perplexme | Sixty-Second Keychain

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[When the feed clicks on, there's a few moments of silence as Roxas thinks of how to phrase his question. He had been mulling this over for a while now, and he still wasn't any closer to getting an answer. ...man...Axel would know. Roxas really does miss the redhead sometimes, but each day's getting a little better. Sora, too, but that's an even longer process. It always helped to have something else to throw himself into though, and this was the perfect example.]

Um...hi. [Well, it's a start.] So...where I come from, birthdays aren't really something that are celebrated. Sure, we kind of get older, but nobody really acknowledges it. There's no big celebration, no presents, nothing like that. I've been here for over three years and I still don't really get it, I guess.

...anyway, there's this girl. She's a really good friend of mine, and I want to do something nice for her for her birthday. It's at the end of the week. I know that doesn't give me a lot of time, but it's really important it's something special. I guess what I'm asking is...who has a good idea? [Because he sure as hell doesn't.] Thanks in advance.

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Weather's better today. Maybe I should get out of the library for a while. [Think, think, think...oh!] Hey, Luke! Wanna test out those roller blades? Get back to me, I'm bringing them outside anyway.

[And with that he's cutting off the feed. Shortly after, other villagers can find Roxas in the plaza riding on his skateboard, rollerblades thrown over his shoulder. Feel free to say hello.]

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A present for a girl, hm? Well, what sort of things does she like? Does she wear jewelry?

[He thinks for a moment. ...well...he'd never seen her wear jewelry.] Not that I know of. She's a detective, so she's into things most other girls aren't. [He's going to leave out that she spent a long time pretending to be a boy...] But I don't want to get her a book or something.

A detective... You mean she investigates crimes? [Must be boring in a place like Luceti, where there are hardly any crimes to solve...]

Investigates crimes, researches, that sort of thing. She was a detective back in her world, so it all sort of carried over. It's pretty quiet here most of the time though, but when things get weird she's pretty quick to get on it.

Hm... [She thinks for a moment, before a bright smile appears on her face.]

Oh! Oh, I've got it. If you want to make it special, you have to give her a scavenger hunt! One that will lead her from one clue to another, until she eventually finds you and her present!

[...] That's actually not a bad idea. She loves solving clues. It's be perfect for her...but I still don't know exactly what to get her as a real present.

Someone who's closer to her may be able to give a better suggestion for that, I suppose. It's the thought that counts, and the more personal the thought, the better it counts.

[At first he was like "Hey birthdays!"

But then he was like "Wait what is this why do I have to test out roller blades"

And then he was like "Oh."

That's right, Luke promised to try out the roller blades with him during Christmas, huh... Even though they seemed unstable and useless and ugh. But hey, it might be fun... And besides, he did say he'd do it.]

Right now? Sure, I'm not doing anything. Where did you want to go?

[So Roxas. There is this girl and it's important that you give her a special gift? That sounds like ~amore~ to Oswald, so he will leave an appropriate reply. An appropriate reply in a loud, sing-song voice.]

~Roxas has a girlfriend! Roxas has a girlfriend!~

Maybe I'll ask her best friend. Rise seems to know a lot of things about her that might help...but I never would have thought of a scavenger hunt on my own. Thanks a lot.

...let's say it was your birthday instead. What kind of present would you want from your friends?

[Luke-bro. Roxas totally needs girl-advice. This is all a ploy to get you outside to help him.

...and he actually wants to test these things out and hang out with Luke, whatever.]

I'm heading toward the center of town. We can meet up there and then head out to some of the more deserted paths.

[fjdlskajfls yell it louder, Oswald, please.]

Do not. She's just a friend.

All I'd want is for them all to come celebrate my birthday with me. Though, I suppose I wouldn't say no to a nice brooch, or... A necklace. Or perhaps an interesting novel to read.

[Which were all ideas that Roxas had already shot down for his friend, so... That's no good.]

Naw, you've got it good, pal! That ain't something to be ashamed of. Love is a wonderful thing, ya know?

[It's still sort of amusing though. And they're not bad ideas, but he'd have to be really creative with Naoto. Creativity is more Kairi and Xion's department anyway.]

It all just seems so simple. Maybe that's why I don't get why birthdays are such a bit deal.

What makes you think any of this has to do with love? [He's genuinely curious now.]

It isn't the presents that are a big deal. It's showing that you care.

It's 'cause you're putting your heart into it! If she was just any old friend, it wouldn't matter as much how special the present is. A present would just be a present.

But can't a person do that no matter what?

[Roxas would like to argue that he has no heart to speak of, but Oswald has a point.] I don't know if love is the right word for it. That makes it sound serious.

Yes, of course, but a birthday is... Well, it's like Valentine's Day, I suppose. An extra reminder, and a celebration that they were born that many years ago.

[Hey now, Oswald still puts his heart into everything he does too, even if he lost his a long time ago. It's totally proverbial.]

A crush, then! You're gonna woo the little lady, ain't that right?

I don't really get Valentine's Day either, but that's a different story. [What Cheria's saying does make sense, at least.] Okay, okay, fair enough. I guess I should be celebrating the day she was born because without it she wouldn't be here at all.

Um...actually I think I already did without meaning to.

[Oh Roxas, you should not have said that. Here he goes again!]

~Roxas and his girlfriend, sitting in a tree!~

~K. I. S. S. I. N. G!~

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