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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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Terry is there to be play supervisor because he'd be able to handle fireworks if any go awry, but he's there to help set it up so that they're launched into the sky instead of at other things. If you remember his conditions of staying in the Clubhouse, one of them was "don't cause property damage" or you might get evicted. ]

[ What if Rei is the one to commit property damage... will he evict her... ]

T-chan, let's set off some fireworks together!

[ She'll come running along to spend time with her favourite big bro. ]

[ Don't even think about it!!

Terry looks up when Rei comes by, twirling a lighter between his fingers because he always has one on hand. It's used for so many things except smoking. ]

Sure, which ones do you want to see first?

[ If it's an accident, it wouldn't be her fault!! ]

Umm, I don't know! What's really fun?

[ She has only seen the giant fireworks in the sky. She has never experienced the other stuff. ]

We can have fun with the sparklers. They don't light up in the sky, but you can kinda write things in the air with them.

[ Then he points to something that looks like an arm-length rocket. ]

This one will probably shoot up in the sky, but it's small.

Oh, let's do the sparklers! That sounds like fun!

[ She'll go and try to look for something that seems like sparklers. Eventually, she'll hold up a little packet. They have sparklers written very tiny in a corner because the company has to put their ~brand name~ in huge blocky font. ]

Is this it?

Yeah, that should be it. Can you get two of them out for me, Rei? I'll light them.

[ That sure... is some blocky font... but Terry will try to focus on the sparklers. ]

[ She opens the pack and pulls out two long sparklers. Ohhh, they look like pocky! But Rei knows better than to eat them so she holds them out for Terry. ]

[ god fucking bless, rei. Terry takes the two sparkles and holds one of them in his right hand. ]

Okay, these are kinda short, so be careful. When you want to put them out, put them in this water bucket.

[ He gestures to the bucket full of water and then waves a sparkler around as if it's a magic wand. ]

You can do stuff like this and it'll leave traces behind in the air so it'll be like drawing or writing! You ready?

[ She lets out an "ohhh" sound as her eyes follow his waving sprinkler. She has put the packet in her jacket pocket (maybe a bad idea) and is just holding her one pocky-like firework. ]

Ready!

[ I love how we keep calling it different things, but fair.

Terry lights Rei's end of the sparkler and his own too. They light up so well and Terry draws a big heart in the air. Marvelous. ]

[ LMAO that's just me being an idiot, but I will continue to call it different things to keep it up so Rei takes her little fire stick and marvel at it. It is outrageous that none of the nurses brought these for her because she would have had a blast and I guess lose her hair much faster. ]

T-chan, I can see your heart! Wait, wait, let me try one too!

[ She's like an excited little kid with a new toy. She draws a heart as well and is pretty much over the moon. She wants these fireworks every single night. ]

[ Terry watches Rei having fun while drawing a simple infinity symbol in the air. He's so glad that she's having fun. ]

I can see yours too!

[ Now the flaming glowstick will draw a cat head. Meow. ]

[ The only type of cat that Terry can get close without wanting to die. Rei laughs and draws little flowers because of course, she would. ]

I didn't know they had fireworks like these! Are these only in this world or in other worlds?!

[ Because if Inaba had sparkling matchsticks and she never got to see a single one there, then the nurses are jerks for not letting her have one in her hospital room, surrounded by flammable things. ]

There were things like this back in mine too. They were fun to play with. I think there were similar things in other worlds too, so maybe that's the case!

[ A common underlying theme: they must have sparklers.

Terry draws small flowers right next to Rei's. It's a little garden! ]

[ If your world doesn't have spark sticks then Rei is not interested. You might as well not go back to your lame world. ]

What other kinds of fireworks are there?! We should try all of them!

Hm... there are all kinds, really. I don't think I can name them all... Some of them are a little dangerous to fire. I remember they used to be illegal to fire in the streets because something could catch on fire.

[ Who knows. ]

Wait, but we're in the streets! Should we stop?

[ They already have a bad rep with the townspeople. Pretty sure if they commit arson, even during the Lockdown, things will get real bad. ]

We can use one of these. I'll be careful, and if it looks like it'll set something on fire, don't worry about it.

[ Terry sets up the rocket one and lets it fly into the sky, exploding into a wide array of colors in a flower shape. ]

Like that!

[ "If it looks like it'll set something on fire, don't worry about it"... so I guess Rei has to set something on fire and she'd just be like "no worries!" Thanks, Terry. ]

It's so pretty! Can I use one?

[ So she can set something on fire. ]

Okay, you can use your sparkler to light one.

[ A lighter is hard to use for someone who has never used one... probably. Terry is mentally prepared to speed after the firework to intercept it from hitting anything apart from the sky. ]

[ Yeah, he probably should be prepared because it is very likely that Rei would shoot something other than the sky, but she's very careful. She doesn't want to accidentally destroy something so she takes her time. She sets it up, makes sure that it's aiming at the sky, then lights it up with her sparkler before she runs back to Terry's side. It goes off without any problems and it lights up the night sky in bright colours. ]

Look, I did it! I set off my first firework!

[ She will remember this forever. ]

You did! Good job, Rei!

[ It really is a different feeling, setting off a firework yourself and watching it get launched into the sky as opposed to someone else doing it for you. Terry understands the sentiment and grins. ]

We can set off a fountain type this time. It won't go into the sky, but it'll spew a lot of things from the ground, like a fountain! Though we need to stay a little away from it because it can get big, depending on the size.

A chocolate fountain but with fireworks?!

[ This is the only type of fountain that is important to her. ]

Yeah, and you absolutely cannot eat it. Watch.

[ Terry makes sure Rei stands far and lights a fountain firework. Then he immediately goes back to her side and watches it light up.

Ta-da. ]

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