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[Voice/Action] Forward-dated to the afternoon of the 9th
[He should have seen this coming- it's like it's some kind of retaliation for what he'd done on Teddy's birthday. He still manages to be surprised when Teddy shoos him out of the apartment some time after breakfast on the 9th, barely given time to grab his coat and stuff his laptop into a bag before he's been officially banished from his own home.
...Well then. Looks like he's in the wind today. First things first: while he isn't usually the type to announce this kind of thing, thanks to having the afternoon to himself (whereas usually his birthday is filled with doting parents and obnoxious little brothers vying for attention) he's feeling indulgent enough to go for it, and he remembers something in particular...]
Okay- first of all, question for everybody. Now that I know about that whole... Valentine's Day thing that's supposed to happen every year, does anyone know how to avoid it? Or should I just lock myself in my room for a few days and hope for the best?
And second, to the X-Men? If the team training is still on for today, it's probably safe to go ahead and assume I won't make it. I'm allowed to have plans on my birthday. But happy birthday to Logan whenever he gets back- 180 is a pretty big landmark, right?
[Hopefully he won't get killed for that one, but he just couldn't help himself. Even if the accuracy of that number is questionable.
The rest of the afternoon will be spent in the following ways: goofing off in the Battle Dome with some self-indulgent hologram scenarios blatantly ripped out of Star Trek, wasting time in Seventh Heaven with excessive amounts of coffee and his laptop like a proper teenage hipster, and then, when his battery's running dry, returning to building #5 to bully Teddy into feeding the laptop's power cord under the door, at which point he'll be curled up on the floor outside his apartment playing Minecraft or something while he waits for his boyfriend to finish... whatever he's doing in there.]
...Well then. Looks like he's in the wind today. First things first: while he isn't usually the type to announce this kind of thing, thanks to having the afternoon to himself (whereas usually his birthday is filled with doting parents and obnoxious little brothers vying for attention) he's feeling indulgent enough to go for it, and he remembers something in particular...]
Okay- first of all, question for everybody. Now that I know about that whole... Valentine's Day thing that's supposed to happen every year, does anyone know how to avoid it? Or should I just lock myself in my room for a few days and hope for the best?
And second, to the X-Men? If the team training is still on for today, it's probably safe to go ahead and assume I won't make it. I'm allowed to have plans on my birthday. But happy birthday to Logan whenever he gets back- 180 is a pretty big landmark, right?
[Hopefully he won't get killed for that one, but he just couldn't help himself. Even if the accuracy of that number is questionable.
The rest of the afternoon will be spent in the following ways: goofing off in the Battle Dome with some self-indulgent hologram scenarios blatantly ripped out of Star Trek, wasting time in Seventh Heaven with excessive amounts of coffee and his laptop like a proper teenage hipster, and then, when his battery's running dry, returning to building #5 to bully Teddy into feeding the laptop's power cord under the door, at which point he'll be curled up on the floor outside his apartment playing Minecraft or something while he waits for his boyfriend to finish... whatever he's doing in there.]
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But why would you wish to avoid such a romantic and exciting holiday as Valentine's? That is like being in the middle of the Season and wearing only drab browns and greys.
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I've a gift for you when there's time to spare.
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Just to let him know, he jots down a little message on one of his post-it notes, then slides it under he door, where he knows his boyfriend is sitting patiently.
"Almost done - Five more minutes ♥"]
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Hey! No fair, man!
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Wh- what? And can't you at least say hi?
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I'm sorry I don't have anything for you. I didn't know. [And now 'finding Billy a gift' is at the top of his to-do list.]
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I don't think there is a way to avoid it, really, save for leaving the enclosure entirely. But I wouldn't be surprised if that stops working.
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[Might be worth a shot, assuming he's allowed. And that Teddy can come along.]
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Hello, Billy. Happy birthday.
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Oh, hey Storm. Thanks, it's been pretty good so far.
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And if you're not dating anyone, then you're supposed to eat an entire tub of ice cream and watch movies or something. At least, that's the cliche answer.
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Who knows, though—maybe you'll get lucky and score a hot chick for a day.
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I guess technically that would be pretty lucky.
[He's less likely to be forced into really cheating with a girl, right? Unless an experiment can turn him straight.
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Oh god what if it turns him straight he's so screwed isn't he.]
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Stay away from the journals on the 14th. Keep away from them until everyone else stops behaving strangely.
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It affects people via the journals?
[Wow, and here he thought it was a silly Cupid first-sight... thing.]
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[She sounds pretty smug right now.]
Sorry about it being your last.
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I might have misheard you, but it sounds like you're doubting my survival skills.
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But, Happy Birthday all the same.
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Uh, you already got a cake?
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Does Logan got a cake?
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Is that some kind of machine?
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What, sorry?
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[Though at least it's for a good cause, assuming Jane and Tony's thing actually works.]
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My amazing artistic talent is gonna have to tide you over until I can pick up a gift.
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Thanks...? It's okay, though, you don't have to get me anything.
[Whoooo areeeee yoooouuuu]
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voice; i am so late please still love me
You can run and hide all you want. But if the Malnosso stick you with someone, you're shit outta -
[Wait, come again.]
...It's your birthday?
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Well, yeah. It had to come eventually.
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actually late, but here at least?
So does that mean I should wait to give you your present?
this is acceptable
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What... is supposed to happen? [He's new, can you tell?]
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I've never been through it, myself, but I've heard that there's an annual experiment where people are forced to fall in love with each other.