fourth [action/video]; backdated to Friday afternoon

[bywiseguidance]

[Rasha the Haunter really doesn't understand what his trainer is doing. She's been acting strangely all day--she left the light on in her room all last night, even while she slept, hasn't touched her Gear at all, and hasn't taken any of them out of town to train. Even when Ari and Vicky started growling at each other, she didn't put Ari in his

Comments

video;

[importanttoher]

I've never seen anyone feed the fish yet.

Re: video;

[bywiseguidance]

That...was not strictly my intention. Though I suppose they appreciate the gesture.

[importanttoher]

It's probably better food than whatever they have.

What were you doing?

[bywiseguidance]

It is a holiday tradition. It is Rosh Hashanah--the Jewish new year, more or less.

[Yes, in the middle of fall. What of it.]

This is one of the ways to mark the holiday that I can do here.

[importanttoher]

Oh. [ She didn't know that ] What else is there?

[bywiseguidance]

[She's been moving away from the bridge, towards a tree at the waterline as she speaks--she sits underneath it. Oh, how she loves explaining these things.]

There is the sounding of the shofar, which takes place in the synagogue. Prayer. Some traditional foods.

It is meant to be a quiet day of introspection, the beginning of the time we consider the past year and the final time to make amends for sins of the past year.

[importanttoher]

I guess being recorded takes the quiet away. Did you want me to hang up so you can be alone?

[bywiseguidance]

No, I do not mind it. I am not particularly...devout about my faith.

[importanttoher]

I can change the subject if you don't want to talk about it?

[bywiseguidance]

[Ziva shrugs as her Houndoom comes into view, curling up beside her. She scratches at the base of one of his horns idly.]

If you want. I really do not mind answering questions too much.

[importanttoher]

What other traditions are there?

[bywiseguidance]

For today? Not much other than what I have already mentioned, though Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, which is a time to consider sins of the previous year and seek reconciliation with those we may have wronged.

[importanttoher]

Is it just for today?