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

[rashness]

What a lazy thing... [Seriously, even Kuro's better than that. Ni probably is too.]

[blessingone]

I'm not sure if I'd call him cute.... [She's too used to peepits being dangerous monsters for that.] But I guess he could be worse.

[shamelessness]

How long have you had him?

[rashness]

[And he just mock laughs at the bird. Hah, your owner doesn't think you're cute!]

[blessingone]

Uh...I guess it's been a little over a year. Last [hesitation] Chrismas [eh, close enough] ...I mean, the one before the one that just passed...there was a statue that gave out gifts to people. Some people got jewelry. I got a monster.

[At least she didn't get a rock.

Ques may not understand exactly what is going on, but he recognizes mocking through tone. Rin, if you are pointing like in that icon, he's going to reach out his head and bite it. But, since he's nice enough to not bite hard and thus can't snap quickly, it won't be that hard to avoid even without counting Rin's shounen hero skill set. And if it does land, it won't be enough to even break the skin -- he's just making a point, that's all.]

[shamelessness]

Ques? A monster?

[rashness]

[in the foreground, Ques actually does connect with Rin's finger. It's not hard but it latches a bit so Rin shakes his hand to knock the monster-bird-whatever off, causing it to presumably fly back a foot or two]

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[blessingone]

Back home, peepits often attack people. But he doesn't seem to have the inst --

[blessingone]

[And this is where Fenimore notices the commotion going on in the foreground as Ques flies back a fair distance -- he is, after all, a bird and thus quite light for his size. This...this seems to be against what she was about to say about Ques not attacking anyone.]

Are you okay?! [To Rin, rather than Ques, who seems to be just disoriented.]

[shamelessness]

Wh-what happened!?

[rashness]

He just bit my finger-?!

[...But wait this seems aclimactic]

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[blessingone]

He at -- ?

[blessingone]

[Hold on. From the looks of how Rin is acting, either he's got really tough skin or this is more on the level of, say, cat scratches. That's relieving.]

He hasn't done that since he was a chick. [She should probably apologize.] Are you bad with animals or something?

[Probably.]

[shamelessness]

[Shiemi looks to Rin. Is Rin bad with animals?]

[rashness]

Not particularly?

[blessingone]

[Weird.]

Well, I'll make sure that he doesn't do it again. [She'll take a step back to reach over to where Ques is strutting in the background and grab him by the beak. Ques does not look very happy as he flails slightly under the grip, but doesn't struggle hard enough to break free.]

[shamelessness]

[Shiemi watches with a little concern for Ques. Fenimore is so rough...]

[rashness]

I'm not sure that's really needed...

[Actually, thankful for once that he can't read Ques's mind]

[blessingone]

I don't want it to develop into a habit -- he's got to learn he can't just bite people.

[But okay, she'll let his beak go -- for now.]

[shamelessness]

Y-yeah, I guess that wouldn't be nice...

[rashness]

So it's like training a dog...

[blessingone]

...I guess? I've never had a dog before, though, so I wouldn't know.