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Alright, my birthday's in a few days! This one's a big one, too—I'm gonna be eighteen! Which means I'm either throwing a party at my place or I'm pulling out all the stops and doing something huge someplace else!

[Sounds exciting, right? But hold onto your hats, there's a catch.]

Problem is...I don't got any ideas!

[There we go, that sounds about right. Josuke, you slacker, you're supposed to plan this shit ahead of time!]

This'll be the second birthday I've celebrated here, but...a lot's different from when I first arrived.

[The faces, it's the faces that are mostly different. A lot of people that Josuke knows have come and gone, and that makes this birthday one that will be largely different from the last. Which is kind of the reason he wants it to be special in the first place, something he can do while surrounded by all the friends he's made here, the family he's got left, and maybe even some new folks, too. The other part of course having everything to do with the fact he'll finally be a legal adult and that's pretty fucking awesome! Who doesn't wanna do something exciting for that?]

So I got to thinking, maybe while I'm asking around to see if people are even gonna be free, you guys could tell me a little about what you like to do for birthdays? And let me know if you wanna come along and all, too.

More the merrier!

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[There aren't enough facebook statuses in the world for how complicated that is, Josuke.]

...

I think he'd really like that.

I guess, but I throw a lot of parties, Euphie! If it's not on my birthday, it's a lot less like a birthday party. 'Course...all I really care about is people coming and having fun, so you're right about that.

Great! We got ourselves a Tetsuo survival plan, then.

[ Shade actually leaned forward -- interested in this. His smile said it all, the way he looked like he liked talking to Josuke about his home, the way he enjoyed hearing about it. ]

Ghost alley? [ He asked, and smiled. ] What's that like?

Your home sounds fascinating, regardless. You give her too little credit! Artists, gambling, good food? She sounds like she could be Opal, with a history like this! [ He loves landmarks, ok... ]

[It's a little embarrassing how much Josuke's enjoying being able to talk about home, especially because the more interested Shade appears, the more excited he becomes.]

Um...the alley's kind of a weird place in town. Never really walked it myself, but a friend of mine has and he told me all about it. A ghost girl named Reimi...she was there for a while with her dog, Arnold. Don't like ghosts much myself, but she was really nice!

[Josuke smiles a little.]

It's actually a bit of a dangerous place, though...but that's because it's like some kind of purgatory. Normal people don't even know it's there and walk right on by.

You really think she sounds a bit like Opal?

[...good job, Shade, you got Josuke referring to his hometown like a woman, now.]

You could call it a "don't-care-about-my-birthday, I-just-want-to-party" party?

It's great you helped your dad, but...that's not what I meant! Not what I meant at all, actually.

[How to phrase this...]

I was just checking to make sure you made sure your mom wasn't left with like...feelings even after getting back with your old man.

Ghosts there too?

She's sounding more and more like my Opal.

You know, my home is a city with our own share of ghosts -- we released them from a haunted set of posters, and they've been unleashed on the entire city of Opal! Like our own little purgatory.

[ He sounds fond, now. Talking about his home, but also just from listening. He likes talking about people's homes. He likes talking to people about their homes, and their passions. ]

Anyone know why she haunted the area?

Oh. Ooh. [ oh my god ]

She, she didn't! When I was in the past, I had a picture of me and my brother and sister. When my ma was crushing on me, the picture started to disappear. Everything was put back to normal when they kissed during their dance. No weird feelings at all.

[ Marty tries to smile. He doesn't want to think about his mom even having 'oh i wonder what happened to that kid' thoughts, because he might be sick. ]

Good! Great, even!

[YEAH NOW HE KNOWS WHY JOSUKE WAS A BIT WIGGED OUT

but all's good now, shit's cleared up

they can both be relieved and move on to less controversial and nausea-inducing topics.]

So time travel, huh? That's pretty cool! There's not a lot of us here that I know of who experienced anything like that before winding up here.

Yeah, ah...she discovered that the guy who killed her hadn't stopped with her. I guess she couldn't rest until she knew he couldn't hurt anyone like that again.

[Kira...even though he's not here anymore, Josuke doesn't divulge the killer's name. He'd made a promise to himself not to provoke the man, to give him a chance in this place, and he wasn't going to destroy that simply because Kira vanished for a time.]

But Opal had a whole set of ghosts?

[The concept is as awe-inspiring to Josuke as it is distressing. He's only ever met one ghost he wasn't afraid of. All the rest remain markedly chilling!]

Who's we? Why were the ghosts in the poster? Was releasing them an accident or did you mean to do it? And what did you do about it afterwards?

[...of course, for someone spooked by ghosts, he sure does ask a lot of questions about them.]

She did!

[ He held a hand to his limps, as he thought about how to describe it. Without...outing his friend Dorian Gray -- who was actually a friend here, instead of a man sworn to a demon like he was in his world. ]

A demon had an avatar, and was trapping them away. Myself, a policeman, and my friend Starman all went into the demon's realm.

[ It was the first time, in a long time, that he'd felt like he was a hero. ]

It wasn't right, for them to be trapped for an eternity, so we bargained for them to be released. And a bargain it was! The demon decided I looked better in white. [ Said with all the disgust that a man who mostly wore black could muster.

What a goth. ]

Ha... I've never played Guitar Hero, but I'll give it a shot.

And Rock Band lets you sing, too. We have to check that out.

[Josuke no...]

Oh, gosh! I couldn't.

Aw, come on! It'll be great! I'll even go first if you're scared.

[...because he has no shame, lbr.]

I don't even think I can sing. Like... I'm pretty sure I've never even tried.

Only one way to know for certain, right?

That's...actually not a bad idea. I mean, I'm still gonna hold it on the 10th, but there's always next year, right?

Or next month. That's the great thing about not-birthday parties. You can hold them 364 days out of the year. [She laughs.]

Yeah, tell me about it. [ hE CAN'T BLAME HIM

and for this subject change, he's very grateful. more than you could know! ]

Yeah. Have you talked to Doc Brown yet? I don't know if I've brought him up before...but ah, he made it! Invented it. I've been to the past and the future. [ Now that Marty knows that people have seen this weirdo movie of him or whatever, he's not afraid to brag a little. Because yeah, that's pretty cool, right? ]

What kind of deal is that?

[Josuke appreciates black as much as anyone, but for fashion to be some kind of bargaining chip...well, he feels like he's missed something.]

The demon was just willing to let 'em all go if you got decked out in white threads?

Hardly. He did that because he wanted to insult me!

[ He paused, and shook his head. ]

We bargained through selflessness. The demon decided that since his avatar was...gone, he may as well cut his losses.

I'm certain he'll be back.

Nope, haven't met him, not yet.

[Probably something he should remedy if the guy knows a thing or two about time travel, though. That shit's pretty cool.]

What was the future like? How far did you go?

Well, even if he comes back, he'll have you to contend with, right? Opal's lucky to have you.

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