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[sympathyforme]

Anyone expecting Christmas gifts from me, there won't be any.

Seems a bit tacky, given I'm the Antichrist.

So, how many of you are celebrating this... birth?

[private to Setsuna]

Long time no see. When the hell are you coming home?

[private to Saya]

Think it's time we got to know each other.

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[worldofourown]

What if we give you a present?

[sympathyforme]

Seems sacrilegious and, coming from you, probably won't be anything I want.

[worldofourown]

They say it's the thought that counts. Christmas is all about the presents anyway -- wanted or unwanted.

[sympathyforme]

Seems so, given most people who celebrate aren't even Christian.

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[indecent_butterfly]

It all seems a bit tacky no matter how One looks at it.

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[sympathyforme]

You'd know about tacky.

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[indecent_butterfly]

But not all see to it. This has all blinded by the materialism, Mammon must enjoy it.

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[sympathyforme]

He must be enjoying the whole world. This is just another day to celebrate it.

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[beyourarmy]

I'll still get you something.

...home? [He knew he was forgetting something when he started this whole thing. The rest is said very slowly, as though he realizes suddenly there might be a problem.] I told Saya was I going to stay with her.

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[sympathyforme]

Then get Saya to stay somewhere other than the lion's den.

The bloodsucking, immortal lion's den.

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[beyourarmy]

She won't leave. That's why I offered to stay with her.

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[sympathyforme]

Don't really see that working for me.

[unflagging]

So, what, are you giving Yule presents instead?

Look, I'm just asking.

[sympathyforme]

Depends on how naughty you've been, really.

[unflagging]

I might have been absolutely terrible. It depends on the present, really.

[sympathyforme]

Seems like we're stuck in a loop already.

[valentineluke]

Tis the season for skeletons to come out.

[sympathyforme]

Thought that was Halloween.

[valentineluke]

No, that's a time for masks. When Thanksgiving - first awkward gathering - takes place, masks began slipping down a bit. By Christmas, they're off, alcohol's free flowing, and skeleton parade trumps The Nutcracker.

[sympathyforme]

The City is awfully western.

[private]

[sangreine]

[Who...? Is this someone else she should remember but can't?]

Um. Okay. [Best to let him start, so she can get her bearings on whether she's supposed to be apologizing for not knowing who he is or or what.]

[private]

[sympathyforme]

I'm Kira. Setsuna's... [Sword? Hm.] best friend.

[private]

[sangreine]

Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't know. [Which is both disappointing and mildly irritating. Setsuna hardly ever tells her about himself.]

It sounds like you already know who I am...? [This sort of surreal introduction is familiar in a way, Saya not knowing what to label herself. The person Setsuna's living with? That he protects?]

[confined_to_briah]

If they expected gifts from you, they don't know you well at all.

[sympathyforme]

Well, 'tis the season.