What's In An Unknowable Birthday? I Guess We'll Find Out!

[summerdude]

Magnus is a man on a mission. Actually, he's a man on several missions, but now that he's successfully pulled off the bachelorette part of Galahad's wedding, this one stands out as of particular import. As such, he has a pad of construction paper chock-full of notes tucked in his backpack and he's swinging briefly into every room he passes, on the lookout for Grantaire.

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[summerdude]

Magnus blinks. "How does that stay on?"

[futaille]

"Buttons in the back. They weren't really loose enough to just fall off."

[summerdude]

Magnus nods once, slowly. "Can I have that drawing?" he asks. "I think Alex would get a real kick out of having one of these."

[futaille]

He slides it over. "Certainly. Of course, it's not going to be perfectly accurate, as it's just a sketch to capture the vibe of my time's dresses."

[summerdude]

"Yeah, yeah, I know the drill," Magnus says. He squints at Grantaire. "Don't worry," he guesses. "I'll try not to accuse you of being perfect?"

[futaille]

He waves a hand. "That's hyperbolic enough that it's fine. Just don't earnestly accuse me of being perfect."

[summerdude]

"Oh, so I can say things as long as I don't mean them?"

[futaille]

"I do have a feeling that this is going to be twisted on me masterfully at some point, but I'm curious enough as to how that I will say yes and observe from there."

[summerdude]

"You're not helpful at all," Magnus says, promptly. "You're very unpredictable in your contributions to this place. You're boring."

[futaille]

See, he is an oracle. "I'm unpredictable sometimes!"

[summerdude]

"Okay," Magnus says, in excessively conciliatory tones.

[futaille]

He promptly grabs another piece of paper, tears off a corner, and pops it in his mouth.

[summerdude]

Magnus cracks up. "Dude, you're gonna have to do a lot better than that," he says. "I hang out with Sunny, like, every single day. She's always putting stuff in her mouth."

[futaille]

"I don't doubt that at all," he says as he chews on the paper, "but things that are predictable for a delightful mademoiselle of Sunny's age might not necessarily be so for an adult."

[summerdude]

"I guess it depends on the adult," says Magnus, diplomatically. "And also the broader collection of adults you also know. And also everyone else you spend time with."

[futaille]

"So basically, somehow still utterly unsurprising from me."

[summerdude]

"Yeah. You've leaned too hard into being unpredictable, which means that anything that could be surprising won't be."

[futaille]

"Oh, no. Have I been the instrument of my own downfall?"

[summerdude]

Magnus gives Grantaire his trademark shit-eating grin. "'Fraid so, buddy."

[futaille]

"Whatever shall I do. Do I need to become dull in order to reset expectations?"

[summerdude]

"Or you could embrace the mortifying ordeal of being known."

[futaille]

"That is certainly an option."

[summerdude]

Magnus grins at him. "All that aside," he says. "Klaus has a rounder chin and Violet has a more pointy one, I think."

[futaille]

"Thank you very much." He returns to his sketches.

[summerdude]

"And he has, like. I think maybe a cowlick?"