The 29th Sundrop

[tangledintower]

Okay, I have a question!


Sooo...When I left home to come here, it was my birthday at home. Which was in the summer. But it was winter here...so I guess it wasn't really my birthday here.

But my birthday is this month, so I'm really confused about what I should be doing. Am I turning 18 because it wasn't my birthday when I got here? Or am I turning 19 because it was my birthday at home when I left?

Pascal and I have been talking about this, and we both got confused...so he suggested asking somebody here, because somebody here MUST know what I should be doing.

Time here is very confusing, isn't it? Because...even though my birthday is this month, back home, when I go back, it'll be my birthday again, but not this specific one...

I think I'm giving myself a headache trying to think about this.

Comments

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Huh? Oh! Nah, it's fine. Hopefully someone will know how this works, though.

So, when's your birthday? Mine's the 16th.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Mine's the 21st!

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

That's cool! We're pretty close.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

We really are! How old will you be turning, maybe?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Uh... [His mouth twitches to one side as he thinks.] Twenty-two, I think. Depending on, yeah, how stuff works here and everything.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay! Then I guess you should just go with that number. And I guess I'll just go with 19, maybe possibly!

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Okay, cool. I guess the bright side of this is that there probably isn't a wrong answer, so we can probably choose how we wanna look at it.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

That's probably right! You make a lot of sense, you know that?

I'm Rapunzel, by the way. What's your name?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

I do? [He doesn't get that very often.] Cool.

Oh, uh, I'm Neil. Nice to meet you, and stuff.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

It's nice to meet you too!

Neil. That's a nice name.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Y'think so? Thanks.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Have you been here long?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Not really. Just comin' up on a month here. How 'bout you?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've been here since January. I think it was January, anyway.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Oh, whoa. So you're like an expert by now.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I learn something new every day! There are people who have been here much longer than me.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Oh. Yeah, that makes sense. Y'never stop learning, I guess.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I don't think you do. It's exciting, isn't it?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's pretty tight. 'S like endless expansion packs, for life.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

[Lol she doesn't get it.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Uh... n-never mind. Sometimes I shouldn't say words.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

No, no, don't think that! I'm sorry...I don't get things sometimes, that's all...part of living a sheltered life, I think.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Nah, sometimes I say stuff that doesn't make sense to most people. That's probably sorta a sheltered life thing, too, actually.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I didn't understand it. I don't get things sometimes, it's not your fault.

Really?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't really get out much. I'm used to people not getting stuff, 'cause, y'know. I play a lot of video games and stuff. Read a lot of genre-heavy books, watch a lot of... obscure TV shows, that kind of thing. [He smiles sheepishly.] If you don't get what I'm saying, ever, it's probably 'cause of that.