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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, CHEERYCHERRY. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 019.46.820.17 * CHEERYCHERRY has joined 019.46.820.17 <CHEERYCHERRY> It's Riley! <CHEERYCHERRY> Please leave a message! <CHEERYCHERRY>** Please be someone with their priorities sorted out properly!

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Oh my god DO NOT even, if they get wind of the concept of birthdays they'll show up with garbage cakes EVERY SINGLE DAY or something like that!!

pros: nobody's birthday would ever be forgotten again

cons: all of our stuff would go missing

Okay I'm like 80% sure you're just joking but on the chance you're not please do not try and find the bugs I am begging

i just want you to know i thought about waiting AT LEAST 10 minutes before responding again to scare you, but then i realized that would be really mean

Yes that would have been VERY MEAN do not think of doing it again!!!

[ And yet and she still sounds freaked out. ]

yes, ma'am

[ sorry steve she's. like this. ]

Good!! As long as you take that into account.

sure, though this may be the first time i've been scolded for not actually doing anything

I'm not scolding you for not doing it, I'm scolding you for considering it!!

Wait, I'm not scolding you!! >:(
It was a reasonably nervous reaction.

i politely informed you that i decided against it, and i feel scolded :(

I just wanted to make sure you understood

Okay, fine, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to SCOLD.

[ don't apologize to him either, girl, he's just being a shitter ]

sorry i made you think about endless bug cakes

believe me when i say that unless it was a life or death situation, you won't catch me going to talk to those guys for ANYONE on this peninsula

Okay, okay, I believe you.

Do you need any other help with Giorno? I’ve got his number.

i've only ever run into him by coincidence, so

[ contact info, yes. that's probably necessary ]

could be useful

[ And she sends back a series of numbers fast enough that it's clear she didn't have to look them up. ]

There. As long as you don't make it weird, it should be fine.

not making it weird is my top priority

[ It's just a smile.

Why.
Why does it look so threatening.

He's just going to leave the chat window be for now.

In a few days, a flat box will show up at her door. Contained within it is an assortment of painfully eighties leg warmers. Most of them are some fiberoptic color, and there's at least one set embellished with glitter that will show up on other things in the wash like a sparkly plague.

True to his word, he only had to fight a few mannequins to get them, thus saving a pretty penny. ]

"Happy Birthday!"

— Steve

[ Not the most creative sign off, but he's quite the traditionalist with the whole hallmark quality card. ]

[ Honestly after all the Giorno and bugs talk, Riley thinks for a moment she might have dodged a birthday present. It means it reaches her with all the shock Steve's original declaration inspired. All the same sheepish joy. At first, Riley's pleasantly surprised—where in the world did he find something like this...?

While she's far from an expert in fashion, she recognizes the approximate time period these leg warmers would look at home in. It adds to the experience, to say the least.

It's much less awkward to send a text. Even though she types and retypes her message a few times. ]

You know how hard it is to find something that fits over my talons?

Thank you. :)
I sincerely love it.

Hey, no problem. Now I completely get how strange it feels to go from always being covered up to... not. That's me & my relationship with shoes right about now.

Edited 2021-04-16 17:26 (UTC)

It's almost as weird and unsustainable as trying to find tops that accommodate wings.
ALMOST because the weird scaly skin's actually pretty tough? It's not super cold or anything, just kind of bizarre.

I thought they'd look cute, either way, though I wasn't sure what colors you'd be comfortable wearing so I just grabbed a whole bunch.

[ She waits. Like, maybe a minute, debating whether to say anything. But— ]

Birthdays have always been kind of weird for me. This is actually around when my brother’s would be. My mom and dad made kind of a production of it. No matter how busy they were, they’d drop everything for him. Even if just a few weeks before they were swamped. When I was really little, I think they tried, but the older I got the more it became obvious my parents really only had time for one kid, and
It wasn’t me.

So this really does mean a lot.

Listen, I've got a lot of love to give, so don't ever worry I'm wasting it on you just 'cause your parents had a limited supply. I don't always know what to write back and I probably joke around too much, but I always, always care, okay?

[ And he knows all of that took a lot to say, because she literally said it was hard the other day. ]

Thanks for telling me, Riley.

Edited 2021-04-17 01:39 (UTC)

I don't think I've told anyone this before.
Well, I mean
I've only ever talked about it with Cairo but not a whole lot. Only because she made me.
Talking about it makes it feel like they're listening or

Like they're going to bust in or something.

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