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Suou Katsuya ([personal profile] sumarusfinest) wrote in [community profile] nexus_sages2015-12-19 05:05 pm
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On Traditions

There's something new in the forum of the Nexus. A few small bamboo--about average person in height-- have been placed in a corner of the forum in large pots. Sitting between the two plants is a small wooden box with several little tied and rolled papers tucked neatly into the little cubbies.

The Nexus' resident police officer is adjusting the display, intent on making it look just right. When he's got everything set up, he gives a satisfied nod.

"With the winter solstice, Christmas, and the New Year approaching, I thought it would be the best time to bring a bit of my home's celebrations here. You may hang wishes for the new year on the bamboo, or draw fortunes from the area here. What awaits you for the new year?"

((OOC: Nothing from Sumaru is what it seems. If your character believes in superstition and magic, they may find that their fortunes will have a real impact on their luck! Feel free to choose what luck your character gets, or to let me roll a random number to draw one for them. If your character doesn't believe in that sort of thing, they're still free to hang their resolutions on the bamboo. Happy Holidays folks!))
notalldead: (Unimpressed)

[personal profile] notalldead 2015-12-20 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Jesse saunters up, cigar in one corner of his mouth, giving a squinting look at the tags before looking to Katsuya instead.

"Hey, fancypants. Where's this here tradition from? And can y'all make wishes on behalf of another? I ain't got a lot fer myself, but plenty fer my gang."
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[personal profile] notalldead 2015-12-20 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh! Japan! Yeah, that's where them swords are from. Kay-tanas. Got a guy who's bugfuck for 'em. He's real handy with 'em though, so more power to 'im. Just don't start talkin' about swords vs. guns or he'll never shut up." Given how Jesse pronounced 'katana', going with stereotypes maybe was the best way to go.

The trick with getting the cig lit with little more than a gesture gets a furtive darting of the eyes, from Katsuya's fingers to his face. It takes a few moments before the tension leaves his shoulders properly.

"That makes sense. And ain't like I can peek and cheat at this, cuz I can't read none of yer fancy script. Lessee. So I just pick one out and y'all can tell me what it says?" He starts visually skimming those fortunes, wondering which to grab!
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[personal profile] notalldead 2015-12-20 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Awrite. Well, gimme a sec. Does it count if I just do a catch-all? Cuz I feel like I'd use up all yer tags if I went and did one for every single cowpoke in my posse."

Jesse pulls one free and pops the cap off an ink pen, already mulling over what to write. "Do I gotta be specific even? I just want 'em to have a better year than this one, is all. Hope things go better for us now that we got the Nexus an' all."
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[personal profile] notalldead 2015-12-20 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Right! Okay, I got it." He scribbles something on the paper and then hurries to hang it up. Written in his janky handwriting, it reads:

Heres hopin The Rotten have themselves a year of less shootin more laughs & many more friends!! 2016 YEAR OF THE NEXUS!!!


He looks to Katsuya for approval, hoping he did this right. He hates the idea of messing up things from other cultures.

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[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2015-12-20 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
The sight of the officer gets Hughes' immediate attention as he makes his way across the Forum. He doesn't understand in the least what Katsuya's talking about with hanging wishes or drawing fortunes, so, naturally, he has to investigate.

"This sort of thing really works in your world? The fortunes, that is." Wishes are easy enough to make come true if one works hard enough on them. ...well, some wishes, anyway. He gives Katsuya a big smile. "If it does, I'm curious to know if it could work in other worlds, too."
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[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2015-12-20 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Like Hughes would complain about that. More information about traditions of a world he doesn't fully understand? Yes, please!

"I don't suppose you've heard of them working on any other worlds?" It's not that choosing a fortune is a bad idea, but if it could affect his future... Well, best to be safe about such things. "I'm guessing they're not all good fortunes, either." It seems a natural assumption when it comes to fortune telling on any world, after all.

He smiles when Katsuya talks about reading the wishes. "Who usually gets to read all of the wishes in your world? Are they kept in a place where anyone can come read them?" It's a rather touching thought that anyone could read the hopes and dreams of someone else and maybe, just maybe, help them come true.
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[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2015-12-20 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
"You prefer to make a wish, then?" Hughes answers his friend's smile with one of his own. "If that's the case, then I don't think I could go wrong with making one of my own. And, maybe, I could bring home a slip of this paper and have my daughter write one out, too? She'd love this sort of thing."

Of course he won't tell her where it's going, but telling her that writing out her wish will make it come true will make it easier to help her get what she's hoping for. Even if it's just another stuffed animal for her next birthday.

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[personal profile] rogueinladysclothing 2015-12-20 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
A very curious rogue appears a short distance behind the officer, watching him curiously as he finishes up with the placement of everything. When he turns and asks his question, she raises a skeptical eyebrow in his direction.

"These fortunes... they can't possibly work." She hesitates, her expression becoming less skeptical and more curious. "Can they?"

Magic, fortunes, monsters, demons... The fact that these things are real still frightens her a bit. But perhaps if she drew a good fortune, and it came true, it wouldn't be so bad?
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[personal profile] rogueinladysclothing 2015-12-20 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a moment of hesitation as she looks back and forth between the bamboo and the fortunes. The practical side of her says that wishes or goals are going to have a far greater impact on her. Writing them down is even more motivation for making them happen.

But...

"No, a little good luck couldn't hurt." She manages a small smile as she nods to the cubbies. "I'll take a fortune." She never could back down from such an easy challenge.
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[personal profile] rogueinladysclothing 2015-12-21 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
No one may have told her she couldn't do both, but now she's determined to do one over the other. She carefully points to the roll of paper on the bottom row. It's almost as if... it's calling to her. The idea makes her shiver, but she carefully pulls it out before offering it to Katsuya. "Do I open it or do you read it to me?" If nothing else, she wants to make sure she does this right.

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[personal profile] kitty_of_light 2015-12-20 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
C'taqa curiously eyes the setup for a moment, tail waving idly. He's apparently been accosted touched by a bit of holiday spirit himself; he's wearing gloves and boots that resemble reindeer hooves, and there's a pair of velveteen antlers perched at a jaunty angle atop his head.

Looks silly with the cat ears, really.

He nods greeting to Katsuya as he steps closer, peering curiously at the blank papers. "So I just write a wish on this and hang it up?"
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[personal profile] kitty_of_light 2015-12-21 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's good to see you too." C'taqa smiles happily, selecting a blank strip of paper and beginning to write. His penmanship is quite nice, letters angular and bold against the paper.

When he hangs it on the bamboo, it reads thus: May peace come to the world, if only for a little while.

He nods satisfaction, then selects a fortune.

(He iiiiis a bit superstitious, and he's usually got fairly good luck. What've you got for him? :D)
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[personal profile] kitty_of_light 2015-12-21 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That fortune makes C'taqa blush; he's still in that first little flush of newness at having his relationship back, it seems. Not that one can blame him.

He can still grin as he tucks it into a pocket, though. "Well, that's a good one."

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