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[Back dated to the 11th.

Four. Four birthdays in Luceti. Honestly none of them have ever been very exciting, but maybe it's better that way. Calling attention to age, especially now that she's 20, is a little of a scary thought. Instead she'll act like it's a normal day for most of it. Taking her dog for a walk in the late morning, spending time in the smithy, and even grocery shopping a bit. Eventually sometime in the afternoon, before dinner, she'll ask the village a question:]

A question for everyone: How do you feel about growing older here? Whether you already have or not. Is it scary to think about?
[Families? Relationships? Are they even a good idea? Despite the fact those are things she wants.]

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[There is a surprise waiting for Winry at home when she... gets home. Haruhi may or may not have consulted Elicia or Ed about this, but honestly she just waltzed past Den, broke into Winry's room, and got to work setting up the show in the kitchen. And then a second show a bit off in the other room. Four automail arms are in the kitchen, and there's also a small cake there.

The arms are all crawling around the counter of their own accord, but when Winry gets home -- Haruhi miscalculated the time. She's still trying to get them to do more than crawl, holding her arm out and speaking incantations with a frown]

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[Suddenly there's a crash as the bad Winry was holding falls to the ground. A few groceries spill out, and the bag is not ripped. Her face contorts in a mix of anger, confusion, disgust and surprise.]

Haruhi, what are you doing with my automail!?

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What are you doing back already?! [Sure the cake and the dinner (or well, more a snack, she didn't want to totally steal Ed's thunder if he wanted to do a dinner date) is done, but the enchantment is not. One of the arms is crawling near the cake and is lifting up a little, but when Haruhi takes hr eyes off it, it thuds down, lightly. Fuuh]

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What do you mean? This is my house!

And stop this! You're going to break them.

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I'm not going to break them! Come on, I know what I'm doing and how robust they are!

[Come on, slowly now... float...

But while he attention is at that one, one of the other ones is trying to open the butter jar over by the toaster. Very unskillfully]

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I said stop it, come on! It's creepy!

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It's cool! I've enchanted them Winry! Enchanted!

[But fine, whatever. she goes to reach out and touch the one near the butter (letting the one near the cake walk as it wills, though ti no longer floats) and break the enchantment with a longer incantation]

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It's not cool, it's weird. [She grabs the arm, scooping it up like a child.]

What made you think this is a good idea? I can't just order these parts, you know!

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You'd made tons of them, you must've gathered parts over time! Besides, like I said, I know how robust they are!

[She's going to the others in turn to touch and disenchant them, frowning]

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[And Winry will go around collecting them.]

I don't even like it when Ed does alchemy on my automail, what even gave you this idea!?

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Because a floating automail hand cutting that cake I made for you would have been the best surprise ever! And just levitating it wouldn't give it the nuance to hold a knife unless I rigged the fingers, and that would get you pissed off!

[There, that's the last one them, disenchanted]

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Haruhi, I don't know any sane person who wants disembodied limbs cutting their birthday cake!

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It's disembodied automail! I thought you'd think it was charming, jeez! After I go to all this effort to set something up!

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The thought is nice, but jeez Haruhi! In what universe is something like floating limbs not scary? Even if they're made of metal.

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It's not scary, it's awe-inspiring! ...Ugh, whatever. I knew your birthday was going to end up low key somehow but I didn't know if you and your boy had plans, so I made cake and a sort of light half-dinner. My present's in the other room.

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You can't just call him by his name? [Winry picks up the last limb, and intends to take them to her bedroom.]

Anyway I haven't really talked about my birthday to anyone. I don't have anything planned.

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Of course you didn't. I was going to throw a party, but I figured you would have complained more about that-- [Oh wait she's going to her room, drat. Oh well.

In the room is her proper present: an old style 30sish film projector reel and (in cases) the film reels for several movies. Both of them are set up on a little wheeled cart to assist in movement] Happy birthday.

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[She places all the arms down on her bed, and gives the present a long stare.]

Thanks... What's all This?

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Come on, I asked for an old model to suit you. You really don't recognize it...?

[Maybe it's still too modern. She's sure Winry's referenced going to the movies... wait maybe she's never been back stage.]

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I do, but- how did you get all of this?

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I spent some mission points on it, obviously. I can't make promises for what the films are, the technology's legit.

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[She smiles, and pulls Haruhi in for a hug.]

Thank you!

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[Heh, that's more like it] Of course!

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This is great. Do you want to test it out with me?

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O...Oh. Sure? If you want - like I said, you might want to do something with Edward or Elicia.

[She crosses her arms, a little... pleased]