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[ashestoashes6]

Such a nice day outside, Rai was definitely not going to stay inside to do his homework. Not that there was much of it being done. In fact, he was dozing, Kaida curled up by his side. His backpack made an impromptu (and rather hard) pillow, and one of his textbooks was laid open on his chest. He'd been making an attempt at it, at least? :D

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[opposingsoul]

Vergil had been waiting for this day since he'd heard the mention of it brought up. He wasn't one for celebrations normally, but every so often he could be found with a soft spot.

That's why he had a small chocolate cake held in one hand as he went looking for Rai, Dante the aron following close behind him as was the usual. When he finally does happen across the young man, he smirks as he sees him dozing.

He clears his throat loudly and stomps his foot on the ground nearby.

Dante is quite happy to bound over to Kaida and give the Growlithe a thorough snuffling.

[ashestoashes6]

Rai snaps awake and up in an instant, leaping to his feet...and blinking sheepishly when he realizes that it's Vergil.

"Ah...hi." :D

In the meanwhile, Kaida will be more than happy to greet Dante with a happy bark and generous amounts of tail wagging. Once he wakes up anyway.

[opposingsoul]

Vergil smirks widely down at his young student and he nods in greeting. "Good morning, Rai," he says. "Did you sleep well?"

Dante sits back and scratches his forepaw over his head innocently as soon as Kaida barks. He's the picture of innocence!

[ashestoashes6]

"Yep," Rai responds, grinning. "What's going on?"

Kaida barks again and wags his tail. Playtime is now? :D

[opposingsoul]

"I saw you sleeping, and I thought you were slacking off," Vergil says, his tone stern. "Put out your hands."

Dante wiggles his rear as Kaida barks. Playtime is nao. :D

[ashestoashes6]

"I did finish my English homework first, at least?" Rai says sheepishly. He then holds out his hands as he's told. Someone can't write without dragging their hands in the pencil lead apparently.

Woo! There shall be pouncing, then. :D

[opposingsoul]

Vergil smirks and he puts the cake tin in Rai's hands. There's nothing fancy about it, just a metal tin with a chocolate cake with lots of chocolate frosting on it, but hey, CAKE! "I also seem to recall hearing that today is your birthday," he says. "So I suppose there's nothing wrong with a little slacking off."

Oh, there shall be pouncing Kaida. And a bit of rolling and wrestling.

[ashestoashes6]

"...I could have sworn I didn't say anything about it..." Blink blink. Rai's never had birthday cake before. :D He smiles at Vergil. "Thank you."

Grr, arr, fierce Growlithe. DX Or something.

[opposingsoul]

"You didn't tell me the date, but you did make a comment about it before," Vergil says, smirking. "So I did a little digging. One thing led to another, and now you have a cake on your birthday."

He's got a proud little grin on his face as he watches Rai. For once, he's not too concerned about Dante's actions.

Which are pretty much unbearably cute as he plays with Kaida. Awwwww...

[ashestoashes6]

"...are you sure you're not a private investigator, because I'm not sure I even have a birth certificate on file in my world." Actually, he was sure he wasn't--one thing he'd had Hiromi do when he returned was hack into all the databases and effectively erase his existence. It hadn't taken much, he'd been an utterly anonymous orphan when he did live in Tokyo. He'd been given a name and a birthdate, but any other record of him was nonexistent. Rai was impressed. :D

And awwwwww indeed. :3 One hopes that the two don't get it in their heads to battle, Dante'd probably end up on the sour side of it.

[opposingsoul]

"I'll provide you a better answer than a private investigator," Vergil says quietly. "I'm a paranormal archaeologist. My job involves discovering all the facts about things that the public was never meant to know in the first place, and these things faded from the pages of time many centuries in the past."

He smirks a bit at Rai. "So rest assured, there are very few facts out there that I can't uncover," he says.

Vergil's long since taught Dante how to avoid fighting, not to mention how to avoid getting on the business end of anything hot. Of course, Dante likes playing a hell of a lot more than anything else.

[ashestoashes6]

"...oh." Rai's clueless and he'll be the first to admit it. :D

"...I have to say, I'm not used to this. Uhm. What's western tradition on birthdays? I've never really celebrated it before."

[opposingsoul]

Vergil, whose mun is taking a break between message board postings, smirks a little wider at Rai's clueless reaction. "Generally, western tradition involves eating cake and receiving a gift on your birthday," he says quietly. "Only, chocolate is awfully bad for dogs. I've brought a bone for your Kaida, accordingly."

[ashestoashes6]

What, he hasn't had a birthday party before. You can't expect him to know everything, Vergil. :D

"Thank you," Rai says. He's sort of at a loss here.

Kaida hears his name and is torn! He is playing, but someone said his name. :< DILEMMA.

[opposingsoul]

"Hmph."

Vergil smirks at reaches into his pocket, pulling out a cake knife. "Do you want cake now, or do you want it later?" he asks quietly, watching the birthday boy.

Dante is not so torn. With Kaida momentarily distracted, he can pounce freely!

[ashestoashes6]

Rai shrugs. "No time like the present?" He smiles slightly. "I've never had cake before." Today is just a day of firsts, isn't it? :D

If Kaida could say 'ack,' there is the distinct impression that he would be saying it now. As it is, he'll settle for a yelp and growling playfully at Dante. YOU'LL GET YOURS. B|