paradisa | ❀ Episode 06 ❀ [Dictated / Action]

Hey, I really don't want to bore you guys and talk about that Holly Peaks weirdness like everyone's doing. I promise, no rambling about being old! I was only a few years older there, anyway.

[Some people have all the luck. Or maybe the castle took it easy on her since last time she was a fairy for almost three weeks!]

But I've been thinking about something for a while, and it's kinda related.

So, I know we don't really age here. Not like back home. But...

[She pauses for a moment, thinking back and collecting her thoughts from the past month or so.]

I've been here for a couple of months. I should be seventeen now. But my birthday's not until June, and I don't really feel any different. But I was really looking forward to it!

[Slow down, Rise, you're starting to ramble.]

I guess I'm just curious? Do you guys celebrate your birthdays, even when the timing is way off? Or do we even celebrate birthdays here at all? I really don't want to be sixteen forever...

[Filter to Yukiko Amagi]

[Now for the really important part... she'd spoken to Yukiko since "the incident", of course, but it wasn't until Holly Peaks that she really started to feel close to her again. Even moreso than they were back home. It kind of made her wonder if they could really be such close friends like that? Without the castle messing with them.]

Hey, it was fun working together, wasn't it, Yukiko-chan?

[The teasing emphasis is just in case, really. She's gotten used to addressing Yukiko that way over the past few days, but she's a little irrationally worried that it might bother her...]

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That's an interesting theory. I haven't been here anywhere near long enough to notice a difference, but it does seem logical given our environment.

That is quite a good question. I have never thought of that before... [Come to think of it, her own birthday is just around the corner]

However, I don't see any reason why you cannot celebrate your birthday in here, despite the difference in times.

Oh, hey!

[This is an unfamiliar voice, so Rise automatically sidetracks her own topic a bit for greetings.]

Are you new here? Sorry! I usually announce myself over the journal, but this isn't really an exciting topic.

I'm Rise Kujikawa.

[Y'know, just in case she was wondering.]

Oh, I was definitely going to do something for my birthday! And my friends', too!

[It'd be far too depressing to live in a place with no birthday parties. Though, she's seen people celebrating their anniversary in Paradisa, too. So that's another option.]

I just... dunno. Can we really say we're getting older here? I don't mind waiting until my birthday here to turn seventeen, if that's what people do, but I don't wanna wait forever...

[Meaning until she gets sent home, of course.]

...

[ok, the voice is familiar but... no way.]

I don't see why not. Birthdays are birthdays, and they're meant to be celebrated!

[Having a problem, Church?

Rise's not sure if she heard something or not, so she just draws a little question mark in the corner of the page...]

[Rise noticeably cheers up a bit at hearing Asuna's voice again.]

I guess so!

I just don't know if I can really say I'm seventeen... or if I'll ever be able to say I'm eighteen. Or twenty. Y'know?

[Not that she thinks she'll be here that long, but if she is, she's realizing now that she's been a little older that she doesn't want to think of herself as sixteen for all those years. Even if she doesn't actually visibly change.]

[He was just about to put the journal down when he spots the question mark appear on the page. Crap, was that for him?]

... Shit

[This is totally the kind of thing that he would rather avoid. It's not a problem if you ignore it.]

[Does she know that voice? She throws on a filter and hopes it works.]

Hello?

[She at least knows it's not Adachi this time...]

Of course you can! Your mind is growing, and you're changing as a person. The outlook you had when arriving versus now can be totally different! That's growth enough in my opinion!

[Wow. Put that way, it's actually really, really simple!]

You know, you're right! Thanks, Asuna-chan!

[Naturally, she's still curious about how the rest of the castle feels about it, but that's enough of an answer for her!]

Now I just need to figure out what to tell people for the next three months!

[She laughs, not being entirely serious about that. It's not hugely important to be able to give her exact age to someone if they ask. And in a place like this, she can afford to not be in a hurry to grow up!]

[He sighs. Well, he blew that.]

Uh... hey.

Look, I didn't mean to... I mean, I thought your voice sounded familiar, but I think I was a mistaken.

Anyway... I should let you get back to whatever it was you were doing.

Any time!

[She sounds amused, and her chuckle confirms that.]

That part's up to you, but I hope you know when you decide it's your birthday, we're having a huge party.

[Nope, not getting off that easily.]

Church-san?

[That was his name, right? What's his problem?]

[He never does, the universe hates him.]

Yeah... you're nurse... sorry, just Risette right?

[Oh man this is awkward. Hey, it's the old guy you were hitting on a couple days ago... not creepy or anything. FML]

[Hey, at least the age gap is probably smaller now! Not that they actually did anything they have to worry about...]

Actually... it's just Rise.

[The castle just felt like messing with her identity again, apparently.

Also, she doesn't find it awkward at all. Well, she does find parts of it awkward, but she's repressing that.]

Oh, alright... Rise.

Well, anyway... Like I said. Don't let me interrupt your day.

[Kate smiles at the greeting.]

Yes, I'm very new here. I'm Kate Beckett.

Hmm... I would try and find an answer. I am curious about that thought as well.

[Meanwhile, in Mitsuru's brain: "Should I organize a surprise party for Kujikawa? She might already have plans..."]

I do. Any excuse to party!

But seriously, even if your body ain't growing up, your mind is.

I guess so!

It's just kinda weird at first. I'm not used to thinking I'll look this way forever just yet...

[Though she's not really bothered by it. There are definitely perks to staying young.]

[Giggle...] Is that a promise?

Because I'd better have a huge birthday party by June 1st, and you all better show up!

[Half-serious teasing, of course. She'd be happy with anything as long as she gets a birthday party with her friends.]

It's okay!

[A brief pause...]

Aren't you curious about everyone you met in that place?

At least I was already sixteen when I came here! I can't imagine what it must be like for all the kids...

[Nanako and Conan both come to mind.]

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❀ Episode 06 ❀ [Dictated / Action] - backdated to March 5th

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