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[notzubats]

Who: Sora
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Huntress
When: August 5th

[From the looks of the video feed, Sora looks like he's broadcasting from his quarters, sitting on the bed. Since leaving the planet, he really hasn't been his cheerful self, rather opting to spend plenty of time in his room instead of wandering around the Huntress. Heck, this broadcast even seems pretty down.]

Today's August 5th, isn't it?

Guess that means I'm 16 now. How 'bout that? [It...feels wrong. There should be people that he's celebrating with, but he's not. If anything, he's feels further away from them than he's ever been.]

[But he swallows those feelings before asking what he wanted to ask]

But oh hey, I wanna ask something. Does the word Pokémon mean anything to anyone? They're a kind of creature that inhabit my world, and I wanna know if they're anywhere else.

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[Well, Sora doesn't look like he's having a happy birthday, but that only means it can get better, right?]

Hey, happy birthday!

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[For Finn? He'll give him a smile]

Ha, thanks Finn. You catch plenty of fish before we left?

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[forcesensitive]

Yeah! [By a fisherman's standards, no. For someone with no frame of reference, a ton.] Ended up releasing them all, cause I wasn't sure which ones you could sell. But it was fun, and I'm glad you taught me.

So what do you usually do on your birthday?

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I'm glad! [Yeah lesson was a success!!] Maybe next time I can help ya figure which ones to sell.

Uh, well- [He scratches the back of his head] Usually, I'd spend it with friends and my brother- we're twins, so...

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[forcesensitive]

Long as it's some place with fishing, you're on!

Oh, you have a brother? That's real cool. [But Finn bets that's why Sora looks kinda sad.] Do you want to talk about him?

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Uh-

[He hesitates]

...Not sure what there is to say.

AOIWJRIUENW Why did I write it down as August 26th?! Oh, and Action.

[spontaneouscombustion]

[Well, this sure has a busy couple of days for Pinkie, but you know what she's been keeping in mind for a while now? A certain birthday, and a certain cake recipe. So a little while after Sora finishes his broadcast, he'll hear a knock on the door. A bit gentler than normal, consider how melancholy that post sounded just now, but still with some vigor.]

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[He looks up from the broadcast and sets the comm down when he hears the knock. He gets up an goes to answer the door, half-expecting it to be Dezel or Sorey from the energy level. So he's a little surprised to see who it is]

Pinkie?

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[preformthisneigh]

[And lo, a rainbow of streamers erupts from the side. It's not as CRAZY as normal, they're subdued, but still...streamers, yep. ]

And Cheese! Happy birthday, Sora!

[He's at least trying to contain his party excitement, trying to tel himself that this is probably how he'd want his own to go down. Nice. Subdued. Quiet. ]

[spontaneouscombustion]

[And oh hey there's a cake on Pinkie's back, covered in... sea foam-colored icing?]

Happy birthday~! Where would you like this?

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Whoa!

[He jumps a little at the streamers, but more in a surprised than startled. These guys really remembered? ]

You guys remembered?

Hey Pinkie- is that a cake on your back?

[preformthisneigh]

Of course we did. It's what we do.

[Sora if he has to explain party ponies to you there will be flowcharts. Probably a song. Don't do that t yourself.]

You deserve a great birthday after all.

[voice]

[privatizes]

[ does tony know what pokémon is? does he care, even if he does? the world may never know. but -- ]

I own that, probably.

[ pokémon is not owned by tony stark and will never be owned by tony stark so help us god ]

[voice]

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You own...Pokémon?

[That's...a weird way of putting it]

Like you own one Pokémon or...?

[voice] 1/2

[privatizes]

[ . . . oh.

this kid is serious.

whoops.

tony should probably avoid breaking the fourth wall and apologize for his obviously poor hearing and -- ]

[voice]

[privatizes]

I'm pretty much a Pokémon master.

[ nah fuck it ]

I have Magneton running my lab back home. Like, fifty of them. Easy. And I beat the Elite Four with my eyes closed.

[ nailed it ]

[voice]

[notzubats]

You beat the Elite Four?

[The Magneton he can believe, sure. But he squints at the screen]

I thought those guys were just stories.

[voice]

[privatizes]

Yeah, I got bored one day.

[ which is technically true, and he couldn't sleep, so why not play pokemon for like 48 hours straight ]

How do you know about Pokémon? Just out of curiosity.

[voice]

[notzubats]

...Right.

[Does he believe Tony? Who knows, but it might come back to haunt Tony one day]

They're everywhere back home, that's all.

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[candyconsumption]

[ The best way to heal your heart when it comes to missing a young man is to place your attention on another young man. Obviously. ]

Sora-kun. [ His says the boy's name as if it is almost a song; a faint warble. ] Happy birthday.

Though it's hard to believe you're sixteen.

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Oh, thank-

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Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!

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[candyconsumption]

That you look like you're a child. But it's all right. It makes you endearing. [ He's shamelessly picking on him, now. ]

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[notzubats]

Gee, thanks. That makes me feel so much better, Itachi.

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[candyconsumption]

It's best to know your advantages against others... especially those you know. You never know when it will come in handy. [ He'll just leave that there to be pondered on. ] But congratulations. You're close to being an adult. Hm, well...

...Where I come from you'd still be a child if you were a civilian, but if you were a shinobi, then you would have become an adult years ago. Perhaps Sora-kun is a grown up where he is from.