Orchestra 14 [audio/video]

[wewillwewill]

[Elidibus doesn't have much fanfare for his audio and video posts and this isn't any different. It's him, sitting in front of the ICP presumably in his room.]

Good afternoon. I hope everyone has weathered the voidstorm if not well then at least with quick recovery.

I've been a passenger for about three months and I have noticed something curious. Given mortal propensity to celebrate seasonal festivities nearly every moon, I have not heard anyone make particular mention of doing so. I understand it's likely due to our lack of sense to time within the void other than the train's calendar and seasons as well as any differences from our respective stars.

Yet I would like to propose this changes. Establishing festive occasions not for every moon but with regular intervals will serve good purpose. A sense of anticipation for the upcoming festivity and a boon to community spirit during. To that end, I would open the floor to information on celebrations native to your respective worlds. Speak to me or one another.

I suspect we will find more similarities than differences and can create traditions for the train not just for ourselves, but for those who will inevitably succeed us. I am willing to take initiative in assembling the ideas and giving them a form within the limits of this train.

[Elidibus ends his speech here though he remains open to talking.]


[OOC: Talk about your yearly festivities and holidays! The aim is to try and establish some 'holidays and traditions' that help keep spirits up and improve train morale. Feel free to outline months or seasonal time of year for your world and the holidays (some or whatever you can think of)!

INSPIRATION: This Christmas H&M commercial from a few years back that I absolutely adored (also I kinda like Wes Anderson quirkiness). Please watch, it's a gem and also invokes trainlife.]

Comments

[wewillwewill]

[Elidibus takes a moment to process this.]

Most festivals rarely hold true to their exact origins. Also your description of Christmas seems different from the young Daniel Fenton's. I suppose this could be a case of similar names but different worlds or perhaps your line of work.

A feast day may be interesting. When do 'Halloween' and 'Thanksgiving' happen?

[monkeyinthewrench]

Mine's the same as his, minus the ghosts. We know what ghosts are where I'm from, but most people haven't seen one and don't believe in them.

Halloween's in the fall around...I guess you'd call it mid-harvest time? Thanksgiving's at the end of the harvest about a month later, and then Christmas is a month after that as the winter starts.

[wewillwewill]

Hm. So two types of harvest celebrations and a winter. Surely there are more during the rest of your star's journey around the sun? I've oft seen celebrations heralding the beginning of the year, of summer. In recent times, a memorial to those who were lost in the latest Calamity.

[This guy clearly had nothing to do with that one. Nope.]

Admittedly there are many more, but I oft mark their passing only by the presence of decorations I saw in my observations of the Source. But it's clear however obscure the reason, there will always be many who flock to these traditions and celebrations.

[monkeyinthewrench]

...the holidays are kinda stacked like that. I guess there's New Years, yeah. People pop bottles of champagne and dance. Then there's Valentines toward the end of the winter, when couples get all mushy and go on dates. Passover and Easter in the spring, which are mostly about being outside and having food. Then there's the country's independence day in the summer, with a lot of grilling.

[ Jake shrugs. ]

But we can just make up our own days, right? No need to make it too weird.

[wewillwewill]

No, though having a recognized theme for these holidays and festivals may ease peoples' minds more effectively than something completely new. Though there's no need to completely discredit new ideas.

I think the best balance lies in being sure they are not too close together, lest it becomes a denial of our reality, rather than a brief respite from it.