Hanukkah, Festival of Lights

[celesticempress]

Characters: Open
Purpose: A few good evenings of observation
Location: A stone menorah near the Museum of Spirited History
Time: Around sunset every evening from December 11th through December 19th
Warnings: Honestly, this really shouldn't require any warnings

Summary: Cynthia happens across an interesting holiday memorial and, naturally, cannot

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December 16

[celesticempress]

[[ Including the shamash, seven candles are lit. ]]

[sorairogunblaze]

Yoko wandered into the area, attracted by the large amount of light coming from around it. She was surprised to see the menorah and all its lit candles, but wondered why there were still two left seemingly untouched.

Not yet saying anything, she was just looking around and examining the stone monument.

[trans_remedy]

Rally noticed somebody coming by, so she thought it might be a good chance to have a brief conversation. It seemed like a good night for such a thing, and it could help with preparations for the upcoming tournament as well.

"They are quite beautiful, aren't they?" She approached with a smile.

[sorairogunblaze]

"Yeah, they are." Yoko answered briefly, looking at the woman out of the corner of her own eye. "It just seems odd that there are two candles out. Was it an accident?"

[trans_remedy]

"Actually, I don't think they're supposed to be lit yet." She responded a bit nervously. This woman had a certain air of danger around her. "It's part of a sort of celebration. The candles represent the number of days that have passed."

[sorairogunblaze]

"Oh, that makes enough sense." She stood her ground, trying to not act too impressed. "So you know about this celebration?"

[trans_remedy]

"Only some things that I've read here and there..." Rally didn't want to exaggerate her way into trouble, so she spoke somewhat modestly. "I could try to explain it better, if you want."

[sorairogunblaze]

"You know, that might help." She turned a bit to offer a small smile. "I'm actually a teacher, so it would be nice to learn something new that I could pass on."

[trans_remedy]

"Really?" Hearing that reminded her much of Miguel, another teacher who had his own air around him as well.

"Well, it's a historical celebration for a certain religion. The candles are a direct reference to ones that burned long ago for eight days, even though they didn't have nearly enough oil to burn them that long, so it's considered a miracle." She did her best to paraphrase between what she read on her own and what she heard from Father Manix.

[sorairogunblaze]

"So it's one of those types of celebrations?" Yoko was a bit skeptical, but decided that maybe it was worth hearing a bit more. "Do the people do anything interesting?"

[trans_remedy]

"I think there's a game they play." Rally did her best to remember, but little was coming up so far. "I'd have to go find some more information about it, though..."

[sorairogunblaze]

"That's alright." She responded bluntly, not thinking it necessary for the woman to go the extra trouble. "You've given me enough to go on if I decide to learn the rest on my own."

[trans_remedy]

"Alright, then." Rally was glad she could explain it to this woman's satisfaction, but now she was curious about this game and would have to remind herself of it...