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[calmhrtprevails]

Things have seemed a little strange of late around the Bar. By and large, Fawkes hasn't noticed; he's been busy being distracted by things being done in the Wasteland, and only come to the Bar to get time away from the Brotherhood planning and strategizing

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[crabbycustomer]

Millitime is in full effect, which means for Karkat it is still the night of the 20th over at his holiday multiculturalism table.

From here he can't tell what Fawkes is studying, but he gives him a vaguely civil nod out of general festiveness.

[calmhrtprevails]

Which is fine. Fawkes seldom has access to the calendar anyway.

He sets the book down at some point and stretches, popping knuckles like a truck rolling over walnuts, before noticing the table. Well, this might be interesting; why not go and investigate...

"This looks," he says, "like an extremely festive occasion. Can I ask what the holiday of Alternia being celebrated is?"

[crabbycustomer]

Karkat shrugs, and rolls his eyes a little. "WELL, IT IS NOT REALLY TECHNICALLY ANY HOLIDY, BUT WE ARE CELEBRATING THE TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY INTERCISION AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE IT IS COMING UP ON HUMAN NEW YEAR."

"WE HAVE A TWELVE DAY HOLIDAY LEADING UP TO THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE NEW SWEEP AND TONIGHT WOULD BE THE FIRST NIGHT, IT'S TRADITIONAL TO EAT A BIG MEAL WITH YOUR LUSUS BEFORE HE GOES OUT HUNTING A BEHEMOTH LEAVING FOR LATER FESTIVE NONSENSE."

[calmhrtprevails]

"I see," says Fawkes. "I only recently saw what time of year it was here. I'm not used to marking the passage of the year, but I suppose there's no harm in local custom."

He nods, skipping past the unfamiliar 'lusus' and latching on to a part of the sentence he does know. "When you say 'behemoth'," Fawkes says, "is that a reference to a type of beast? Or something more like me, but twice my size, and completely feral?"