11th book; another three years older {video/action for saffron}

[bamfsecretary]

What has it been, a year and... eight months? Well, seven. And yet I have aged three years in that time. {A sigh.} It’s good to know that this place makes as little sense as ever.

. . .

Tell me Johto, Kanto, have you ever heard the Legend of Tanabata? It is an old tale, and like all good stories, contains both love and heartbreak. It seems to be a particularly favoured theme, to be quite honest, as it pops up again and again throughout the myths and legends of all cultures. {She smiles, and she looks at peace, contented.} It’s my birthday today – well, not just mine. Crow Hogan, I hope you have a wonderful day, and that you enjoy your presents.

One hundred and forty years... It sounds impossibly old, doesn’t it? Ah, but I am so young compared to some of my colleagues back home. Happy Tanabata, everyone.

{She can be found wandering around Saffron today, just chilling and enjoying the lovely weather.}

Comments

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[dreamsofahero]

I can't say I've ever heard it, no.

Ah, and it's your birthday? Congratulations.

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[bamfsecretary]

It is a touching tale of true love concerning two constellations in the night sky - regrettably, they aren't visible from Johto.

And thank you for you kind wishes.

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[dreamsofahero]

Oh? It's from your world then, I take it?

Of course, though I must say, I certainly would never have guessed your age.

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[bamfsecretary]

It is - and it is quite an old tale, too. A millennia old, or so I was told.

Thank you for the compliment - as a general rule, we shinigami age at much reduced rate than mortal humans.

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[freezetheskies]

[Just chilling and enjoying the lovely weather? It's about time she manages to do that, and hopefully she doesn't mind some company because she's getting it about an hour after her feed hits the network.

What? Saffron's a big city and he had to find something and then find her and and and---okay, fine, he got a little lost. But he found her and is now walking towards her, a wrapped package under one arm. Someone got you a present, Momthing!]

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[bamfsecretary]

{LMAOSBIFCJKCDF only Hitsugaya could get lost in a city...}

{In any case, she's just chilling under a tree, looking very casual in a long billowy skirt and sensibly sleeved top, Isis playing with her hair.}

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[freezetheskies]

[Not the first time, and it probably won't be the last, either. His sense of direction sucks.

He'll just sit down close by now that he's found her, though. Well. That and hold out that package towards her. Please don't make him explain this. Please please please don't make him explain this. He'd have no idea what to say.]

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[bamfsecretary]

{Sonthing, you know you have the psychic feathered equivalent of a GPS system with you, don't you?}

O-oh! {Awww, he bought her a present!} Thank you, Toushirou! {She takes the present, and then envelops him in a hug that Matsumoto would be proud of ;w;}

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[uuing]

Uu-, of course Maria heard of Tanabata..! [ she raises a fist into the air. ] Tanabata is the day everyone's wishes will be fulfilled by witches!

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[bamfsecretary]

Hmm. I have to say that I've not heard that witches apparently grant wishes on Tanabata.

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[uuing]

Of course witches are the one granting the wishes..! Who else would be granting them, uu-?

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[kyoukashotennis]

I've heard the story of Tanabata before... and it sort of feels odd to be away from Japan during it.

[It's that time of the year, huh? Well, most likely not at home, but at least here.]

... you don't look as old as you say, miss, but... Happy Birthday.

video I AM ASSUMING SHE KNOWS HIS NAME......

[bamfsecretary]

I know the feeling - it's so strange not to have a festival going on today.

{She'll incline her head graciously.}

Thank you for the compliment, Shiraishi-san.

video Well she does... but

[kyoukashotennis]

Yeah. It makes me miss home even more, I admit.

[Oh... another one who knows him?]

Ah... you knew the Shiraishi that was here before?

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[shakespearealien]

[There is a very puzzled scientist. Who... actually may be around your age. Evronians have impossibly long lifespans, too.]

Is that truly how old you are? ...

If I may ask, what are you?

... Still. To be born on such an important day for your culture... it must fill you with pride. As if your existence were someone's wish come true.

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[bamfsecretary]

{Three hundred cheers for ridiculously long lifespans!}

Human, originally. Now, I am a shinigami.

Hm. You know, I'd never thought of it like that before.

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[lightningbearer]

*not especially interested in much of that post, but one thing catches his attention...*

...You're immortal?

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[bamfsecretary]

Technically immortal. {Important distinction!} If nothing kills me, I could live to be well over two thousand years old.

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[lightningbearer]

*nods*

Immortal, not invulnerable.

*he's well-acquainted with the concept, not that he's inclined to mention that...*

But there's others much older, where you're from?

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[exeggutorhead]

Never heard that particular legend, no.

[Envy grins. He's learned a few things about birthdays and what one is supposed to do about them while he's been here in Johto.]

And your age isn't so impossible, you've got some years to go before you catch up with me. But happy birthday. Where are you right now?

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[bamfsecretary]

It's quite well-known back home. I'll have to write down all those old legends one day.

Thank you - and I'm somewhere near the Pokemon Center. There's a small park near it, that's where I am.

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[exeggutorhead]

I'll see you in a minute, then.

[He knows the park she's talking about! And so it isn't long before he shows up, hands in his pockets. No present because nobody's ever told him presents were a birthday thing, sorry deadsis. :c ]

Found you.

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[darkenedgales]

[His first impulse is to say something among the lines of "I KNEW YOU WERE SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT AGE", but for once, he stops himself in time not to blurt that out. Instead, he smiles, slightly embarrassed by these public wishes and presents gdi.]

Thanks! Same to you, too.

[He pauses, his grin fading a bit as he glances off-screen at the gift he knows he got from her.]

... Is that really okay, though? Your gift, I mean.

[He's not... used to getting gifts in the first place, much less expensive ones.]

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[bamfsecretary]

{She smiles at the first bit, but it fades a little, and she cocks her head to the side.}

Why? Is there something wrong with it?

{And she sees nothing wrong...}

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[darkenedgales]

[The amount of money you spent on it could probably fix all his financial problems back home, THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG.]

Well, it's just that it's... [How should he even put it, um.] --Don't you think that's a little too much?