Case 143

[manofgnee]

IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas, everybody! The sun is shining, the weather is warm, the snow is, sadly, gone for now, but knowing what season it is I'm sure it'll be back...and I have presents for all my friends!

And, and as soon as I can get all the puppies to cooperate and sit still for a minute or 2, I'll be able to get perfect holiday pictures for everybody!

So, yeah, presents for people!! Conrad, your gift is under the Christmas tree. Timothy, so is yours, even though you're still in that state of new and confused and stuff.

Everybody else, I'll be on my way out to drop stuff off with you, then I'm going to the graveyard for a bit. Wanna keep the spirits company for a little while. Then I'm going to enjoy this warm weather properly, I heard there's summer stuff set up on the beach, so I am so going to hang there. Everybody should come.

All right, I'm off to do cheery holiday things!! Merry Christmas to all, and to all, watch what you eat. Fruitcakes are not exactly...good, usually.

Comments

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I love how they look too...I'm not taking mine down just yet. New Years is the earliest.

[deadly_legacy]

That's a good idea. Do you have New Year's Eve plans? [Sips her wine]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Not yet...you?

[deadly_legacy]

Nothing yet. I wonder if anyone is already planning a party.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I'm sure somebody must be!

[deadly_legacy]

[Giggles.] Yes, I suppose someone must be. I wish the apartment was a little bigger. We talked about getting a house back when Lelouch and Nunnally were here.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

My apartment was too big...but it feels a bit fuller now. We've still got room for more people there, though.

[deadly_legacy]

With you and Conrad and the puppies?

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

And Timothy now too!!

[deadly_legacy]

Timothy? I've heard you mention him before, but I don't think I know him. He was here before?

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Yep! He's back, but his memory is a bit fuzzy...

[deadly_legacy]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

...It's hard when people lose their memories.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is...but he's doing okay.

[deadly_legacy]

Are you?

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

You know, I actually am.

How about you?

[deadly_legacy]

Yes. [She says it before really thinking about it, but here in this moment she does think about it and it's true. She misses Lelouch and Cornelia and Nunnally and there are...things confusing her, but curses that worry her, but overall, she's here. She's alive. She has friends.]

I am. Really. [Smiles]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you are.

[deadly_legacy]

[She reaches out and puts her hand over his.]

Mmm...





Present time?

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Present time. Great cake, by the way...

Here, open this one first.

[He hands her the box containing the sheep plush (http://egyptsand.deviantart.com/#/d32log3).]

[deadly_legacy]

I'm glad you liked it.

[Opens it up carefully and then pulls the little sheep out. She smiles brightly, lookind delighted.] Ooooh, Hanna! He's so cute!

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

You really like it?

[He grins and hands her a smaller box. This one contains a necklace, made of pink paperclips, with a pendant made of a black paperclip, bent into the shape of a complex protection rune.]

[deadly_legacy]

Of course I do. Does he already have a name?

[She takes the second box and unwraps it. Oh, office supplies. How thoughtful. Wait, no. She lifts it up, seeing they are all connected. Is it a wall decoration? Or maybe something from his world? She probably shouldn't ask. He might take it badly.] Thank you, Hanna. It's lovely.

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

He does not. I thought you might like to name him yourself...

I know you don't like jewelry...and I can't afford anything fancy...but I made a necklace for you anyway...I would have used something better than paperclips, but...

[deadly_legacy]

I would. [Thinking about a name.]

Oh, Hanna, that's so sweet. [And now that she realizes what it is, she slips it over her head, carefully pulling her hair back out to fall over it.] How does it look?

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I think it looks great on you. What do you think?

Oh, the er...pendant-y thing is a protection rune. So...this will keep you safe. Or its supposed to, anyway...