Backdated to Feb 12

[yerawwizarderi]

so i bet none a you remembered todays my birthday did you
no a course none a you did i didnt wwake up to a single fuckin gift not one
oh eridan wwe dont givve a shit about you a course wwe didnt think about you on this day
eridan wwhos that just some loser i bet nobody wworth thinking on
dont knoww wwhy i wwas expectin anythin even my father givves me shitty notes at best these days acknowwledgin my existence

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[mo_cara]

MoThErFuCkEr, DiDn'T yOu Be FiNdIn' My PrEsEnT?

[yerawwizarderi]

present
wwwwhat present

[mo_cara]

ThE oNe WhAt AlL bE fOr YoUr MoThErFuCkIn DaY oF BeInG HaTcHeD, bRo!

[yerawwizarderi]

you got me somethin
reely
oh my god gam i didnt evven think youd remember youre pretty fuckin absentminded as far as
wwell
evverythin goes

[mo_cara]

i SuReLy DiD mOtHeRfUcKeR.
mAdE yOu SoMeThInG rEaL sWeEt! ;o)
I pUt It By YoUr SlEeP sHiP, aIn'T yOu BeEn FiNdInG iT?

[yerawwizarderi]

its called a fuckin four poster
wwhatd you get me

[Tearing off the paper eagerly, now that he's been directed to the package.]

[mo_cara]

iT's A mOtHeRfUcKiN sUrPrIsE!

[The package is cylindrical, and it had rolled under the bed a little, which is probably why Eridan missed it. Opening it, he'll discover a green glass bottle that's been painted with all sorts of weird swirling colors and rainbows and hearts and things by the meticulous and not particularly talented hand of his roommate. Inside is some unidentified liquid, sloshing around and sort of ... sparkling.]

[faintwaves]

...Where are you right now?

[yerawwizarderi]

boys dormitory
since nobody evven thought to invvite me out like hey eridan maybe wwe could get a celebratory pasty on account a the fact that you came into the wworld on this date fourteen years ago

[faintwaves]

Okay

um

Can you come out? I'll meet you outside.

[yerawwizarderi]

yeah i can do that
wwont be but a minute just wwait for me

[And in about five minutes he'll be poking his head out of the dungeon dormitories and starting to wander up, looking around for her.]

THEN IT WAS ACTION

[faintwaves]

[Okay so she had to kind of rush from the kitchens and back again, and then regain her sense of direction, but she's not a seeker for nothing!!]

--Hi!

[Xion is now presenting Eridan with an ice cream bar. Not just any bar, SACRED SEASALT ICE CREAM. Also she has one of her own, what the heck.]

Happy birthday!

XION WHY SO CUTE

[yerawwizarderi]

[AND THEN ERIDAN WAS SO SURPRISED THAT HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF THIS.]

You've givin' me ice cream?

[cuddlefishpeixes]

[She's not going to give Eridan his present personally, but she gave it to Gamzee to give to him, and I'll describe it for you! 38)

It's just a little purple silk pouch, with a few pieces of candy inside as well as one of These only with brown hemp and green and silver beads in between the shells.

But more importantly than all of that, there's a note on a small piece of parchment:]

)(appy birt)(day, -Eridan.
I made t)(is over t)(e )(oliday, and I wasn't going to be mean and not give you anyt)(ing for your birt)(day, just because we're taking a break. You were my first-ever friend, and I'll never forget t)(at.

I'm sorry,
Feferi

[yerawwizarderi]

[Oh my god Feferi break his heart why don't you.

He makes sure not to open it where anybody might see it. Especially somebody like Vriska. Waits until the dormitory is completely empty, in case he has to go sniffle in the pillow for a bit.

He does.

And then he carefully ties it around his wrist, and hides it up his sleeve where nobody can see it (mostly him, because looking at it makes something hurt) but still has it, all the time.

He should probably do something nice for her, too...maybe that would convince her to come back? Eridan will have to think about that one.]

[bluhbluhhugewitch]

May8e if you stopped 8eing a whiny little 8itch........
You know, I WAS going to give you this. 8ut I don't think you deserve it.

[yerawwizarderi]

this
wwhats this i dont see no this

[bluhbluhhugewitch]

You might have to earn it all over again, Eridan.
You're really not making me want to give you anything, you know!

[yerawwizarderi]

wwhat do i havve to do beg
you goin to make me beg on my owwn birthday

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uHHH, i REMEMBERED YOUR BIRTHDAY, aCTUALLY, aND i ALSO GOT YOU SOMETHING, fOR IT,

mAYBE YOU SHOULD, uM, hAVE MORE FAITH IN PEOPLE,
oR NOT, i MEAN, iT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY SO YOU CAN, uH,
dO WHAT YOU WANT, i MEAN,

[yerawwizarderi]

holy fuck you did
tavv
i knoww wwe dont talk much but
im really touched that you wwould think a me actually

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

wELL, iT WOULD'VE BEEN RUDE IF i HAD FORGOTTEN YOUR, bIRTHDAY, sO OF COURSE i REMEMBERED,

aND i'M GLAD i COULD TOUCH YOU, uH, mETAPHORICALLY LIKE THAT, sINCE i DON'T THINK i COULD ACTUALLY REACH YOU FOR REAL,

[yerawwizarderi]

i can come see you
solvve that problem right there
do i havve to come get it or is it bein delivvered or

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

uHHH, oKAY THAT WORKS, bETTER THAN ME COMING TO YOU,
i DON'T THINK IT WOULD DO WELL, iN THE MAIL,
aCTUALLY i REALLY THINK THAT ONE OF THE, uH, oWLS WOULD EAT IT,
aND THAT WOULD BE REALLY BAD,

[yerawwizarderi]

wwait
you got me somethin livvin