RL with Gale | Backdated to around Christmastime

[bare_my_fangs]

So usually Christmas is just another day for Michael. Nena makes him buy stuff for her (but that isn't really anything out of the ordinary anyway) but apart from that, he's not really big on the whole gift exchanging thing. And he certainly never feels obliged to return the gesture, if someone's stupid enough to send him something

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[donotcomprehend]

Gale opened the door and stepped inside, the red light of the terminal playing over his features and deepening the brilliant green of his hair to almost purple.

His eyes shifted to the knife in Michael's hand automatically, and then up to Michael's face.

"Perhaps it would be easiest to talk in my quarters," he suggested. Better than standing around in a karma terminal where there was nowhere to sit. He wasn't sure what Michael wanted, but he was happy to receive a visit from his closest comrade that wasn't from his own world.

[bare_my_fangs]

Michael nodded, still playing with the knife in his hand. The motions were automatic; he'd hardly even noticed he was doing it.

"Sure thing, man. Lead the way." he said, waving his hand in the direction of the entrance, and his sleeve slipped back slightly, offering a small glimpse of metal. He was already wearing the luck noise on his wrist, in a bracer compliments of Shinra Electrical. After all, there was no such thing as being too careful.

[donotcomprehend]

Gale saw the bracer and cocked his head, recognizing the soft glow of the luck noise embedded in the bracelet. He didn't know what the bracer was, but he was pleased to see the present was being used.

"This way," he said, turning away to open the door and lead Michael through the hallway to his own room at the Lokapala base.

"Did you have a nice...Christmas?" he asked, with an uncertain tone. He wasn't really versed in small talk and genuinely wanted to know, but wasn't sure if Michael normally celebrated the holiday or not.

[bare_my_fangs]

Michael snorted slightly at Gale's question and uncertain tone, but he answered nonetheless. "I guess it was alright. The kid got all excited over it and made sure we had a 'proper' Christmas, and Nena made me buy presents and shit, but it's not really my thing." He shrugged; the day didn't have any particular importance to him though.

"I didn't realise you were into the whole Christmas thing though."