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[affectioning]

[ Scott is currently at the shelter-clinic. Behind him, there are obvious signs of remodeling and construction. He decided to get a jump on the day and to paint the new front desk. He looks a little confused as he addresses the network. ]

Morning, everyone. The clinic's coming along. We're still doing construction but the front desk is put together! [ A smile as he leans out of frame, leans back. He looks around. Huh. ] Hey, has anyone seen two brushes? I bought them yesterday along with paint. But, they seem to be gone? If you took them, it's cool, I just need them back. I only get so much money a month.

[ Which sparks an idea as he takes a seat on the unfinished desk. ]

Also, I've been thinking, when I'm not here I should get a part time job. Is anybody hiring right now? I only have experience at an animal clinic but I'm a quick learner. And I'm stronger than I look. [ A smile. You know, for when... he's a stock boy or something. He's advertising himself, okay? ]

Um, has anyone celebrated their birthday, gotten here, and realized it's just around the corner again? Would this make me 18? Do I skip the year? Lose it? I haven't even been 17 for two months. Should I do something? Can I? [ Is it not allowed. Maybe he'll be seventeen again? ] Just wondering.

[ ooc: Someone has raided the shelter! And taken two brushes and a can of paint. Feel free to admit it's you or to not! ]

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[vdova]

[ It's the last question she ponders, and finally ends up answering. ] In regards to your age, I think that if you pick whatever age you want to be, no one will complain. It's your birthday, after all.

[affectioning]

[ He thinks about that and while it makes sense, he also has a mother who is clinging to her seventeen year old son who is also a werewolf. Jumping a year in age might not be the best thing for her. And doesn't she kind of get a say? ]

My mom might not be happy. [ Because, yes, she's here, too. ] I don't know if it would change anything. [ He'd feel weird going around and saying he's eighteen now. Other than one glaring example, he is the paragon of honesty, of goodness. ] I could still have a party, though.

[hexuality]

I was sixteen when I arrived here and I just turned twenty-one. I think it's up to you.

[affectioning]

I want to be eighteen? But, I want what comes with being eighteen: graduation, the summer, college.

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[hischair]

Someone's going to make a wisecrack about only being young once and holding onto your youth, but being eighteen sounds way better to me. You've got more leeway in what you can do.

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[affectioning]

What else can you do at eighteen? [ Wait, he knows this. ] Buy cigarettes and porn. [ Legally. Does the City have porn? Don't answer that. Don't read his mind. He just said the word, porn, publicly on the network. Also, he didn't exactly have zero access to porn back home. Why is he still thinking about porn? ] What other leeway is there?

[valentineluke]

One of my Oh Aces waitstaff has recently exited. The opening is part-time day shift for the cafe.

[affectioning]

I've never waited before. Do you train?

[lupusalpha]

You're seventeen.

[By all accounts you'll be seventeen for a while.]

[affectioning]

I won't be forever.

[ Will he be seventeen forever? Has he not gotten the memo where he doesn't age? Sounds like it. ]

I know it wouldn't count.

[lefthandedgenius]

Well of course you're having a party.

[And the sky is blue and water is wet.

And clearly Lydia is going to have to step in and throw this party for Scott, or it won't get done properly.]

[affectioning]

I don't even know if I'm acknowledging it, yet.

[ But, of course Lydia Martin will throw him a party. You were at one last week, why do you need another party? And if it's Scott, it'd be a small party at his mom's apartment. They did that already. He doesn't want her to spend more money. So, what are they going to do? ]

I've never thrown a party before. [ His mom planned the housewarming, he just told people about it. ]

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[thenormalsquint]

We can use a pair of extra hands at the shop. There's no animals except for the customers, though.

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[affectioning]

I can be a pair of extra hands. [ And he likes Angela! ]

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[subecho]

I recall you a... healer. Were you not?

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[affectioning]

[ Give him a second. Right, the curse. He smiles. ]

Sort of. During the pirate curse. Yeah. But, I worked with animals back home. [ Kind of like a hero. ] It's Thor, right? I'm Scott.

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[anatural]

How do you know your birthday's coming up again?

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[affectioning]

Because, my birthday's on August 23rd. It's August 18th.

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[mamanurse]

Honey, as far as I can tell, you're still seventeen. Meaning I remember being in a hospital for sixteen hours seventeen years ago. Not eighteen.

Just for the record.

[And she winks at him over the network, with a grin. Ah, yes, the age-old "how long I was in labor with you" card. Moms around the world relied on it.]

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[affectioning]

[ Why publicly? Why? ]

Sixteen hours?

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[mortemscintilla]

I ... guess it's okay to be whatever age you pick. [ He scrubs an awkward hand through his hair, mumbling, ] People lie about their ages all the time.

[ Except Li. He lies about so much more 8| ]

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[affectioning]

Yeah, they do. [ And he still has his fake ID. ] If my mom weren't here, maybe I would. It would make some things easier. Make me sound more professional. But, she is. And I did just turn seventeen two months before getting here.

[fastest_dude_ever]

So you're about to be legal?!

[affectioning]

Maybe? I don't know. I don't think so. But, maybe.

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[stelecharm]

The thing that I can't get my head around is why anyone in their right mind would want to go out of their way to steal a paint brush.

[ He's judging whoever did it, but, hey, it's an ice breaker for making new friends, so whatever. ] And if you've only just had your birthday, stick with that age. It seems like the most logical way to go about it.

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[affectioning]

[ THANK YOU. ]

Why didn't they take the paint, too?

[ Or, why steal either? ]

Yeah, everything thinks that.