An Inquiring Mind Wants To Know [text; failed privacy filter from Minako]

[redpeacoat]

[Through luck, Shinjiro had managed to find out it was a certain someone's birthday. Birthdays have never really been important to him. He's been poor all of his life, living off of what the government and eventually part-time jobs provided him. He and his best friend would get cake when they were younger, but that was about it. The one time he tried to change that...well, he'd approached it the wrong way through thievery (and was promptly punished for doing so by his best friend).

Things are a little different here in Vatheon. He can help make her day special without digging into his pocket. But since money isn't an issue, choosing the right gift is.

Now he must reach out. Text was a good way not to get too social with a person, so he thought.]

what's a good birthday gift for a girl?

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[dontyoujustwish]

What's a good birthday gift for a boy? Sports? Beef? A knuckle sandwich?

[redpeacoat]

that shit's not helping

i want to do something nice for her.

[Gender roles aren't an issue with him. Mitsuru taught him that a girl could hand his ass to him...after encasing him in a block of ice.

Socializing...that was something he wasn't keen on. And now even text conversations are becoming a headache.]

why did i even bother asking here

[dontyoujustwish]

[That doesn't mean Anya can't be offended on behalf of an unknown woman. She is very good at that.]

I don't know.

Why don't you just ask her what she wants and then get it for her instead of asking a bunch of strangers about female stereotypes?

[redpeacoat]

[It'll take a while for him to understand what it is that upsets people like Anya. She's a tiny bit like Mitsuru from what he can tell in the text.]

wanted it to be a surprise

if i ask directly, she'll figure it out. she's no dummy

[dontyoujustwish]

Surprise doesn't last.

Wouldn't you rather get exactly what you wanted than be surprised with something you hate and be stuck with it out of a sense of obligaton?