((Route)) [029] Video/Action Goldenrod [China's Bday]

[gochuugoku]

[Today is October 10 and it is drizzling in Johto. China can be seen walking around Goldenrod, holding a red umbrella over his head. His Glaceon, Meimei, happily jumps into puddles as she follows her master. China looks into the various shop windows until something in the music shop catches his eye.]

Oh! They actually have one, aru!

[Video]

Hold the camera nice and steady, Meimei.

[China can be seen standing behind an interesting-looking instrument. He tests the strings first, before playing this song. Pay attention at how he's using his fingers. When he's finished he looks up at the gear, smiling gently.]

Today is my birthday, aru. Also, I first arrived in Johto on October ninth last year, a day before my birthday. [He sighs, but keeps smiling.] I have noticed that there are quite a few people who also have their birthdays in October, so consider the song I just played as my gift to you all, aru.

Comments

[video]

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

[He nods.]

Not every occasion needs to be celebrated so publicly, aru. Only reason I'm doing something is because my one-year anniversary falls on the same day as my birthday.

[video]

[tapestodiane]

Quite an amazing coincidence, isn't it?

[video]

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

It is! Though it brings back a lot of memories too, aru.

[He tries not to sound too gloomy, it was his birthday after all. Then he remembers something.]

You know, Cooper, I actually don't know the date of my real birthday. The same goes for the other Nations, aru.

[video]

[tapestodiane]

Really? So what date do you go by? National days?

_{[He tilts his head, interested.]}

[video]

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

[He nods.]

Yes. My national day is on October first, but that was when I became the People's Republic of China, aru. I have existed long before 1949. Before then, my national day was on October tenth.

So now, I just have a smaller party with my friends and family on the tenth, while my countrymen throw a large, nation-wide celebration on the first, aru.

[video]

[tapestodiane]

Sounds like a pretty good compromise. In the end I suppose the date isn't all that important, after all. It's more the spirit of the thing.

[video]

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

I agree. Plus having a substitute birthday is better than not celebrating it at all, aru.

Still, I wonder if I will celebrate another birthday here in Johto.

[video]

[tapestodiane]

I guess we can only wait and see when it comes to that. Who knows what this world has in store for us?