[ooc; STARTING this off with a content warning. Death as a theme is going to come up in the following, and the comments MIGHT contain references to the fact that Dazai committed suicide. My default is NOT mentioning it, but for the purposes of this post alone, if you're okay with that fact being brought up please just note "cw themes ok" somewhere in the header of your reply to notify me! Any threads containing the topic will have a warning. Alternatively, Dazai's general, screened OPT-OUT is here if you're more comfy saying a formal no to the themes before there's any question about it.

Thank you! Everyone please take good care of yourselves, and contact me if you have questions or concerns.]


[Everyone's favorite attention seeker is back, with a very important request! Dazai is dressed to the nines (as usual), and there's a huge smile on his face. His eyes are a bit darker than his smile, but maybe that's because he's thinking about things...]

Ahem! Hello, everyone! You may already know this, but I, the great Dazai Osamu, will soon be celebrating an important day! That's right, it's almost my birthday.

[And his death anniversary is even nearer, but. Whatever. He's trying not to think about that. So... in all honesty, this is all for a huge distraction.]

I have a request! I know it's unfathomable for me to be selfish on my birthday, but I'm doing it. Anyway, the request.

When I was alive, a lot of really cool technology like what they have here didn't exist at all. Therefore, your task is to tell me about your favorite thing that didn't exist a long time ago. How long? Long enough. Don't ask.

Things that are here are fair game. In fact, if it's here, bonus points to you, and I'll write you a short story if you take me to see it yourself.

[He takes a sweeping bow.]

That's all. Looking forward to everyone's contributions!