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[tenuefarfalla]

Today is my birthday.

I'm spending the day watching over eleven people in comas and one man who seems to desperately want to be in one. It's hot, and dry, and I have sand everywhere it's possible and uncomfortable to have sand. I'm also getting incredibly sick of coconuts.

Who else has a horrible birthday story?

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[weedyshyguy]

Cho

[Long pause]

I'm sorry, Cho.

I had one birthday where I got really drunk and you know how I get. That's the worst I've had. But Jemaine's mum forgot his, once. Seems like it'd be important to her

[Pause]

I wouldn't have forgotten if I knew.

[tenuefarfalla]

No need to be so serious. It just occurs to me that this is probably the worst birthday I've ever had. I should do something to mark the occasion.

If it even is my birthday. I was born in March, and I came through the tree in winter in my world but summer in this world. So I was born on the fifth of March, but working out the math for the difference between the day and month when I left Earth and the day and month when I showed up here, the fifth of March turned into the twenty sixth of September.

I'm probably thinking too much. I've got nothing else to do in this place, though.

Where have you been?

[weedyshyguy]

Around.

[Pause]

Hanging out with Cherry.

[tenuefarfalla]

You haven't seen her in a long time.

It's nice that you have the chance to catch up, even if it's not under the best circumstances.

[remove_alldoubt]

My folks practically made an art out of forgetting birthdays.

[tenuefarfalla]

Yeah?

[remove_alldoubt]

Yeah. Let's see, what's a really good one

I think the year I finally figured out what was going on I was maybe 12? No one was talking about it so I thought they were planning a surprise party. When I went up to my dad on the day and asked about it he just handed me his pen.

[slight pause]

It was a pretty nice pen.

[tenuefarfalla]

That's awful.

Every year? Seriously?

[luckycatthief]

My birthday fell when time stopped in a forest.

[tenuefarfalla]

How long ago was that?

[luckycatthief]

Less than a year ago.

[tenuefarfalla]

I'm sorry.

Where are you, anyway? I haven't seen you in ages.

[2tailedtagalong]

I'm sorry it's been so bad Cho. I know it doesn't help, but happy birthday anyway.

[tenuefarfalla]

It does help a little, actually. Thanks.

You know what I want more than anything right now? A real bath. Best birthday present ever. Never thought I'd say that.

[2tailedtagalong]

I'm glad it did.

If I could, I'd build you a private bath out here.

[tenuefarfalla]

I've heard all the size jokes before. Despite popular belief, I can not fit inside a coconut shell.

[melodyofwater]

I don't have birthdays anymore because I got my heart swallowed up by dar I'm sorry, Cho.

Um. Maybe we can have a celebration here?

[tenuefarfalla]

I'm not quite sure how that would work. This place isn't really geared for a party.

I'd rather find the humour in it, if I can. Hopefully next year I'll have a great story to tell about being stuck in the middle of a sandbox with a coma ward to stare at. And people to tell it to.

So, do you have any awful and embarrassing birthday stories?

[melodyofwater]

Well, um... let's see. There was one birthday were I was out playing and then Aladdin's monkey stole my cup of tips. That sucked.

But that's about as bad as it got. We could still have a kind of party, though!