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[timelymaid]

whens your birthday?
im curious
and how do you normally celebrate it at your home?

where im originally from we dont use years or months or any of these things as a time term
a sweep isnt even equivalent to a year
and you have one wriggling day a sweep
although theres not much you do on them compared to human parties which i think are more fun
i cant even begin to figure out how you would equate a wriggling day to a yearly thing anyway
so i just did what jake suggested and picked something else for fun

speaking of!
ive got a list now and since i need to get it to several people this seems appropriate
sans terezi nepeta equius gamzee the birthday calendar is as follows:
february 14 eridan ampora february 22 sollux captor march 25 aradia megido
april 13 john egbert and jane crocker august 31 kanaya maryam
september 21 or 22 karkat vantas because whichever is the equinox!
and then december 1 is jake english and jade harley
december 3 is strider day
and december 4 is lalonde day

so that crosses off everyone i know from home but i do not have the days of everyone i know here
thus this very important question!
if you dont have one we can pick one because this is exciting!

[ as always, if you respond in something else, Aradia will match you. ]

Comments

[enjoymyatelier]

Well, whenever there's something specific you'd like to know about, feel free to ask.

[timelymaid]

ditto that!

huh
you know ive heard the phrase before from my friends but
was that started in this world or is it an earth thing

[enjoymyatelier]

It's a phrase that's common in my world, actually, though that isn't particularly uncommon in respect to Pokemon names. A vast majority of them are just terrible puns or portmanteaus from my perspective.

[timelymaid]

really?
which ones are puns???
i mean i think i know one or two
but im not sure if im missing any for reasons of different cultures
and i think it would be a perfect shame if i were missing out on a joke!

[enjoymyatelier]

Too many to count, I'd say, but things like Gastly and Spearow immediately come to mind. There's not really anything I can think of there that would be difficult to miss with Gastly unless you consider the wordplay there so cringe-inducingly obvious that it goes right over your head, but "Spearow" is a play on an animal that exists in my world called a sparrow.

[timelymaid]

well i knew about gastly
like
oh my how gastly a deed!!!
but i didnt know about spearow
we dont have sparrows on alternia

[enjoymyatelier]

That, and it's also a Poison type, so it's also a pun on "gas." But yes-for the most part, if it's not a pun you get, it probably has something to do with an animal that doesn't exist in your world.

[timelymaid]

ahaha oh my gosh
i wonder what the reasoning is for that in universe
as in
in this universe??
do scientists here all enjoy puns
is that like a scientist requirement in pokemon world

[enjoymyatelier]

I honestly can't say. It seems as though some Pokemon are named after the noises they make-for example, the fairly ubiquitous Pikachu-but others are just incredibly silly.

[SAYS THE MAN WHO NAMED HIS MYSTIC CODE "MERCURY ROLLING THING" IN A DEAD LANGUAGE]

[timelymaid]

perhaps silly names are how scientists keep themselves amused here
i guess my own naming scheme isnt all that scientific either
but im not naming the species just the specific iteration!

[enjoymyatelier]

They may have more dignified scientific names, thinking about it. I haven't had access to this world's scientific literature, so I can't say... it's possible that all the names we're familiar with are just bizarre common names, which might make a bit more sense.

[timelymaid]

that actually would make a lot more sense...
perhaps we should look into trying to access some scientific literature? :|?

[enjoymyatelier]

Hopefully some of it exists in a form that's available to the general public; though, given my luck with other things of this nature, I doubt that's likely.

[timelymaid]

well if i see any around i will let you know!!
obviously haha :)

and on that note i will let you go this time! :p
since i have extracted your birthday from you

[enjoymyatelier]

Ah, yes. We've been talking for quite some time, haven't we? Well, it's best not to exhaust every avenue of conversation right now, so I believe I'll speak to you some other time.