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[The camera is focused on a seven foot tall Christmas tree (currently bare) in corner of the family room. One can easily see snow blanketing the ground through the sizable picture window. There's a fire going in the grate, and two fluffy orange cats are dozing on the hearth.

Next to the Christmas tree are various plastic bins clearly labeled with ( Read more... )

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He said "yes".

I'm the happiest woman in the entire world.

((OOC: Naoto finally got up the guts to propose to Kanji at the Obon Festival. Of course, he said yes!))

[Naoto is seated at her work bench in her workshop/laboratory/atelier busily working on some silver jewelry. She's wearing goggles with magnifying lenses, apparently engraving something on the inside of a man's silver ring. Several other pieces are strewn about on her workspace, such as a skull ring, a skull pendant, some ear cuffs, and a few ( Read more... )

Next year, I'm going to do the smart thing and call in sick for the school camping trip. It really is as bad as Senpai made it out to be.

[Naoto's sitting on her bed and clinging to a pillow. No, she doesn't realize she's virused. She thinks it's because Issei forgot about her that she's feeling so distraught.]

...he really did forget about us.

[She buries her face in the pillow, her fingers digging deep into the fabric.]

Suffice it to say, Kaito and Hakuba's plan went off without a hitch. When Dojima brought the two teenagers to the Shirogane estate, the last thing Naoto expected was to be greeted by a host of people jumping out and yelling "Surprise!" She'd never admit it, but they'd nearly given her a heart attack...

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[The video opens with a tiny Naoto tearing down the halls of the Shirogane estate in what appears to be a red Radio Flyer wagon. Her English foxhounds (both of which are now in the prime of youth) are hitched up to the wagon with a variety of belts and leashes). Several members of the hired staff have to leap out of the way in order to avoid being ( Read more... )

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