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[With the recent temperature fiasco, Pilouette hadn't been paying attention and September kind of snuck up on her. Now with a particular day coming up, she's found that she's ended up with a somewhat...odd problem. Having found herself unable to figure out an answer on her own, she decides to turn to the network. ]

You all know how people can come here from different worlds and different times and stuff, right? Well, um...hypothetically. Say someone just had their birthday. Like, maybe a month before coming here. But only a few months after getting here, it's already their birthday again!

Do I...uh, they just keep being the same age and wait a whole year or should they say they're older now? Oh! But the year is different, too, isn't it? I wonder if that matters...I've been thinking about it all day, but it just seems like, so totally complicated...!

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No kidding...knowing what happens in the future, even all the bad stuff? It's not just hard to understand, it's like totally unreal. Except, uh, n-not unreal because it's actually happening. So it's like, totally real. ...W-Wait. That sounds really stupid...

[A brief pause.]

Y-yeah, it's totally hard to understand.

I get what you mean.

So, uh... I'm Shinju, by the way. I hope I helped answer your question, at least. [Even if he did add about ten more. It's probably better to go back to the original subject at this point.] Just go with whatever you feel like doing. Oh, I mean... they should go with whatever they like. And maybe they could invite me to this hypothetical celebration if they feel like it.

[Teasing? Nah...]

My name is Pilouette. [She lets out a small huff at his teasing, followed by a sheepish little laugh. She's started to realize that her vague little veil of "hypotheticals" wasn't to convincing after all.]

Yeah, I think I have a pretty good idea what to do about my problem now. I've never really celebrated my birthday and I probably won't this time either.... But if you wanted to hang out sometime or something, we could.

[After all, it might be nice for her to make some more friends in this place if she has to go around touching people all the time.]

[He's glad to hear she's open to the idea.]

I understand. [He'll probably end up skipping his own, too, if they're stuck here long enough.] But I'd like that. I'm learning a little more about fun places to go, so I'd be glad to show you some sometime.

[There's no turning back now, Pilouette. The friendship contract is sealed.]

[Friendship contract accepted!]

That would be great! I haven't really been exploring the city much, so it would really be nice to learn about whatever cool stuff is around...I usually I just go to work and go shopping or whatever.

Hopefully I know enough to impress you. [Ahaha.]

Oh, where do you work? Maybe I've seen you around and I just don't know it.

As long as you know where you're going, like, that's enough for me.

I work in this little sweets shop in District Three, between a couple of clothing stores. It's...It's not like, super big or visible or anything, but...

Hmm... I don't think I've seen it yet. But if I do find it, I'll try and stop by and see if you're in. I work at the Beachside Shack, myself.

The Beachshack...? I've heard about it but I've never actually been there...

[Actually, as excited as she had been about the beach when she first learned of it, she...actually hasn't been there much at all.]

I'll definitely come and check it out sometime!

Good! I'll look forward to meeting you, then. [And he definitely sounds like he is.]

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