cetana | 12/25 fake timeline xmas party

[ 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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[ 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 :( ]

[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!

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. ]

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.]

[ 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?

[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!

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...

Just in case!

[All dogs are relegated to the floor only.]

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. ]

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.]

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?

[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.

[ 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?

I... never really did anything before...

[He's never had a birthday party, or any birthday that was significant except the last one; when he'd taken the flight to France. And it's not a good birthday association.]

There's been a lot of celebrations already! Maybe... just a cake?

[Because Terry had already asked him which kind he wanted; back when Toki thought he was still going to die.]

And stay at home?

[He would have suggested watching the stars again, which they failed at before. But now he can't see them anyway.]

Mm, cake and staying home sounds nice.

[ Whatever Toki could have answered with is fine with her. She would have given him a full blown party if he wanted it, but if he wants something small and personal, she can do that too. ]

How old will you be turning?

[ ... she doesn't even know his age. They really should have talked with each other more before rushing into marriage. ]

It does.

[The more he thinks about it, a quiet day at home sounds perfect. He used to hate the quiet, and needed distractions to drown out his own thoughts, but not anymore.]

I'll be sixteen!

[They knew nothing about each other at all, it seems.]

Oh, I'm older than you! I'm already sixteen.

[ Hopefully, they won't run into any problems in their marriage after the honeymoon phases is over... they should really learn more things about each other... ]

Now we'll be the same age for a few months! I'll be seventeen in February.

Really!?

[He's continued his track record of always dating older girls.]

We'll plan something special for your birthday too!

[If neither of them have died before then.]

We can just have cake and stay at home as well! I never did anything for my birthday either so something small will be okay so everyone doesn't have to worry.

[ Yeah, there are absolutely no guarantees that either of them will be alive by the time February rolls around. ]

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