[OTA] Give me the peace and joy in your mind

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New Year's Day found Lasse a little bit tired, a little bit hungover, possibly still a little bit drunk. But in spite of all that, he seemed mostly content, happiness humming quietly under his skin, as he wandered around outside. The crisp winter air didn't bother him that much. Actually it was quite refreshing after being holed up all day in his

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[ishineon]

If he's not looking at her long enough, he probably won't see her rolling her eyes a little as she drawls, "And to you. Had a wild night, I suppose?"

Her fatigue, on the other hand, was less to do with a hangover and more to do with the effects of that hangover finally hitting combined with early rising for her traditional sunrise watch.

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Even though Lasse hadn't caught a proper glimpse of the face - had merely acknowledged a human-shaped object walking past - he stopped because the somewhat familiar sounding voice had dropped a conversation starter.

Glancing up, he put on a smile for the human-shaped object who turned out to be a young woman whom his brain belatedly identified as the Lady of the Diamonds.

"Not as wild as some of the young ones. I'd be dead in a ditch somewhere if I tried partying like them. But it was a good way to slide into a new year," he replied with a soft chuckle, tacking on a 'my lady' almost as an afterthought. Give him credit for remembering that and for remembering to omit all the expletives that tended to slip into his speech.

[ishineon]

"Oh, now we wouldn't want that, would we," she clucked her tongue, returning the smile. "Things would absolutely fall apart without you to manage your underlings, and we'd all suffer the knock-on effect, mm? The new year is preserved by your self-restraint."

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"If the year actually relied on my self-restraint, it'd be utterly done for."

Deadly serious or simply deadpan? It was hard to tell. The Rasmussens were known for a lot of things but self-restraint had never been a strength of theirs.

[ishineon]

"I'll take it that you're not setting yourself any resolutions, then, unless it's to indulge more in whatever virtue or vice you're missing." Her voice was dry as dust; she certainly wasn't setting anything for herself. Except treating Avery better. That was a long and winding road to trudge down.

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"Most certainly not. Resolutions are for the very young."

And those who believed that making resolutions would help them actually do whatever they meant to do. Lasse didn't lack motivation, however, being someone who simply went and did things when they popped into his mind so resolutions weren't for him.

"Aren't they?"

[ishineon]

"I've found them useful on occasion," she thought aloud, tapping her chin, "but not in recent years. It doesn't do to wait for the start of a new year to start anything, really. Just puts it off and then you're left with only good intentions."

So yes, most likely the very young. Those who'd yet to learn when was the best time to begin anything.

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"Mmhm. Too much anxiety, too much disappointment."

If, hypothetically, Lasse were pressed to make a resolution, it would go along the lines of slowing down and doing less. But then he'd end up driving people (Michael) up the walls - out of boredom.

"And we all know where good intentions lead in the end."

[ishineon]

"Ought to make it a fast track, and put a ladder at the end. Gives them an opportunity to learn things the hard way, but still a chance to get out of it in time."

It's mostly a joke. Mostly.