turn out the lights; wake up in your dreams

[The first thing you should notice is that he is wearing something gold, tacky and very, very frilly. If you tilt your head and squint sideways, you might be able to make out the tell-tale black stripes across the back of jacket. In all honesty, it looks like a very, very artistic and frilly rendition of a pikachu sans tail. In fact, that might explain the two red circles on his cheeks, painted on delicately. There is a Misdreavus threading through his hair carefully, picking her way across his brown strands and two yellow and black hair clips that stand up in a manner reminiscent of a pikachu's ears and a trapinch that's more or less consuming his boot right off of his foot. He pays them no mind, as per usual.

He appears to be collapsed on the bed, gear propped up between his hands as he huffs into the screen, poking at something with a finger. From the vantage point of the camera, it appears to be small, hand-held calendar.]

It looks like my birthday won't be coming this year either.

[Somewhat wry. He isn't disappointed, but he's in one of those pensive moods. Tilting his head so that it rests on an arm, he blinks, slowly.]

I have an hour to kill before the great reveal, at any rate. Anyone up for a rousing game of word association?

I'll start -- 'month'.