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[smokedout]

[This is another one of those posts where Dodger starts off playing music without explaining anything. The song he plays in particular is a slow tune, earnest and emotional. His voice is gruff from lack of use, or perhaps his perpetual hangover, but he's still a talented musician at the end of the day. The guitar he's playing has stickers on it that some may recognize as fan merchandise for Eichi Tenshouin, and a malinois with a black and purple collar is sleeping with its head on his knee during the song.

When the song ends, he sits there quietly for a while before reaching to light a cigarette. He snaps his fingers to light them, and uses that in place of a lighter. Another pause, before he finally speaks.]

I'm 26 today. And sure, I was gonna make this the unholy mess you were all hoping for, but fuck it, y'know? What's the point of acting like I'm better than anyone else if I don't even believe it...

I'm not planning any sorta celebration. Won't say no to presents. Guessing no one cares enough, though, right? Whatever. No one's looking at this.

[Welcome to the pity party, population: Dodger.]

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[ragnarsson]

Are you sure you're turning twenty-six and not six?

[Ivar's never sympathetic towards people wallowing in pity at the best of times. He certainly isn't going to tolerate it right now.]

(Video @blinded.by.light)

[soulsflight]

You sound pretty pathetic. (Come on, man. Birthdays are supposed to be fun.) It's not about being better than anyone else, you know? We all have birthdays.

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[specifications]

[ For a while, Arthur thinks this is some sort of music video. Until he addresses the camera. Still, his face is a mixture of confused, curious, and a little unimpressed. ]

Are you drunk?

[ Or is he really that desperate for attention that he would broadcast a pity session? ]

( video; ) un: aeacinos

[illusionistic]

[ Color Aeacinos unimpressed. The way that Dodger had acted during their little bout at the pool was in stark contrast to, well, this. His tail will flick behind him as reptilian eyes look into the camera. ]

I didn't peg you as a man to have such...self pity.

[ He seemed pretty assertive in their first meeting. It's a bit surprising. ]

Humans put a lot of emphasis on these birthdays, do they not? I hardly remember the day I was created, as if it matters much anymore. As long as I still live and breathe to do what I was made to do then that is enough. [ Well when you get around to being 3000 years old you forget that sort of thing too. ]

I never saw the point of them, celebrating birthdays. It's just a number that hardly signifies a person's maturity.

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[naturallywavy]

_{[ He doesn't know this guy from Adam, but there's one keen thing he is interested in, so he bypasses all of the pity-party stuff and gets straight to the point (for now.)
Here's a Japanese guy with silver hair and red eyes and when he parts his lips to speak, his voice is lazy and mellow.. almost like he's completely exhausted: ]}

Yo. Is there any cake?

_{[ and that's it.. without any kind of tact at all. ]}