002 ★ video

[nextlineis]

Who: jojo & you
Broadcast: video
Action: optional, but on the caprine
When: rite meow!!!

So, it's September already, which means my birthday is coming up!

I mean, it's technically February back home, but I'm not gonna complain about celebrating my birthday early. Besides, that seems like way too complicated math to try and figure out what it should be.

[It actually is not that complicated. It's the 28th of February where he's from. C'mon Jojo...]

[But then again, this is the guy who struggled at determining the age of someone who was a baby 50 years ago...]

Anyway, I'm gonna be nineteen on the 27th. Just to give you guys the heads up. You know. [He grins.] In case you wanna get me something.

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[nextlineis]

Hey! I am not a big baby...

[ino]

I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it. You've already become one.

[nextlineis]

I'm always so nice to you...

[ino]

You're whining that I won't tell you what your present is. That's what a little kid would do.

[nextlineis]

I'm just young at heart.

[...Jojo...no...]

[ino]

Nineteen is way past being an adult. At that point, it's just weird.

[nextlineis]

...The hell are you talking about?

[ino]

What do you mean, what am I talking about?

[ You're an adult at like, twelve .. in Naruto land ..... ]

[nextlineis]

18's technically when you become an adult.

[ino]

[ ... ]

Right, you're from Earth. I guess that is the law there, huh?

Well, where I come from you're considered an adult by twelve or thirteen.

[nextlineis]

...So much for having a childhood.

[ino]

It's not like I never played games with my friends or anything as a kid. That's just when we start work.

[nextlineis]

I've never worked.

[...Because that wasn't obvious. Or anything. You know, given his huge amount of maturity and sense of responsibility.]

[ino]

[ She just kind of squints. ]

... What do you do for money, then?

[nextlineis]

[He shrugs.]

I just asked Granny or Uncle Speedwagon for some if I needed any.

[ino]

Like an allowance or something?

... They never told you to get a job?

[nextlineis]

Uh...no?

[PRIVILEGED RICH KID WHAT WHAT]

[ino]

So your family is rich, then.

[ She's getting that impression, anyways ... ]

Well, we didn't really need the extra money, but my dad was teaching me how to work in my job since I was little, so by the time I was of age I was already plenty capable. It's the same for most families of status in my village.

[nextlineis]

Granny really doesn't have to work either, but she's still an English teacher.

[ino]

A teacher, huh? You never thought about doing something like that?

[nextlineis]

God, no. I hated school.

[ino]

[ She's laughing ]

Yeah, you seem like the type.

Well, isn't there anything at all you want to do with your life?

[nextlineis]

[He rubs at the back of his head and shrugs.]

I've had other things on my mind lately. Back home, I mean. I've been a little more concerned with making it through the night.

[Which doesn't actually really account for the rest of his life, but Joseph's grown up a lot over the past month. His perspective's definitely changed into something a little less concerned with instant gratification.]

[ino]

[ Yeah, she's kind of wondering what the heck he was doing up until recently, but ... Trying not to die does have a way of keeping you from thinking about the future sometimes ]

And what about here?

[nextlineis]

[Another shrug.]

I haven't really thought about it.

[He's just been going with the flow, happy to have whatever comes his way.]