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

the friendship katamari is very roomy. c:

[encryptedpages]

[Yeah, he is wearing the coat but at least he is shorter and... a good deal younger in appearance. At least he'll... lower the hood. Sometime.]

Nice to meet you. [Yet he knows using Riku's name wouldn't be the best idea, so he fails to introduce himself. Saying he was a journal hadn't set well for others before, and because of this he was avoiding situations like this. But... this guy was probably waiting for a name. Oh, the awkward.]

c:

[emp3thy]

[Well, Minato doesn't really know the regular Riku so it doesn't matter to him. And too bad he's turning directly to him to introduce himself.]

Minato Arisato. [handshake?]

[risingwinds]

[Ven glances at Dataku for a split second. He still doesn't have a name yet, huh?

...or maybe he does. Either way, he'll be watching with a puzzled look on his face.]

[encryptedpages]

[Not really, but... he's always been good at coming up with something on the fly.]

Kiroku. [...Record. That will be his own little secret, and yeah. Why not? Handshake.]

[emp3thy]

Nice to meet you. [He sticks his hands back in his pockets after the shake. It's cold out here.]

[risingwinds]

[Well, it's good to know that Dataku has a name! Ven has no idea what it means, but he'll just roll with it.]

So, you having fun, Minato? Sure is a busy party!

[encryptedpages]

[He nods, glad for the gloves that work like a charm. Ven has the best plan, but then again... friendship katamari]

I've never seen so many people in one place. [poor, sheltered bunch of 0s and 1s...]

[emp3thy]

Not from the city?

[because this isn't much compared to a usual day at the mall.]

[risingwinds]

I know I'm not.

[But, come to think of it, what's it like where Dataku's from? So many questions.]

[encryptedpages]

Definitely not. Just a small chain of islands with a village on the main island.

[...at least the person his appearance was based on Was. He still came from the memory-data version, though. All them questions might be answered if you asked, man.]

[emp3thy]

That doesn't sound bad.

[risingwinds]

Islands?

[Hey, wait. That sounds...]

Wait a sec! That sounds like Sora's world!

[encryptedpages]

[He nods faintly.]

...It does, doesn't it. [And yet he can't quite meet either one's eye.]

[emp3thy]

[He doesn't really know what's going on with this topic, so he'll stay quiet and listen.]

[risingwinds]

[Hmm... well, he does look a lot like Riku and Kohan.]

So you're from the same world?

[Gosh, this is getting confusing.]

[encryptedpages]

I suppose you could say an alternate of their world.

[He's sorry, but he doesn't want to outright say that he's essentially from a computer-imported journal in front of someone he just met.]

[emp3thy]

[looking from Ven to 'Kiroku']

So you two met here?

[risingwinds]

[He nods.]

Sure did! I met him on Christmas. He was all alone, so I figured he could use a place to stay.

[And then Ven took him home. Yep.]

[encryptedpages]

[He nods. Taken home like he was a stray puppy. Yep.]

Apparently he just keeps attracting loners.

[emp3thy]

That's nice of him.

[risingwinds]

[Oh, you guys. Way to put him in the spotlight!]

Well, I couldn't leave him out there.

[encryptedpages]

[Mission complete, I mean-]

...Thanks again.

[emp3thy]

So how have you been, Ven-kun?

[risingwinds]

Pretty good! Just been trying to get by without Terra around.

[He looks a little sheepish there. He's not sad about Terra's departure now, but it's tough being the ~mature adult~ in the house.]

[encryptedpages]

[He takes note of that. Terra... hm. Maybe Dataku should ask about him later, when it's more appropriate.

And maybe it wouldn't be so hard if you didn't keep taking in stray doppelgangers. Just saying. :T]