TEXT | UN: Laura

[shoplifter]

It's going to be my birthday soon. I picked one a few months ago, but I don't know how it works when it's time to celebrate them. I have left everyone 'invitations' on their doors, though.

[And true to the text's word, if people wander out of their cabin or approach it, they'll find a piece of paper taped to the front:]

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[heavensnight]

[feels like the biggest honor and she's remembering this for days to come.]

Mascara can feel it sometimes but eyeshadow isn't at all

we can try it out. I brought my make-up and we can see what you like 💖

UN: LethalProtector

[decodex]

Hey, May's a great choice for a birthday.
Makes you a Gemini, if you believe in that stuff.

( or if she even knows what the zodiac is, which she might not. )

People think that your birthday says something about you. It's not proven or anything, but...

Geminis are cool.
Fun. Willing to try new things and go with the flow.
We think it fits.

[shoplifter]

So do I.
But if I only stayed friends with people at home, I would be all alone here.
And very sad on the inside.

[twin_blade]

[ Sad on the inside? Oof. Getting called out by a kid. ]

Maybe I'll make some friends at your party.

[ Just making random friends is kind of awkward, though. He's really better at lurking in dark corners unless he's around the ones who already know him. ]

[jinxs]

PHEW good thing i brought stuff to retouch your hair
kiddo you should have told me sooner!!!!!!

i cant believe my html failed me so hard

[shoplifter]

Sometimes it's hard to talk about the bad things.
It can be -- I do not know how to explain it.
'Uncomfortable'?

[shoplifter]

You have me as a friend now, so that is already 1.
It is a good place to start. Just don't be mean to people, and you will do fine.

text.

[shoplifter]

I am very excited about cake.
I would eat it every day, but I have been told that is not a good 'diet'.

[Speaking of bad diets...]

Energy drinks are very strange-tasting drinks.
Sometimes they are fruity and they make you very awake.
Is it normal to have a favorite color?

[shoplifter]

Hello Eddie.
I've heard things about this Gemini stuff... Jayce told me.
I would like to be cool, so I will be a Gemini.

What's your special sign? For your birthday.
Is it a cool one?

[shoplifter]

Mascara, what is mascara?
I want to try it all.

[Where is the make-up emoticon? She will click on all of them.]

💄👧💅👄🤡

[shoplifter]

Sorry, I do not know when to tell people.
I'm still not very good at normal things...

Have you met Fio? She is a new friend, and she's younger than me.
She would like her hair dyed, too. Pink, maybe.
Like mine, so we match.

[decodex]

Hello Laura.

It was back in March.
Aries are
Stubborn, I think.

That's what we get most of the time, at least according to the horoscope section of the newspaper.

[twin_blade]

[ She's a nice kid, and he knows she means well, as most kids do. Sure, Vax has spoken to people, but how many know him well enough to use the word 'friend'? It's not one he tosses around casually. ]

Thanks for the advice. It sounds like you're an expert at this.

[jinxs]

who GIVES A CARE for normal just scream it out your lungs

nupe never met her
bring her along
ill fix it

there there love

[sophielicious]

oh. you're concerned i'm gonna be sad about it. i'm fine about it so no need to be all worried about my feelings, laurita

i'll tell you another time, promise

[ascendingstar]

That would be really stressful, yeah.

It depends on the person, actually. For people I don't really know, I tend to choose presents based on something they might use, or food that's popular. If I know the person really well, then I give them something from the heart - something that reminds me of them, or something I know they've been wanting for a long time.

That's why I asked if there was something you wanted, even though I don't know you yet. Gifts like that are how you get to know someone.

[sabigoe]

I'm also very excited about cake!
I've been told eating too much cake is bad too and that I have to eat other foods to stay strong.

Energy drinks sound both nice and strange. I want to be very awake so I can play a lot and read books.
Most people have a favorite color. Some people have more than one favorite color. I think it's normal. If you don't have a favorite color, I think that's okay too.

[shoplifter]

Oh, I like to be stubborn, too!
Can I be -- what do they call it?

Honorary?

I would like to be the honorary Aries.

[shoplifter]

I have been practicing a lot on making friends.
It was very hard to make friends before Etraya. People would just get hurt.
But I don't have to worry about that here.

[And when you spend your life not being allowed friends, it becomes terribly easy to stockpile them like a big jar of pennies. Well, as long as you don't utterly betray her, anyway. Feelings of betrayal tend to get her worked up enough to sucker-punch.]

[shoplifter]

I think screaming about my birthday would make people very confused.

I'll tell her to come.
You just have to look for the very young girl. She is very nice. :)

[shoplifter]

... Laurita is a very silly way to put it.

I like it.

[decodex]

You might have to fight V for it.

He chose my birthday as his birthday, so. Make that two honorary Arieses.

[twin_blade]

Why would they get hurt?

[ Maybe he shouldn't ask over a text, but he's not sure when he would otherwise. ]

[sophielicious]

i had a feeling you would.

so, clone breakfast club later? i'll take you for waffles and bacon.

[jinxs]

that's the fun part 🙄

okay. fine. okay. ask her if she wants it before the party
i'll work my magic
you guys are SO lucky