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Brave New World Mods ([personal profile] bravenewmods) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2015-10-11 12:00 am

A Well Earned Celebration

[The battle was over and the god Reshiram defeated, driven away by the aid of Union and its allies. The city was safe, by and large, and as the news spread throughout the peoples of the tundra, they began streaming back into the settlement in droves. Dirty, ash-coated faces were filled with relief and gratitude when they saw that it wasn't just a rumor and that their home had indeed been spared. Not everyone was so lucky, but they'd weathered worse, of course. The people of Glacier endured, as they would always endure, and they were also a people that repaid their debts. And they most certainly all agreed that they owed their rescuers a debt.

So, as night fell after the battle, a great celebration was prepared in the center of Glacier. A wide square was cleared away in a matter of hours, and the people gathered what they could in a show of thanks. Tables of food, bonfires towering into the night sky to keep out the autumn chill, and throngs of cheering wellwishers lined the area. Warriors of glacier, men carrying swords and women all bearing axes offered enthusiastic handshakes and claps on the back. Music of all kinds was played, though tribal tunes full of horn and percussion, chanting and yodeling, and even some brass groups dominated the soundscape.

A platform for various elders was set up, and they offered speeches, of course...but those were somehow dwarfed by the presence of the divine beings that were waiting silently for the proceedings to end. Some of the gods that had come to the aid of the war parties had apparently decided to stay, though their reasons were as mysterious as they themselves. The humans would have their time, and the Servants would mingle freely throughout the evening.

Food, of course, is set out in piles. Meat, fish, arctic berries, and various pastries and the like line table after table. A smorgasbord of Glacier specialties, each with a new and unique flavor all their own, and some (such as the stew) possessing a smell that only a native could probably endure. Akutaq in particular seems to stand out among the worst offenders, but the Glacier natives seem rather fond of it, and offer it to their rescuers with great gusto.

And the rewards do not stop at simple meals. either. As the speeches begin to wind down, a woman some might find familiar walks up onto the stage carrying a singularly massive trunk and dropping it down onto the wood with a heavy thud.]


Southerners! You have done a great deed this day! We, the people of Glacier, would like to thank you and honor your sacrifice! Few would do as you have done, coming to the aide of strangers against the might of that dragon...and you have accomplished something we did not think possible. To that end, we would like to present you with the first of many gifts, a token of our gratitude and a promise that should you need it, we will come to your defense in a time of need!

[And then with a sharp kick, she cracks open the trunk and reveals a veritable treasure trove of three different stones to be distributed by her subordinates.]

Rest well, and enjoy the festivities! You are welcome here, for as long as you like! Eat, drink, and be merry within our halls!
frozenflame: (Grateful)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-16 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, how could you have known? You're not able to see the future, are you?
celebrity_commentator: (hmph)

[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-16 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the same reaction any of my girls have to someone attacking me...

[She chews on the inside of her lip for a second.]

In fact, it jumped in front of our attacks the say way Hagoromo jumped in front of its attacks a minute later...
frozenflame: (My Head/That Bus)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-16 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Well. Then it's bonded to him. That's...significant, but not something you could have known?
celebrity_commentator: (uncertain)

[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-20 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...yes. I can see what people are Bonded to. It was a little different for this guy, but one of his like five abilities was super-Bonding, and it's not like it takes a genius to figure out what he used that for...
frozenflame: (Covering Up)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-20 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, the Pokemon still has to be willing. Rise, seriously? That wasn't your fault. It shocked me too.
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[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-22 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It's my job to know these things, though. There's only so much I can do in a Pokémon battle, and I messed up pretty much all of it when people could have gotten killed...
frozenflame: (Not So Sure)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-22 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
And you can't be thrown off by something we previously thought was impossible? Are you perfect? Are you omniscient?
celebrity_commentator: (get in the dress Kanji)

[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-22 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I--

[Rise cuts herself off at that. There's a lot of things she wants to say here, but they all sound really, really awful as she cues them up in her mind, and for once, she finds she doesn't know how to express herself.]

...I should have done better.
frozenflame: (Dramatic Look!)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-22 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not answering my question. Are you omniscient?

[Yukiko's voice is stern now, her eyes level.]

Because my girlfriend has a similar power, and she was taken completely off guard too.
Edited 2015-10-22 18:34 (UTC)
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[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-22 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I'm...I'm not. You'd think with my Enlightened powers I'd--
celebrity_commentator: (what?)

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[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-22 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rise cuts herself off mid-recrimination.]

Wait, you have a girlfriend?!

When did this happen? Who is it?
frozenflame: (Covering Up)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-22 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Whoops. Well...Rise's mind is off the trouble now.]

Um. I guess officially? About ten seconds after we beat Reshiram?

[Someone's face is beet red, and she mumbles...]

And it's Fuuka Yamagishi...
celebrity_commentator: (personal space invader)

[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-22 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, she's cute! Congratulations!

[Nothing like near death experiences against gods for bringing couples together. That was...basically the entire buildup to her relationship with Asemu, anyway.]

I didn't even know you were looking. Or that you were looking for girls, but that's a pattern with my friends, somehow...
frozenflame: (...Teddy Wut...)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-22 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I...um. I wasn't looking. It just...sort of happened? I wasn't really even thinking about romance or dating or anything. With boys or girls. But I think there's good points to both? I just never really thought about it much before...

[Like, out of the blue, because of divine troubles...]

We were friends, and then there was that stuff with Diancie in a cave...and...I dunno, I just felt really good around her. Like...I dunno? Happy. Content. Empowered? If that makes sense. And then we went flying after the fair and she told me she liked me.

Then all this happened. And I just...well. We won. So I ran over and kissed her. And she kissed me. And...and...

[She could be at this for a while, rambling mixed with uncertainty and pride and just happiness?]
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[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-22 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rise's just going to listen and beam at the cute awkward lovey-doveyness for a while.]

It's the best, right? That kind of feeling?
frozenflame: (Blushing)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-22 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! It is! I haven't felt like it before. But...yeah! She's really great. And funny and sweet.

I am still clueless about half of what happens when you have a significant other, but she's the same, so I don't mind figuring it out together.
celebrity_commentator: (:3)

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[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-22 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehe...that's honestly the best part. Even if I like to pretend I know more than Asemu does.
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[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-22 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rise's smile fades, eventually.]

Hey...thanks for cheering me up, Yukiko. I needed that. I've just...I need to figure out what I'm gonna do now. I'm not sure if this is the right path for me anymore.
frozenflame: (Big Sister)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-22 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...it's what friends do. And they support each other too, when they make a choice.

Just, don't give up, okay? Not for not being omniscient.
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[personal profile] celebrity_commentator 2015-10-27 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[And Rise's back to smiling. Just a little. Sometimes she wonders how she acts when she can't keep emotions off her face at all.]

You're really...I don't know what the word I'm looking for is. Strong, maybe?

Well, "a good friend" works too. Thank you.
frozenflame: (Pleased Smile)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-10-27 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hah. Well. I try.

[Have a hug, Rise.]