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Floating Sea
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My half of an art trade with Donut! The story is a bonus, because I needed practice writing Dotti.
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Serah sat me down and brought out a flimsy looking bright pink bag.
"So Dotti, do you know what a birthday is?" She asks me. I shake my head no. "I didn't think so. You probably don't know what day you were born either."
I give her a weird look. Did she mean the day when I became a spirit, or the day I became alive? I haven’t been counting from either, so I can’t really say. I can maybe get it down to a season, but a specific day is too hard. I shake my head.
"That’s fine, because I do! I asked Landi if there was some way we could know, and apparently she learned this ‘Special Day’ spell at a sorority party. Long story short, it turns out that your birthday is actually today!"
She holds the pink bag out to me with an excited look. I take it, and look at her. "What is it?" I ask, projecting my voice into her head.
"It's a gift!" Serah says, before explaining how it was customary to give gifts to friends and family on their birthday. I'm fine with getting stuff, but I don't like the idea of having to remember the exact day every person I know was born. Plus, I'd have to get them stuff too. What does Serah even like? Or Raelynn? It doesn't matter what Landi likes, but I care what those two think!
But... If this was another human thing, then I'd have to get used to it. Hopefully nobody else has a birthday coming up soon though. I really need more time to prepare.
A pleasant smell passes by my nose suddenly. Something meaty, with spices and other tasty flavors. It was coming from... the bag! I pull out the paper stuffed on top and reach in.
It's jerky! Tasty beef jerky! I pull a strip out and devour it.
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