video / un: chocobro

[burstmodes]

[ when the video settles into focus, prompto almost looks nervous. there's the slight shift of his weight from foot to foot, clearing his throat once and squinting to – ] 

Is it on? [ clearly, he's talking to himself. ] Okay, okay. Hey, City dudes, it's your guy Prompto coming at you live from, uh... [ he glances around quickly before shrugging. ] City Central, I guess? Anyway —

Figured it'd be good to do a check-in with everyone. See how things are goin' and all that. And as someone who sort of recently celebrated a birthday, I was wonderin' if there's anyone else expecting to do that while they're here. If ya are, maybe we could make a day of it! [ he smiles. ] Orrr, I dunno. Just do something fun? Even if it's small or whatever. 

[ with that out of the way, he gets closer to the camera and plops down on the ground, reaching out to bring the shot closer. ] 

Oh! And if you just wanna hang out, hit me up. I'm always lookin' for stuff to do since it's super quiet around here for, um, the most part. [ and with a casual throw of his hand in a v-sign, he ends the video. ]

Comments

voice;

[scowlish]

Do birthdays here...count?

[burstmodes]

Count like... you get older? I don't see why they wouldn't count. I mean, I'm definitely older than I was when I first got here.

[ never mind it's only been a couple months. ]

video; un: thevampirelestat

[perfectdevil]

Mine is very soon, but I was told that perhaps the City at large might not be in the mood for a party, given the nature of the last one we were all invited to.

[ He's not sulking, you're sulking. ]

[burstmodes]

[ just going to... stare at that username because what... ]

Never said it had to be a party. If you wanna celebrate, you could do something with a few friends. Eat cake or – [ he's staring at that username again. ] Whatever it is you eat. Open presents and stuff.

video; un: rabbit_ebrooks

[reaperrabbit]

Did you? Celebrate it.

[burstmodes]

[ there's a shrug. that's a complicated question! ]

Like I said, sort of? It started out nice and simple but got super creepy real fast.

text | @stray

[kampfgeist]

i don't have a birthday
...and if i did i don't know if i'd celebrate it

[burstmodes]

[ there's always some part of him that wonders if his birthday is accurate, but he isn't going to mention that to a complete stranger. ]

is that because you wouldn't like your birthday?
or some other reason?

audio; un: loveless

[limbical]

You too, Heine? Though... [As he trails off, Daan figures he probably should have expected it.]

...There are people who are grateful you're here. Hopefully, that's enough for you.

un: NAILS

[nichocolatine]

sok pal everydays your birthday when you know ✨me✨

video; un: rosella

[savewell]

[Thank goodness Rosella has figured out how to activate audio/video on her device by now, or the network would be subjected to her absolutely hideous attempts at texting, and literally no one needs that.]

Why, congratulations! A very happy birthday to you, however did you celebrate it?

[...]

Mine was — er. It was to be in just a few days, actually, before I was brought here, but it was spring when I left and it seems to be autumn now...so in truth I'm not quite certain, do you suppose that means I've missed it?

[burstmodes]

[ oh no. oh no. she's so pretty.

.......... he will absolutely teach her how to text like a pro (if she asks). ]

Would you believe it if I said scared out of my mind? [ he laughs, a joke with more truth to it than he'd care to admit. prompto drags a hand through his hair, trying to be casual about the whole thing. ] Huh... I can't say for sure? Maybe you just haven't had it here yet. That's possible too.

text ; @thundaga

[astraphilia]

guess when mine is ;)

[burstmodes]

i totally couldn't!!!
there's no way i would ever know :P

audio; un: loveless

[limbical]

Again with birthdays. [he sighs a little.]

Well. Hopefully you spent yours in a satisfactory way.

[burstmodes]

[ is that an annoyed sigh??? ]

It was okay before ending up at the haunted house. [ there's a pause. ] You don't like birthdays?

text | un: NAILS

[nichocolatine]

no shit
we got a calendar here?

[ someone... has not been paying attention apparently. ]

[burstmodes]

well yeah
it's in the phone along with stuff like a calculator

[ just gonna send him a screenshot of the icon for the calendar... ]

video. un: itadori``

[eyescar]

What kind of things do you like to do for your birthday? You should celebrate it, especially with everything weird that happens here.

[burstmodes]

Before I got here? Just hang with my bestie and see some other friends. Nothing all that big. Which I was sort of doing with people I'd met here before I got stuck in that haunted house. [ he clearly did not enjoy that experience. ] Halloween is so not cool.

[ not that he knows it can be any different. ]

( voice ) un: 46

[cranekin]

Eh? You had a birthday?!

(Stop, he sounds so excited to hear this. It's so nice to hear about celebrations in this place,)

What did you do? How old are you?

[burstmodes]

[ this is so cute!!! ]

I did, yeah! At the end of last month. [ he laughs. ] Hung out with some friends I've made here – the usual, I guess? I'm 21. Or... at least, I've had 21 birthday days.

video — un: munson

[thefreak]

Mine's coming up in December. ( Eddie looks like he's fidgeting a little bit. ) Not gonna lie, for a little while there, I thought I might not make it. I guess that's a cause for celebration, yeah?

Though, to be honest, I’m just fine with a low-key affair. Just a few friends throwing back a couple of shots of whiskey; maybe we all shoot some pool. ( He shrugs. ) It's what I would've done back home, anyway.

[burstmodes]

Dude, me too! I mean, before I showed up in this weird place and all. But looks like we're not doin' too bad.

[ at least, it's what he can gather from looking. prompto's sitting on the ground now, face filling the screen. ]

Sounds kinda like what my best buddy back home would've wanted – minus the whiskey. Low-key stuff was his jam, but he had to try real hard to win games like that if I was playing. Oh, and darts. I love darts. [ his aim is wicked good, okay!!! ]

video; un: d.larusso

[miyagimagic]

Your birthday passed?

[ Granted, Daniel will take pretty much any excuse to not think about the horrors of the end of last month, really. Even if it's just by aggressively helping people younger than him. For example, with-- ]

You did at least have a cake for it, right? [ Please, Prompto. He's already spoken to one kid who didn't understand the importance of birthday cake! ]

[burstmodes]

[ prompto is just giving him a big ol' smile. ]

Yeah! On the 25^th? I definitely got cake. [ he laughs at the thought. ] Who doesn't celebrate a birthday without a little cake?

[ although, according to some of these comments he's gotten, a lot of people don't?! ]