[open] jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.

[babbylon]

Who: Gilgamesh and everyone! A group holiday party for the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" job.
When: Forward dated to December 7th or so.
Where: Heaven's Feel, Caissa
What: Gilgamesh and friends are getting into the holiday spirit, and you're invited! Join for gifts, grog, mistletoe and more.
Rating: There will probably be drunken shenanigans going on, thus PG-13 to be safe.

Happy Holidays!



[The holidays are in full swing at Heaven's Feel! Brightly lit trees and ornaments litter the store, with warm fires blazing, gentle music playing and mistletoe strung from every available spot on the ceiling. The ostentatious host stands at the ready to attend every need and ensure everyone has a match of their very own this holiday season—including you!

Generous portions of hot chocolate, gingerbread cookies, and wine are being offered free of charge to all guests. These delights are enchanted to fill you with an extra dose of courage, so be bold! Go after your crush, engage a complete stranger, or just do something really crazy to celebrate the joyous occasion. 'tis the season to be jolly, after all.

The sprigs of mistletoe have been charmed by Gilgamesh to encourage smooching. The urge to pucker up beneath them will be strong, so watch where you stand! If you look beneath the big tree in the center of the store, you'll find a gift addressed to you. It could be an article of clothing, a ticket for free services, or even something more personal!

Naturally, Heaven's Feel matchmaking services are always available, so feel free to fill out a card while you're here or just get cozy by the fireplace. Merry Cherima, everyone!]

Comments

[gwenhwyfar]

What I told you wasn't a lie, yes. Yes, I do.

[ It's only natural she leave out details about it, it leads into another conversation she doesn't want to discuss or remember. ]

It's not a pleasant feeling, waking up in a foreign land, learning the culture, politics, or the people. We should be lucky! Enprise seems to be at least gentler, despite the circumstances of the war with Noir.

[anti_altruisms]

[ It's strange to hear, though there may very well be a large contingent of Heroes drawn from other worlds who wish to return home. For him, there is nothing he left behind that he desires to go back to so he would prefer to stay here. ]

It is more challenging for some than for others.

[ He adapted because he had no choice. It wasn't a particularly emotional experience. ]

Perhaps, sometime in the future, they will send you back.

[gwenhwyfar]

[ She won't say she misses her mother and how robbed she feels of the time she could have spent with her. She couldn't be raised by her mother, she had to be sent away. That seems to be the theme of her life, she thinks. ]

It doesn't matter, I've learned by now it's not important to get my hopes up.

[ Even if it's been three years for her. ]

It's difficult the first few years, yes. But Enprise offers a comfortable enough life to where it makes that transition easy.

[anti_altruisms]

[ He was robbed of many things, once. He suffered, but even as he strove to rise above it, he was also critically flawed. Perhaps his worst failure was that he could never see what he had until it was too late to change it. ]

When hope appears lost, there is nothing for it but to make our own.

[ Something he also fared quite poorly at (and still does). It's a work in progress, which is all he can really say about his own state of affairs. ]

Fight for that, if not yourself.

[gwenhwyfar]

Well, that's encouraging.

[ Half sarcastic, half serious. It's not too hard to find anyone who shares a similar sentiment to hers, especially in a war zone. He seemed so hopeful and happy as a little boy; it's not a surprise to her that it's been weathered down.

It's still not her place to pry as to why that is. ]

Even if your heart is in the right place, I hardly need the advice. I don't depend on anyone. Everything that I've done so far has been by my hands and mine alone. If no one was there to free me, then I will be the one to free myself.

[ A wry smile -- that's a little too much information, isn't it? Maybe not. She lets out a laugh, either way, despite herself. ]

"Hope" isn't really reality sometimes.

[anti_altruisms]

[ There are many reasons why a happy, hopeful child became a surly Heroic Spirit. He hasn't disclosed them to anyone here, and he may never do so. He owns his own mistakes so there's no reason to drag up the past.

Her comments, sarcastic or not, simply earn a quirked eyebrow. ]

I didn't say it was.

[ He has to work for his own, after all. ]

We all do what we need to, to live.

[ A hopeless existence can at least find purpose in goals and direction -- or at least, that's how he's kept himself sane. ]