12/25 fake timeline xmas party

[citta]

[ On Christmas day, all the Persona users have been invited over to the Black Cat Clubhouse to get together and celebrate the fact that we all miraculously made it to see Christmas, somehow. The kotatsu has been brought over from next door so that there are two sitting in the middle of the living room with enough space to comfortably fit a dozen people, more if squashed together, and the rest of the house is toasty warm from all the cooking and baking that was done over the hours prior. Set on the dining room table in buffet style is an assortment of traditional Christmas food (according to Google), such as fried chicken, potato salad, fancy wagashi, and strawberry shortcake Christmas cake, along with traditional actual dinner items for people who want actual food, like sushi, sukiyaki, grilled fish, curry on rice, and croquettes.

There's a karaoke machine set in the living room alongside a projector for movies, if anybody even knows what a VCR player is to be able to connect the two and show movies, and the snow is falling pretty heavily over the afternoon and evening for those who want to go out and play. Have snowball fights! Or build snowmen and igloos! Or destroy said snowmen and igloos with snowballs! For anybody being too disruptive, or is antisocial and trying to hide, you're liable to be hit by a Wolvaan spell that turns you into a cute dog so people can swarm you for hugs and pets instead. The culprit is a happy little golden retriever trotting around the house that goes by the name of Ala. Please pet her too.

If there's alcohol or mistletoe at this party, somebody else is going to have to step up and take responsibility.

Make your own toplevels, exchange gifts, eat all the food, spend the next 24 hours in a food coma... We're here for a fake timeline good time. Ichi and Card promised a free bonus as a Christmas gift to you all, so please comment to the toplevel below to claim your bonus! As a reminder, new players can also comment to the ema toplevel from the first event post to claim one free wish! Happy Holidays from Ichi and Card to you ♥ ]

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[flowerclips]

[ She lets out a small yelp as she's picked up and held a little too tightly. She's glad that she's suddenly better and that Toki could feel better about her revival, but it hurts a bit to be held like this. She squirms a little bit in his grasps, but she won't whine. She hopes that he gets the message from the little kicks of her feet. ]

[yokeye]

[After a few kicks, Toki sets Rei back down on his lap.]

I'm so sorry, Hana-chan. No more sushi.

[flowerclips]

[ I'm just going to have the Wolvaan spell wear off while Toki holds pom Rei or something so then normal Rei can just crush him and break a leg or something. ]

[ She barks once trying to say that it's okay. It's her fault too for eating so much so she walks on over and tries to nuzzle his hand. If it's not nearby, she'll just nuzzle his stomach. ]

[yokeye]

[Leg breaking is acceptable.]

I'm so glad you're okay...

[His hand is within reach, and he lets her nuzzle. He won't be feeding any more animals in the future.]

[flowerclips]

[ She will nuzzle! And then paw at his hand while standing on her back legs. Pick her up again so she can try to nuzzle that face and break that leg. ]

[yokeye]

[A happy pom is good, and Toki lifts her up likes she seems to want.]

[flowerclips]

[ She is picked up and she happily barks that Toki understood. She moves her little paws towards his general direction so she can try to reach out, but right at that moment, Wolvaan decides to wear off. ]

[ ... ]

[ Rei turns back to normal and immediately falls right into Toki's lap not so gently. ]

[yokeye]

[Toki isn't expecting the sudden shift, and certainly can't hold Rei like that, so down she goes. Something snaps and then Toki is screaming. It's a femur, which should withstand quite a lot, but it doesn't. Fragility is a very bad attribute in Hirajiro, it seems.]

[flowerclips]

[ RIP Toki's femur... ]

To-- Tokidoki?! I-I'm sorry, I--

[ Rei is panicking because she can definitely tell that she broke something and she immediately summons Ananke to spam her strongest healing spells on Toki. Maybe that'll help a bit. In the meanwhile, Zhn will just fuck off to eat everything off the sushi plate that Toki originally had. He just sits there happily while Toki and Rei can scream. ]

[yokeye]

[He stops screaming after it's healed as well as can be expected. Half of it was panic screaming, as opposed to pain. Rei panicking herself and apologizing hurts far worse.]

Rei! It's okay! I'm okay! Don't worry!

[flowerclips]

[ Rei is still panicking. It's definitely not her fault because she didn't know that she'd turn back to normal at that moment, but that doesn't make her feel better. ]

A-Are you sure?! Is anything else broken?! I'll heal it right away!!

[yokeye]

N-no, I think everything's fine!

[And to prove that, he will stand up.]

See!? It's fine~!

[flowerclips]

[ That does help prove to her that everything seems okay, but she still feels pretty guilty about the whole thing so she's just going to start crying while she continues to sit on the floor. Not even on Christmas can things be happy :( ]

[yokeye]

[No. :(

Toki gets down on the floor too and reaches for her. The crying noises kill him inside. Rei should always be happy.]

D-don't cry, princess!

[flowerclips]

But I hurt you and I feel really bad about it...! And you were also crying earlier b-because of me...

[ She's referring to what happened only moments ago when she was a pom and get sick from eating too much sushi. ]

[yokeye]

But I'm fine now. And so are you.

[Now she'll get a hug.]

I only cried because I was happy you were okay.

[One of them will cry every single day, it can't be stopped.]

[flowerclips]

[ Yeah, if one of them doesn't cry every day, there is something seriously wrong. Rei will lean into the hug and buries her eyes into his shoulder. She's going to leave a wet spot with her tears. ]

R-Really...? You weren't upset?

[yokeye]

[His hug becomes clingy and tight, and he's not letting her go for a long time.]

Not at you. I was upset that you might have died.

[Or the little unknown dog, at the time.]

And relieved that you were okay. I'm not always sad when I cry, I promise!

[flowerclips]

A-All right.

[ She nods and wipes her eyes on his shirt. She has absolutely no problems with a clingy and tight hug as she'll practically do the same, sitting on his lap and wrapping both her arms and legs around him. They can just stay like this for a while. ]

From now on... no more picking me up as a dog? Just in case...

[yokeye]

Just in case!

[All dogs are relegated to the floor only.]

[flowerclips]

Mmhm...

[ Thank God that it wasn't Terry that Toki picked up and transformed back into a human. I can only imagine more than a femur would have been broken if Terry fell on him... ]

Umm, are you enjoying the party...?

[ She still feels bad and awkward about the whole incident so she's not as energetic as she normally is. ]

[yokeye]

I am~!

[Toki has already gotten past Rei almost dying and the leg breaking. They've been fixed. Everything is fine.]

It's my first Christmas party~! It's nice to... just be here with everybody and not think about things for a while.

[The next Daitengu, the high potential for death; everything getting closer to the end of their time in Hirajiro, one way or another.]

[flowerclips]

Mm, it's my first Christmas party too.

[ And it's very nice. She hopes that she could experience this again next year, but a part of her knows that's not possible. At least she finally got to attend one Christmas party and that's good enough. ]

I hope we'll have a good new year. Do you have any hopes or wishes for it?

[yokeye]

[Toki had never made wishes, or had particular hopes for anything in the future. There were no plans, he just existed in the present, in each moment. Until the daemon contract, and then there wasn't any wishes or hopes to be had, because the world was ending and none of it mattered. The future here is an uncertainty, and for once in his life, Toki has something to wish for.]

I hope we can spend every day in the new year together and happy.

[flowerclips]

[ She smiles brightly. Just like that, her mood is picked up and it's like she never cried at all. ]

Me too.

[ She moves in and plants a quick kiss on his cheek. ]

We should now plan something for your birthday. Do you like doing something big or small?