August 7th, loud robot child voice broadcasting via istone

[tomodachi]

Hey, hey! Today is my "birthday"... I think? Or at least I'm pretty sure I remember that Tim guy saying it should be today.

[there's a long pause, and then...]

What is it that you're supposed to do on birthdays, again?

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[tomodachi]

The spider lady?

[Crow has to think about it for a second, but--]

I've seen her around a few times but I don't think we've talked all that much. Why?

[vagabone]

[The mysterious voice sounds a little tired, but chipper!]

Her name's Muffet. She'll make you something nice to eat if you tell her it's your birthday.

[tomodachi]

[Oh, that's really nice, except...]

What if I can't eat anything here? ... Oh, but I guess my friends would probably like eating something nice...

[vagabone]

[Oh.

Oh no.]

Ah... why not? You okay?

[tomodachi]

What? Yeah, I'm okay. Ain't nothing wrong with me.

I just don't eat. Or even really need to, so I don't bother. I leave that sort of stuff to the humans to worry about.

[vagabone]

Ay, that's okay then. I don't really need to eat either. But you should if you can, it's nice.

[What else...]

Let's see, you've got the 'tell all your friends' part down, so they'll probably find some presents for you... and sing some songs. Maybe even find you a silly hat to wear.

[tomodachi]

Huh? Why a hat?

[he likes his own hat though??]

Also, what kind of songs are there?

[vagabone]

It's tradition!

[One mustn't argue against tradition.]

Whatever they feel like singing. Oh, and--how old are you?

[tomodachi]

... I don't know.

[why is this question so important to people here??]

[vagabone]

[Because birthdays are all about being a year older!!]

Could you take a guess?

[tomodachi]

Do I have to?

[It's kind of an embarrassing number that he can guess here, honestly.]

[vagabone]

You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. Save it for your amigos, yeah?

But birthdays are all about celebrating that you're a year older. It's more fun to keep count.

[tomodachi]

I guess... I should ask Seto and Ren sometime how old they are, I don't think they've ever told me.

[vagabone]

Ask when their birthdays are while you're at it.

[tomodachi]

They've both had their birthdays already I think, but I'm gonna ask again sometime so that I'll be certain about it next time.

[vagabone]

Ah, too bad. But you can always make up for it, it's never too late!

[This island's no place for children, let them have all the fun they can!]

So what day is it, anyway?

[tomodachi]

The... 7th! Yes, that's it. August 7th.

[vagabone]

Ah, thanks, kid! Been wondering if anyone knew. It wasn't summer back home.

[tomodachi]

It wasn't? [Huh] Are you new here?

[vagabone]

Sort of? It's been about a month and a half.

[tomodachi]

Okay, yeah, you're pretty new. At least in comparison to some of the other people I know here.

[vagabone]

It's been almost a year for a lot of you, right?

[And that's terrifying when you may not have a year to 'live'.]

[tomodachi]

I think so, yeah?