♔ video // DECLARATION THE FIFTEENTH ♔ (backdated to this morning!)
ATTENTION SIREN'S PORT! ATTENTION SIREN'S PORT! TODAY IS A WONDERFUL DAY INDEED!
Now, you may be asking yourself: how is it a wonderful day! After all, it is only February! We are between holidays! We are lost in cold!--in the grip of cold weather, in a city of cold hearts, surrounded by a cold ocean--but this is not true!
No, this is not true at all! Because, you see, today is the warmest day of the year! Today is--
[Fumbling for a second, he reaches overhead and pulls sharply on a dangling cord. A beat--and then a wave of confetti and balloons tumble down from the ceiling! A blast of trumpets! Triumphant music from no where!] TODAY IS MY DEAR DAUGHTER'S SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY!
[Abruptly, he changes his pose, dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief.] Oh, it's so beautiful! Sixteen, such a lovely young lady, the best daughter that any father could ask for--and truly, a cause of celebration! Which is why I have having a parade! Yes, yes, you heard correctly, Siren's Port--I will be having a parade in my dear daughter's honor! There will be acrobats, and clowns, and jugglers, and fire-breathers, and large men on tiny motorbikes--and an elephant! And my daughter in a lovely gown! And confetti, and candy being thrown from floats, and-- oh, it's nearly too much to describe! And all in Haruhi's honor!
So! Everyone must wish Haruhi a happy sixteenth birthday! Gifts are, of course, unnecessary, but not unwelcome--after all, a young lady only turns sixteen once in her life--and today is Haruhi's day!
Ah, and Haruhi! You shouldn't hide from Daddy on your birthday, not when I have many lovely gifts to lavish upon you! I have a whole sled full of gifts for you, although I can't seem to find Copper... I had wanted him to draw the sled, but--ah, well! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANYWAY, HARUHI, DADDY LOVES YOU! [He blows a kiss, winking--and with one final fall of confetti, the video clicks off!]
Now, you may be asking yourself: how is it a wonderful day! After all, it is only February! We are between holidays! We are lost in cold!--in the grip of cold weather, in a city of cold hearts, surrounded by a cold ocean--but this is not true!
No, this is not true at all! Because, you see, today is the warmest day of the year! Today is--
[Fumbling for a second, he reaches overhead and pulls sharply on a dangling cord. A beat--and then a wave of confetti and balloons tumble down from the ceiling! A blast of trumpets! Triumphant music from no where!] TODAY IS MY DEAR DAUGHTER'S SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY!
[Abruptly, he changes his pose, dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief.] Oh, it's so beautiful! Sixteen, such a lovely young lady, the best daughter that any father could ask for--and truly, a cause of celebration! Which is why I have having a parade! Yes, yes, you heard correctly, Siren's Port--I will be having a parade in my dear daughter's honor! There will be acrobats, and clowns, and jugglers, and fire-breathers, and large men on tiny motorbikes--and an elephant! And my daughter in a lovely gown! And confetti, and candy being thrown from floats, and-- oh, it's nearly too much to describe! And all in Haruhi's honor!
So! Everyone must wish Haruhi a happy sixteenth birthday! Gifts are, of course, unnecessary, but not unwelcome--after all, a young lady only turns sixteen once in her life--and today is Haruhi's day!
Ah, and Haruhi! You shouldn't hide from Daddy on your birthday, not when I have many lovely gifts to lavish upon you! I have a whole sled full of gifts for you, although I can't seem to find Copper... I had wanted him to draw the sled, but--ah, well! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANYWAY, HARUHI, DADDY LOVES YOU! [He blows a kiss, winking--and with one final fall of confetti, the video clicks off!]