

[Strange concept, but he's never lived in a jamjar setting. Spoilers: when he had, he also stopped keeping track, so he's a hypocrite.]

Something good I hope, that's not a bad birthday present to yourself though, is it?

[bent_the_world]

Not like...completely. Just...the specific days. Sometimes.

Island life.

Oh yeah, I have an eight foot tall dinosaur now. That big girl there's one of the new kids!

[warnotlove]

[He's just going to pause-]

Right. Dinosaurs are real in crazy "animals have super powers world". I need to remember that. I mean- not just real, alive. Dinosaurs are real where I'm from too, technically. They just tend to stay in history books.

[Not the point...]

Anyway, yeah that's cool. Congratulations! You know, on getting yourself a pet dinosaur. I bet not everyone can say that, I definitely don't have a pet dinosaur.

[He thinks. Would he even know if he did?]

It's cool that they seem to be bonding though, that's important. The ones on my team that get along work better together, too. Besides, it's nice to have friends, right?

[bent_the_world]

Pretty much everything is real, when it comes to Pokemon.

Thanks! I don't have that many Pokemon, but I've got some pretty cool ones.

It really is, Woop-Woop doesn't really bond well with a lot of my others. There's no problems or anything, he just...isn't close with many of them.

[warnotlove]

That's true, isn't it. Kind of makes you wonder about the food here.

[He just had to go there.]

Well it's nice that he's gotten a friend then, isn't it?

[Orion seems pretty pleased about it, anyway.]

My starter's not the most social so the others kind of leave her alone.

[bent_the_world]

Or pointedly not wonder too much about it. I mean...

My starter is the most social thing, he's a beast. Sometimes it's Too Much for the rest of them.

[warnotlove]

[That. That is exactly what he meant.]

She seems to think she's in charge of them all, I don't think they live up to her expectations. I'm new enough not to have a very big team yet, I think she'll ease up once there's too many for her to boss around at once.

[bent_the_world]

Oh yeah, as soon as you get another bossy, take charge Pokemon, especially if it's a big and imposing one...

they're probably like right next to each other lbr

[styxiedust]

Gosh, why didn't you tell me!

[Tell about the dinosaur? You knew about that, Botan--]

I need to make you something for your birthday!

[Oh, that.]

YEAH

[bent_the_world]

I just sort of lost track of when it was coming up. It's all that island living.

It's really no big deal.

[styxiedust]

Of course it is, birthdays are special! --At least that's the impression I generally get from humans.

[...Did. Did she tell Korra about the not being human thing, she doesn't even remember now.]

For pity's sake, I need to update my calendar.

[bent_the_world]

Well, they can be. But birthdays here...I dunno. Do they even count?

[Korra is at least generally aware of Botan's whole deal, and finds it pretty fascinating. Being a semi-spirit herself.]

[styxiedust]

I suppose they wouldn't if you were to go back, but...I dunno...

[She mumbles something, tries to say it again:]

I like celebrating these things with my friends.

[bent_the_world]

Yeah, that's what I mean.

...but I guess it has been a while since I did anything for my birthday. It's not like it would hurt to celebrate it or something.