December Catch All

[awamori]

Who: Ryuu and you!
Where: Around Chroma
When: December
What: Ghosts, caroling, tree decorating, and getting into the holiday spirit
Warnings: none right now



[I. Let it Snow]

[Ryuu spent some time outside when it started to snow. It may have been chilly, but it wasn't too bad for him to stand outside on his porch to watch the snow fall around the town. Some days he let his mind wandered as he watched the snow. He really tried his best to not get sad that he couldn't spend the holiday with his family and friends. He wanted to get in contact with them to see if they were alright, yet he couldn't and it wouldn't get off his mind. He felt selfish cause he's not the only one from his world, he's sure they're missing their special people as well, yet sometimes he finds his mind wandering back to home. Whenever his mind starts wandering too much he'll gather some things to help make their house look festive. Other times he's building a small snowman as another form of decoration and if he's not doing that he's looking out at the frozen lake. If anyone comes over to him, he'll still greet them with a smile. He knows it will pass, still it doesn't help when it's a feeling he can't shake.]

[II. Ghosts all around]

[The first time Ryuu saw the ghosts come into their home he screamed and nearly fell out of bed. He doesn't have experience seeing ghosts so it was very surprising to just see them leisurely walking around their house. They never messed with them, so after awhile Ryuu grew used to seeing them. He didn't think anything would happen from spending time around the ghosts, until he tried to put away a book in the library and it slipped through his fingers. Ryuu stared down at his translucent hand as it slowly returned to normal. Well, that's something he didn't expect. He hoped it wouldn't last long. He's not ready to be a ghost!]

[III. Wildcard]

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Comments

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[scooptimistic]

[ After Tsumugi has specifically mentioned that there had been a ton of ghosts in and out of the library, Maya had taken it upon herself to investigate. More carefully than before, of course, because she'd already fallen once on the lake and gone completely invisible lone enough to traumatize at least one friend, but a journalist's natural sense of curiosity couldn't be contained for long.

She was sure of it-- that there was something to be learned here, so long as she caught the right cues.

Which is... admittedly a little hard to catch when a book thuds to the floor and distracts her from eavesdropping. As she glances in that direction, her eyes flick up from the fallen book to the... man staring at his hand as though it had just wholeheartedly betrayed him.

Hm. ]

Here you go! [ There's a little swoop in her tone to accompany the way she stoops down to scoop up the book, offering it back to him. ]

I've heard of "so exciting you couldn't put it down", but was this more of a case of "so boring you had to drop it immediately"?

[awamori]

[Ryuu flexed his hand, watching it in case it became see through again when he saw the book again. He chuckled softly as thanked her and accepted the book.]

It wasn't too boring, it was a pretty interesting book. I wanted to check out the other one when it fell. Maybe it's not ready to go back yet. [He joked as he put it away.]

I'm sure what I should read next. Do you have any recommendations?

[scooptimistic]

That entirely depends. They're all fairy tales, so in terms of genre variety, there isn't much. But even fairy tales have different types.

[ Don't get her started. ]

[awamori]

[He might accidentally get her started.]

I noticed that different fairy tales have different types. The one I was reading were fairy tales about snow and ice.

[After being at that castle, Ryuu wanted to see how many fairy tales were about snow palaces since he remembers a little of the fairy tales about snow from home.]

Which ones have you read? I've been reading the ones from this middle shelf here.

[scooptimistic]

I was looking into that, too-- so I've read The Snow Queen, The Snow-Child, Yuki Onna...

[ thankfully there haven't been too many books on snow, but she'd wanted to be prepared, just in case. ]

[awamori]

That's the one I was looking for! Yuki Onna! I haven't read it since I was a kid. I finished reading The Snow Queen and I'm looking for Yuki Onna.

[Ryuu turns back to touch one of the books on the shelf when his fingers goes through one of the books. He quickly pulled it back as he stared at his hand again. He looked over at Maya as he flexed his hand again.]

Um, I don't know why that happened.

[scooptimistic]

... By any chance, have you been hanging around these ghost thingies?

[ She can venture an educated guess only because she's been through this herself. ]

[awamori]

Hmm, yeah I have. They come in and they're not doing anything so I end up watching them go through their routine while I'm finishing mine. Why?

[It did surprise Ryuu when the first ghosts came by, but Riku assured him that they wouldn't do anything so he didn't think much of it. Ryuu watched the ghosts they were friendlier than any of the other things he's met at this place.]