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

[bamfing]

You said it was your first time! I don't do firework shows. I'm just a spectator, yeah? [So TOTALLY not comparable.]

[happyends]

[ yes you know I'm into all the same stuff as you... except drrr.. ]

I-if you say so.. I wouldn't want to be rude, so.. [ aaaawkward. ]

[etudes]

[ how about lying next to your little kid in the snow and dying... ]

I don't know if it's possible for anyone's existence to be weird.. [ further research on this topic is required and this is filled away as a mental note for later. ] ... Did anyone try to kiss your hand, Fuuko-chan?

That's true though, I think bullies would be meaner. But maybe the line between them is very, very thin..

[pyrotechnics]

Jeez! You can't even comment then. This summer we'll just have to set up a proper fireworks show.

html just hates our guts

[inkdrops]

Mm, I thought the same. Cherry trees like these are sacred where I come from, no matter who plants them. And it seems like a lot of people enjoy them here, so that makes me happy.

[But to make it a shrine would be nice as well. A little something extra, maybe, to show the tree's importance, and a sign of respect to them and Amaterasu.]

You still run that...group thing, right? If it's not too much trouble, can I ask for help when I actually get something planned? I-I dunno if I'll really do it, but...I want to.

[lookinforlight]

[Norma purses her lips, but her shoulders sag a little bit at that. No, death isn't permanent here, but still. It's still death, and...ugh, she just doesn't want to think about that. Instead, she tilts her head and is about to ask just who this "Moro" person was, but then Ace was a jerk instead.

Hnn... Can she just. Push him off the roof? It's so tempting. Instead, she gives Ace's shoulder a hard shove, showing her displeasure.]

You are such a sleaze! See if I ever give you anything ever again. And don't look up my name when you need a favor, either!

[Yeah, she's sticking her tongue out at you again, Ace. WORST FRIEND.]

[bamfing]

Ahh, for American Independence Day, yeah?

[hiken_ace]

[Hah...if she gives him anything. He looks slightly distant. Now that he thought about it, this was his first birthday without family. Well, actually, Luffy and Marco were here. But he missed having his birthday with Pops and his brothers.]

I'm not the kind of guy who asks for stuff often.

[Just his nakama right now. Hey guys, I'm twenty-one now, I'm not a kid anymore! And then they would just tease him, that yes he is. Hah. He missed them a lot. Taking a long swig. I mean, a LONG one.]

so it would seem

[godbent]

-The SOS-Brigade! Come on, it's not even hard to remember!

[Yes, she shoots out the outburst before anything else. Priorities]

[rashness]

Who even knows that?

[Muttered to himself]

he should transform someday

[rollypolyclover]

[She's still five for a few more months!]

Yotsuba liiikes... The good kind! The kind you get from festivals and you try not to eat because once you eat it it's gone. That kind!

[rollypolyclover]

Okay! Yaaay! It's over here, so just follow Yotsuba and you'll be in safe hands.

[Speaking of safe hands, Yotsuba grabs onto one of Kyon's and starts tugging his arm.]

something something thank ya base madoka

[rollypolyclover]

[...IN your face?

OKAY NOT RUNNING AWAY SOBBING but she's going to stand a short distance away to stare at the giant blue pokémon.]

Blue!! And orange! Whoaaah!

[Colours are cool.]

[rollypolyclover]

Oh. [...] Didja die?

[rollypolyclover]

Oh no!! Yotsuba will keep that promise, okay? If you come to Yotsuba's house then you'll get lots of candy, that's where Yotsuba keeps all the candy!

[rollypolyclover]

[sup]

Yeah, like a really ellyphant!! He can fit in places, but he has to duck down because he's really big.

[...]

My head feels funny like this.

8| oh

[rollypolyclover]

[Up she goes!]

Hey! Heeey! [Looking over her shoulder at Ace's back.] You have... A thing stuck on here!

[rollypolyclover]

It's not? But...

[Disco point again!]

Back flip. Everyone can do a back flip.

[touchofrogue]

[And she has a coat on, considering it's freezing, so yeah, Kurt's technically safe enough. It doesn't stop her from tensing up, though. Sometimes she wonders if anyone will ever realize that it takes just as much trust - if not more - for her to let someone touch her, as it does for someone to touch her.

She glances at him over the corner of her eye and takes a deep breath.]

The first time ya called me that, I'd just found out who Risty was... who my mom was. An' it was... a lot. I didn't want ta be related to her. Everything that she'd done to the X-Men, everything that she'd done ta me...

[She'd lied. From the beginning, she'd lied. If Mystique had come to her as her Mama and asked her to fight side-by-side in the Brotherhood, if she'd just been upfront about it... then Rogue didn't know where she'd be. But instead, Mystique had made it seem like the X-Men were trying to kill her, had made it seem like the Brotherhood was her only option, all the while lying to her about who she really was.

And of course Risty had seemed like the perfect best friend. Mystique knew her daughter. And Risty... she'd just been trying to get close enough to destroy them all. And she was the perfect sap, too out-of-sync with the general happiness and goodness of the Mansion to abide by all the rules, too attached to the X-Men to be anything other than trusted...]

I didn't want anything else ta do with her. But now I think... even if it means owning her an' all that I did... no, I know. It'd be worth it ta call you brother.

[folklorist]

[ Friend? Aw isn't that adorable. Helios nods with a very happy smile on his face. He can't resist a request like that after all. ] I'll be sure to do so!

[ Helios laughs watching Fuuko's excitement. ] It's alright. You can touch him if you like. [ He does so, and the starfish might sway a little in the air before going back to floating around. ] See?

[folklorist]

All of them actually. Hyt proved the most difficult as it's been said to be. But, ah, eventually I was able to find them. A nice warm, sunny, day in the woods helped as well.

[folklorist]

Mm well with everything that's happened... [ good and bad are included in this statement. ] Time certainly flies in Luceti. I'll have been here for two years come January ninth I believe.

[lostinmyway]

Yes, that's right. You should enjoy your time together with your friends in Luceti. After all, it's very special.

[lostinmyway]

[Grune, unfortunately, is extremely bad at recognizing this.]

Oh, you don't have to go if you don't want to. We can do something else.

[blessingone]

[Fenimore briefly wonders if this is a friend by the sake of asking when they met or by the sake of long aquaintance. Then again, the two definitions may have converged by this point if they've known each other long enough.]

Hello. It's nice to meet you.

[Well, at this point, it's a formality to say that it's nice to meet him. But looking over towards Rin makes her notice Ques from her peripheral vision. She probably should introduce him in return. insert jokes here about Rin being Shiemi's pet]

And I guess I should introduce this thing. [She jerks a thumb in the direction of the bird.] This is Ques. Don't worry, he's harmless to anything other than peaches.

[The mention of peaches gets Ques to stop feeling self-satisfied over "winning" the staring contest and turn quickly towards Fenimore in case this is actually foreshadowing any being given to him. (It's not.)]