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[the_measurers]

Last year, Geldeheim City had glittered for them, cold and translucent like a collection of great icecubes. This time, it was as if someone had taken a hammer to those icecubes. Many buildings still stood, but some were bisected, shattered by beams of power, or perpetually burning with magefire. Some of the city's ubiqutuous flat 3d projection

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[A New Holiday?]

[the_measurers]

The ad hoc council that's the nominal government of Geldeheim has called those representatives of the station who will listen to a request of the ad hoc council that is currently the official government of Geldeheim

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[allmylovenspace]

Ai was all about holidays! They should be times of family and togetherness, and... well, not people breaking into others' houses to kill them.

She had brought a bunch of print-outs and discs of various holidays -- mostly Earth ones from places she knew people from, but she'd also asked the station residents for assistance.

"Let's see. It should be seasonal. Wait, do you have seasons?" Jupiter and its moons didn't -- she remembered that from her husband's griping about a holiday transmission the Von Braun did the first December away from Earth.

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[the_measurers]

"This one will be close to the role played by Kristmas and Grendlsdag. I know two weeks is not a lot of lead time, but we need your help with this." Says Svinboera, her eyes shining with devotion to her people's cause. "We do have seasons. The rainy season, the frozen season, and the hotmonth." Geldeheim had pretty miserable weather.

The locals pored over the printouts. They particularly seemed to like Festivus.

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[allmylovenspace]

[OOC: Wikipedia has everything!]

Of course they did.

"Well, we can do what we can. A lot of winter holidays involve lights -- because the cold season usually has short days. Or warm things, like cocoa or soup."

"What do you like about that one?" she asked the group eying the Festivus material.

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[the_measurers]

"Poles. We have lots of those. Not a lot of superfluous tinsel and things like that though. Good riddance, I say. The new society ill needs such things." Said Counciler Hauptmann, a hawkish, balding man who couldn't attract Emma Goldman to his revolution with a gun to his head.

"I would like some sort of institutionalized...if not gift giving, a formal giving of service to others. Tithing if you will." Said Svinboera. She and Hauptmann did not get along often. "Say, you produce that Freedom Deliver Robin show...do you think you could do a special for this new holiday? That would make people want to celebrate it of their own accord."

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[allmylovenspace]

"Well, gift-giving is nice, but I think people will resent it if you make it mandatory, like tithing. But encouraging people to do each other nice things sounds like a wonderful idea!"

"And I'll talk to the cast and crew -- two weeks is a bit short notice to do a special, but we can try."

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[worm_dancer]

Sheeana swept in from the cold, late from delivering a package of poison to those besieging the Fay'lia tower and not in the least apologetic. She spared a small, unfriendly glance for Tanabe. The two of them did not get along, mainly for ideological reasons.

"If we can finalize this holiday in three days, you'll have your holiday special in a week and a half. We're ready to begin shooting immediately."

Technically she was only the art director, but having Rufus's ear, she felt confident (and perhaps a bit presumptuous) in making that decision.

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[allmylovenspace]

"Thank you! That would be wonderful!"

Ai didn't particularly agree with Sheeana on much of anything, or like her much either, but she did appreciate all the work she was doing on FDR.