[35] Video | December is for celebrating (and distracting myself)

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[Hello, Barge! Have a dose of forced cheer! Someone's trying to trick herself into a good mood. People who know her well may catch that she's acting a little strange.]
First of all: Happy Hannukah to everyone who celebrates! I know it's the second day, but the thought still counts, right? I don't actually know much about it. Anyone feel like

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(pretend this was on time)

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[Oh, look! Pretend-cheer! He knows quite well how that goes... and he knows quite well when it's just pretend, as opposed to being used as a foothold toward real cheer. He's also learning when not to harp on it.]

What's Christmas like in a boarding school? I don't believe any of my fr--well, Turlough, but he was a strange case--had ever attended one.

(only if we also pretend I can reply on time, too)

[notarrowette]

[Well, she's trying to make it a foothold. We'll see if it works. ;)]

It's... really quiet, actually. I mean, people start decorating their rooms in November. And then after Thanksgiving, we all went really nuts decorating our rooms and the hallways, and we'd have little parties with each other and watch Christmas movies and specials in each other's rooms or in the common area. ...I'm imagining it won't be terribly different here, except that everyone else won't leave to go home for the actual holiday. It was always weird when everyone left and it got so quiet.

(Ace! I can pretend that along with pretending I can tag with the right account. :B)

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When everyone left? You spent your holidays there alone?

(We are excellent pretenders! :D)

[notarrowette]

Well, I did usually go to a friend's house for the actual day. But yeah. I mean, there was usually at least one or two other girls who couldn't afford to travel to get home, so we'd hang out together. But I wasn't allowed to live with my mother, so I stayed there.

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[He's at a bit of a loss as to how to approach that. On the one hand, he's never really paid attention to holidays, or needed a family to spend them with--not with his penchant for taking his friends with him. On the other hand, humans generally seem to be quite focused on family, especially during these sorts of holidays. In conclusion... a small smile, possibly even a bit sheepish.]

That sounds as if it was a bit uncomfortable. But, ah... here and now, you've got the lot of us at least, haven't you?

[notarrowette]

[She gives him a fond smile back; she's used to her life story--or circumstances, at least--producing that kind of awkward reaction. (One day she'll have to shock him with her life story and really surprise him.)]

I do. And I'm really, really grateful for it.