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Franziska von Karma was not amused. It was her birthday and somehow everyone had found out about it. The workday passed in an unpleasant haze.

"Happy birthday, Ms. von Karma!"

"I heard it's your birthday today."

"I got you something…"

"So, you're 19 now."

"I got you a present, I hope you don't mind…"

"Um….. I'm sorry it's not wrapped or anything."

"Here!"

"Happy birthday. I'd ask you out to dinner if you weren't such a bitch."

"Here you go, happy birthday."

"I thought you could use a practical gift."

"Some asked me to give this to you. It's not from me, I swear! I don't even like you."

"I wouldn't have gotten you anything, but I was sure you could use this."

By the end of the day, she thought she was going to die from either embarrassment or the weight of all those gifts……… why did they have to be so heavy?

Franziska was in a foul mood by the time she stormed into her apartment that night. She dropped her birthday presents (still unopened) in a heap by the door and went to pour herself a drink…

She was half-drunk and starting to regret it when the doorbell rang. She briefly wondered who the hell would be bothering her at this time of night and went to answer the door, whip in hand.

It was a delivery person type person. Thing. Person. (She was really feeling the effects of the alcohol now.)

The delivery person (type person thing person) smiled brightly and said, "I have a special delivery for a" –he looked at the name on the package, thought about trying to figure out how to pronounce it, then gave up- "whoever lives here."

She accepted the package and slammed the door in the delivery person (type person thing person)'s face.

It was from Maya Fey and the package contained (what else?) a birthday present. It was an action figure of the Steel Samurai. How tacky. Did that girl still play with toys like a child? It was hard to believe that she was almost the same age as Franziska.

She decided to just go ahead and open all the presents and get it over with. There was the unwrapped one, from Detective Gumshoe. It was a thesaurus. Next she opened the "practical gift" from Edgeworth. It was also a thesaurus. Every present she got was a thesaurus.

Clearly, this was a woman in desperate need of a thesaurus.

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A/N: I'm still not entirely sure myself how "Franziska" is pronounced……