[013] - Audio/Video

[liberatedempath]

[Has she been waiting to say this? She's probably been waiting to say this, eyes glued to a computer screen, and more specifically the clock. Has she even slept? No, she probably hasn't slept.

In fact, she looks a little tired, sounds a little tired, but sports a grin like no other. And out comes a laugh that can only be chalked up to a lack of sleep. Maybe. Sort of. This is secretly how Noelle laughs.]

♪♫ Happy, _happy birthday~
^Happy, happy birthday~
_Happy birthday ^{to me~}
And to ^you, and you, and _you~

But ^mostly to _me! ♫♪

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Low pitched whine lasting for eternity

[rivalsolarbeam]

I'm compromised by a shitty tagger that's how I am.

[He obviously hadn't been anticipating such an immediate response. Bulba sat back a bit, looking surprised as he felt.]

I'm doing just fine. [He smiled again, but his eyes were still soft with concern.]

How are you, birthday girl?

SMOOCHA SMOOCH

[liberatedempath]

[She leaned over and settled her chin into the palm of her hand.]

I am as well as I have ever been. And as well as I can be. Nobody can be more well than I am, especially not on the day of my birth.

E t e r n i t y

[rivalsolarbeam]

Heheh, of course not. Maybe more well rested, but certainly not more well.

What have you been up to? Do you have any plans?

E V E N M O R E E T E R N I T Y

[liberatedempath]

I don't. Not specifically. I mean, I assume you mean for my birthday. I'm sure Sonny will want to go do something. And it's not like we even have to celebrate it. I guess half of me would like to spend it sleeping and actually being able to sleep and the other half would just want to spend it with my friends.

I'm not hard to satisfy. Usually. I don't think, anyway. What did you do for your last one?

o o o w e e e o o o o

[rivalsolarbeam]

Mine? Hmm... I spent the day itself bouncing around team mates, mostly. Got a bit lucky since the next night was one of the meteor showers, so I convinced Vinnie to come watch some with me.

It was just really simple. It was nice.

[Bulba tilt his head a bit, watching her a bit more closely through the screen.]

I think you've got enough time to get in a really nice nap and spend the rest of the day with people. Have you been having any issues getting to sleep lately...?

[liberatedempath]

[She nodded slowly as she listened. Watching meteor showers sounded like a fabulous idea, if not a bit unrealistic, considering she never knew when those kinds of things were.]

It sounds nice. [And it did, of course. Something well worthy of envy and admiration.]

A bit. Usually I drink tea and that helps, but it has been somewhat fruitless as of recent. I couldn't hardly say why. [Because she simply didn't know.]

[rivalsolarbeam]

[Well. That made her being up all night make a bit more sense. Insomnia was an old friend of his. Bulba frowned gently.]

Ahh, that kind of sucks.

[He rubbed his chin a bit.]

If you want I can throw in an extra gift for you. Sleeping powder will work way better for you than it ever did for me.

[liberatedempath]

[She shook her head rather quickly.]

No, no. You don't have to do that. You don't have to get me anything, really. I figured I'd put things together at some point, or maybe develop a hobby to pass the time when I can't sleep. It's not like I could stay up forever, after all. You don't need to do a thing, Bulba.

[rivalsolarbeam]

Well... I'll hold off on the powder if you really want me to, but it's definitely not a problem. I might not need to do anything, but if I'm able to help you out I'd like to.

... I already have another birthday gift for you though. It's wrapped and everything. I'm afraid it is too late to tell me not to on that one.

[liberatedempath]

Oh... You didn't have to get me anything. You never needed to. It's just a birthday.

[Not that that kind of logic strikes someone.]

Surely your time can be used for better things...

[rivalsolarbeam]

That doesn't mean I didn't want to. Because I did. So here we are.

[There he is picking up the box with it's dinky bow because he wasn't super great at making things fancy at all.]

It cannot be undone.

[liberatedempath]

[Too late to turn it down now...]

So I see... When shall I drop by to retrieve it? If I should. [Because sometimes people like Bulba want to bring her presents instead of her going to get them.]

[rivalsolarbeam]

Whenever you'd like. I could bring it to you if that is easier.

[liberatedempath]

[She casts a glance around her room quickly thinking against asking him over.]

No, no. It's best if I come to you.

[rivalsolarbeam]

Then whenever is good for you. I'm up and I'll be around. I imagine I'm not the only one that'd like to borrow some of your time today.

[liberatedempath]

We'll see about that. I'll be sure to drop by... later afternoon? Would that be all right?

[rivalsolarbeam]

That'd be super alright. I hope you have a nice morning meanwhile.