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[hymnals]

Who: Adrasteius
Broadcast: Everyone
Action: the Golden
When: Now

[Oh, Light; Adrasteius is exhausted. He's barely slept for the last however many days, a product of his campaign to avoid the calibrations as much as possible. Even then, the memories of what he intruded upon dog him (especially in Coil's case), and--despite his discipline--he's drunk from sleep deprivation. But today is an important day. An important time.]

I don't know about the rest of you, but --

[His speech is a little slurred. He blinks a few times, sighs, and goes on.]

-- but back home, we have a tradition on this day. 'S called Pilgrim's Bounty. There's ... typically ...

[He makes a bunch of vague gestures.]

You know. Feasting. Turkey and pies and everything. We all sit around outside the capital and just--jump from table to table. And we're thankful. That's the key bit. More than the food.

We're thankful that we're still alive. That the Light, or --

[He exhales slowly.]

-- or the elements, or pure happenstance ... that it's preserved us. For this moment.

[He runs his hands through his long hair, his fingers tangling in his feathery bangs.]

And even though I'm here, and I miss my home, I'm still--grateful. Because I don't have my whole family. But I have my son. I have the grace of the Light. And I hope that, despite everything, you all can find something to be thankful for, too.

[He rests his head down on the kitchen table. He mutters.]

Light be with you.

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[shoujoreject]

... We call it Thanksgiving, where I'm from.

[He hasn't met Adrasteius before, but that seems immaterial in this moment. It doesn't matter how he looks, or how the elf looks, what they know or who they know.

It hadn't been near Thanksgiving when he left home. To realise that it is... it kind of hurts. He hasn't been here but a handful of days, and yet it's more than that - how long can he think back since the last time he spent much time with his family?]

It's much the same - though maybe a little more intimate. Family and friends, people who brought you to where you are today.

[That it's preserved us. Somehow, it sits perfectly and it hurts in a way that makes him feel guilty.]

... Thank you for sharing this.

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[arcanepower]

An'da. [He's embarrassed, so he ducks his head a bit.] Are you okay? Have you slept? ... Have you eaten?

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[princessia]

[ She'd comment on the tradition first, especially with how much she loves food. But first, she's distracted by the mention of his family. ]

Your son? Are you related to Belthazar?

[ Because rappig ears. ]

[child_of_bhaal]

Adrasteius, you should sleep.

[And the viewers at home shout the word "hypocrit" at their screens.]

You look exhausted.

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[preformthisneigh]

[That would explain the twitchy ear he's had all day. ]

Well, you know there's nothing stopping us from having a celebration anyway! We can totally put some tables together and fill it with food, get anypony who wants to come and be thankful! That's absolutely, one million per cent doable.

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[unfulfilledpotential]

[That broadcast was hard to ignore, but a sleepy crew member - that's even harder, and all Shawn wanted was something to eat. He purses his lips at the guy before he decides to go ahead and pour them both glasses of water.]

You know what I'm especially grateful for? The fact that we can sleep now, without worrying about the weird dreams we'd run into.

[He brings the water over, sliding it just in case. Shawn can't tell if the other guy's sleepy or drunk or both - and if the guy's drunk, some water might help.]