audio; un: adagium

[profanation]

[ There is the sound of a party horn. ]

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[burningfree]

... What was that for?

:')

[profanation]

Isn't a man entitled to a little celebration, every so often?

[burningfree]

Is that what that was.

What are you celebrating?

[profanation]

Oh, just a day that once meant something in my homeworld.

[burningfree]

Oh.

Well, congratulations, I suppose. I don't celebrate holidays.

[profanation]

I don't really, either.
But, well, who am I to ignore the whims of fate and reject a party horn placed so fortuitously upon my desk?

[burningfree]

That's what they're called? I always called them noise makers.

I'm assuming someone else from your world must have placed it on your desk for the occasion, or else that's quite the coincidence.

[profanation]

Oh, not necessarily. I did fill out my birthday when I applied for a job here, so it was probably a co-worker with a sense of humour. :)

[burningfree]

[Oh.]

Oh.

If you were referring to your birthday, well

I figure that date still carries significance regardless of what world you're in.

Not that I even remember mine.

Happy birthday, though.

[profanation]

Oh, you stop caring after a span of time.

I'm a little too old for it to be relevant... but like I said, fate, party horn... you know the rest ;)

But nevertheless, thank you!

[burningfree]

I don't actually know how old I am, so I couldn't say.

[He had a vague idea, but there were some years at some point in his life that had made him lose track of time, and by extension, a good chunk of his early childhood. He'd stopped trying to force himself to remember ages ago.]

Did you celebrate when you were younger?

[profanation]

Small things. Normally to give thanks to the Gods.

I've since grown out of that.

[burningfree]

You celebrated your birthday by giving thanks to the Gods?

[Lio is pretty sure he misunderstood that.]

[profanation]

Oh yes.

I was a very pious man back in the day :)

[burningfree]

[Huh. So he had read that right.]

What changed that?

[profanation]

Life experience.

[burningfree]

You're really on about being 'old', aren't you? Exactly how old do you need to be to end up that jaded?

[profanation]

For me?
It was when I was 33.

[burningfree]

[Uh.]

That isn't old at all. Sounds to me like it had less to do with age and more to do with significant life events.

That, I can relate to.

[profanation]

Well, the other 2000-odd years do add up.

But it's good to know I'm in with others who've had eventful lives!

[burningfree]

[What the hell!]

I take it back. You are old.

[profanation]

;)

That was cheeky of me. But I couldn't resist!

[burningfree]

I don't know how this place is still throwing me for a loop. I shouldn't be surprised, but here I am, shocked I'm talking to a 2033 year old man.

Unless you're messing with me.

[profanation]

It's actually 2069 by my count now, but anything under a century is pocket change when you're waiting.

You know, there are far older beings here than I.

[burningfree]

That's unbelievable.

I mean, I know it's probably true, but it's still unbelievable. As far as I know, no one in my world has ever lived much past 100. Is it common to live so long in your world?