@sora.sky

[lighthearted]

Hey, everyone! I had a question.

Now that these gates are active and we can go pretty much anywhere in the world, what's a place you want to check out? I want to see more of Earth but it's so huge and there are so many options that it's hard to know where to start! I'm open to any and all suggestions.

I want to check out a bunch of different places, but somewhere near the coast where you could swim and catch fish and eat fresh fruit straight off the tree would be really nice, I think!

[ It's possible that Sora's feeling a little homesick. He's been here for months now and he's honestly not used to being contained in one place for so long. The idea of getting to explore the world some more might help, or so he hopes. ]

I guess my birthday is coming up kinda soon too, so I'm trying to figure out something cool to do for it. So tell me your plans, if you've got any! I'm curious. Oh, and if we haven't met before, my name's Sora. Thanks for reading!

Comments

@nill.klein

[culver]

I want to go somewhere warm, with lots of sunlight. Have you caught fish before? Is it hard?

I've never celebrated my birthday, but I've been to a couple of birthday parties. Mostly there was food and just sitting around and talking. What have you done for other birthdays?

[lighthearted]

There's probably lots of places like that you could check out! And yeah, I've caught fish before, usually just with my hands. It's tricky at first, but maybe one day I can teach you!

Usually for my birthday it was just an excuse to play all day long with my friends! And my mom would make delicious food and a cake. When's your birthday, Nill?

[culver]

You catch fish with your hands?

[she's pretty sure that isn't like, a common skill]

Yeah, I'd like to learn.

Sounds like a good day. I can make you a cake, if you want.

I don't know my real birthday, but the one on my ID here is the day day I got here--September 20th.

@angela.roberts

[unlucky7]

I want to see the ocean. Somewhere I can stand on the sand, where it looks like the water stretches forever and blends into the sky. Similar to you, I guess.

Or a forest. Trees so tall you can't see the tops, dense and green.

Happy early birthday.

[lighthearted]

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean! I wonder if we can find a place like that. There has to be somewhere like that on this giant world, right?

A forest would be cool, too. Thanks, Angela!

[unlucky7]

New Honolulu sounds like the best bet. Or maybe New Cape Town?

@riku.masterson

[inherited]

Sounds to me like you want to go home.

Did you want a party for your birthday?

[Should Riku be throwing him a party? Oh no. Now he realizes he should be, probably.]

[lighthearted]

Home would be nice, but since we can't make that happen yet, we should see what we can find here, don't you think?

It doesn't have to be anything over-the-top. I just think it'd be fun to go somewhere cool for it.

[inherited]

You're right. Right now, we can go almost anywhere we want.

Why don't we split the lists of the megacities and see what places are warm?

Of course, New Rio's gotta be on the table.

@roxas.sky

[recompleted]

birthday?

[He knows what birth is and what days are, obviously, so he can work out the meaning of the word. But it being a day worth mentioning like it has some significance is a new idea for him.]

[lighthearted]

[ It's hard to know what exactly Roxas is asking here. He has to know what a birthday is, right...? ]

Yeah. I was born on March 28th, so soon I'm gonna be seventeen. Usually on your birthday you have a party and the day's supposed to be all about you! Your friends have to be nice and do stuff for you because it's your birthday, that kinda thing.

[recompleted]

oh huh

[Quickly, he realizes he should clarify a little.]

I could figure out what a birthday is but i never heard of any of that other stuff.
shouldn't your friends be nice to you anyway?
what's so important about a day?

[He is slightly baffled.]

@ren.amamiya

[variate]

If you have a birthday here, does it count from the time you arrived, or the time you left?

[ real life questions. ]

[lighthearted]

I didn't really think about that! Just went by the calendar. My birthday is March 28th.

[variate]

Isn't there an amusement park in New Beijing?
There could be more of those around in other places.

@xuanyu.mo

[laozu]

Your BIRTHDAY, you say!!!!

[lighthearted]

Yep! If I end up doing anything for it, you'll get an invite.

@wangji.lan

[wangxian]

I have not been to the ocean for some time.

[ he doesn't quite know how to express where he wants to go, but it is easy enough to riff off sora's line of conversation. easier to let him talk, as lan wangji has always been better at... not that.

but, more importantly: ]

Your birthday?

[lighthearted]

It seems like a lot of people want to go to the ocean. Not that I blame us! I can't think of the last time I got to swim, and that's just sad.

Yeah, my birthday! You know what a birthday is, right?

[wangxian]

Mn. Many were also landlocked.

[ for himself, it was that business usually took him away from the ocean. there was no reason to leave the mountain, in that case. after all, it was his home. ]

Yes.

[ ... ]

You said it was soon.

[ that's sort of asking, at least? ]

@adora.weaver

[dumbjockenergy]

I guess somewhere by the wwater does sound nice...

But what's a birthday?

[ It sounds strangely familiar. ]

[lighthearted]

[ Oh no. How many of the Displaced don't know what a birthday is? ]

Well, it's the day that you were born. So every time it's your birthday, you're a year older. People usually celebrate it! At least, where I'm from.

dangit DW, this never came through

[dumbjockenergy]

I feel like I've heard of it before, but we definitely didn't do it at home.

You have a party, right?

@cassian.andor

[evasives]

I would like to see somewhere with a decent amount of snow - but not to the same levels as the New Tokyo blizzard.

It is odd to think of having a birthday here, especially when the months are not quite the same. How old will you be?

[lighthearted]

Snow, really? Why? Was your home like that?

Yeah, it is kind of weird, but it also would have felt strange to let the day pass by without doing something. I'll be seventeen!