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

[menial]

...True, but it's good for kids to go to bed on time ['before the party gets out of control...'], uh, cause their brains are growing and so on.

[rollypolyclover]

So if Yotsuba wants a bigger brain it's better to go to bed?

[That'd be cool. A bigger brain means she'd be smarter, right?]

Will it keep growing and keep growing until it starts coming out of my nose?

[menial]

.......

Is that what you want it to do, Yotsuba?

[rollypolyclover]

...No.

[For some reason she had to think about that for a second.]

[menial]

['....Did she really pause to think about that?']

Well, then, don't sleep that much. Though that would take some years of concentrated sleeping to achieve, I imagine.

[rollypolyclover]

But Yotsuba needs to sleep now for the story. But it's okay, Yotsuba can cheat.

[Flopping down on the ground and keeping perfectly still... Before making a very loud snorting noise. This is meant to be her impression of snoring.]

Story time now. [More snoring.]

[menial]

I can't support cheating, Yotsuba. Also, I don't usually tell stories to people who are already asleep as evidenced by snoring.

[rollypolyclover]

[Drat, her plan has been foiled. This needs a little more thought!

Sitting up and just staring at the ground as she ponders this situation. How does one go about hearing a bedtime story without actually being in bed because sleep is for the weak?]

You could come to Yotsuba's house, and I could get into bed, and then you could tell Yotsuba your bedtime story.

[Yesss, this is a good idea. It's not like once she gets into bed she'll be inclined to fall asleep or anything. This is a good plan.]

[menial]

Hmm.

[He pretends to think about it.]

All right. Sounds like a deal to me, Yotsuba-chan.

[rollypolyclover]

Okay! Yaaay! It's over here, so just follow Yotsuba and you'll be in safe hands.

[Speaking of safe hands, Yotsuba grabs onto one of Kyon's and starts tugging his arm.]

[menial]

['Just like my little sister. Man, I can imagine why people liked child labor back in the day. So much energy... And you can fit more of them in per square foot, right?

...Filing that away under "thoughts for a rainy day."']

Lead the way, Yotsuba. I entrust myself to you.

[rollypolyclover]

This way, this way!

[During the entire walk over to her community building, Yotsuba sang some song about bed time and stories and other related things. It made no sense. At all.

So hey! Outside CH5!]

We have arrived! Everybody off.

[menial]

Heh. [He half-mimes getting off a train. Then goes through a routine where his luggage is way too heavy.

'...Okay, I look foolish.'

And so he continues to follow her.]

...By the way, that was a great song, Yotsuba. You'd better not sing it again. It won't be as special if you do it too much.

[rollypolyclover]

That's okay, Yotsuba has lots of other songs about all sorts of stuff. And Yotsuba is a great singer, so I can always make up more songs about anything!

[Hm? Oh, right! Luggage! Suddenly it's time to pretend. Yotsuba is now a bellboy. Girl. Porter. Whatever.]

Are your bags heavy? That's okay, Yotsuba will take them to your room! [Pretending to pick up and carry a suit case which is waaay too heavy for her.] Yotsuba deserves a big tip for this, phew!

[And unless she's stopped she will carry on this routine all the way up to her room.]

[menial]

['What have I done......'

He sighs a little and accompanies her dutifully.]

Okay, you can put the bags down here, Yotsuba-chan.

[rollypolyclover]

Okay! [Throwing her arms up! ...Which would suggest she just hurled this imaginary suitcase God knows where, but whatever.] Since Yotsuba didn't get your bags to the room you don't have to tip! On the house!

[Now then, up the stairs! Run run run~]

[menial]

...Right.

['If anything, I would be suing for possible destruction of property, the way she threw it.'

Up he goes after her.]

[rollypolyclover]

[Running up one flight of stairs, then another, aaand another, all the way up to the sixth floor. Then running down the hallway up to the 26th room and patting the door.]

Door, here! [Turning the handle, pushing it open.] Welcome home, Yotsuba has company so everyone be on your best behaviour! [There's no one else home...]

[menial]

['This is either cute, funny, sad, or all three.']

Nice to meet everyone.

[rollypolyclover]

Yotsuba's room is over here, it's the best one in the whole house! Ten out of ten!

[Running over to her bedroom, flinging the door open and bounding inside onto her bed. She bounces around for a moment or two before settling down.]

Back home I slept on a futon with daddy but Yotsuba gets a bed here! A real bed!

[menial]

Wow, Yotsuba. Are you sure that living in the lap of luxury like this hasn't spoiled you?

[rollypolyclover]

Nah! Yotsuba is trying not to let the high life get to my head... But it's really cool, this bed is so bouncy!!

[Standing up again for another bounce or two-- YES. SHE'S VERY SPOILED HERE. SHE GETS AWAY WITH SO MUCH MORE THAN SHE WOULD AT HOME--]

So, story time? Now? Right now?

[menial]

[Slight sigh.]

Sure. Better get ready for bed, though. For realism.

[rollypolyclover]

[Nodding her head quickly and diving under the covers, making sure to roll back and forth to get comfy.

This face, staring right at you Kyon. Story time now?]

[menial]

[He pauses.]

Well. Once upon a time, I met a girl who was totally crazy. She dragged everyone around to do things all the time. Crazy things, too. But she had a secret... A secret she didn't even know about. She could make her wishes come true. And when she got particularly bored with what was going on, she would just think about what if there was a new world. What if there was another place to go?

One night, when everyone was asleep, when she was particularly bored... She started to fall asleep wishing for the world to change.