[ Daisy wakes up on the morning of July 2nd and wishes she didn't know what day it is. The house she'd once shared is an empty shell now, the silence echoing mockingly. She is alone with no one to help fill the emptiness in her heart.

There is no trip to the forest that day, or visits to one of the houses she's been working on getting in order. Instead, when she finally drags herself out of bed, she and her worn backpack head to the General Store, where she searches the shelves in a daze for... something. Back home, they didn't always have time for birthdays, but not a single one went by without some acknowledgment. A special stack of pancakes for breakfast; a cupcake with a candle; a beer shared with loved ones. There's no one here to mark the occasion with, so she searches for her own celebratory treat despite not feeling like there's anything to celebrate.

Eventually, treat selected, she settles at one of the little tables and arranges her things. The package of likely stale mini cookies goes next to the hula girl she pulls from her bag, followed by three crumpled sugar packets she lines up at the side. She sits there for a while vacantly staring at the items or nothing at all, and then with a sigh she reaches out to tap the figure with a fingertip to set the girl dancing. ]