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

[geniustheveil]

I'd laugh, but we're in Luceti.

[most_unwanted]

Yeah, unfortunately. I guess it's too much to hope we'll avoid another situation like that completely...

[geniustheveil]

You could say the Malnosso and Third Party are already similar to that.

[most_unwanted]

With the kind of power they have... Definitely.

[geniustheveil]

It isn't their power. There are others here with power. It's the balance of the situation itself.

[most_unwanted]

Yeah, how true... and for now at least, we're stuck with it as is.

[geniustheveil]

Let's not think that way just yet.

Even if bringing us and sending us away is their plan, it means other resources and powers and abilities will be available to us.

[most_unwanted]

I can't deny that... there are a lot of opportunities we could take advantage of. Potentially.

[geniustheveil]

[It sounds cold put this way, but they have little other choice. Ami nods.]

This is the way we can do the most to solve this place.

[most_unwanted]

And we will solve it.

[He wants to believe. He has to.]

[geniustheveil]

After everything here, is it really possible to keep saying that?

[most_unwanted]

We have to keep aiming for it, anyway.

[geniustheveil]

You're right; I won't give up yet. Thank you for reminding me.

[most_unwanted]

You're welcome.

[He watches the fireworks for a moment.]

[geniustheveil]

You've always been a strong person. I admire that. But I can't help wondering, somewhere inside me, what you envision for the future here.

[most_unwanted]

Sometimes I can't help but wonder too. [Oh, Luceti, whatever will become of it...] I'd like to bring an end to the experiments, the kidnappings, the fighting, all of it. At the same time, I'd want to somehow... keep the ability to travel here open, so that all worlds can still mingle. So that we don't forget what happened.

...Yeah, maybe I should just be wishing for free cable for everyone.

[geniustheveil]

Do you still think we have a chance of all that?

[most_unwanted]

I don't think it can happen overnight, but... I'd hope eventually. It can't stay like this forever.

[geniustheveil]

It has for this long. Part of the trouble of being here is that lack of change. It's abnormal, but it can't be denied, either.

[most_unwanted]

If it's still like this in three, five years... I'd definitely wonder. Of course, it can always change for the worse, too, and I doubt anyone wants to consider that outcome.

[geniustheveil]

There are people who've been here that long, in these conditions.

[most_unwanted]

Those here the longest have been here a few years at most, right? Some things have changed in that time, but you're right, we've had no change in the overall... situation. We're still kept in this enclosure, and they still experiment on us...

[geniustheveil]

Yes. Luceti is created to be stagnant. Even in the simple fact that time does not move in our worlds while we're away.

[most_unwanted]

They really have it set up perfectly for their purposes...

[geniustheveil]

That's alright. Even science and technology aren't perfect, and neither is magic. They still have weaknesses we can use to defeat them.