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majorcrotchgrab) wrote2014-11-24 12:01 am
majorcrotchgrab) wrote2014-11-24 12:01 am
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[The feed starts and viewers are greeted to the sight of Raikov attempting to put little booties on Katya's feet. She already clad in a tiny scarf. Dat Joltik has sum style.]
... I'd take the crazy weather over terrorist-like attacks any day. Things might be quiet for now but who knows how long that'll last? Was it like this in any of the previous years?
[Because he really hopes this isn't a repeating offense. This place was supposed to be war free... It just doesn't feel right. He'd never admit it out loud but that weapon Cobra showed last week has him worried. The last thing this world needs is a nuclear super weapon or something like it.
He lets out an exasperated sigh. Always the drama queen. Katya just chirps and tilts her head.]
I've been meaning to ask a few other things as well.
For the pokemon that evolve via stone, when do you know is the "right" moment to give them one? Is there ever one...?
How difficult are the routes to travel during the winter?
And lastly... Why the hell is everyone doing their holiday shopping so early? New Years isn't for another month and a half.
[Someone isn't aware of "Christmas" outside of the Motherland. Oops.]
[Private to Scar//Unhackable;]
Hey. Is Kashet doing any better? Natasha's mood has been improving since their play date. I think it really helped her. Perhaps we should get together for another. Do you like tea?
... I'd take the crazy weather over terrorist-like attacks any day. Things might be quiet for now but who knows how long that'll last? Was it like this in any of the previous years?
[Because he really hopes this isn't a repeating offense. This place was supposed to be war free... It just doesn't feel right. He'd never admit it out loud but that weapon Cobra showed last week has him worried. The last thing this world needs is a nuclear super weapon or something like it.
He lets out an exasperated sigh. Always the drama queen. Katya just chirps and tilts her head.]
I've been meaning to ask a few other things as well.
For the pokemon that evolve via stone, when do you know is the "right" moment to give them one? Is there ever one...?
How difficult are the routes to travel during the winter?
And lastly... Why the hell is everyone doing their holiday shopping so early? New Years isn't for another month and a half.
[Someone isn't aware of "Christmas" outside of the Motherland. Oops.]
[Private to Scar//Unhackable;]
Hey. Is Kashet doing any better? Natasha's mood has been improving since their play date. I think it really helped her. Perhaps we should get together for another. Do you like tea?
[Video]
[France tries to laugh at this, but it comes out more like an awkward cough.]
[He soldiers on.]
With my Marianne, she wanted to evolve pretty much as soon as I had access to a fire stone. She's always been very proactive in her training, though, so it might be her personality just as much as her glorious ambition.
Routes will be affected by the general weather. If it's a horrid storm out, I don't suggest travelling unless absolutely necessary.
[Answering those two questions seems to have allowed France to find his footing again. Or maybe it's just his enjoyment of shopping that allows him to show an enthusiastic smile. Who knows?]
I don't enjoy the Christmas rush, but I do love preparing for the holidays! The earlier you get started, the better, or else you'll have to slodge through the crowds.
[Video]
[Raikov pauses and raises an eyebrow.]
... "Christmas," Francis...?
[Surely you of all people know how censored the Soviet Union is!]
[Video]
Ah, it's a traditionally religious holiday. Very deeply engrained for me, so I tend to have a bad habit of assuming. Generally, here in this place, it's not religious at all: the concentration is on gift-giving and spending quality time with family and friends.
[Video]
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It probably does. I don't know how long an explanation you would want, but the secularisation of Christmas in recent decades has made it very similar to your New Years celebrations.
[He remembers something as he says that.]
Ah, there's usually some sort of mysterious appearance on Christmas of something new in your belongings. In the past, we've had eggs and items from our worlds appear.
[Video]
[Okay, the fact that he's going to get a random gift immediately grabs his full attention.]
Oh. Like, new pokemon eggs...? And what sort of items?
[Video]
[France reaches up and adjusts the necklace he wears around his neck, placing the pendant in his palm so that Ivan can hopefully see it better through the 'Gear. It's a clear glass pendant that appears to have a couple of tiny pebbles and dirt inside of it.]
This is what appeared last year. I know that it looks very plain, but it's all I have besides myself and the clothes I arrived in of home.
[Video]
[... if he'd get his old sketchbooks back.]
What if the belonging was lost before?
[Video]
Unfortunately, I'm not sure how it work, or if it even has rhyme or reason behind it. I didn't own anything like this back home.
[His lips quirk, the light in his eyes self-conscious.]
My usual style is rather more gilded.
[Video]
[Raikov blinks, giving the necklace another look. What if...]
... What if it's dirt from the land back in your world?
[Video]
That is what I'm quite sure it is. I can't always know things in the way I should be able to, but this place doesn't seem to do anything without some sort of reason, at least when it comes to gifting.
[Video]
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This place isn't predictable in its whims, but I hope you can get them back.
Are you an artist or is it mainly a hobby?
[Video]