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[killing_sweep]

Buon compleanno, would it be? The Japanese seems ill-suited for the occasion.How do you prefer to celebrate birthdays, dear City? I've always thought cake to be quite standard, but I don't think it's really the season for that

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[reginagloriae]

Huh. I never heard that there's a season for cake. Cake, candles, snacks, drinks and loved ones are the standard I think.

[killing_sweep]

Ah? See, I've always thought winter was a season more to the tune of cookies and rarer seasonal sweets. Cake should really be something you have when you have time to devote your full attentions to it, hmm?

Candles have always seemed a bit morbid, though.

[reginagloriae]

There are seasonal sweets linked to the fruits of each station, at least in Japan they are, but a birthday cake should transcend this.

Really? Why do you think that?

[killing_sweep]

Oh? I've never heard about something like that. That would be for everywhere in Japan, then?

On the day you celebrate your birth to be blowing out candles that represent your life so far. Vaguely morbid.

[reginagloriae]

Yeah. The wagashi served during the tea ceremony are different depending the season. No, no... there are also some that are typical in different areas like Kyoto which is famous for the autumn wagashi.

Just a little... It's a good reminder of all you lived during all this time, too.

[killing_sweep]

Ah, yes, wagashi I recognize. They really are masterpieces in their own rights, hmm? Although, now I'm curious to see wagashi that impress even the Japanese.

Mmm... All the more time that's passed.

[reginagloriae]

Yeah. They are and a shame to eat, but they're delicious too!

I guess candles shaped as number are less shocking than one for each year lived, huh? The latter works only when you're young.

[killing_sweep]

Ah, that is the beauty of it. Because it's so fleeting and momentary before it's gone.

The number candles always seem so gaudy, but it's much better than messing up the cake, I suppose.