just a quick but important broadcast

[throwsdown]

Who: Takeshi and you!
Broadcast: everyone
Action: Goldstone if wanted
When: RIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, RIGHT INTO 2018.



[3.... 2.... 1....]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CROWLEY!!!

[BLOWS KAZOOS AND POPS POPPERS]

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[onlyanapple]

That's not how this works!!

...


What kind of present? Is it booze?

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[throwsdown]

... I'm not old enough to get booze from the bar yet.

But I got you something cooler!

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[onlyanapple]

Poor excuse that.

Cooler than booze?

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[throwsdown]

[YOU ARE BEING A POOR EXAMPLE.]

Yup, way cooler! Because it'll last longer. You can probably drink a whole bottle of that stuff in, like, two seconds.

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[onlyanapple]

...True, I can. But it has to be really good to be better than booze.


Also it's still not my birthday.

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[throwsdown]

... I dunno, it says 'happy birthday' on the wrapping paper, so...

[He's gonna come hunt you down. Pay no attention to the traveling background.]

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[onlyanapple]

[DON'T BE SNEAKY, TAKESHI, THAT'S HIS JOB. ]

Does it now? What a shame, because I wasn't born.

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[throwsdown]

Just come in here and get your present, you goofyball.

[He almost got that one right, just let him have it.]

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[onlyanapple]

Only if you promise to never give me an endearing nickname for the rest of your time here.

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[throwsdown]

What! What's wrong with nicknames? They're a sign of friendship!

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[onlyanapple]

Perhaps if you're twelve. Or...however the fuck old you are, I forget, and it's really hard to tell.

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[throwsdown]

I'm nine!

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[throwsdown]

... I think.

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[onlyanapple]

Hell if I know. Maybe you need to try and do some quick math to work it all out.

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[throwsdown]

I've tried... I didn't have a few birthdays at home, so I'm kinda mixed up on time...

I just say nine! Nine's good. My birthday's October 1st, even though it's not my real birthday.

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[onlyanapple]

Suddenly all the determination to make me have a birthday even if it's not my 'real' one becomes very clear. Ugh.

But sure, let's go with nine. Double digits, this year then.

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[throwsdown]

And yours is, like, four digits!

So come get your special prize for being a really cool old person!

[HE'S WAITING WITH CUPCAKES AND A PRESENT!]

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[onlyanapple]

I don't have any digits because-

UGH. You know what, fine. Okay. Let's just- fucking get this over with.

[He's coming to find you, you tiny pain in the ass. ]

[throwsdown]

[Excellent. Follow the confetti stream on the floor —

And there he is, with a paper-wrapped small box and a thing full of rather nice-looking cupcakes.

Takeshi holds up his arms.]

Welcome to your birthday surprise! I couldn't get cake, but I got something just as good!

[Hoi Hoi is rolling on the floor in the background.... We expect this, at this point.]

[onlyanapple]

[Hoi Hoi is always around. Crowley hopes he gets confetti stuck in his stupid panda fur :|

He steps a little closer, head tilted to one side, as if he's expecting this to be a terrible, awful trap. ]

...Right. Something just as good would be booze.

[throwsdown]

[He nods fervently, handing over the present with urgency.

Clearly a good gift!!]

And it lasts a lot longer, too!

[Upon opening it, he will find the following:



Spooky scary skeletons.]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley opens the package and stares at them for a moment. Because...wow, that sure is a thing. ]

Those are ties with skeletons on them.

[Just gonna...state the obvious while he lets it sink in. ]

[throwsdown]

[HE NODS FERVENTLY.]

Yeah! They're pretty badass, right?!

[LOOK HOW COOL, YOU'D LOOK SO AWESOME IN THESE, HUH?!?!]

[onlyanapple]

I mean. Sure? Skeletons are...badass.

[All he can think is WOW THIS IS WHAT AZREAL LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT CLOTHES ON. ]

[throwsdown]

[Oh no...! He can't help but frown, looking worried.]

Do you not like them...? I was real certain you would, but...