002 | Action + Voice

[noitatnacni]

So does your birthday still count if you technically skipped four months?

[This is an important question being posed over your journals, Luceti. Because if it does count, Zatanna's fifteen today. Not that she's been advertising it a lot. Holidays have been kind of hard on her since Halloween, and today really isn't an exception. It's the first birthday she's spent without her father, and in the superhero business? That's saying something.

She tries not to let it get her down, though--or at least, not to show that it is. Maybe if someone catches her when she's alone, they'll see hints of it. Staring off into space with a frown at some reminder. There's bound to be plenty, since she's raiding the library for books on magic and the item shop for more stage friendly props. The training she does daily at the battle dome (with her birthday being no exception) isn't the only thing she should keep up with.

So at some point during the afternoon, she'll try to find bored people in the plaza, cards in hand. It'll be better than just the "think of your card and I'll name it" bit, promise. Sometimes she sticks to sleight of hand, while others she may employ a backwards chant. Maybe it's not all that impressive in a place where anyone can learn magic, but she doesn't want those skills to deteriorate. It's the one connection she's got to her father, the person who taught her what she knows.

Eventually, she'll head back to Community House 5 when she starts thinking about dinner.]

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voice.

[halflived]

You know, I've been wondering about that myself. It was summer when I left my world, but suddenly it was winter here.

[Only a month after what should be his birthday, and there were plenty of reasons why it would make him nostalgic.]

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[noitatnacni]

It was the opposite for me. I went from New Year's Eve to early May.

I guess it's a matter of if it's the time or the day that counts more.

[systemshock]

I hope not. Otherwise I skipped my birthday already. [Dude does not want to be sixteen for over a year, okay.

But this must be an extremely not-so-subtle reminder she wants birthday presents. Great. Now he has to go shopping!]

[noitatnacni]

Too bad. Guess that means you have to wait even longer for your cake.

[Huh. You know, maybe there is a perk to skipping a few months in the middle...]

[wise_maiden]

Well, technically... you are whatever age you are when you're brought here. Some people choose to go by the date that matches what's familiar to them, others try and calculate what it might be from the time they were brought here. In the long run, it doesn't matter too much, only personal preference.

[noitatnacni]

Yeah, that makes sense. I guess I'll go by the day then; it's easier. [And the sadness of not having her dad there has already set in besides. No need to do a bunch of math to try and figure out which day she should technically regret not having them around.]

[voice]

[curiositykills]

I think it counts as much as you want it to. I think I missed mine.

But if you do decide to count it, what are you up to?

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[noitatnacni]

Really? That's too bad. Maybe you can have a make up party sometime?

[Which might not be a bad idea, given that Jason isn't the only one who seems to have gotten skipped.]

Not too much. I was thinking of going to the Item Shop to see if there was anything interesting. [Kind of a birthday gift to herself, in a way, except Zatanna means it as more of a distraction.]

[rashness]

How do you skip four months?

[...Oh wait, she means when she showed up...]

--But a birthday's still a birthday, I guess.

[noitatnacni]

Come from a place where it's almost January and arrive somewhere when it's May.

[It sounds almost like a magic trick, really. Zatanna can appreciate it.]

Yeah. It feels like it should be, so I think I'm going to count it.

[Action - Impromptu Birthday Party on Floor Four!]

[thisismylife]

[Because Artemis really fails at organizing anything in a timely manner. And also because she might have completely lost track of what day it was until say, the night before. But no one knows that, so HEY impromptu scrambling to make this happen.

She tries to contact as many of the people she knows Zatanna's befriended here - her past few weeks of evasiveness not helping this much, but hey she tries? This extends to their floormates and Billy and Teddy upstairs and a few of the people she's heard Zatanna mention in passing. She gives out a general idea of time to drop by and then waits till Zatanna heads out for a training session at the Battle Dome to tackle the kitchen and see what she can do about coming up with a cake. Not that she has a lot of experience with cakes but. How hard can it be?

By the time Zatanna gets back, party things have been assembled and a few friends have gathered to celebrate with her. Artemis knows that this day won't be exactly easy for her friend, but she hopes having some fun with friends will be enough of a distraction for a little while.]

((OOC Note: Feel free to pop in here to drop by and celebrate with Zatanna and have a piece of cake or just mingle a bit.))

Re: [Action - Impromptu Birthday Party on Floor Four!]

[noitatnacni]

[For her part, Zatanna's actually kind of clueless. She won't be surprised if her friends do something, but at the same time, she doesn't really expect them to. It's pretty hard celebrating when every time she thinks about it, part of her feels empty. Those moments are the ones when she wishes she had those four months back--Thanksgiving and Christmas had been rough too.

But for now she heads to her apartment, thinking about what she wants to do for dinner. Maybe she can grab Artemis and go out to the restaurant. They might even have cake on the menu, which would be good. It's an unwritten law of any universe that someone should have cake on their birthday, right?]

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[kickingcatcher]

[Crys was having a rather dull day. Nothing much was really going on, and there weren't a whole lot of people left to keep her company. She kept getting out of the house in hopes of meeting new people, but she always wound up getting bored.

And now? She's bored of boredom. So when she sees Zatanna with a deck of cards (and she looks around her age), she walks over, pointing to the deck.] Is that for a card game?

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[noitatnacni]

Maybe. Depends on your definition of a game.

[Hopefully it'll at least be fun. Zatanna grins as she holds up the deck.]

But most people would call it a magic trick. Interested?

Voice;

[believeit]

It should still count, right? Like-- maybe you missed some time, but your birthday's still your birthday.

How old're you?

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[noitatnacni]

Yeah, but birthdays are supposed to mark when you get a year older. Technically, I haven't.

[But she's pretty much decided to go with the date regardless, rather than try and figure out how much time has gone by.]

Fifteen today--although you know that's not the sort of thing you should just ask a girl, right?

[She can't help but tease him a little.]

[voice]

[tokennonbender]

So does that mean a Happy Birthday is in order?

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[noitatnacni]

Guess so. It's weird; I knew it was coming, but I guess I'm still getting used to the idea that it's June instead of January.

voice

[stilldontgotit]

That all depends on if you like math. Personally, I like to save myself a headache and stick to the day based on Luceti's calender.

[After all, not everyone wants to stress over the logistics of how their point in time meshes with the time in Luceti. Riku certainly tries not to fuss over it.]

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[noitatnacni]

Yeah, that's definitely what I'm leaning towards. [Trying to figure out and remember a completely new day just sounds complicated. Not to mention that Zatanna feels like its her birthday, for better and worse.]

It's been awhile. How are you doing, Riku?

[Voice]

[fashionably_strong]

Hey, there's no reason it shouldn't count. If it's your birthday here, you should celebrate.

Re: [Voice]

[noitatnacni]

Except I didn't really realize that it was coming up, so I don't have any plans.

[Plus, there are things about it Zatanna kind of isn't up for celebrating. It's hard when the one person she's used to always being there, isn't.]

Voice

[deadalready]

I missed mine by a few months - still wondering if I should just wait till next year or just say 'screw it.'

[It's both a joke and not. He spent about a week after he realized he missed his debating the merits of having a party or not.]

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[noitatnacni]

I don't know if I would wait. That could be a really long time--how far off is it now?

video;

[fervidity]

Is it your birthday?

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[noitatnacni]

Yeah. I'm just going with the date after all; it's easier.

[Voice]

[wildbluevagner]

The question is really, "do I feel like having cake now, or later?" I'd answer, why not both?

Re: [Voice]

[noitatnacni]

That's a pretty hard point to argue against. [Cake being the fantastic desert that it was.]

It's been awhile. How are you doing? Avoiding shopping trips with continued success?

Voice

[fourthgenerationprincess]

I think the most logical thing to do would be to figure out exactly how many days you've missed, then add those to your birth date and celebrate that day as the new beginning of your next year!

Or you could just celebrate the day that you were born. But that required much less effort on your part, and more on your mother's. That would be more of a "birthing day".

... You could celebrate two birthdays!

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[noitatnacni]

Now that sounds very logical. [Although the humor in Zatanna's voice suggests she won't. She's happy with all the emotions that come around once.] I'm pretty much set on going with the "birthing day" though--which is what birthdays are anyway, right?