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Tweak says, "Missed it by that much!"

Hemingway. (ernestoic) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-10-06 13:14:00

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lacey burrows, sunila montrose

It is my son's birthday on Thursday. In my mind, he should be turning four, but as the island has it's own ideas, it looks like it will be his eighth unless things revert by then.

Well, I think I shall give him some sort of treat in Florida- what would anyone from the time suggest? He's never had a party before, and- he hasn't experienced much that this time has to offer, either.

And of course- anyone that would like to celebrate with us is welcome, especially if you have children.

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	smasher_of_laws 2013-10-06 09:18 am UTC (link)
	I am sorry, but-- what its meaning by "might be his seventh birthday"? I mean, surely you know how old your child IS...! (Reply to this) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-10-06 09:22 am UTC (link)

Actually monsieur, he doesn't in fact, know how old his child is! Because I do believe that he's claimed to me before that the child was two going on three - which makes sense to me, given his size: about half of his father's height, as of when I met him, and growing like a bloody little weed, of course...!

Ernest, sweet, I think that you need to rest a little bit more, maybe...?

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	ernestoic 2013-10-06 09:27 am UTC (link)
	The timelines are terribly confusing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-10-06 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	Wait half a mo...! I mean: honest, dear, I think that you really need to rest, because the whole idea of forgetting whether your son came to you here at aged two or three is just... ridiculous to me, and I'm the one dealing with Pregnancy Brain now....! ~~Urgh, men!~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ernestoic
2013-10-06 01:13 pm UTC (link)

Yes, when I- left home, he was two, nearly three. He was brought to me afterwards, and judging by the look of him, he wasn't much changed. If we went by our own timeline, he would have had his third birthday some months ago. But, as it is, the island brought him here at an earlier month than it had been at home. Therefore, on our timeline, his third birthday would already have passed, and although a full year hasn't passed since then, merely months, I don't know if it is best to age him down to three or up to four. I opted for up, because he hates to be babied. And because he may resent that less when it comes to being 21 etc.

Am I babbling?

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	aphotic_auror 2013-10-06 01:19 pm UTC (link)
	A little bit, but it's ~~cute~~ fine anyway's...! I understand you completely - and ~~it IS rather cute!~~ I mean, I think that I understand you completely... which is...sorta scary, given how long we've really been living together, as opposed to how long we've supposed to have lived together, given how old Bumby is now! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm. Not many people tend to understand me so soon. ~~Perhaps this is why we end up together~~ Yes- does it really scare you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-10-06 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm. No, not really, I suppose; it's just a turn of phrase, one which apparently I overuse I guess.... Sorry dear! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 09:42 am UTC (link)
	What do you think we should do? If you ask him, his answer is simply "chocolate". I blame you for that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-10-06 09:57 am UTC (link)
	Indeed, does he really? Ha! Smart kid...! Ha ha! I mean, all I really want to do is lie about and eat chocolate myself-- even IF there's other things I really should be doing - like, say, taking the money from your "Hemingway Impersonations" (HA!) and getting a nursery together for the island...! And of course, exercise, as well... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ernestoic
2013-10-06 05:06 pm UTC (link)

Yes, you know, I really could sell off genuine manuscripts, but I think they might be rather surprised to find that much of it wasn't typed on that typewriter they babble on about, but on a laptop computer, or scribbled in biro pen. They might question it's authenticity, hmm?

Shit- yes- a nursery? I suppose so. ~~There can't be much time~~. I don't really know what that involves these days- do you want me to get anything in particular?

[ooc- OH SHIT they are going to be left without a baby but with all this BABY STUFF!]

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aphotic_auror
2013-10-06 05:35 pm UTC (link)

Depends what a Biro pen is, exactly; I mean, if it would be more authentic, I do still have a quill and ink somewhere in mine -- old flat, I suppose, it is now...! Hope no one else has moved into it! Hah!

Anyway's, well... I could use some receiving blankets and a few gowns for the baby to keep warm in, of course, but not much else, just yet - not till we know whether it's a boy or girl, I mean to say! Because really, the clothes are always so dead cute for either gender, and I don't want to buy up anything wrong! Especially given how rare it is that there are babies on this island, in order to make use of the clothes, should I say, buy out a baby store of all their little boy clothes, and then end up with a little girl! I mean, there's something on the plaque on that door about it staying open for a good month, right? I'm sure I'll have given birth by then!

((Ooc: LOL! X-D <3 All the more reason to pressure poor Rhonda into giving birth to a real baby even SOONER, am I rite? X-D <3))

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	ernestoic 2013-10-06 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	It's not something we had in my time. It's a rather wonderful invention, where the ink is already inside the length of the pen, and it flows out most wonderfully without a need for any ink-dipping or- I'll show you one, sometime. All right, then I'll see what I find. A crib, maybe? A pram? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-10-06 06:10 pm UTC (link)

Indeed? I think I've seen those, rather... Only I don't think it would be distinguishable from a regular ink-dipping pen...! I mean, I'm certain that Mrs Tonks - Ted's mum, a Muggle, you know? - well... Anyway's, I don't think she uses a quill to write in the journals we kept back home and yet -- her handwriting was indistinguishable from her son's as far as the strokes of the pen....

[...] Now why should I want a crib for the baby? I mean, having to get up with it, when I could just sleep next to it in the bed...! I swear to Merlin, I'm far too lazy to make any use of a bloody cot for any baby of mine...! Heh!

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	ernestoic 2013-10-06 09:28 am UTC (link)
	Well, he has grown a number of years overnight. The island has a strange sense of humour. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-10-06 09:30 am UTC (link)
	Ah, indeed, I understand you completely, gospodin...! I mean, children grow so damnable fast, these days, do they not? It's rather... sad, is it not? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 09:31 am UTC (link)
	Yes, although I mean it a little more literally. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-10-06 09:32 am UTC (link)
	What do you mean "literally"? I do not understand, I'm afeared...! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 09:33 am UTC (link)
	No one understands. He woke up one day, and he was many years older than he had been the night before. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-10-06 09:39 am UTC (link)
	I am sorry, but.... WHAT?! How... how can that be? I... Это бред! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 09:41 am UTC (link)
	I'll be damned if I know. From my experience, time sometimes doesn't follow the rules that we expect it to. This island must be on an unstable point or- science was never my strong point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-10-06 09:48 am UTC (link)
	Что за вздор! Я хочу сказать, где мы, так или иначе? I mean... I am sorry, gospodin; I believe only my dear friend Razumikhin is the only one upon this strange land who knows my native tongue...! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 09:53 am UTC (link)
	No need to apologise. Unfortunately I only know a smattering of European languages, myself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smasher_of_laws 2013-10-06 10:01 am UTC (link)
	Aha! Parlez-vous français? Because I certainly speak... un peu, du moins! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	proud_miserable 2013-10-06 03:44 pm UTC (link)
	Is your son used to the water? I think a simple beach party would be fun for him. My daughter and I would like to come to whatever type of party you have. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, that is a rather swell idea! There is much entertainment at the beaches here already. And you'd be most welcome. He's such an isolated little boy, it would be nice for him to meet some children. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	proud_miserable 2013-10-07 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	I just have the one child, but she's met other children at the daycare they've set up. Have you sent your son there? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lacey_burrows 2013-10-06 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	Do you need any help? I can make a cake or cupcakes or help with decorations. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, that would be wonderful, as long as it isn't too much trouble. He's been obsessed with the idea of chocolate cake since he had his first taste on the island a few months ago- are you able to do something like that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacey_burrows 2013-10-07 02:24 pm UTC (link)
	Absolutely! What type of chocolate does he like? Milk chocolate, white chocolate, dark chocolate? What's his name? I can put it on the cake. Is there going to be a theme to the party? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-10-07 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Ooh, could you maybe make it a White-Dark-AND-Milk Chocolate Ganache of some sort? Then again... would that maybe too rich for the kiddo? I mean, I wouldn't want him to get sick on his birthday...! Anyway's: his name's Jack if you really want to decorate it for us, too! Cheers so very much for doing this for us, for serious...! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lacey_burrows 2013-10-07 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	I could top a cake with a swirled white, dark and milk chocolate ganache. That wouldn't be too rich, would it? Or have a ganache filling or layer cake with ganache between the layers? I'd be happy to decorate it! Jack's an easy name to fit on a cake. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	blue_eyed_force 2013-10-06 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	I'll come to the party. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	Excellent! I think we shall have it on the beach. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blue_eyed_force 2013-10-07 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	That'll be fun! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	babymoose 2013-10-06 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	Does he like to read? Books or comic books are cool. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	He does indeed. What a lovely idea, thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-10-06 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	True enough, sweet, but really - what are you thinking of regarding the books, exactly? I mean, it's not as if they're not plentiful upon this island already...! Hah... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ernestoic 2013-10-06 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing, really. I was just being polite. (Reply to this) (Parent)