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[usedshooshpap]

HEY SHITLICKERS, EYES OVER HERE FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS.
I HAVE SOMETHING OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO ASK ABOUT.
I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
FIRST, REST ASSURED THAT I AM STILL FINE, GODDAMMIT.
WHERE ALL THIS CONCERN CAME FROM, IN REGARDS TO MY LAST RECORDING, I HAVE NO CLUE
BUT DON'T GET YOUR HORNS ALL LOCKED UP AND TWISTED OVER IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS HAVING A PANIC ATTACK OR ANYTHING, HOLY SHIT.
SECOND, I AM DONE WITH THE GYM CHALLENGE HERE IN JOHTO.
KANTO IS NEXT ON THE LIST SINCE I *WILL* GET ALL SIXTEEN FUCKING BADGES AND NO ONE IS GOING TO STOP ME.
FINALLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART:
WHEN IS THE NEXT EQUINOX?

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[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

I need more incentive than that.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

[Uggghhhhh.] Know what, I don't even care anymore. Now, wriggling day is a birth day, right? It's on the equinox?

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

Yes, Vani. It's a birth day.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

I'll remember that then. [... What would even qualify as a good gift 8| he doesn't give really good gifts.]

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

Why?

[audio]

[shadowdive]

Generally, they get celebrated here.

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

Wriggling days don't usually get celebrated.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

It's going to be celebrated. [Too bad.]

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

Why? There's no real point.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

It's a way to say "I'm glad you're alive".

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

That's some pretty sappy shit if you ask me.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

Shut up. [He really is glad you're alive. And that he got to meet you. And all that ridiculous sappy nonsense he will make fun of later. Good thing Karkat can't see him looking a little awkward.]

It's your first one here.

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

It'd be my first one in two years, which sounds about right.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

So how old does that make you now? [... He's going to have to awkwardly ask Ventus what one does for birthdays.]

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

Six and a half to seven. Uh... Between fourteen and fifteen.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

I see. [Puffing a bit of a sigh though, he's thinking..]

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

What?

[audio]

[shadowdive]

Would you not want to celebrate it?

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

Wriggling days usually serve as a reminder of our failures in life and also that we're one step closer to adulthood.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

[The step closer to adulthood is true for any birth day. The 'reminder of failures in life' makes him quiet though.]

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

[ tapping on the Gear! ]

[audio]

[shadowdive]

I'm here. [It's mumbled, still in thought.]

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

Barely.

[audio]

[shadowdive]

[He's quiet for a few minutes longer, before clearing his throat.] .... It's not going to be a reminder of whatever failures you've had. Not anymore. Alright? It's going to be a reminder of you being alive to have another one.

[audio]

[usedshooshpap]

Why are you taking this so seriously?