15th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Voice

[uccellodifuoco]

[Filtered from Kotomi | Unhackable 5% 75% by Selphie]

[Yes, he fails at filters.]

General question for all of you. What would you-...

[No, that's not a good idea. He doesn't need that, she has told him several times, right? She likes books, which means a book is probably the best gift, he doesn't need to ask what to give her. A book will do. She also liked the plushies he gave her before so there's that, maybe he can get a teddy bear for her on top of it, since if she loves books that much she probably has read a lot of them.

Then again, maybe that only applies to the ones in her world, and there are way too many books in the world to read them all anyway. Yes, that sounds like a good question. He clears his throat a bit.]

Book recommendations. Anyone knows of interesting books to read? Novels, tales, science, any theme will do.

[She probably will enjoy it either way so... Should he ask that it won't be too complicated? No, even if she reads them to him as well he can ask if he doesn't get something. It's a gift just for her after all.]

Comments

[justicereigns]

[Arches an eyebrow.] Suit yourself phoenix.

[Makes them both a sandwich and offers Ikki to him, while slipping Hyoga some cold cuts.]

Though you know, they say if a girl and your pet get along, you should never lose one or the other.

[uccellodifuoco]

[Oh, he does. Don't worry.]

I tried to lose both of them when I saw they got along. Hyoga wasn't favorable to the idea so they don't get along that well.

[justicereigns]

[Oh. That's a little alarming.]

You tried to get rid of Hyoga?

[uccellodifuoco]

I told him to leave for a while, he ended dragging people here instead and when I told Kotomi that she could take care of him since they got along, the bastard bit me.

[justicereigns]

Because he cares about you idiot, or he wouldn't have brought her back.

[uccellodifuoco]

I think you're messing things, I'm talking about way before the experiment. She had never been here to begin with so she couldn't be "brought back". It happened while you were having your sex change.

[justicereigns]

By "back" I mean back to the apartment that you kicked him out of.

[Smoker actually knew the timing, since Kotomi mentioned it was wwhen she first arrived.]

[uccellodifuoco]

No, he did that because he's stupid and doesn't get what "wanting to be alone" means.

[justicereigns]

Being alone isn't all it's cracked up to be.

[The other present he got from the Malnosso.] Hyoga's pretty smart, I bet he picked up on more than you realize.

[uccellodifuoco]

Whatever.

[Where the heck is his volcano when he needs it.]

[justicereigns]

[Sighs.]

What's your justice tell you?

[uccellodifuoco]

Regarding what?

[You thought it would be easy?]

[justicereigns]

Your friend who's a girl.

[See how he sidestepped that girlfriend word? ALSO a pause.]

And not me.

[uccellodifuoco]

My justice tells me that I should learn when is Selphie's birthday. I suppose.

[Selphie totally fits the description of "a friend who is a girl".]

[justicereigns]

[That randomly distracted Smoker. For now.]

Oh hey. When is her birthday? Coming up??

[uccellodifuoco]

I don't remember clearly, but I think it's on summer. I'll have to ask to make sure, I knew when it was when we were siblings but the actual date didn't stick to mind.

[justicereigns]

[Rubs his chin.] May? It was a week after I started dating Grell.

[uccellodifuoco]

I said summer. It has to be from June onwards, May is still spring.

[justicereigns]

When were the new feathers that time?

Wait. This is stupid. Let's just check the journal. [Flips his open to look for things.]

[uccellodifuoco]

The New Feathers? January, March, May... On July for summer would be the New Feather's cycle. Unless it changes.

[Counting with his fingers. Good thing he goes to basically all the New Feathers parties, easy to keep track of it.]

[justicereigns]

[Pulls up a post.]

Hah. May 6th. And that was right after the event because I thought I left my socks with Labrador when we were married.

[uccellodifuoco]

[Just eying the journal.]

What are you trying to prove with that? We were talking about Selphie's birthday not about where you left your socks and underwear after an experiment.

[justicereigns]

That was the experiment you were siblings with Selphie, wasn't it?

[uccellodifuoco]

Ah, that's what you meant? Yes, the experiment was at the end of April.

[justicereigns]

Maybe she has a post about her birthday...

[Yup. Whatever else he was doing before is forgotten for now.]