NEW YEARS EVE FESTIVAL LOG (WOW GUYS, THIS TOTALLY ISN'T LATE OR ANYTHING...)

[asgardmods]

Who: Everyone!
What: New Years Eve! WUTWUT.
When: Err...New Years Eve. Wut...wut? (December 31st, Day 14, etc.)
Where: The Castle Plaza
Rating: Worksafe. If this changes, PLEASE INFORM THE MODS.

[Look down. Now back up! Where are you? You're in the Castle Plaza, with the Gods your Gods could God like.

[Lively, pleasant music hangs in the air around you as fireworks explode in the sky above. There is a tempting aroma teasing at your nostrils. Where is it coming from? Those long tables at the center of the plaza, overflowing with food you love. Craving anything from home? You'll be sure to find it there.

[Look around you. What do you see? Carnival games. Hundreds of Carnival games, including a dunk tank, and all for free! Carnival games not your thing? Why not give the dance floor a try? That music is awfully catchy, and just look at all those stunning lights!

[Enjoy yourselves, travelers. A New Year is upon us.]

Comments

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

--Really? [Blink. That's both comforting and unsettling at the same time, because it's all well and good to commiserate, but at the same time, she wouldn't wish her life on someone else.]

Mm. I'm glad that I get to see them, here, but... they have lives waiting for them back home. [Still a strange word.]

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

Really. It's good -- they can help each other while they're here!

[Something about the way she says that--] You don't?

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

That does sound nice. [Very nice.]

I--.... [She almost says 'it's complicated' again, since it's both true and a good cop out, but... it can't hurt to talk about it, right? He doesn't seem all that upset, so far.] ... Like I said, I did what I needed to do. Or-- I thought I did, anyway. All that was left was... for me to go back to where I came from. [Which is something to go back to, at least, but somehow she just can't quite let herself get away with lumping it in with the things everyone else has to get back to. She'll be whole, yes, but can she really say, with absolute certainty, regardless of how much she wants to, that it would still be 'her life'?]

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

[Go back to where I came from?

Conan tilts his head curiously.]

I don't think I understand.

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

It's... [She hesitates, then,] ... complicated. [Cop out? Yes, but it's still true.] But it doesn't matter. You don't need to worry about it. [Here, have a wan smile. See, nothing to worry about!]

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

Well -- as long as you don't worry about it either.

So -- papou fruit. Is it any good?

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[She can't promise that, and it makes her smile fade for a second, but she urges the smile back again.]

[...And startles a little when he mentions the paopu fruit, because she practically forgot about it.] Oh-- I've never actually had any.

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

You should definitely try it then -- we both should!

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

But-- [O-oh, dear. Well, that's kind of embarrassing, but surely he doesn't mean to split one. The legend didn't say anything about eating one by oneself, did it?] -- I... guess so...? [She is curious.]

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

What's the matter? Do they taste bad? Smell funny?

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

No, it's just-- [... She gets the feeling she should be embarrassed about admitting this, but she's entirely too used to bizzare things being true to discount it, so,] -- there's a legend about them.

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

A legend? What kind of a legend?

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

Well... they say that if two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. I'm not sure what it's supposed to do if you eat it by yourself, or with more people, if there is anything.

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

That's -- an interesting legend.

Do you believe it?

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I've never found proof, but... stranger things have happened. [Much stranger things.]

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

[Ha ... too bad Ran isn't here. She'd love that. Not that Conan would suggest the two of them split a fruit or anything -- but sharing one with anyone else felt disloyal somehow.]

This place is certainly proof of that!

Ne ... is there anything else you'd like to try?

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[She nods. It definitely is. She seems to relax a bit at the subject change.] There are so many different things that it's hard to choose...! But-- I had some hot chocolate the other day and it was really nice, so... maybe something else chocolate would be a nice start. [Not that she's actually all that picky.]

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

I think I saw some Belgian chocolate over there -- or maybe some mousse? Either way, we should look at the dessert table!

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[She's not familiar with either of those things, but,] --There's an entire table?

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

You didn't see it? It's over here!

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen everything yet. There's too much to look at...! [Brb, trying to stand as tall as possible to see while she heads that way.]

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

I guess that's a good point -- as far as festivals go, this is pretty big.

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

It's the biggest one I've ever seen. [And pretty much the only one.] --Oh...! There are so many sweets. [They'll practically rot her teeth, just looking at them.]

[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

They're from all over the place. This is baklava -- it's from Turkey! Turkish Delight too ... this is dango, from Japan where I'm from ... gelato's Italian --

This ...

I don't know what this is.

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[None of those names really mean much to her save Japan, since she's heard a thing or two about that place, but she's too distracted by all the delicacies to mention it. And-- what is that one, even?]

...It's kind of... weird-looking.