[Lesson 19]

[lady_bounty]

So I guess Christmas happened while I was feeling under the weather... there's a whole pile of gifts in my living room. Uh... thanks? I didn't think I even knew this many people here....

Dom Santiago... actually, I didn't have a pair of these, thanks! Sweet of you to think of it

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[loyalcommando]

You're welcome. I didn't know what else to get--and I thought the holiday was nice. Kinda nice to be able to actually give stuff away, too. Been a long time... [pause] Happy New Year--apparently. That true? The timing is a little off, but very close to Sera, I think. Hard to tell.

((Would also like to point out that that last phrase made me laugh so hard... It's just like Tony in the movie! Pepper's birthday... ^_~))

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[lady_bounty]

Night vision goggles are perfect, I'm sure I'll have a reason to use them soon enough~. Heh, I dunno, Christmas is kind of hokey as holidays go, but it involves food and booze and free stuff, so it's okay by me~.

Yeah, Happy New Year to you too. It's the Western one, anyway, the Lunar one comes later. I like to celebrate twice~. ...I'm surprised nobody's setting off fireworks, people seem to get so festive in this place. Wonder if that would piss the Keepers off....

((Ha ha, not actually intentional, but totally appropriate~! Faye and Tony pre-Iron Man do have certain things in common... like being completely self-centered. Faye's never been much for giving, she's more about the getting~.))

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[loyalcommando]

[hint of laughter/amusement in his voice] Yeah, well. We didn't really have time for any holidays back home--so 'hokey' is better than none. And I think it's a good concept actually. "Good will towards Man." I'd drink to that.

There's two? Oh, I get it. Different cultures have different times set, huh? Yeah, I think the Pesangas had something like that. --You know, it doesn't really surprise me to hear you say that. Any excuse to party, right?

Good question. Wouldn't mind finding out...

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[lady_bounty]

Right, you came here from a war, didn't you? A real war, not this stupid.... [trails off into unintelligible grumblings]

"Good will towards Man", huh. [her tone is neutral; there's a slight pause, then she continues with a slightly more teasing tone] ...I'd drink to anything~. Here's to good will towards Man~!

Yeah, exactly. A lot of Asian cultures use a lunar calendar, so each year they celebrate on a different date by the Western calendar. Dunno when it is this year, since I don't know what year it is in this dimension. It's whenever the first new moon is, so uh... in a few weeks? [she laughs] That's right, any excuse to party! What I said before, about food and booze~....

...Damn, now you've got me thinking about requisitioning some~! ...Do I wanna risk the Keepers trying to kill me? [she sounds conflicted and indecisive, but also mischievous and deeply amused]

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[loyalcommando]

Yeah... I did.

[chuckling] Yep--will never be surprised by that reaction in the future.

Is Asain (Asia?) a country, island, or continent? Yeah, I don't keep up with that sort of thing. Besides, this isn't even the planet I'm from or one that I've heard of in your case. You're a spacer, or whatever, aren't you?

[he's grinning as he says this] Oh, I dunno. It could be worth it...

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[lady_bounty]

[still with that teasing tone] You learn fast~!

Asia's a continent. Heh, yeah, I'm a "spacer". Where I come from, there's people all over the solar system now, but everyone's ancestors came from a copy of this planet. Earth. So we all still operate on an Earth-based calendar.

[pause] ...I'm in if you're in~!

((So I see Gojyo made some back-dated posts concerning fireworks, which definitely would've been noticeable... uh... we can pretend this conversation is happening on New Year's Eve? ^_^; ))

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[loyalcommando]

[amused, also slightly teasing/flirty] I'm a Santiago, babe. We haven't survived all these years without learning damn fast when it comes to these sorts of things.

Okay. That helps put things into perspective a bit. See, we don't even have a planet named "Earth" around where I'm from. It's just Sera, and Risea, and anything else isn't in the same system as us.

You make the req, I'll help you carry it to the park!

((lol, yeah. Also--if you want to thread this you can start it now for when I get back. I'd love to see them piss off the Entropi with fireworks! >XD))

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[lady_bounty]

[in the same teasing/flirty tone] An admirable trait, to be sure~.

...It always weirds me out to talk to humans who haven't heard of Earth. I mean, I know, yeah, different dimensions, maybe humans call it something else, or came from a different planet, or went out into space so long ago they forgot where it was... I like that idea, actually. ...Only two planets in your system? Or only two inhabitable planets in your system?

Mr. Santiago, sir, you've got yourself a deal~! ...Uh, I'm in Sor-Dyo.

((Sure thing, I'll make the requisition, put up the thread, and check with Ankhi about the fireworks. ...It's not like there's a rush, since you're off being a snow bunny. :P ))

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[loyalcommando]

Why, thank you~.

It's just where one of our old squad members thought the Locust might have originally come from. It's kind of hard to imagine they were down there beneath us all that time so... can't blame 'im.

I'll be there soon.

((Haha. That's great. Btw, yeah, there's internet here in the hotel room. But don't know about when we get to Colorado.))

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[lady_bounty]

See ya~!

((Of course I am so fail I don't put the thread up until after you're actually back. Just got a job, the past few days have been slightly mad. Thread is here. Welcome back, hope you had fun! ^_^ ))

[loyalcommando]

((Thanks. And good luck with the new job--those are always hectic.))