Out with the old....

[sundead]

Who: Everyone
What: New Year's.
When: Dec. 31st, New Year's Eve, to Jan 1st, New Year's Day.
Where: Everywhere
Summary: It's New Year's, and the people of Luceti have a lot to reflect upon, and to look forward to. And on a more meta level, new journal names.
Rating: We'll see...

New Year's brings images of crowds, and songs, and fireworks; staying up til midnight and watching balls or bells being rung. But Luceti is a different time and place. Whether you're partying with friends or watching the sunrise, what are you doing today?

Comments

[geniustheveil]

One... per year?

[You... come from a very harsh world.]

[lookinforlight]

I don't need your help!

[Norma waves him away at first, but when she misses a step (yes, that was an ice patch, ohai) and practically topples head over heels into the snow, she...decides it's best to take Ace up on his offer. BUT SHE'S NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. Pouting. So much pouting.

And clinging.]

F-F-Fine! But just this once; a-and I'm going home after! You're mean! [She sticks out her tongue at him, and blows. So mature is she.] And I can't even punch you... It's not fair.

[hiken_ace]

O-oi! [He holds onto her again, helping her get her balance.] You okay?

[You must be getting so pissed off now that he's being all nice and trying to help you, ohoho~. He stands on her others side, closer to the edge of the roof to prevent her from falling.]

Yeah, it's too cold to stay out here any longer. I'll take you home. [He just smiles at her.] Okay, okay, you get one punch, but that's it.

[daisy023]

[Once done, Daisy picks her own cup and sits near Grune. She picks her own cup for a taste--

She blinks. She sips again.]

This tastes great.

[She looks upwards towards the window. It's hard for someone with her senses not to hear the fireworks, even inside the tea shop. But this way... it's easier. It's better.]

[daisy023]

[LIAR. Daisy puts down a snack for a moment. She drinks from the milk before answering.]

I just did my job. I did everything the best I could, and got promoted on the way. [Far too fast for it... and starting too young.] A lot of us just don't want the commission. Many officers have to work inside starships, away from where we feel are needed.

[The Chief Petty Officer is grateful that Fuuko knows too little to ask how can a twenty-one year old girl become an E-7.]

With time, you stop caring about the medals, the promotions, the commendations... [And this is coming from a group where every single member had their left sides of their chests paved with them.] Getting your team and your friends safe... That ends mattering a lot more.

[Too early did she come to that conclusion.

To easen the atmosphere, she offers a cake that Daisy found someplace else. Now, that objective is turning easier, she is grateful for.]

[starfishlovesyou]

[FUUKO IS NOT A DRUNK HUSH KJSKDF Finishing her muffin in another bite or two before licking her lips. Yum, muffins.]

So by being promoted higher up you're taken further away from where you feel needed and then where you want to be? Fuuko thought promotions would have some sort of benefit to them and not something like being taken away to a starship.

[Speaking of which, starships. By now Fuuko just takes every odd sounding thing as it comes and rolls with it, but still. Starship. Sounds like it came right out of a sci-fi flick.]

It makes Fuuko happy to see you have those sorts of aims Daisy-san, keeping your friends safe. You're a very good person.

[After looking over the cake for a second, Fuuko accepts it and moves it over in front of her. Now how does she even dig into this...]

[ctrlaltdemons]

[..On that note, how did things work out with his parents when he went to the demon world?]

I wonder... Well hey, if you wouldn't have been able to stay at home, you could've just stayed with me like we're doing here. [Haha~ I mean hey, Atsuro's alone at home anyway..]

[action]

[poorqueequeg]

He did not, Mulder! I think you were just jealous.

...yes, I can admit that, considering what happened with Donnie.

[de_bel_survivor]

[They could lie and say Kouki's dead? IDEK]

That would be great! You don't mind that?

[He knows Atsuro lives alone back home, so.]

[de_bel_survivor]

Probably make some kind of trouble?

[WHEN TWO GOD-HATING, REVENGE-SEEKING CURSED MEN WITH TOO MUCH KNOWLEDGE MEET EACH OTHER...]

[ctrlaltdemons]

I'm not sure if it's really him thinking that or him just being really excited. I mean, he did sound really happy, you know?

[..scream the thought of that NO HE WOULD NEVER DO THAT EVER]

...H-huh?! I sure hope he doesn't think that.. [I MEAN REALLY..]

[ctrlaltdemons]

[...That's terrible..]

Nah, of course not. If anything, it could be pretty fun, you know?

[It's already awesome enough to be rooming with Kouki here in Luceti, so to do so back at home would be even cooler..!]

[menial]

Humans will always end up serving themselves, on average, even if individuals are like you... They'll try to satisfy their own desires. Just for the sake of sanity, one has to cultivate a bit of it for one's self.

[menial]

...Well, she didn't have a name so much as a title. She was called... the sleeping snow chief.

['Creative, self. I guess it's better than "White Beauty." Yuch.']

Because at the moment she was sleeping, of course. And she was a princess, so she was called the chief. And once I was asleep, I suddenly found myself with the chief inside this gray world... A world that was getting ready to disperse, in what we all thought was a dream, and create that new world she'd dreamed of.

But she still didn't know about it. She caught sight of the world breaking down around her, and she asked what was going on, though she felt a natural connection with it. I was there, so I was the only person who could give her an answer, and I thought about it. I wondered what was the right thing to do for the sake of the world.

[inabook]

I'm sure it's very beautiful. Sometimes it's harder to realize the worth of things we see every day.

[sundead]

It was last spring sometime. [he hasn't kept exact track.]

[folklorist]

"Ah yes! The states. I-I lived in America for-for a short while." It's why his English is rather good at least. "Very nice country, very open towards the people who live in it. Home of the free and brave. But Virginia, Virginia...I don't think I've ever been it's on the East Coast correct? Just about North Carolina..."

He's trying to remember if there are any mythologies endemic to that area. Oh right! Dismal Swamp. "Have you ever heard the folktale about Dismal Swamp?"

[folklorist]

Kipinn or Faeren are the two best choices. Faeren is a bit shy but you can literally find her anywhere. A soft, gentle voice when dealing with her should do the trick. But otherwise, yes, Kipinn would be my next choice.

[moehealer]

Oooh.. That's really cool! Especially since you're the first.

[Flying types though? Hmmm. Maybe she could show him her Dodrio..!]

[folklorist]

[ Helios can't quite contain his own amusement at Fuuko's enthusiasm. He laughs a little watching the starfish float about in the air like living creatures.

Well at least his idea was well met! He'll definitely have to do this now. ]

[folklorist]

Oh, yes, so very much so. [ He'll create a beautiful phoenix out of light then and watch as it takes to the air soaring silently about the groups of people outside enjoying the spectacles of the evening. ]

[folklorist]

Understandable. It's a hard choice being away from family for such things after all. I'd certainly...leave as well. [ Maybe depending on if Nero was going home or not. ]

Yes! Most of the legends in my world are true to some degree. Mythologies painted their own legends though to an...extent. They, um, got lost in translation I suppose you could say. [ Hence why everything is given a much scarier as worse image than it really has. He gives her a curious, interested, look. ] Really? You mean Kitsune or mythologies in general?

[etudes]

[ I'm not sure if that's better than the answer I expected.. ]

Let's do our very best. [ holding up her fists/completely blank expression AW YES and off they go. ]

[etudes]

Broccoli is pretty amazing, isn't it..? It's actually part of the cabbage family, so it's related to cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.

[lunas]

W-what's that ow for?! How did you even check whether you're alive or not?!

[ she's not lifting her head enough to be able to see.. ]