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masanari2016-01-04 02:25 am
generalflirt) wrote in masanari2016-01-04 02:25 am
[Futurelandia] The Wonderful Christmas (and maybe into New Years stuff too)
[ Their pack's Christmas tended to be one which was full and chaotic, despite the fact that there were increasingly less children in the house as Yamato and Junko (and yes, Koji too) all grew to maturity. In some ways, this was actually more "kids" than had been in the house for it than in a long time, what with their new additions.
Still: Masaomi, Nariko, Ada, Sullivan, Emily, Octavio, Tom, Yamato, Junko, Koji, Veronica, and Audrey - Twelve people with at least one gift for everyone else, often times more in the case of those who were more generous or had deeper pockets or more to impress others with. The sheer number (even if it had grown over time) is probably what prompted them to set up a grate tree in one of the living room spaces which was probably meant to be a formal dining room and then lay out all the presents from everyone wrapped up under it andt hen sprawled out for a wide area around it all. There's chairs set up in a circle around the room to give everyone room to sit and the first one there (Which if, of course, Masaomi) brought bags for the wrapping paper to go into a recycle.
Also Masaomi has on a santa hat and a fake beard. Both of which Ada picked out years ago, and he wears mostly out of tradition. It's similarly out of tradition that he got up at the ass crack of dawn to sit in the room and eat some rice before anyone else got up, wait for them all to filter on in here usually starting with Ada or Sullivan or in recent years his eldest son so people can start to make breakfast and be ready. But either way, breakfast and present opening in the morning! A white elephant gift exchange game in the afternoon! A big dinner in the evening!
Christmas is a time of togetherness, where there has to be some structure, but there's a lot which can happen beyond all that and often did. Movies watched, songs sung, and even if this year of different and strange for a variety of reasons... well. It was still their day, and everyone would enjoy it. ]
Still: Masaomi, Nariko, Ada, Sullivan, Emily, Octavio, Tom, Yamato, Junko, Koji, Veronica, and Audrey - Twelve people with at least one gift for everyone else, often times more in the case of those who were more generous or had deeper pockets or more to impress others with. The sheer number (even if it had grown over time) is probably what prompted them to set up a grate tree in one of the living room spaces which was probably meant to be a formal dining room and then lay out all the presents from everyone wrapped up under it andt hen sprawled out for a wide area around it all. There's chairs set up in a circle around the room to give everyone room to sit and the first one there (Which if, of course, Masaomi) brought bags for the wrapping paper to go into a recycle.
Also Masaomi has on a santa hat and a fake beard. Both of which Ada picked out years ago, and he wears mostly out of tradition. It's similarly out of tradition that he got up at the ass crack of dawn to sit in the room and eat some rice before anyone else got up, wait for them all to filter on in here usually starting with Ada or Sullivan or in recent years his eldest son so people can start to make breakfast and be ready. But either way, breakfast and present opening in the morning! A white elephant gift exchange game in the afternoon! A big dinner in the evening!
Christmas is a time of togetherness, where there has to be some structure, but there's a lot which can happen beyond all that and often did. Movies watched, songs sung, and even if this year of different and strange for a variety of reasons... well. It was still their day, and everyone would enjoy it. ]
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[Nariko's never met a woman that small and thin that could actually hold her liquor, so it's either an organ related thing or a mere fact of life. Considering that her own tolerance for alcohol has essentially evaporated over the years, it really counts for something if she's mentioning the trait in someone else.]
She doesn't smoke it in the house, that's probably why.
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... But man, if Nariko is pointing out that she's got a low tolerance is interesting. He almost, almost says something about it. But then he doesn't, exhaling and leaning forward a little. So... ]
So she's very taken with you, is it?
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[That's, yeah, that's it for a second there. It's just sort of an accepted fact by now, she's beyond the point of being alarmed or vaguely weirded out by people like Ada or Lana.] It's not a malicious thing or whatever, or even inherently romantic.
[Lana just really, really likes her, a weird best friends with benefits kind of thing, with the addition of above average envy. It's kind of weird, and Nariko's often avoided thinking about it.] Like I said, she always asked about you and how it all works. I don't think she's ever been in a genuinely serious relationship.
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I might have fanned that, actually.
[ Because he comes to some realization now, squeezing her hand. It's not to issue her support or himself support, more to just center himself as all the details start to float back into his head from the other night... year. ]
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[She laughs a bit, not at the squeezing but at his choice of words.] You did that by default.
[So anything that resulted from that alone isn't really his fault.]
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[ So he shouldn't worry about it, he decides part way through saying it. He might be a literal sort of guy at the worst of times, but even he knows better than to live and die by the calls of Tequila brain. He shakes his head, and then he loks at Nariko curiously, as if asking her if she thinks Lana is legit or not ]
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It's not an easily defined situation. Her reasons might be thin but that doesn't mean the effect she'll have should be undermined.
[Lana's much closer to their kids age, she's flightly, emotional, difficult, and far too impulsive. But she's also creative, grounded, undeniably compassion, loyal, and fair. If nothing else she'd make a good bridge between the youngest parts of their pack and the eldest.
All of this goes into yet another shrug.]
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[ He folds his arms behind his head, leaning back as he says it. He's not sure if that's wise or just some bullshit. Maybe it's a little bit of both - but it's true, isn't it? It's not like his own reasoning for making this pack of theirs were all that deep. But he hums a little, surprised that Nariko doesn't question it more.
Maybe he should just supply more?
Well... weird promises probably don't matter until he knows if Lana was serious. ]
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[Well, she has to let go of him then, so she rests her chin in the hand that was being held before, closes her eyes for a second. Lana as a pack mate is just going to be ... A lot. She already knows it, but it's not her place to really argue based on that alone.]
At least this way we can all carpool.
[Silver linings.]
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[ He doesn't want to it become an idea that it was a given. Sure there's been ... basically no refusals from him once he got as far as his private talk with him, but the pack that opens their doors to anyone is the pack that looses the ethics of what it was. It becomes more like those big political ones in the government of those fraternities-turned-"packs" which spring up at some colleges. There's no morals in that, no soul because it's discarded the need to have the Alpha pick and choose things carefully.
Or so be believes. ]
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[He's free to his own beliefs, but it's far from a matter of thinking that Lana was guaranteed. It's that you didn't devote yourself to someone for nearly twenty years and not understand how their mind works. It's not a given but she knows her own mate well enough, has spent enough time with Lana, to understand how likely her acceptance may end up being.
But she also understands that Masaomi's got his pride in that, so there's no reason to poke at it. What she can do is dive into her food the second it's set down in front of her!]
yay you're back i'm excited
So he eats in silence, smiling at her. Whatever else they need to talk about can wait. Do they need to talk about more...? Ah, well, maybe. He'll let her be the one to breach it whenever she wants. ]
Yes! I'm so sorry I had to survive work. it's been nothing but that and trying to sleep for 12 days
What that really means is that he gets a first row seat to how excitedly she drowns her waffle in syrup.]
Not intending to pressure there just excited hope you're doing okay!
There are questions to be had about that. There are practical concerns, between that and the plan and her brother and their trip and ... all of that. But right now, he's just smiling and watching her do that, sort of slowly going at his own. He puts a lot of bananas on it.
But still. ]
nah, I know! tbh I'm glad the enthusiasm hasn't faded I fretted a bit since there was a sizable gap
So for now, maybe they're just fine, and there's nothing to worry about.]
Nah I'm always super into this
Likes moments like this.
At least when his brain isn't going too fast. ]