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... ]

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[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

I mean, you don't have to. You could if you want... I'm just trying to make a point.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[Smiling~] I can call you both. If you don't mind it.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

...Sure. that's fine. I don't mind at all!

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[Then he'd be sure to do that. From now on, she would be his big sister while he was here~

The cheerfulness rubs off on him, because the next shot he takes lands in the 20 spot.]

Oh, I got a little higher.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[She grins and pats him on the shoulder.]

See! You can't doubt yourself! If you tell yourself you can do it, then it'll happen!

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

I guess I really can do it.

Is that how you got better at fighting and other things back home?

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Yup... Just doin' it over and over until I was good. I knew I had to get good to live up to what Kaien and Captain and my friends were expecting, and I didn't want to let them down, so I told myself I'd be strong.

And I am.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[He puts a hand to his chest and closes his eyes, smiling.]

Someday, I'm gonna try to become strong like that. [Of course, more in the mentally strong way, since he wasn't too fond of having to use physical strength.]

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[She grins and pats him on the back.]

You'd fit in damn well with our family, thinkin' like that.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[He laughs] I think you'd make a pretty good sister.

[Heck, he already had one reckless sibling after all~]

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

'Course I would! That come's naturally to me! I've been a sister since I was born!

[In time, you will learn that she makes Russel seem completely mellow and rational.]

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[He'd definitely be in for a surprise then.]

You're good at a lot of things...um, do you think you could you mentor me now and then like your brothers?

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[Kukaku breaks into a grin. Kid, you just made her night.]

Of course I will!! That's what a big sister is for!

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[Wonderful!]

Oh, thank you very much!

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

That's what family does. We look out for each other. If there's somethin' I can teach you, I'm gonna give my damn best effort. You can count on that.

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

[Smiles] Then in return, if you need help with anything I'll make sure to be there to help.

I do not have an icon nearly silly enough for this tag.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[Kukaku, in an overly dramatic fashion that could only be attributed to the Shiba family, pulls him into a one-armed hug.]

I hope your brother knows how lucky he is to have such a good kid like you for a brother! And I get stuck with a whiny cry-baby like Ganju!! It's just not fairrr!

[She shouts this to the heavens, in an act the likes of which only her brother could manage equally. She loves Ganju, she really does. She wouldn't give him up for the world. But he is sometimes a gigantic pain in the ass.]

Pfft, I loves all her icons and tags anyway<33

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Ah--[Oh, that was unexpected. Fletcher side glances at her in the hug, surprised at first, but then he smiles warmly and decides to hug her back.]

D-don't worry. Its because he cares about his sister a lot.

[Yeah, that might've been repetitive but he really believed that. He'd have to make sure to look out for Kukaku for her brothers' sakes. He knew his brother would do the same for him.]

<3<3<3 you are wonderful and i cannot handle how adorable Fletcher is ALL THE TIME

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Heh... Yeah...

Hopefully he'll grow out of being such a brat when he gets a bit older.

[She hugs him a bit tighter and then releases him. It's comforting to have something like family around. She's depended on family for so long she's not sure if she could function without it.]

No, you're the super wonderful one! Adorable attacks are too much to handle~

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Just keep your hopes up and I'll cross my fingers. [He laughs.]

[It felt nice to get a hug from a woman, after losing his mother he didn't really have any females to look after him. It was just him, his brother and father, until he left the brothers to take care of themselves.]

We are both totally wonderful.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

Well, knowing Kaien, he'll smack Ganju into line, even if I'm not there to help. So we probably don't need to worry too much.

Oh yay! :D

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Right.

[He looks at the score board, and its clear Kukaku had the most points.]

I guess you're a pro at this. I'll practice everytime I get the chance. Did you enjoy that game? [He hoped she did, he didn't want to think he'd dragged her around to play boring things.]

[Then...]

Look sis--souvenirs! [Oh! he said it for the first time~]

We will just be fabulous all over every thread forever.

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[Kukaku laughs a bit and nods.]

It's fun! I normally don't get to do this kind of stuff as a game! And it's nice to do this kind of thing with someone who doesn't cheat like my brothers!

[Even though she tends to cheat just as much when playing with them. But they do it first! She's just trying to even the odds!

She turns to look at the souvenirs. There's a bit of a delay in realizing that he called her 'sis', but when it does occur to her, she smiles and pats him on the shoulder.]

What do you say we go pick some out?

I approve of this!

[watersprout.insanejournal.com]

Sounds like your brothers are quite mischievous at games too.

[He was a bit envious of the fact that she'd done fun things with her brothers. Fletcher had never really been able to enjoy these kinds of games. He was mostly busy with supporting his brother in everything he did.]

[He nods in agreement] Okay!

[upsideyourhead.insanejournal.com]

[It hadn't really been until their parents had passed away that Kukaku had really begun to enjoy spending time with her brothers. Before that it had always been them constantly defending themselves, especially her, for not playing by Noble rules.]

Heh... Yeah well, that's just how we are.

[She takes him over to the souvenir stand to check things out.]