[Everybody except Ambrose.]

[thezerothlaw]

Pardon me.

[As polite as ever; Daneel rarely speaks on the psychic network at large, though he listens enough. It's rude to interject, he feels.]

I'm interested in what you generally feel are acceptable birthday celebrations, and what sort of details are involved. Ambrose's birthday is very soon, and I would like to do something for him, but I have little cultural experience with birthday parties. Spacer culture is the one I know best, but birthday celebrations past childhood are not common for them.

What would you suggest is appropriate?

Also, I would greatly appreciate help with the creation of food and drink, for those of you capable of it.

Comments

[mytearsaremine]

Because they're cheap and easy to make. I mean, they're made out of paper and you unfold them from the party decorations and wear them. Especially the person having the birthday, because that one should be bigger so everyone can tell who the birthday party is for.

It's just a tradition of birthday parties on Earth. What do you mean you were made by spacers? Were you not born like most people? Do spacers make clone babies or something? Are you a clone baby?

[thezerothlaw]

Then I must obtain a particularly fancy hat for Ambrose. I see. This is not something I was aware of. Thank you for telling me.

I'm a robot, in fact.

[mytearsaremine]

Whoah, wait. Like you have an AI? Artificial intelligence? I mean, in case they call it something different in spacer-land. Space. Spacer-land is space, I'm sure.

[Birthdays are completely forgotten, because her best friend ever happens to be an AI.]

So somebody programmed you? Are you a benign AI?

[thezerothlaw]

I have a positronic brain. And yes, I was programmed by two men.

I certainly aim to be benign, at the very least.

[mytearsaremine]

That's awesome. I knew an AI back home. He didn't have a body or brain, though, just a bunch of supercomputers buried underground somewhere. Can I meet you? Like in person?

[thezerothlaw]

Of course. I see no reason why we should not meet.

[mytearsaremine]

Awesome! Uh, where are you at? I'm by the wave pool, but I can go wherever, since I finally got used to all the light everywhere and found a really cute swimsuit.

[thezerothlaw]

I'm currently near the centre of the lazy river. I can come to you, if that would be easier.

[mytearsaremine]

I'll meet you in the middle, at the ropes going to the other island.

[And she'll leave her inner tube behind to swim it, from her point on the river near the top. He'll probably beat her there, but that's okay. (And if you'd rather jump to log for a new thread, her top-level is over here. Either way is cool with me!)]