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?

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[godbent]

[It's actually about midnight when Haruhi's making her way to the tree. Well. A little after - she's planning to have this count as her first shrine visit, if you want context. What this means is that she sees the fireworks en route and comes up to the hill at somewhere a few minutes after midnight. Yep]

[inkdrops]

[The fireworks are probably all but little smoldering, dying embers in the sky once Haruhi arrives, and Miyabi's taking that long glug from her sake dish, sighing and coughing just a little. Ah, good...it kinda still burns but it's good. A breath of air escapes her as a pleased sigh, and she opens her eyes to green the dark of night.

It's hard to see anything in the gloom with her vision impaired to only black and white, so she doesn't see the oncoming approach, but her hearing's improved some, to compensate. It's a hunch, but she stands a little straighter and looks out again.]

...Hello?

[godbent]

Someone's there?

[...Wait that voice is Miyabi. Oh. She nods]

It's Haruhi.

[And now she's glancing around too. Either for the small glowy thing or the bigger version]

[inkdrops]

[Oh, she recognizes that voice as well. Miyabi stands to greet Haruhi, in her larger form...though the Mallet is probably around the area, bouncing around happily after watching the fire works. She was going to go inside her house after watching the night for another hour or two.]

And it's me, Miya. I didn't expect anyone to come here tonight. [After a moment, a small flame bursts to life in the girl's hand - the most she can do on her own with just Eferin's filial magic.] Did you enjoy the fireworks?

[godbent]

Oooh, was that you?! They looked pretty good!

[But sniff. Damn cold. But yes, they did look impressive. She made her way here to count for a Shrine Visit, but... all the same, that was a nice bonus]

[inkdrops]

Y-Yes, that was me. Hee, I thought everyone would enjoy them, and I didn't know if anyone else would be firing off any, so...I decided to do it from here, so this side of the village would see them tonight. I'm glad you enjoyed them!

[Since she couldn't see any of the colors that appeared in the sky it was a little...nerve-wracking.]

[godbent]

Oh yeah.... [She never told Leon to. she wonders if he did. Oh well.]

I did, so... good work. [...] So.

[inkdrops]

Thank you. [She laughs a little bit, but won't let this be awkward, and holds up the bottle of sake she had.] Can I offer you some? Or, if you'd prefer, I can make tea. Uhm...i-inside...

[Her house. Her little house.]

[godbent]

[SAKE she shakes her head at. After that one time on the Island and that other in the Hotel....]

Tea would be- ... But where are you going to brew it?

[inkdrops]

Ah...inside. My home. [She smiles and glances away with uncertainty written all across her face. She never really had anyone over her house, her real house before. They'd have to shrink down to her level to do it.]

I-If you don't want to come inside, y-you don't have to! I'll, uhm...b-bring it out when it's ready. [Ugh, but that seems to rude, making her wait in the cold by herself. Bah!]

[godbent]

...What home?

[Actually, now she's looking around for it- wait no, don't look at ground level, look up. She's normally a flying fairy so it might be small- ...Wait Does that mean she would need to-?]

[inkdrops]

[Nah, it is on the ground. Miyabi doesn't fly on her own, just on birds. She hops when she's small, or hitches rides on animals when the distance is too great. She points to a small but aptly crafted house nestled under a few of the largest tree's roots, still a little nervous.]

M-My home...I live here, uhm. There. When I'm my real height. [Miyabi puts her thumb and forefinger to her lips and whistles, her tone jumping at the end. And like some kind of faithful animal, a bouncing, glowing, little mallet leaps from a snow bank and right into her arms.] I use the Lucky Mallet to grow big and small. It finally listens to me now. Uhm...y-you can wait outside if you don't want to come in. Or we could go to the tea shop instead...

[godbent]

[... ... ... .. ... ]

So you can use it on me?

[inkdrops]

If you don't mind... I promise it won't hurt at all. You don't even feel it, actually!

[Not anymore, at least. It just kind of waves back and forth above someone's head now, and you shrink or grow according to the side that's facing.]

[godbent]

Then I'd totally be up for it! Oh man, I wonder what it feels like-?! [COUGH] I mean, I've never been strunk before?!

[COUGH COUGH. She pulls the coat in tighter to himself. Jeez.]

[inkdrops]

Eh, well...you'll see soon enough.

[She lets the little mallet go, and it bounces happily and excitedly around the two before leaping up into the air above them. It seems to hover there as it glows, and waves back and forth. With each downward stroke, the world around the two seems to grow larger and larger...as then get smaller and smaller. After the fifth waggle, the mallet drops into the snow, satisfied, and hops away to nestle somewhere under the trees roots.

Miyabi, meanwhile, offers up her cloak to Haruhi. She heard that cough and sniffle, young lady, and is not going to take no for an answer. She is used to the cold somewhat.]

Take this. I'll be sure to use lemon and honey is your tea...or maybe a medicinal herb...

[godbent]

[THIS IS SO COOL. The snow now looks terribly big though... and the tree looks impossibly big. She shakes her head as she pulls the cloak around her, looking around at everything wide-eyed. This is... really cool, yes]

Lemon's a good idea, yeah. Thanks.

[...Cough]

[inkdrops]

[Miyabi smiles at Haruhi looking around at everything in wonder, then opens up the door to her home, enters, removes her shoes, and goes to make her some fresh, herbal tea with lemon. It'll be all organic of course, and take a while to get the water to boil and the tea to brew.]

Please, make yourself at home. If you'd like anything else at all, I'd be happy to oblige! Ah, and, uhm...s-sorry for the mess. I didn't expect company.

[The "mess" she's talking about is a pile of paper in the corner near one window, some of them scattered out into piles on the floor, others clipped and hanging on a string tied atop said window. They're all paintings. Some with color, others (the majority) without. Ink works and charcoal. There are folders there, too. Seems she was trying to organize her work.]

[godbent]

[A similar kicking off of shoes from Haruhi, and a light hum of wonder]

Well you wouldn't, not with a house like this- [cough]

Wow man this is still cool. She looks around for somewhere to sit, curled up in the coat bundle. She finds a likely looking chair which is unburdened by anything and, well, plops down. Looking around at the rest of the room too, with interest.]

[inkdrops]

[The house is mostly modernized in structure, but the decorations and furniture are specifically Asian...for the most part. Mainly wall scrolls and decorations like large paper fans decorate the walls, and a wind chime made from bamboo hangs suspended over a far window. Other little trinkets - a fuu dog, dragon, and lucky cat are scattered around in certain places, and there are plants and flowers around as well. A pot of bamboo is in one corner and a vase of flowers on the table in the living room. The ambiance, overall, is fairly calm.]

People can come whenever they like, I never mind. They just have to be on my level, hehe. [Miyabi replies from the kitchen before coming out a minute or two later with a steaming mug of tea and some snacks. She warns that the tea is hot, and takes a seat in another chair.] If you don't mind my asking, just what were you doing here so late? You're going to worsen your cold.

wow I think I html failed there

[godbent]

[Level? Pfft ,okay that makes sense. But after a little laugh, she dips the sac in, watching it work]

I'm here for a shrine visit.

Yeah kinda. 8|a

[inkdrops]

[That makes Miyabi pause while drinking, and her eyebrows shoot right up into her bangs. Well, that's...actually very nice.]

...I've actually wanted to make this into a small shrine. If I can get help in the spring, I'd like to make a torii. [And a stone statue of Amaterasu somewhere, since it was her tree to begin with.]

sobbu

[godbent]

Yeah. This is the perfect place -a holy hill with a big center tree and four flanking ones? It makes for a great sense of symbolism no matter how you cut it, even if Amaterasu didn't grow them.

[Directly, with a sense of excited reverence]

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.

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]