♕ |[22]| when they could have been anything

[had_not_lived]

[Filtered away from Todd. Which is not difficult]

Okay, so, I'm not sure if he's mentioned it to anyone-- probably not-- but Todd's birthday is coming up really soon, and I'd like to throw a party for him. So, um-- consider this an invitation to all his friends, and all my friends, any even anyone who doesn't know him well but would like to, to

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[girlwithabow]

Sure, I'll come. Do you need help with anything? How did you guys party back then?

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[had_not_lived]

I wasn't planning anything too off the wall. Cake and maybe music and stuff. We've got some younger friends and all, you know?

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[girlwithabow]

I know. I don't expect you to party like Paris Hilton.

Do you and Todd have some kind of boy bet going?

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[had_not_lived]

I still don't know who Paris Hilton is.

What do you mean, a bet?

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[primrosella]

Oh, eighteenth birthdays are important! We'll have to make sure it's a wonderful time for him. Is there something I can bake for it?

...And what do you mean, he can't talk for the month? Is he sick?

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[had_not_lived]

Anything you'd like to bake, we'd love to have!

He's... well, we made this deal with the Deities, and part of it is that he can't talk for a month. But everything's okay, really, it was his choice and it's all all right.

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[primrosella]

Be careful what you wish for, Neil, or I'm going to end up needing a cart to haul it all over when the day finally comes.

He dealt with them again? But he can still write and all, can't he? So he can still get a message across if he tries?

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[had_not_lived]

I'm sure we can find people to eat it. And carry it.

Yeah, he can-- really he's fine, he'll be fine-- he just can't talk. In some ways I think he doesn't really mind, he usually doesn't much anyway, only for a little while he can't. But he can still write and type and all without a problem.

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[repeatshimself]

I'm totally willing to drag Ted.

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[had_not_lived]

Great! We'll be glad to have you both!

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[repeatshimself]

Is there anything he'd want especially?

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[had_not_lived]

Hmn...

He had a pen during that one curse-- with all the top hats and the clock parts and everything? It was this enormous peacock feather pen. Something like that-- something fancy to write with, maybe? He's a poet, you know.

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[moresake]

Oh my, he's quiet enough as it is.

That sounds like a nice thing to do.

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[had_not_lived]

Yeah, I know. Really I don't think it's such a bad deal for him.

Would you like to join us, Yuuko?

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[moresake]

But he might forget what it is to talk entirely!

Sure. I do enjoy celebrations of any kind.~

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[had_not_lived]

Aw, I doubt it. Maybe he'll talk more when it's over.

Great! The more the merrier, I say.

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[absinthe_eyed]

What deal did he make with the deities?

Eighteen. Isn't there something you're supposed to do when someone turns eighteen?

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[had_not_lived]

Half his life for half of mine. The month's silence is their charge for setting up the arrangement.

Is there?

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[absinthe_eyed]

What? How does that work?

I don't know... I didn't celebrate my eighteenth birthday. It seems like there should be, though.

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[had_not_lived]

We're alternating on weeks. It's a little strange, I know. When I'm alive, he... isn't.

Well, that's why we're having a party!