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, that's completely uncalled for, Caesarino.

[mylegacy]

I disagree.

[nextlineis]

[He laughs.]

Oh, c'mon, Caesar... How long are you gonna be mad about that for?

[mylegacy]

Forever.

[nextlineis]

I don't believe you.

[mylegacy]

Why not? You haven't even known me that long. You don't know how long I hold a grudge.

[nextlineis]

No, maybe I don't. [He feels that's a lie. He knows Caesar really well. Maybe not all the facts, but the important stuff.] But if you were really holding a grudge, would you be talking to me right now?

[mylegacy]

Maybe.

[nextlineis]

I'm not sure if I'm grateful or if I pity you for how bad of a liar you are.

[mylegacy]

Oh, shut up, Jojo.

[nextlineis]

[Fine, he'll shut up.]

[In the sense he'll stop running his mouth. Doesn't mean a shit-eating grin won't permanently fix itself to his face saying everything he's not currently verbalizing.]

[mylegacy]

Shut up and stop smiling.

[nextlineis]

[He tries really hard not to keep smiling. He even takes a very deep breath and purses his lips as tight as he can. But one corner starts to slip and it's all over.]

No can do, Caesarino. I'm one of those people that believes if you're happy, you should never hide it.

[mylegacy]

[Huff.]

Well, you wouldn't be able to even if you wanted to. You have no self-control.

[nextlineis]

I have plenty of self-control.

[In the famous words of Lying Cat? Lying.]

[mylegacy]

Prove it. Don't mention your birthday at all until the 27th.

[nextlineis]

[He looks almost gutted.]

What? But that's like... [He squints a little.] 26 days!? What if they forget?

[mylegacy]

So you're admitting I'm right?

[nextlineis]

No! [Abso-freaking-lutely not. But... Joseph frowns and looks down for a moment.] What do I get if I don't mention it?

[mylegacy]

[He thinks about this . . .]

Whatever you want.

[nextlineis]

Whatever I want? You really mean that?

[mylegacy]

If it'll shut you up, I mean it.

[nextlineis]

[He thinks on it a moment, the offer clearly quite tempting to him.]

Two conditions: one, I don't have to cash in right away. Two, I have until the end of the day. Just in case people talk to me today about it. It'd be kinda weird and rude if I refused to talk about it after I brought it up today.

[mylegacy]

Deal.

[nextlineis]

Okay then.

[He can totally do this. To...tally...]