http://rosestolilies.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] rosestolilies.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] queenoflogs2011-12-16 08:53 pm

Well, the weather outside is frightful

Characters: Everyone!
Date: Midnight the 16th of December
Summary: The inhabitants of the Garden get their reward for making out beneath the mistletoe, in the form of a lights show in the sky.
Warnings: N/A

In the dead of night, the Garden is dead silent. Without the sound of the city or urban life, only the noises of nature pervade the air. Crickets. Rustling leaves. The occasional footsteps of an animal.

However, tonight, at midnight, the silence is broken by a loud pealing of bells, rousing the people of the garden from their sleep. The bells continue ringing for nearly half a minute before falling silent. For a moment, the peacefulness of night returns to the Gardens.

Then the enormous mistletoe plant begins glowing, with a brilliant white light bright enough to be seen from all corners of the Garden. It fizzes, shooting off heatless sparks, and then bursts, shooting up into the sky and breaking into pieces of glowing light, forming various shapes. Above the Orchard, a series of hearts form, burst like fireworks, and reform. Over the Necessities, nymphs made of sparkling light kiss and dance through the sky, winking down at the people below. Over the ruins, flowers of multicolored light pop into existence and disperse. And above the Viridian Pavilion, fiery red phoenixes swoop through the air, burn out dramatically, and are reborn in a new cascade of light.

The show will continue until morning. Fortunately, now that the mistletoe's light has dispersed, it's not so bright that it should keep people awake.
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[personal profile] hopelessdreamer 2011-12-22 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Just making sure." Her smile is rueful now, and she offers the blanket. "It's a servant's duty to look after their master, after all."

That statement is more playful than anything--her loyalty to Akiha certainly isn't absolute, or anywhere close to what she feels for another young woman behind on her world. But that doesn't mean she dislikes the young woman--quite the opposite. She reminds Gal of Asch in some ways--stubborn, closed off, but somehow endearing anyway.

[identity profile] ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com 2011-12-22 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Much appreciated."

Akiha set the mug down so she could wrap the blanket about her shoulders, pulling it tight to help ward off the chill, and took the hot drink back up. She shivered once, but the combination of the two warmed her up quite a bit. Gal was quite the find for a servant; Akiha was grateful for Hisui finding her.

"How long do you think this will last?"
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[personal profile] hopelessdreamer 2011-12-22 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hopefully not all night, though if you draw the curtains it should be easy enough to ignore. Other than that...I couldn't say."

She sipped from her own mug, letting out a little sigh.

"It could be worse."

[identity profile] ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com 2011-12-24 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm a light sleeper," Akiha replied immediately. No, she wasn't going to be able to sleep until the fireworks were done. Between the lights and the sounds, she wouldn't be able sleep.

"And don't say that. Worse may decide to show up."
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[personal profile] hopelessdreamer 2011-12-26 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Sorry about that." She's aware it's hardly her fault, but still feels obligated to apologize. She lets out a sheepish laugh.

"You're probably right--I'll be more careful from now on."

[identity profile] ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com 2011-12-26 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Akiha gave a brief nod, accepting the apology and words. Then she glanced over.

"Do you have Christmas where you're from?"
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[personal profile] hopelessdreamer 2011-12-26 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
The tilt of her head and blank expression answered that.

"I can't say we do. What is it?"

[identity profile] ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com 2011-12-26 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
"It's a holiday with religious and familial connections," Akiha explained. "In one of the Western religions, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of the son of their god. In the west, it's also a holiday for friends and family to get together to celebrate the year and give gifts of cheer and appreciation to each other. Because of this, it's highly commercialized."

Akiha almost left it at that, but decided to continue. "In Japan, where I'm from, Christmas isn't a holiday so much for family and friends, but for lovers."
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[personal profile] hopelessdreamer 2012-01-01 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
She nodded her understanding, though this description of religion is a little odd to her.

"One of...so the world you're from has more than one religion? How does that work?"

[identity profile] ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com 2012-01-01 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"There are several, but the big ones are Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. I don't follow any religions, but Shinto and Buddhism are both practiced in Japan." Akiha shrugged her shoulders a bit. "It works similar to politics."
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[personal profile] hopelessdreamer 2012-01-01 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
"It sounds complicated to me. My world only has one, and things are messy as it is. Wouldn't people from different ones argue..."

She laughed a bit awkwardly then, shrugging her shoulders. "Wait, I guess you answered that with the 'politics' statement." She sobered then, a curious expression crossing her face.

"Was that a hard decision to make? Not following any of those paths?"
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[identity profile] ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com 2012-01-01 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
"No. It was easy," Akiha replied. "Life has shown me there are no gods."
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wat are tenses hrhdgfhdf

[personal profile] hopelessdreamer 2012-01-01 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Gal was silent for a moment, mulling this over. She took a sip of her cocoa.

"You're lucky, I think."
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*pat pat*

[identity profile] ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com 2012-01-01 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
That got Akiha to turn and give Gal an almost suspicious look. No one who went through the things she and her family did could be called 'lucky'.

"And why is that?"
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[personal profile] hopelessdreamer 2012-01-01 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
She stared up at the sky for a moment, then straight out into the darkness, pensively.

"Where I'm from, everything was predicted for you. People relied on those predictions so heavily, they were too afraid to make choices for themselves. I guess because they felt safe with some higher power taking care of things for them.

"But when things got off track, no one knew what to do. That was chaos."

[identity profile] ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com 2012-01-01 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
"That is the problem with only one religion, just like with only one ruler," Akiha explained. "No one knows any better."