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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. ]

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There isn't really one way to celebrate someone's birthday, it depends on the person and the culture.

So a wriggling day is similar to someone's birthday?

'Don't have one, sorry.

'Though d'you mind if I take note of my kids' birthdays? Didn't know some of the new ones.

it is!
its the day we were born on at least

so how does your culture celebrate?
i dont believe weve met by the way
im aradia megido

Well, we'll have to pick one! Did you want me to tell you the pokemon star signs? You can always pick a month based on which pokemon you like best out of the twelve!

I don't mind, that's what the list is there for. All the trolls had to pick something, and I figured this was the best way to broadcast the list to anyone who wanted the days!

[That's some familiar text. Well, he can take a break from reading now, he supposes.]

There isn't a unit of time called a sweep where I am from, to my knowledge. What is the approximate conversion rate between a sweep and a year?

And how does one pick out a birthday?

Then a sweep is the same idea as a year? Except it's not the same length? [ so curious, meeting all these interesting people with their very different cultures. ]

You're right, we haven't. I'm Joonhee Kang.

Usually just dinner with family, sometimes friends will get together and have a party. Outside of friends and family birthday doesn't mean much since in my country you grow one year older on January 1st, not your birthday.

hi phillip!
a sweep is about 2.16 years

and you really just choose a day you like and say
okay this is my birthday
every human year i will now celebrate it with cake

That's a bri~lliant idea.

What did you choose, Aradia?

March 25th! Although Whimsicott is the April pokemon, the human Aries sign says March 25th is allowed, so. Whimsicott's horns look like mine, and those of my lusus.

Anyway! The list is, from January to December: Sawsbuck, Simipour, Alomomola, Whimsicott, Bouffalant, Klink, Crustle, Braviary, Gothorita, Lampent, Scolipede, and Fraxure!

yes!
its not surprising our solar years are different though
im not from earth!

so if youre born on january 2nd
you still grow one year older only on january 1st?
thats interesting
what country is that

Spring 29.

Your horns? [Y'know, I don't think any of the trolls have told him about the horns. Though he's not judging; he's genuinely interested.]

I've only ever heard of a Whimsicott. Which one d'you think might suit me?

hm
so thats
i think thats april or may 29?
if were translating

Hello, Aradia Megido. Again, thank you for your information.

That seems a rather simple method of making a decision. [Ah, it reminds him a bit of Akiko...] Unfortunately, I do not have a preference for any particular day.

It's the second to last day of Spring.

All trolls have horns! We're also normally gray, and the whites of our eyes are yellow. Those are the biggest superficial differences I can think to mention. Anyway, the horns differ from troll to troll, so it was...sort of surprising to see mine on a pokemon.

[ Give her a second to consider. ] August, with Braviary! That's the only bird pokemon in that list, and birds do like to sing.

its not a problem!
im happy to help

do you not have a birthday at home then?

june 18
i think
according to the calendar spring is from march 20 to june 20 here
this year

Oh, that makes sense. [ sort of. once he gets over the omg alien bit. ] Where are you from then? Earth does exist where you come from though?

Yes, and you stay the same age all year regardless of when you were born. We do use the international age for some things though.

I'm from Korea.

alternia!
and it does
i have human friends who are from earth :D

what things do you use the international age for?
is international age the one dependent on when you were born

oh ive never heard of that earth country before!
so far i know about canada and america
and that europe is a continent

[He considers mention the buttons for a moment, to make the connection that they were both different in the past life and try and strengthen a bond... but he's mildly sure that freaked out Kanaya and it always leads to bad things, so he stops himself.]

Sounds beautiful, to me. Are your horns anything like a ram's? [It's one of the few animals with horns that comes to mind. Bulls are the other.]

And I su~re do love to sing. Braviary it is!

[ Aradia probably would have been fine with it, since human biology is already weird. ]

Yes! They are apparently just like that, from what I've learned. And I've never really sung much; maybe to myself when I was exploring, but I never really learned professionally or anything.

Okay, now pick a number between one and thirty-one!

[If only he were so happy asking for help. Ah well, getting used to not being able to search whatever the heck he wanted will take some time.]

If I do, I do not remember it. I do not think I would be opposed to it, however.

how do you mean you do not remember it?
are you something other than human at home
or in a state other than alive

I've never heard of that planet.

International age is based on chronological aging, yes. For official documents and legal documents mostly. But day to day people use their Korean age.

So your human friends are from Canada and America? Korea is in Asia, which is another continent.

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