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

[godbent]

There's a few more houses here, yeah...

[:I ]

[menial]

['...



God dammit, Haruhi.']

Fine, I'll go get it

['Talk about menial tasks.']

[godbent]

[!!!! :I

Oh fine. She'll just. Stand here pouting]

[menial]

[He returns a few minutes later, looking typically bored, but with the requisite water, which he proffers to her.]

Here.

[godbent]

[Jeez. But she takes it, sheepishly, and sips. Cup of water... Oh well, it does help some]

[menial]

['You're welcome, Haruhi.'

...Sigh. He'll wait until she's ready to go on.]

[godbent]

[Glug... glug. she might as well finish this before they go on. And when she does she hands him back the empty glass but-]

Thanks.

[menial]

['.......

Okay, you never fail to surprise sometimes, Haruhi. Sad as that may be in this case.']

...You're welcome.

['Not like it was a big deal, anyway... geez.

.....Wait.']

[godbent]

[she misses his surprise entirely here, instead shrugging to going back to walking to the tree. She fails to remember the time where that sort of "thank you" she needed to drag him over for to help when she did it to that girl band at the cultural festival. Now it's just... natural.]

[menial]

[He goes to catch up with her again. And then he goes on in silence, as before.

'She's not all that communicative these days, is she? Is that me, or is that just her now?']

[godbent]

Man, you'd think Amaterasu would pick a more convenient location... way out of town like this, jeez.

[menial]

Maybe making it hard to get to is part of what makes it sacred.

[godbent]

If that's the case she should have put it int he mountains. This distance is a half-assed level of difficulty.

[menial]

Well, maybe you should find a way to send a feedback form to her.

[godbent]

She wasn't super talkative at the time... I bet I could leave a message with Miyabi though...

[menial]

['Is she trying to confuse me on purpose?']

Right, Miyabi, whoever that is.

[godbent]

She's this fairy who works for Amaterasu as a messenger or something.

[menial]

You say that like it's so normal.

[godbent]

Well, I met both, so..

[menial]

Yeah, I know. It's still a little surprising to see you take something like that... calmly.

[godbent]

Oh! Yeah, well... whatever.

[Sniffle. and she sighs. at least the hill is in sight now]

[menial]

[He sighs, too.

'Why are you like this, Haruhi?'

A little annoyed, he simply says it straight out:]

You're pretty different.

[godbent]

What are you even talking about?

[menial]

...What's hard to understand about "you're different"?

[godbent]

As compared to what. Compared to the "Haruhi" you knew?