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[silversnowfall]

While I can't speak for other worlds, in Auldrant we celebrate the "new year" in the middle of winter, shortly after the longest night. It's a bit different from the way things work here...but regardless, I am curious as to how many other worlds share a similar tradition.

[filtered to the Auldrant folks with whom she has made conversation]

Would you like to have dinner, at this house, for the new year? We have some new arrivals, and I think it might be good for all of us to visit with each other. ...You are, of course, free to decline. It's just a thought.

[and further filtered, away from Asch and Luke]

...And to an extent I thought we might...be able to celebrate. Even if time here is a bit different.

[Then? Then she's out and about town, doing things. She'll stop at the bakery, the grocery store...briefly at the battledome, pausing at the programming station but not really doing anything there. Once, she thinks about visiting Professor Nebilim, but she can't be sure of how late the woman stays at the school after class, and she wouldn't want to interrupt.

In short, she's a little bit of everywhere, ending that evening at Good Spirits. For a change of pace. And a drink, of course. Facades can be such a strain on the system.]

Comments

[voice]

[emp3thy]

We celebrate New Year's, too... On January 1st. [he may have talked about this with her before sometime, but hey. It's an excuse to speak with her.]

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

I think you've told me about that before. You have a festival of some kind?

[voice]

[emp3thy]

Right. It's one of the most important.

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

What makes it important?

[voice]

[emp3thy]

It's a fresh start. People clean up from the old year, and celebrate the 'firsts' of the new.

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

I can certainly see the appeal of that. ...How many 'firsts' can there be in this place, this year, I wonder.

[voice]

[emp3thy]

Maybe not the first temple visit... but the first sunrise, the first cup of tea, the first smile...

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

You really acknowledge all of those things?

[voice]

[emp3thy]

If you follow tradition.

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

That sounds like a wonderful tradition.

[voice]

[emp3thy]

What about your traditions?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

We don't have a huge amount of them. I understand that in some regions it's customary to remain awake through the night, to a degree, at the start of the year. ...That's harder to do in Keterburg. At that time of year, it's already been dark for hours, and quite cold.

[voice]

[emp3thy]

You could always wait inside.

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

[Hmm. She must have misspoken.]

Of course. It's just a very long night.

[voice]

[emp3thy]

Nap and wake up early.

[....it's what he'd do. Except he just might not wake up at all.]