text | @kestrel

[realists]

[ simple text, straightforward and easy: ]

What are the birthday traditions on your home planets?

[ jyn hasn't celebrated a birthday in something like... fifteen years so to say she's out of practice would be a gross understatement. she tells herself this is cultural anthropology, her mother would be proud. TIME TO LEARN, time to attempt to live like a normal human being... ]

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text; thunderer

[worldsaway]

Traditionally, you start to forget about it after your 500th birthday and then everyone else forgets as well.

[realists]

[ sir pls. ]

Subtract 474 and tell me how you celebrated that birthday.

[worldsaway]

I was given a very powerful weapon and told to use it wisely.

Do they like weapons? We might be onto something.

[realists]

I like your style but there isn't a particular birthday approaching.

Just curious and tired of thinking about illness and death.

[worldsaway]

My apologies, I don't generally associate you with mirth.

I've heard that in some circles it's traditional to give people cake on their birthdays. Sometimes they light them on fire.

[realists]

[ wait wait someone taught her emojis ]



Fire?

[worldsaway]

I hope you aren't trying to prove me wrong.

Yes. Fire. They light sticks in the number of their age and they all chant together.

[realists]

[ VALID POINT ]

Candles? The fire might be because you need so many candles. Five candles isn't really a fire.

[worldsaway]

I wouldn’t know, I’ve never had a birthday cake. Birthday meat and ale is more customary.

It does sound like a dangerous situation waiting to happen, though. 1,200 candles is a lot of fire.

[realists]

That's a lot of years, Thor. I think you deserve a cake for it.

With the ale of course.

[worldsaway]

Is that an offer, Jyn?

[realists]

For the ale.

I'm not baking you a cake.

[worldsaway]

What if I want cake more than I want ale?

[ur pushing it thor]

[realists]

Then you'll want to ask Taako for help with that.

[ ur 1500+, do you really wanna die in some punk ass way like dying of food poisoning? ]

[worldsaway]

It’s just not the same.

[realists]

It's just one of life's little disappointments.