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[gevurah]

[ mal ]

How are you holding up?


Between Diwali and Guy Fawkes Night being celebrated by the castle, I'm starting to wonder if it'll keep up the variety and do something fancy for Chanukah or some other holiday that's generally not celebrated in Paradisa. At least the commercialization of Christmas is not as bad here.

[ pause. ]

It was around this time the turtledoves appeared, wasn't it? Think it'll skip over that "tradition" entirely this year?

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[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

[Doves aren't usually associated with "skeevy." She has to ask. Oh Julia no]

Why?

[gevurah]

[ whoops, she thought she would have read the other replies. she forgets sometimes people don't snoop on first thought. ]

They're magical... so they force you to kiss someone else. You won't even realize what you're doing until it's done.

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

[It hadn't occurred to her in that moment, no, but if she'd read it in passing, she might not have believed it. And even now, when someone's telling her directly, the whole thing sounds ridiculous. ... Ridiculous like everything here. Maybe not so implausible after all.

Give her... a lot of time to process this lovely little bit of information.]

And it happens every year?

[gevurah]

From what I've read in the journals, it does.

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

[She'll have to ask around some more and do a little fishing, just to confirm. But this is a start.]

I'll watch out for the doves, then.

[gevurah]

Good call. I think bells and mistletoe are also to watch out for, just in case.

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

There's more than just the birds?

[... Again, why should this surprise her]

[gevurah]

It changes up every year.

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

[Wonderful. So much for the dove plan.]

It'd be a shame to let us get too comfortable.

[gevurah]

That seems to be Paradisa's theme.

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

So I'm gathering.

[gevurah]

Got a name?

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

Everyone does.

[It's just a question of whether or not she's inclined to give hers at the moment.]

[gevurah]

[ pause. she really doesn't like that sort of evasion. ]

Unless the castle took it away, I suppose.

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

[Oh, this one can play the evasion game all day long.]

Has it ever happened?

[gevurah]

[ suddenly i can't remember if she knows vic's loss or not... ]

Possibly. There's a lot of things this place can take.

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

[Like entire memories of one person's existence? Yeah, she's been having fun with that particular one.]

I can only imagine.

ugh i lost this notif :|

[gevurah]

Find out what you lost already? [ a vague question; she's not looking for a specific answer for this. ]

it's okay! <3

[itwas-raining.livejournal.com]

[A vague question, and a difficult one. What Spike had lost was a loss to her as well. Something that still cut her deeply, even if she'd had time to get used to the idea by now. If there was anything--]

No.

[gevurah]

Sorry to hear. If there's someone from your world here, you might have a shot at finding out.