010 ★ Voice

[unbreaker]

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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[restingstitchface]

I occasionally celebrate mine with mirth and laughter.

[But what sort of mirth? That's up to Jojo's imagination.]

Though in this blaze of autumn sunshine I don't see the point of doing anything. Such celebrations are for the young.

[unbreaker]

[Leave it up to his imagination and Crane will find himself in a pointy hat on a broomstick cackling at the suffering of children...which, hilariously, isn't very far from the truth.]

Your birthday's in the fall?

[...he'll remember that. Provided Crane doesn't make him want to forget.]

No reason not to celebrate it. Birthdays happen whether you're young or old!

[restingstitchface]

No, they don't. Such dates cannot exist if nobody remembers them. Perhaps you might care to debate this matter with our local expert.

[Hi Julian.]

And yes. October 20th, to be precise.

[unbreaker]

What's there to debate? You don't suddenly stop being however old you are just 'cause you forgot your age, and you don't suddenly stop having a birthday just 'cause you forget when it happened! Those things still exist, they're just...

[He makes some kind of noise on his end in lieu of a shrug.]

...y'know. Lost or something.

Anyway, October's pretty far away. [Everything not immediately around the corner is far away for someone like Josuke, brimming with excitement.] How're you gonna get your celebratory fix in the meantime?

[dualismum]

[ he doesn't celebrate birthdays. Technically, neither did Kaneki, Sasaki doesn't remember he ever celebrated while he was here. ]

You could throw a beach party.

[restingstitchface]

[A short pause. In a sense he's right; it's not his birthday, so it's not the same, but he suddenly won't give up his research and live a quiet life.]

I'm going to pursue some promising research.

Though I suppose I might visit your celebrations and grow some ideas in the meantime?

[Are you shitting yourself yet, Josuke?]

[unbreaker]

[Josuke laughs a little.]

Man...you remember the last one?

[dualismum]

Yeah, I do. [ he smiles wide ]

The beach is huge, you don't have to rent room, plus it's summer. Listen to Sassan, it's perfect.

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[fridgeflower]

Ms. Hendrix has an event planning business. She did my last birthday, and it was really nice. If you put it in somebody else's hands, you won't have to worry about it!

I think I have her card somewhere... [ She'll just shuffle around her desk for that now. ]

[unbreaker]

[lbr he was probably shitting himself at the mention of 'research' because the things that fascinate Crane are kind of sketchy]

Wait, visit? What?

[There's some obvious mental floundering going on before he recovers and attempts to call Crane's bluff.]

O-oh yeah, yeah, you should totally come! And...hang out...and stuff.

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[unbreaker]

Event planning, huh? That's not a bad idea if she won't mind the short notice!

[Or charge extra for it.]

[restingstitchface]

[He's always hip to hang with the youth.]

How gracious of you.

I'll gift you something special. Could you name the time and date, please?

[Challenge accepted.]

[unbreaker]

I like it. Laurie mentioned Ms. Hendrix' event planning, maybe I'll see if she can arrange something on the beach! We had a lot of fun last time and it's been a while!

[And if Alison's a bit too busy to arrange it, then at least a beach party is something Josuke can set up on his own at the drop of a hat.]

[unbreaker]

Uh...it's the 10th. Not really sure what I'm doing for it just yet or where it's gonna be, but you don't need to get me anything!

[Wait, does that sound insulting?]

I mean, uh, just the fact you're thinking of showing up is enough!

[Way, way more than enough.]

[dualismum]

it's true.

And if you need help with the cakes and such, I can bake.

[unbreaker]

As if I'd want anyone else to do the baking! Especially if there's gonna be cakes—plural!

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[fridgeflower]

My party was pretty short notice, actually. Um... Hang on a second.

[ He'll get a subsequent text including the business's website and contact info. ]

You can at least ask, if you want.

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[unbreaker]

[Josuke takes a few minutes to peruse the website before replying, during which his first thought is: Holy shit this is so girly looking! Ordinarily, he might have taken that as a sign that Alison and her team were ill-fitted to host a party for someone like him, but after reading the business' professional statement, he actually feels a bit more confident in the services they could provide...

Plus, the name's really catchy, and Josuke's a sucker for labels.]

It looks pretty promising! I'll give them a shout and see if they can swing it.

[A beat and then...]

Hey, you gonna come?

[He meant it when he said the more the merrier.]

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[fridgeflower]

Oh. Me? Uh...

We don't really know each other. Is that okay?

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[deadtective]

You do know that this is like, a sneeze away from asking people to plan you a surprise party, right?

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[foreshadower]

Well, I don't celebrate them anymore. [ Jesus Josuke, he's kind of too old for them. ]

But perhaps a rather large party won't go amiss. With food. [ A beat. ] I keep forgetting that there are minors here, when you show up.

[unbreaker]

shit i guess it kinda does seem like that, huh? but it's not what i was going for!

[deadtective]

That's why you waited until three days before, right? Very sneaky!

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[unbreaker]

Why wouldn't it be?

Can't get to know somebody if you don't hang around with them, right? And then I could say thanks for the party planner referral in person!

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[unbreaker]

You should. Just saying. [Because you're never too old to party, Shade!] I mean, there's always great food at parties.

[As long as Josuke's not in charge of planning the menu.]

For the record, though...I'm not that young. I'm not even a minor anymore!

[...well, he won't be in three days, that still counts, right?]