❀ 3rd Weed in the Garden - Action ❀

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[So what if it's cold today? That won't stop Shiemi, or her new partner Skarmy. The two are determined- Okay, maybe more so Shiemi than the metal bird, but nevertheless they are both out training today. On the edge of the forest a teen girl and a two to three foot metal baby bird can be found practicing moves. So far Taunt and Drill Peck are the only ones Shiemi has recognized.

Before lunch they walk together around the plaza to take a break, and finally about an hour after noon the pair will head to Community Building One. Maybe she can ask Rin to make them lunch. He makes her dinners often enough, but... it's her Birthday. Today she'll want to indulge in his cooking instead of her usual guilty acceptance of her kindness. ...She should learn how to make edible food one day, really.

And that's it. She doesn't make this day a big deal because... well when your world is just your house your birthdays don't tend to be big anyway. Plus: how does I birthday with friends?]

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[Okay so what type of soup. Cheese broccoli, egg drop? Maybe some sort of... actually. He picked up crab the other day, right? He should check the fridge. Maybe he can make a chowder]

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[Shiemi actually has Yukio's gardening tools he got her for her birthday, so she pulls them out to look at them again.]

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[Man what type of soup... what type...]

Oi, is there any you want--

[He turns. What are you looking at]

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[She looks up from her present.]

Something with vegetables!

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[...

...TORTILLA SOUP IT IS]

What are you working on, anyway?

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E-eh? Oh! These are presents from Yuki! I haven't started anything new.

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Why'd he get you a present?!

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Ah, it's um... My birthday.

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Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

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I-it's my birthday?

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[Turn away from his soup prepping (which is currently getting the stock in, he'll be chopping up corn and potatoes soon]

Why didn't you tell me?!

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I-I should have?

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Of course you should've! I'd have baked a cake and got you a gift and... all that sort of stuff!

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All... that?

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Yes all that! It's a birthday, Shiemi!

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I-I just spend m-my birthday with my mother!

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Yeah and you don't gotta do just that. You got me to help you make it a party.

[so why didn't you??]

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I didn't know it was a big deal?

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Shiemi it's a birthday! It's the day you were born, so people gotta throw you a party to thank you for that!

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B-but the day halfway over...

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Theeeeen I can just bake you something for tonight! Get the soup now, cake later.

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Th-thank you!

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[...Headpat] Don't worry about it.

[AND THEN HE SET OFF IN EARNEST TO THE SOUP. And later a cake. And this is so backdated wow]