[Video]

[shroudofgray]

One year has passed since I have arrived on these shores.

For one year, I have known the joy freedom, to wander paths that always have been closed. And while there is much I have learned, there is still so much yet to discover.

I hope these days can continue forever. But even if they cannot, I am happy to have lived them - to have known all of you. I am grateful.

If it is something I am allowed to choose, I would like to consider this date my birthday.

Comments

video;

[denyamenti]

There's nothing wrong with picking your own date, bityket. Not all of us recall the precise day we were born, and that should not stop anyone.

Re: video;

[shroudofgray]

I see. I am glad. I did not know if it was appropriate to choose a day or not.

Re: video;

[denyamenti]

Don't spend too much time being concerned about what other people think is 'appropriate', it takes too much time away from actually living.

video;

[shroudofgray]

I...

I will try. Thank you.

video;

[isochrone]

In that case, happy birthday!

video;

[shroudofgray]

Thank you. I think I would be around ten and seven winters now.

Re: video;

[isochrone]

[ Elizabeth kind of does a double-take at that one... she hadn't realized Yorda was that age! ]

Then you're definitely due for a celebration.

Re: video;

[shroudofgray]

Perhaps. I am simply happy to be alive and out of the castle.

But I could make sweets to share - that is a good way to celebrate, yes?

Re: video;

[isochrone]

The... castle?

It is! Would you like some help?

Re: video;

[shroudofgray]

Yes. The Castle in the Mists.

I would like help, yes. I am bad at making food without getting flour everywhere.

Re: video;

[isochrone]

That sounds like a very mysterious place.

When would you like to make them?

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[shroudofgray]

It had many secrets. And I hope they stay at the bottom of the ocean forever.

Tonight for dinner?

Video

[purrns]

[Oh wow, she gets a big 'ol smile. ]

Happy birthday-slash-anniversary, Yorda! Do you want to do anything for it?

Re: Video

[shroudofgray]

I would like to make food to share. That is acceptable, yes?

[purrns]

Well, sure! You can do whatever you want on your birthday.

[Or at least anyone who isn't him can! ]

[shroudofgray]

...Could I fly?

[purrns]

Oh. Um.

Maybe not that. Unless you know someone who has an aeroplane?

[shroudofgray]

...I do not know what that is.

[purrns]

It's a big metal box? I guess... that flies in the sky thanks to an engine. It transports people across big distances.

[shroudofgray]

[She's trying to picture this.]

Is it like Tony and Pepper's repulsor technology?

[purrns]

I...I'm not sure. Like the jets?

[ten_zero]

I didn't realize there was a significance to a birth date.

[ Chronological time was not Bisi's friend. ]

[shroudofgray]

Many here celebrate such things. When I asked why, they said it is to celebrate being alive.

[ten_zero]

Being alive is worth celebrating. [ It was not a state easily earned where she came from. ]

Is there any significance for why you picked this particular day?

[shroudofgray]

I think I said because it has been a year since I came here?

[highprofilerichkid]

Most of us had our birthdays screwed up when we came here, and I don't think anyone would care anyway.

Happy birthday, Yorda. I hope you have a lot more here.

[He likes you, Yorda. He wants you to stick around.]

[shroudofgray]

I'm glad then. Thank you, Tony. I hope the same for you, if this is a place you wish to be.

[highprofilerichkid]

I do like it here, but... I need to go home. Eventually. I'd just like to keep my memories.

[shroudofgray]

I think I can understand that. I would like to find Ico again, but I do not know if it would matter to him about staying in our old world. He may have had a family before he was sacrificed.

[highprofilerichkid]

Uh... Sacrificed...? What kind of sacrifice are we talking, here?

[To Tony's knowledge, most kinds of sacrifice aren't a good time for the person being sacrificed.]

[shroudofgray]

[Tony would be absolutely right]

Children with horns were brought to the castle to die.

[highprofilerichkid]

Whoa. What? Why?

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[jinzhong]

Hey, happy birthday.

If you want, you can come by the Koi. I can ask Brigid to make a cake or something.

I'd do it myself, but I'm not good at cooking...

Re: video;

[shroudofgray]

I know how to make cakes! I am learning how to make all sorts of food, because it is very delicious. Eating is a wonderful thing.

video;

[upshore]

Freedom should always be celebrated. And happy birthday, I guess.

[He smiles, and it's a genuine one.]

I'm glad being here helped you.

[Because it's sure as hell making him itch.]

Re: video;

[shroudofgray]

Thank you.

It has helped, yes. But I think being anywhere that was away from the castle would.

[She isn't fussy. If it's not a cage then she's happy]

Do you like this city as well?

[justno]

Happy birthday.

[shroudofgray]

Thank you. Do you have a birthday as well?

[justno]

Every living thing has a birthday. What's that make you?

[shroudofgray]

...Something in between.

[That is one hell of a downcast tone.]

[justno]

Undead?