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[blackestwitch]

Two questions for you all. One of them minor but kind of personally important. The second more of an excuse for you to ramble at me.

Okay, first. How do people usually keep track of birthdays around here? Because I should be turning sixteen very soon, except now it's like May and I've lost a bunch of months. Do I have to do math to figure out when I turn sixteen or do I just keep saying I'm fifteen for another half a year? This is important. I could be driving.

Setting that aside for a moment, an open question. More of a request, really. Can you tell me about magic in your world? I always assumed magic was kind of a universal constant, but from what little I've learned, it seems like magic can come in many different forms depending on the world. So tell me about yours.

I'd be happy to answer any questions about my world's magic in return. I can't use it myself but I ran a podcast about it. Maybe I'll even compile the information I learn here into something like that.

Maddie out.

Comments

[blackestwitch]

Once you're that old you start lying about your age. That's when people are going to want to hold off their birthdays for as long as possible.

[nojohnyouare]

Maybe. Though the people I'm close to... None of them much care.

[blackestwitch]

The point is, birthdays are more important to the younger.

[nojohnyouare]

Probably. Or people in relationships. Back home, anyway.

[blackestwitch]

I wouldn't know about that, I've never had a girlfriend.

[nojohnyouare]

It's difficult. And complicated. Even when people are better about it than normal. ...But maybe you can.

[blackestwitch]

I doubt that's in the cards for me. Especially here, where there's maybe two girls around my age. And odds are against there even being anybody else gay here in the first place.

[nojohnyouare]

Those odds don't always make sense. My group were chosen purposely the last time, but a lot of us came here by chance at the same time anyway. So strange coincidences... Possible.

[A long pause before Mai remembers that Maddie might actually need context for the demographics of the Fantasy Sweet's Champions.]

19 bisexuals and 1 lesbian between the ages of 18 and 2,035.

[blackestwitch]

That seems statistically improbable.

[nojohnyouare]

Kip's fault.

[blackestwitch]

Who is Kip?

[nojohnyouare]

An alien who eats hazelnut spread out of the jar with his hand. Not sensible. And deceived us for a long time. But... A good person in the end.

[blackestwitch]

I'm not sure I want to know more.

But hazelnut spread is like Nutella, right?

[nojohnyouare]

Right. He lives off of sugar. And dislikes meat.

[blackestwitch]

Living off of sugar sounds pretty good. Maybe not deceiving everyone?

But props for not inviting straight people, I guess.

[nojohnyouare]

Things got complicated. Better now.

The demographics of this place... Apparently actually coincidence. But a lot from my group still arrived at once. So maybe it's still biased.

[blackestwitch]

That'd be nice, even if there's still only like two girls here my age.

[nojohnyouare]

True. People seem to come in regularly. At least it sounds that way.

[blackestwitch]

So you're saying more girls my age might arrive, and with the bias towards at least non-straight people, I might stand a chance.

Thanks.

[nojohnyouare]

I'm not good at encouragement. But I think so.

Happy birthday. For when that is.