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[Another year in Johto a month ago...and now, another birthday. Which is a strange thing to think about. Up until a few years ago, he hadn't even known the date of his own birth, hadn't even thought to wonder what it was. Back in Amestris, a homunculus' birth isn't something that anybody really wants to remember or celebrate, after all. But here? People have found it out, wheedled it out of him...people have remembered it, asked after it, thought that the fact that Envy was born was something important.]

[And for two years now, he's awkwardly accepted the couple of gifts and the well wishes he's gotten, but it had still felt strange to even acknowledge. But now, the third year he's known about the day...it feels a little more natural. He actually remembers what day it is without being reminded, and if any of his patched together little family brings it up, or does something for the occasion?]

[Well, maybe this year he'll react a little less like a cat who's just encountered a vacuum cleaner for the first time.]

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Hey, I've got a question for anyone who feels like answering. When you do things for somebody's birthday, what is it that you're celebrating about them? Is it that they managed to survive an extra year or that they were born in the first place or just because parties are fun or what?

What is it about a birthday that makes it something important?

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i think its how people say theyre glad some1 is in ther life

Hey hey heyyyy!

_{[As soon as Envy's done posting his deep philosophical birthday questions to the network, the obligatory Funny Voice (tm) happens behind him and then a couple of arms snake around his middle and do that obnoxious thing where she picks him up but only like an inch off the ground.]}

It's the birthday boy!

yeah?

that's pretty good, I like that.

[Envy should probably expect things like this by now, but sometimes she can still catch him off guard. He lets out a 'whoof' of air as he's picked up and immediately starts trying to squirm loose.]

[But there's a laugh in his throat, even as he shouts in indignation.]

Hey! Hey, I don't remember 'getting picked up' having anything to do with birthdays!

its usually a biger d

g

bigger deal sorry me an meatloaf are on a ride

bigger deal for kids but its still pretty normal for people to wish you a happy birthday even if you're 100

ha, what about almost 400?

they would need a really big cake for all those candles

it sort of becomes a big deal again when the numbers get really crazy

because living that long is pretty hard

_{[He should. This is his own fault.]

[She laughs unrepentantly, and swings him around a little bit.]}

Of course it has to do with birthdays. You gotta get picked up. It's the rules.

It depends on the person. Sometimes people just want to take the day and have fun, and other people don't want to celebrate at all.

You've never picked me up on my birthday before. How can it be the rules if this is the first time it's happened!

[He's just being contrary to be contrary now. Although he does have at least one potential secret escape weapon.]

[Instead of letting his arms hang loose, he squirms to try and reach one back over his shoulder to attempt a NECK TICKLE.]

yeah, makes sense. I used to be the latter

I'm more asking about why other people celebrate somebody's birthday instead of why the person themselves does

Well... that also varies. Me? I always did it because the person was a friend, or family. Or someone I cared about.

Well, last year you were like a billion miles away. My arms aren't that long--ahah! HEY!

_{[A POWERFUL WEAPON... but the next thing she does is just straight up lick the inside of his elbow like a third-grader, because it's right there and she refuses to let him down without a fight.]}

[Envy leans his head back and YELLS.]

Heather! That's gross!

[Licking is only hot if they're ALREADY DOING HOT THINGS. WHICH IS NOT RIGHT NOW. EW.]

I think the house would burn down if there were four hundred candles on one cake

although there might actually be four hundred candles in the house right now so maybe the whole house can just count by extension

and tell me about it. hard is an understatement.

woah are you really 400 years old??

i am sorry sir i didnt mean to be disrespectul

rest

re

RUDE

you don't have to start calling me sir i'm not an accountant

but yeah I'm 400 give or take a decade

oh ok

my old master liked it when i called her maam so idk

[...HOLD UP.]

wait. your master?

iTS NOT A SEX THING!!!!

IM A VAMPIRE!

I didn't say it was a sex thing!

I don't know anything about vampires except they drink blood and have an accent

sorry sorry i just wanted to make sure that was clear

and i guess i do drink blood and have an accent

but i also have a master

shes not the one who made me but she was the one who kept me and i guess if she didnt kill me when she really really wanted to ill call her maam

i think she is only 200 tho

We celebrate someone's birthday because they're a year older. Some would say wiser. A lot of people have strong memories and experiences over their life. We celebrate that they're still alive and able to share those experiences with others.

[Maybe some of Kaz was rubbing off on him, since he didn't usually get sentimental about birthdays or talk so much.]

_{[Her response is to CACKLE LIKE A WITCH.]}

That's what you get for tryin' to pull a fast one on me!

_{[BUT SHE RELENTS, giving him one last squeeze and then setting him back down two inches to the floor.]}

Happy birthday, loser.

[And you just crawled right up into Mabel's terrority! Watch out Envy]

It's all of the above! Sure, it kind of sucks that you're another year older but you gets lot and lots of presents! Oh and cake! You definitely can't forget that!

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