Battlefield Birthdays

[walking_nuke]

Who:	Residents of 847 Goldberg (Balin, Virginia, and Caesar), as well as any guests (Utsuho, others depending on what happens!)
What:	Balin has the unfortunate predicament of having been born right before April Fool's. He's 28 today!
When:	Friday, March 30, 195X+4
Where:	847 Goldberg Street
Warnings:	Nukebirds in boxes? Nah, probably nothing serious.

[For soldiers deployed overseas, celebrating birthdays is hard enough. In the AFS, though, practically everywhere is the front line. With Earth gone, there's no relatives or friends from home to send you birthday wishes or throw a party for you when you come back—you're lucky if any are still alive and deployed on Foreas or Arieki. Still, soldiers find ways to party.]

[In Balin's case, though, he's now been stuck in Mayfield long enough to grow a year older. It dawned on him in a conversation with Virginia earlier in the week, and now ... he's really not sure what to do for his birthday—somehow, being stuck in Mayfield feels even more limiting than living among the militarized remains of the human species. But maybe Virginia or Caesar have an idea in mind ...]

[(Note: This'll be a multi-thread log, for various interactions and tags throughout the day depending on what happens.)]

Comments

[idkmybfforin]

[She totally would have said please!

...if she'd had the presence of mind to which she didn't. Though she did kind of say that obliquely but that probably doesn't count.

She does grumble a bit when the incident is mentioned, though.]

[walking_nuke]

Huh.

[Balin looks very puzzled now, looking at Virginia, then back down at Utsuho after she makes another grumbling croak.]

She wanted you to do'at?

[bantorain]

She did... She was happier once it was gone.

[idkmybfforin]

[Why yes, yes she was. Utsuho ruffles all her feathers again and seems to almost chirp.

...though since she's not a songbird it still ends up sounding a bit squawky.]

[walking_nuke]

... So she regained something she didn't want.

I wonder if it's part of'a reason she flipped out like she did earlier'is month.

[bantorain]

I wouldn't know. That's for her to answer.

[idkmybfforin]

[It's Complicated, okay.

...though she does seem to have fallen asleep again. Or is pretending to be asleep to avoid the question.]

[walking_nuke]

[Noticing how Utsuho's gotten fairly still, Balin stops petting her to see if the raven will act like a cat and demand more pets, or if she really is asleep.]

Guess we'll find out when she's good and ready to talk.

[bantorain]

Until then, I'm going to take care of her and make sure she's comfortable.