♀ 073 Happy Birthday

[demifemme]

Sometimes the Mall could resort to simple but very efficient methods for driving its inhabitants nuts. For example, having the PA system play "Happy Birthday" on repeat since 7 in the morning without pause

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[graylotus]

[Have another random curious shopper stopping by to see what the fuss is about and if it's connected to the ridiculous music that's been playing all morning. He walks up to the table, plastic bag swinging in one hand.]

...It's your birthday?

[Directed at Shura, though he glances at Kaede too.]

[demifemme]

It's my human birthday, *she corrects.*

[graylotus]

Oh. [Well, same thing. Kind of. ...Close enough.] Happy birthday.

[It feels kind of awkward to just stand there after that, so he sticks a hand into his sack to dig around. What he retrieves is a box of cheap, wrapped candies, which he holds out. Pretty lame gift in the face of all this food, but it's the best he's got.]

[demifemme]

Thank you... you don't have to offer me anything though. *She smiles.* Feel free to sit and eat.

[graylotus]

[He lowers his arm and nods.]

Okay. Thanks. [...but he'll leave that box on the edge of the table after all before moving to sit down himself.]

[demifemme]

No problem. *Well, if you insist, she'll take the box and bow to you in thanks.*

[boyactress]

It's my birthday as well. I'm Kaede Nakamura.

[graylotus]

[He nods. There's a brief pause while he thinks of how to introduce himself... then gives that train of thought up.]

...Hi, Nakamura. Is this stuff safe to eat?

[He's heard rumors of the usual effects free food in the Mall has on people.]

[boyactress]

We've been eating and we aren't feeling bad or different.

[graylotus]

Okay. [...it's been a while since he talked to a "normal" teenager. How do you keep conversations going, again? Should he even try?] Do you mind if I sit down?

[boyactress]

Please do. I can't possibly eat all this.

Who are you, by the way?