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[It's Sirius Black, on video, apparently in a good mood. That can't be good.]

I'm interrupting everyone's busy schedule of catching mice and grooming for a very important announcement: It's Harry's birthday tomorrow! Happy Birthday, Harry!

[A wizard with a wand and some fre time on his hands can do a lot of real life sparkles.]

So, I'm not sure how comfortable you are with making this all public, but let's be honest, birthdays are always partly an excuse to publicly embarrass the birthday boy. At least I'm not singing. Yet. I will in a few hours, when it's your actual birthday, I'm just starting early, because you never know what this island will be up to next.

I did however already get you a present and I think I finally managed to work out most of the kinks.

[With that he moves the device to show the gift he made for him.]

I've been working on it for a while now and chances are this one won't break free and evade capture for months on end. Probably. Anyway, I'd like to celebrate. If you don't mind. There's a lot of catching up to do and I have some things to show you.

Everyone else, you should celebrate tomorrow too! It's a great day.

[Private to Sheska and Once-ler]

I need birthday food for a teenage boy and I thought, hey, I know two people very likely to be willing and able to help me out. Against payment of course, Once-ler. Maybe you two could work on it together? [nudge nudge wink wink]

[ooc: Sorry for spamming the comm, but it's HARRY POTTER'S BIRTHDAY, damn it. Also, the image isn't quite right, but you try finding a flying broom that's not a replica of a Harry Potter movie prop.]

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Maybe if she can take it and then give it to me.
Or it's book money... Would she take it if it's for books?

I honestly have no idea. Maybe if I convince her that I dislike having money?

I'm not sure. I guess we can do the punching thing.

What? Nobody dislikes having money. She'd never buy that.

It was a good idea.

I don't know, I pretty much rejected my family's fortune and that was a whole lot of money.

You can think it's a good idea, you don't have to deal with her being all 'Sirius!' and fluster at me.

...Why would you do that?

She'd only fluster for a minute.

Principles, mostly.

True that, but that minute still makes me cringe. She gets that look.

Principles? I don't get it.

Maybe we should just slip it in her pocket then and spare you the look.

In order to stay heir to the Black fortune I'd have had to do and believe a lot of things that I really didn't want to, so I got myself kicked out of the family instead.

Perfect plan, that can't go wrong.

Don't you have to do what your family tells you though? They're family.

It's flawless.

For most of my life, there's been a war going on. My family stands on one side and my friends on the other.

I chose to fight for what I actually believe in.

I'd do whatever would make my family happy but they don't war so. I don't think we even have wars really so...
Yeah, I guess I get it then.

Let's put it that way.

My family would believe that someone like you, who's not a wizard, is completely worthless, lacking any intelligence and should only be allowed to live as a servant to pureblood wizardkind, if that.

...it was an easy choice to make, in some ways.