Seventh Gadget: Everyone and their mothers are having birthdays [Voice/Action]

( Introspection and dream stuff. )

that's when the dream ends. There's a sharp intake of breath as he sits up in his bed, clutching his head with his hand. That was right...his birthday was going to be in a little over a week. His first birthday without his brother. Without that little tradition they would do after the big main party for specifically Crown. The one where Crown would have made a whole new cake, significantly smaller and only enough for two to Cross's room. They would light the little candles Crown salvaged from the bigger, more extravagant cake and make a wish together on them.

It was truly the only thing he ever looked forward to on his birthday, because of how excluded he felt from the big party. Now, that moment of genuine happiness on his birthday would be stolen away from him because of Luceti. He curls up in his bed for awhile before he decides to go on a walk.

Awhile later, when he's in the square up in a tree he looks down at his journal. There's a moment of thought before he clicks on the voice feed.

. His expression would no doubt show cracks in the happy mask that he'd normally put on, but, he could still hide his tone enough. Any passerbyer though would notice a somber looking expression on his face if they took notice of him in the tree.]

Voice

Lots of birthdays happening this month, huh? Everywhere you look someone's got a birthday coming up.

Anyways, I was kind of curious. What do you do special for your birthday? Doesn't matter when it is, but, I mean, what do you really think makes your birthday truly special to you?

[When he's posted his message, he shuts his journal.]