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voidtreckernet2020-06-18 10:23 pm
mtsilver_conquor) wrote in voidtreckernet2020-06-18 10:23 pm
Voice; Fiddlesticks 24, early-ish morning. (slightly backdated)
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.]
[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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Those that Lady Nerdanel mentioned, plus others. Lindir, our bard, found and adapted some human and dwarven songs that were rather raucous, that were fun in the earlier evening. But once the stars came out, we would sing the old songs to them.
[insert a lovely old song in Sindar about how looking up at the stars reminds them all of when the First Elves Awoke and saw the stars for the very first time.]
Sorry, I don't do it justice. There really should be about fifteen of us singing, with accompaniment.
Late :(
[The end of the song sees her smiling. Just because he says he didn't do it justice doesn't mean she feels that way.]
Well, I think you did. It sounded like a wonderful song. I know, maybe we should see about getting all you elves into sing it at some point.