HAPPY NEW YEAR'S AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS

[trollingismagic.insanejournal.com]

[ Best wishes from Bermuda Isle!



A number of booths have sprung up near the shoreline, enticing you to don yourself in the colorful festive garb of a true Bermuda native! Unwind from your day and come out to see what's offered. ♥ There are all sorts of delicious foods and snacks, and plenty of souvenirs. It's time to ring in the New Year of 2012! Lanterns have been strung up, and the snow seems to have stopped. In fact, no snow is to be seen near the site of the festival itself. Oddly, the booths are all run by strange black goatlike creatures in finely tailored suits...

The catch is, unless you sneak in, you have to come with a friend or a date! So find someone to go in with you! ♥ You may even catch a glimpse of Eureka as she wanders the festival... ]

Comments

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

I guess friends are part of what makes us the people we are.

Okay. The first one was fun, so the others should be too.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

It's not just friends... It's everyone. One person, alone, doesn't amount to much of anything. Kaien taught me that.

[She starts looking around for more games.]

I'm sure there's something.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[Looks up] Your brother is really insightful.

1/2

[sealouse.insanejournal.com]

Your... world?

[ He looks around for a moment, blinking at their surroundings. ]

So that's where I am now?

2/2

[sealouse.insanejournal.com]

... THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE EITHER!

[partysoft.insanejournal.com]

I-I'm from Equestria... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.

My friend Applejack said she doesn't know where we are.

[sealouse.insanejournal.com]

Oh. Okay. So I'm not in the world where talking ponies come from, I'm in some totally different world altogether with talking ponies from somewhere else.

Yeah.

I'm just gonna.

Stand here for a second.

Let it soak in.

[partysoft.insanejournal.com]

It's not so bad... there are pretty lights, and maybe we'll get to go home soon.

[sealouse.insanejournal.com]

M... maybe, you said? Are we... stuck?

[ He turns around for a moment, head in hands as he rapidly mutters to himself: ]

Oh god what if I don't get back home for a long time, my parents might not care but Sun-- oh crap, what if something happens while I'm gone, what do I do what do I dooooooooooooo...

[ ... and then he faces her again, his smile pretty much forced. ]

So. Pretty lights. Could use those right about now.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Heh... Yeah. Kaien just... It seems sometimes like he knows everything in the world. I'm pretty sure everything worth knowing, I've learned from him.

[bornforothers.insanejournal.com]

Of course not.

[emptyguardian.insanejournal.com]

Sure did.
Let's look around.

[You are so easily excited Bird.]

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

...

[bornforothers.insanejournal.com]

Come on, come here. They aren't going to bite, they're just wittle goatsies~.

[goat butler is unamuse and bleats at Medaka in annoyance]

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[smiles] You and your brothers may have had bad times, but it seems like you guys learned a lot of important things. That's why you're you now. [He tugs a flap thoughtfully as they walk] I learned that way from my brother too.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Uh--n-no...

[that bleat frightens him, Medaka. So he's gonna hide near a closeby tree okay~]

[thebravestbird.insanejournal.com]

[She is just very pleased that she's actually attending a social gathering. She's never done this before.]

What kind of things are usually at a festival?

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Heh... Yeah. Times got rough for a while, and shit was pretty awful when we were little but...

[She takes a moment to think about how she wants to put this, and once again settles on wisdom Kane imparted on her as a kid.]

Good times don't mean anything without some hard times to compare them to!

[bornforothers.insanejournal.com]

...

[walks over to Fletcher, looking down at him as a monarch would a peasant]

Why?

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[He looks up at her sheepishly, not moving from his spot. Yet.]

T-they might j-jump at us...

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

That's a good way to put it.

Oh look, what's--[He turns to a booth with what looks to be a skiiball game. He glances at the little ball resting on the booth and reaches for it, but one of the goat butlers appear beside the booth and he shrieks in surprise, moving behind Kukaku.]

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[Instinctively, her arm shoots across her body to grab for her sword... which she then realizes she is not carrying this evening. None the less, she stays in a fighting stance, keeping herself between the goat butler and Fletcher.

Everything is still for a few moments and then she gestures at the game.]

We.. uh... wanted ta play that...

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[Realizing there was no danger, he was embarrassed to have reacted like that. Why did they have to be so scary to him~]

I-I'm sorry...! I-I got scared. I thought it was--I'm sorry.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[With the threat dissuaded, she relaxes and looks back at Fletcher, surprised that he's still upset. She smiles and slings her arm around his shoulders.]

Hey! C'mon now! Ya didn't even cry or anything! And you haven't gotten lost yet! You're way better than Ganju was at these things!

Besides, those goat things are scary. Ain't nothin' wrong with being scared of things that look scary! That's part of having sense! Only idiots are fearless!*

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[She definitely knew how to deal with little kids, especially the easily frightened ones, because that made him look at her and smile.]

I won't cry, I'm having fun and I got to spend the day with you. I just got frightened, thank you for protecting me.