Voice; Fiddlesticks 24, early-ish morning. (slightly backdated)

[mtsilver_conquor]

Colour me curious, but what are winter festivals or holidays like on your world? Back home, today would be Shiwasu 10, or Tōji -longest night and the start of winter. It's also my birthday, but that's not the important thing; it's not a big number anyway. I don't know what Alola does for Tōji, so I'll tell you what my hometown did.

[The longer she talks, the more homesick she sounds. It likely doesn't help that today's her birthday, but well. Small detail's Eva's willing to overlook.] Masara had the rural traditions of feasting, food making, drinking, games dancing, battles. You know, the normal for a coastal town.

No snowball fights though; we'd have to go to the mountains for that and we never went in the lead up to Tōji because that was bad luck. But, we did have something better: Fire jumping under the stars to bring good luck. You'd start at dusk with it low, little more than a small coal pit so even kids could jump it with supervision, and work up to a boosted jump over a half-drum of flames, though they'd only let the adults do that one.

The day I turned twenty I did so many times mum had to drag me away from it by the ear, but - worth it. So worth it...

[She trails off before ending the transmission.]

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[mtsilver_conquor]

[She snorts at the iceworld comment. Been there, prepped for it and then got called to see the conductor.]

Timewise on the train, you're right, but it's likely closer to spring than it is winter and I've kept a calendar. Plus, we've had two seasonal festivals already, and I wouldn't be shocked if we get one for spring at some point.

It's winter back home though.

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[theturksway]

The train gives us festivals? Huh. [Color him surprised and amused.]

Because that's how many days it's been for you? Wasn't near winter when I got taken. That could be a world thing though. Guess the different planets don't have to have winter at the same time if they're not... uh.... [He makes a motion with both hands as if they're...rotating...? around something but at different times.] You know. Whatever.

[Look, he picks up things but he's not really that educated. He can't even remember where he picked up the planet science-y stuff. Cosmo Canyon? Yeah, probably that place. Or, hell, maybe Palmer's department had charts on it. Who knew. Who cared?]

Anyway. Some people back home do the winter celebration, too. Gift giving, parties, all that nonsense I guess. [Any excuse for an office party in his opinion but that was another story.]

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[mtsilver_conquor]

It has, at least once. It'd be nice if it did it again.

Exactly, and yeah. I won't be shocked if there's a world out there that doesn't have winter or summer. It'd be weird, but given where we are...

That said, I don't think gifts are common on Tōji unless it's a birthday. Maybe in other faiths they might, but not mine.

[theturksway]

It'd still be weird but less of a surprise, yeah, I hear ya. Never know what we're gonna walk out into with this train.

Hmm, well. That must suck! [Gifts are great! Says the guy that doesn't deserve them and probably hardly ever gives them. He's such an a-hole.]

[mtsilver_conquor]

[Honestly, compared to some of the people Eva's dealt with in the past, he's not that bad.]

Not really; In the faith of the Four, gifts are given at the first jun of the new year instead as a way to bring good luck, and also at the end of autumn as thanks for the harvest/last catch and also to ward off bad luck.