Christmas "Meme"
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Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Suzu ga naru
Suzu no rizumu ni hikari no wa ga mau
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Suzu ga naru
Mori ni hayashi ni hibikinagara
Welcome to the Dinohouse Christmas "meme"! This is going to work a bit differently from most memes, but still free free to do what you want here!
The idea:
Following this post I will be making an assortment of Universe/Location "thread" comments. These will define the specific scene and universe being worked in. Comments by applicable characters will follow under that comment.
Example:
Mushverse; Shiba Mansion; open to Shinkengers
Comments following that would all be set in the Mushverse universe, be by any Shinkengers that want to participate, and take place at the Shiba Mansion Christmas party. Think of it sort of like every "top level" comment is its own post to the community.
Following that example, if your desired AU/Canon/etc isn't there, feel free to make a "thread" for it! Say there's already a Mushverse Go-busters "thread", and you want to do something in Aibouverse, or something more canon, maybe just between two characters? Make one!
Comments following the "thread" headings can be group setting free for all, or between individuals. Say it's a canon GokaiGalleon party, and Gai and Luka want to go off alone, or are on their way to the Galleon together? Their thread can be a separate second level comment thread beneath the main Canon Gokaiger thread.
I know that's a lot of information/qualifiers, but don't let it make you nervous to post, "rules" are fluid, and mainly set for added organization.
HAVE FUN. And enjoy the season!
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Date: 2012-12-17 09:07 pm (UTC)Right on the tip of his nose.
"I doubt Usada was the one to hang it, I mean."
I turn to Ryuuji with a smirk. "Do you know where Gorisaki is? I got him another ornament to add to the tree."
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Date: 2012-12-17 11:49 pm (UTC)Usada can't even reach to hang any mistletoe. If he did, it's only because sempai gave him a boost up.
[note: if Don shows up here, Jin has a plaid hat for him]
Date: 2012-12-18 01:22 am (UTC)Mine is of course a dashing shade of gold, and Kurorin's is green because it was the last color left. I contemplated pink, but settled on green as the safer option.
After the hats are giving out I shove a box of ornaments into each pair of hands. "We should all decorate the tree first!"
Re: [note: if Don shows up here, Jin has a plaid hat for him]
Date: 2012-12-18 07:52 am (UTC)There's a floppy white blob dangling in my eyes. I hold it between thumb and forefinger, and inspect the rest of the monstrosity Jin's decided I need to wear. Well, I don't take it off, or anything. It'll keep him happy.
"Green?" I rumble at Jin.
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Date: 2012-12-19 03:27 am (UTC)"Green because I knew you would've killed me for pink, and those were the only two colors left that I could find." I flick at the little puff ball, smile softening just slightly.
"It looks good on you."
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Date: 2012-12-19 09:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-20 05:15 am (UTC)"Oh?" I tilt my head, knowing my hair will fall nicely when I do that. "I have one for you too."
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Date: 2012-12-20 08:24 am (UTC)"You do?" I raise my eyebrows. "Mine's just small. You'd better go first."
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Date: 2012-12-20 10:18 am (UTC)I shift a little closer to him, and reach for his hand. No one's paying attention to us, not that that would stop me, but it's nice having a private stolen moment of affection like this.
And someday I'll be able to really feel them again, beyond clinical information about hand shape and his pulse rate and such.
Hopefully.
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Date: 2012-12-20 10:35 am (UTC)We've refused to let Christmas become too dour.
"All right. It's under my desk."
I lead him over, mindful that no one else can see this particular exchange, and hand it to him.
It's soft, rectangular, a glossy gold/brown, with a gold ribbon tied around it.
A pillow. Cost me a small fortune.
"I know how fussy you are about the poor quality of the pillows I use," I say, voice a little hoarse. "I'll keep this for you. Until you're back."
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Date: 2012-12-18 05:18 pm (UTC)Okay, two batches.
Three.
They're not as good as Joe's, but I abandon that line of thinking before it goes any further and carry the heaping tray through the door to be almost immediately blinded by something being plopped on my head.
"I-I, what??"
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Date: 2012-12-18 05:46 pm (UTC)My hat is pretty somber compared to the rest, but. Well, the perils of color coding.
"Thank you for these, Don." I say quietly. I bet he's still fretting about.. well, everything, he seems the fretful type. "Very kind of you. Come in, get comfortable."
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Date: 2012-12-18 05:51 pm (UTC)"Ah, thank you, Kurosawa-san," I say with a smile as I see him place the tray on the table. Thank goodness, it doesn't look like any of them were dropped. "I wanted to...well, I just wanted to contribute."
Mainly because I'm not sure what else to do at this sort of thing. We had a party last year, but...that was more of a regular celebration with Gai telling us of another Earth tradition every five minutes. I just remember losing track at the wooden shoes.
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Date: 2012-12-19 03:36 am (UTC)I'm growing fond of our new little engineer, he already seems more capable than any of the other engineers now working under me here. Greenhorns the lot of them.
Once the cookies are out of Don's hands I shove a box of ornaments into them, giving his shoulder a hearty smack - probably a bit too hard, I'm used to smacking J around - and gesturing at the tree.
"Come help us decorate. There's also games and Christmas cake. Make yourself at home."
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Date: 2012-12-19 03:52 am (UTC)Then he smacks me on the shoulder, although nowhere near as rough as Luka used to, and directs me to decorate.
"I, ah, okay?" It comes out more of a question than an acknowledgment, but to be honest, I'm just glad to be given a direction. Parties are fairly out of my element, so having something to do is a relief. I head over towards the tree, opening the box when I get there and starting to space the ornaments out as evenly as I can on the green branches.
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Date: 2012-12-19 09:31 pm (UTC)"How are you settling in?" I ask quietly once we're elbow deep in pine branches.
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Date: 2012-12-20 08:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-24 03:58 am (UTC)"Ah, either is fine," I say with a forced grin. "Whichever you prefer! And I'm doing well enough, thank you."
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Date: 2013-01-06 06:20 am (UTC)"I've heard nothing but good things about your work."
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Date: 2013-01-08 08:21 pm (UTC)"Thank you," I reply, somehow able to keep my head up and my words clear. I guess I'm not that bad around him after all. "Thank you again for bringing me in here. It's...a lot better than what I'd been doing up until now, I really appreciate it."
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Date: 2012-12-24 05:46 am (UTC)I spot our new little engineer near the tree, still carefully putting up ornaments. He looks distracted by his own thought though, so maybe I'll give him his first.
I drape an arm around his shoulders and tug him off for a moment. "Are you enjoying our little Christmas party?"
I release his shoulders and move to lean back against the table, grabbing his gift and handing it off to him.
It's the plans, blueprints, and all information pertaining to Ene-tan, as well as special clearance to work with her however he deems necessary.
"This was a prototype Buddyroid I worked on back before Messiah. She's still semi active, and can fight, but I would like you to look into upgrading her. Making her more viable for use in the field."
I smile at him, and clap a hand on his shoulder. "It's something I would normally do myself, but I don't have the time what with also being an active Buster. So, given your skills, I've decided to entrust her to you."
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Date: 2012-12-24 05:51 am (UTC)He goes on to tell me what it is and I nearly drop it, managing to catch myself in time to clutch it to myself instead. "A, a Buddyroid?" I stammer out, looking at him with wide eyes. "And, y-you want, me, to upgrade it?"
I stare back down at the present, not sure how I'm even reacting. Is this fear? Concern?
No, wait. I know what this is. I look back up at Jin-san with tears of excitement brimming in my eyes. "Thank you, Jin-san. I...I promise I'll try not to let you down." I fall into a deep bow, still clutching the package tightly against my chest.
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Date: 2012-12-24 06:07 am (UTC)"She's a bit of a headstrong brat." I glance briefly over at J, where he's lying under the tree sipping on a can of Enetron. "But I'm sure you'll get along with her. If not at first, then soon enough once she realizes what you're there to do for her."
"And if she gives you any real trouble," I offer him a warm, if lopsided smile. "Don't hesitate to ask me to step in and talk some sense into her, okay?"
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Date: 2012-12-24 06:12 am (UTC)"I'll do my best," I say resolutely. Hopefully I won't need to draw on Jin-san's assistance at all, but then again, hopefully I'll know when to cave and as for help.
I worry at my lower lip, already wanting to dash out of the party and sit down with my present. But I'm not so socially awkward to think that would be a good idea, so instead I'm shifting between my feet, trying to keep still. "Thank you. I really mean it."
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Date: 2012-12-24 06:36 am (UTC)More than competent, but I'm not going to gush all over the kid right now. My gift should speak for itself, and maybe he'll start to feel a little more confident as he works with Ene-tan, start to understand his own skills in relation to the work we do here at EMC.
"I look forward to working with you more." I smile, genuine and gentle this time. "How have you been settling in so far?"
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