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[This video is being broadcast from An Zhe's extremely undecorated starter apartment! Literally the only visible unique thing here is a whole guy sitting on a chair in the back, wearing a very silly costume, but you can ignore him, surely!]

Hello. My name is An Zhe. I was thinking of making dolls and doll clothes for money. People seemed very interested in the strange dolls from before, [he holds up a labuwu in a pretty white dress,] but would something like this be a good idea for a business? Society here is very different from the world I came from, so I'm not entirely sure.

Does anyone know how to do a lion dance? [Since the New Years is coming up! Yes, he's been informed about this whole different calendar thing and he sort of has a guess when the Lunar New Year is only because of when the Winter Solstice happened but like...it takes some time to practise. Because he does not, in fact, know how to do a lion dance and would need to learn!]

I suppose I would also need to find someone to make the costume...

[He has no idea how those even work! But with the holidays that passed and are coming up...]

What traditions do you have where you're from for the new year? Where I'm from, we'd give Zhao Muya's disciples red pockets and eat dumplings together. [Though like, it was really Zhao Muya's money and also most Zhao Muya making the dumplings while Su You watched.] Oh, and Zhao Muya would write couplets.

[Sometimes for profit and then when he had a sect, for themselves to put up on the doors.

He frowns for a moment. He kind of wants to do those things...but also...]

...how do you even write couplets?

[He is mostly asking himself because he doesn't know how it works. Maybe he should just write ones Zhao Muya had used before...?]

[Shang Qinghua's in his office, scribbling something that can't be seen by the camera on a drawing pad.]

Hey, does anyone know where someone can buy fabric around here? Maybe a craft store or something? I've got a project I want to do for Xie Lian, so don't tell him.

Probably gonna need some yarn and stuffing too.

[The video starts and the sky blue with clouds above. Some messy blond hair sticks into frame as the camera moves. K-11 is holding the phone upside down as he aims it at his face. He smiles awkwardly as he moves the phone so the sun isn't shining directly behind his head. He is in someone's front yard and there is a massive black and orange rabbit behind him.]

Is it on? [He asks and stares at the screen. Then he smiles wide.]

It is! Huh? Why am I upside down? [Some fumbling with the phone occurs. The camera moving this way and that, getting another flash of the sky, then a close up on the hoodie K-11 is wearing, then finally his face right-side up this time. Behind him now is a cute cat lawn gnome. That definitely wasn't there a moment ago.]

There we go! Hi! I'm K-11. Or Kallan. Whichever you wanna say, I guess. I'm kinda new here? Cole said I should do one of these things. People do these apparently. Use their phone thingies to say hi and that they're new and get to know people.

I was in the Fairy Kingdom and it's neat there. But not a lot of food you can eat. But there's lots outside it. So that's nice. Um.

I don't know what else I'm supposed to say. I guess I'm really new to being outside. What kinda things do you do outside that I should try? Yeah! That sounds like a good question.

Let me know. Bye, I guess?

[K-11 fumbles with the phone again and manages to stop the video.]

[The video clicks on to Rinku wearing a colourful sundress and waving in front of the ice rink that's been magically set up in Solarpeak.]

Hello, Ellipsa! Guess what! There's still just a few days until the Music Club's New Year's Live! Everyone's been working really hard to bring you an amazing show you're gonna love. Our theme this year is duets and teaming up, just to shake things up! Davis-san and I are gonna do the last song, and there are so many other sets I know you're gonna love! You can...

[Rinku pauses, pulls a notecard out of her pocket, reads it, and smiles at the camera.]

Right! You can find more information in the link in the description of my post! I've got samples of last year's concert linked too. And if you wanna know anything else, just ask me!

Oh, speaking of performances! The kids formed a band! Well, the Pokémon ones, anyway. They're too shy to get up on stage and they're usually sleeping by the time the show starts, but Hina-chan really wanted you guys to hear their song. So here!

[Rinku glows like a proud guardian should, even as she switches to a video file with four little Pokémon playing little plastic toy instruments. Mecchan the Sobble on keyboard, Mimi the Mimikyu on guitar, Dusty the Shuppet on drums, and Hina the Zubat on lead vocals with a little microphone, clearly thinking she is going to be the city's newest star. Above them is a banner made from art paper, taped onto the wall, reading BAND in shaky block letters in crayon.

...It's not very good. They're small Pokémon at the level of toddlers and the lead singer communicates in bat squeaks, it's to be expected. But they're having fun, and that's what matters.]

Lyrics (if you happen to speak Zubat):

You bite people because you don't like anyone
I bite people because biting is fun
Stop trying to make everybody go away
It's more fun if you come with us to play

Frills
Why are you mean
Why are you mean
Why are you mean

Frills
Why are you mean
You should be nice
Why are you mean

(OOC: The New Year's show will lead into a player plot where the game undergoes a musical episode: details here. The most recent Music Club log is here. Music Club members are encouraged to pair up and do duet performances this year, but any kind of performance is encouraged, and there will be a toplevel on the log for any performances, just like last year's. And if your character hasn't signed up for Music Club yet and you want them to perform, we can always handwave it! Rinku accepts all.)

WHO: Shang Qinghua and Xie Lian
WHAT: A mission and an ice skating date for distraction purposes
WHEN: Christmas Eve
WHERE: Various places in Winter
WARNINGS: Sad boys, because Hua Cheng was sent home

Maybe he should have expected it might happen. His king had been sent away, after all. But that didn't make Hua Cheng's vanishing any easier. Not for Shang Qinghua, who'd really come to like the ghost, and certainly not for Xie Lian, his actual husband.

But if there was one thing that Shang Qinghua, lord of An Ding, knew made for great distraction, it was having something to do. And a trip to some caves filled with bioluminescent plants to do some harvesting sounded like just the place to start.

Well, the start was getting out their door, but not until he was satisfied with how warmly the god was bundled up.

"I got some protective gloves from the Research Center, so we can pull those over the warm ones when we get there," Qinghua said, making sure Xie Lian's cloak was fastened. Because fussing over someone was another way he could push away feelings he didn't have time for.

[ When the feed turns on you'll see a very average-looking Japanese ~~boy??~~ man, giving an average greeting bow. ]

( Even the username is very average and it's clearly his "name" - "Honda Kiku"... )

{ "Kiku" being the first part because of the surname-first order, but }

( after straightening back up perfectly, Kiku seems to be holding the device now-- )

I was wondering if anyone here knows where to find good quality fried chicken for purchase? Enough for a full meal.

Karaage-style would also be an adequate substitute. Or places to find the best ingredients to make either from scratch.

( Once Kiku straightens back up, the full intricately traditional kimono is now in view and as for the entire "look" together... )

This is not meant to mimic Mister Rudolph, that is. Simply, it felt fitting for this timeframe.

{ ... Kiku's actually using "Rudolph-san" but autotranslation [+in text] you know. }

( They are children )

WHO: Yogi, Ezra, Eve + any friends they might invite over
WHAT: Housemates settle in and figure out life together (a.k.a House Catchall)
WHEN: December through January (time is fake)
WHERE: Blossomcrown, in their house
WARNINGS: will mark whenever needed

Jean is planning an ~expedition~ for January. Most likely at the very start of the year (during the second week, perhaps). It's definitely sponsored by Odyssey, but he's taking with him anyone who is interested.

OOCly, I'm limiting this to 14 characters (one per player), a nice even number if they break into teams. Let me know if you would like to keep going at a post like this or make a group on Discord.

The place we're headed for is Sunsprout City in the Summer Segment.

Image under the details cut

I have an form for anyone participating in the exploration to fill, that we usually do. This is very important, so please remember to fill it.

Currently the confirmed list of people going is: 10/14
Jean
Levi
Eren
Hijikata
Mukuro
Shoto
Aventurine
Rumi
Megumi
E'kayan

I'm going to close sign ups January 4th after which we will start the Journey OOCly.

WHO: Emeth, Wukong, Mike and Katsuki
WHAT: Heartgame time
WHEN: 15th of December
WHERE:Wukong’s Castle
WARNINGS: Harm to a child and denial of person hood, I may add more as needed.
( Read more... )

[The lock is probably shitty to non-existent, though.]

How does one go about asking another "out"?

[That's it, that's all the Goat has to ask of you all.]

How much meaning do you place on your date of birth?

[The question is posed thoughtfully, Neuvillette himself looking like he's considering what his own answer might be as well.]

Today is my birthday, but it is not the day of my birth. I have no recollection of that precise date, but this day is the day that the people of Fontaine decided my birthday would be celebrated on.

[A pause.]

It seemed important to them that they have a date upon which to mark it. I found no need to object, though I never fully understood the insistence.

[(It's because they liked you, Neuvillette.)]

{Xiao Lanhua has a tree! A...well. Not a proper Christmas tree. It's a plum tree.

And she has decorated it with lights.}

I like this season! Look, I decorated a tree too~

{Her cat is pawing at one of the lower branches, still looking oh so grumpy. Don't worry, he was born with that face.}

Who else has tried to decorate? It definitely makes my apartment feel warmer.

{But not fuller, sadly.}

[Wind whips around Xiao Xingchen, lifting up the sleeves of his robes and fluttering them like a pair of wings. He is balanced, haphazardly, on the branch of a tree -

And then he leaps. The wind catches him and he records his slowed fall. He barely makes a sound as he lands on the snow below. A wild rabbit stares at him in surprise and Xingchen bows.]

Forgive me, little friend.

[Finally he addresses any watching:]

Those who have practiced their elements in earnest, I am interested in seeing what we might do together. I can fly, travel quickly and send messages with my voice without this device.

( [Private to Xue Yang & Runyu] )

WHO: A mingle so anyone
WHAT: What happens in the Library
WHEN: December-January
WHERE: Amberfall Library and the Underground Library beneath it
WARNINGS: please warn where necessary

( Read more... )

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mysterious as the dark side of the mooOOOOOOOON

Yuzuki

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video | un: anzhe

video | un: moon_rabbit

Video | UN: Airplane [Hidden from Xie Lian]

Session 001 | Video | UN: gooddogmk2

un:happyaround, post-Sinsmas party

[Closed] A chill to warm the sadness

[Video]+[Text] {username: hondakiku} (Backdated to 24th) - because youre absolutely not Average

[Video] un: parfaitsamurai

[Semi-Closed]

Expedition OOC Plotting

Time to wake this girl up

text, un: shadowofdeath: poorly attempted to be locked from Leshy

video; un: iudex

{Video; UN: orchid}

[Video; UN: gentlebreeze]

[Open Mini Mingle] Welcome to the Library

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