video

[robitussin]

Who: opal, nightingale, and you
Broadcast: video!
Action: on the pathstone
When: now!

[When the feed turns on, it’s focused on... so many Christmas sweaters laying on a bed. There are more, hidden beneath those four and out of view of the camera; from what can be seen, it looks like there are at least three or four more. The camera swings around to two girls, one of whom has the most deadpan look on her face.]

I officially hate sponsor drops. I want none of this.

[The other one just looks kind of confused.]

I’m pretty sure this is another Earth reference or something that I’m missing here. What the fuck is wrong with Earth?

[It earns a snort out of Opal.]

There are many things wrong with Earth, and all of them are a long story. Don’t worry about it. Anyways, the point is that someone should come here and take these away because every single one is kind of the worst thing ever? Save us.

Either that or we can throw them out into space. That’s an option too. There’s a sun nearby to hurl these into, right?

[She sounds dead serious about this.]

...Maybe we should at least see if anyone wants them before we toss them into a sun? [But, she smiles.] I am totally saving shoving them out of an airlock as a plan B, though. Thank you for that.

[She glances back at the camera for a moment, though, giving the feed a Look.]

Seriously, though, get these far enough away that I never have to see them again.

[ooc: blue is opal, purple is nightingale!]

Comments

[experiencepoints]

... The more I listen, the more confused I get.

[She just lets out a defeated sigh.]

[save_the_souls]

[He gives a sympathetic little laugh]

I think it's because you're trying to find the logic in faith. That's not really how it works.

[experiencepoints]

It should be how it works.

[save_the_souls]

Ha, sorry.

Think of it this way: on Earth, most of us can't really communicate with the being that made us. Not directly. We just can't, so whenever something happens, we're never sure if it was by that being's will or by chance- especially when it's something unlikely that happens.

But sometimes, there comes along a human whose able to communicate with that being. The people that believe this person can really communicate with the higher power follow their teachings and that group might become a new religion. The ones who don't believe them either joins another religion they do believe or stays out of religion altogether. And since many of these religions are thousands of years old, they tend to evolve past the initial teachings and develop their own culture.

Does that clear it up a little?

[experiencepoints]

... So it's a mess of thousand-year arguments and no one knows what's true or not?

[nightingale thrives on hard facts, logic, and having a definite right and wrong answer.

she's screaming on the inside right now.]

[save_the_souls]

Ah, essentially, yes!

[experiencepoints]

I am never, ever going to Earth.

[save_the_souls]

Oh come on, it's not so bad. Earth has really good food.

[experiencepoints]

I've had Swan's cooking. Ashvara's food isn't going to lose to Earth's.

[save_the_souls]

That's only one cook! You can't judge all of Earth's food on one cook!

[experiencepoints]

I'm only one cook, and I'm pretty sure mine will trump anything from Earth.

[save_the_souls]

[Just a "pfft" noise from Allen]

[experiencepoints]

I heard that.

[save_the_souls]

[ ... ]




[SMILES] So what would you like for Christmas?

[experiencepoints]

For you to get rid of that creepy grin.

[save_the_souls]

Oh come on, Nightingale! I really want to know!

[experiencepoints]

I don't know, then? I'm not exactly used to having things, really?

[save_the_souls]

...I'll put you down as something purple then!

[experiencepoints]

... Something about birds, I guess...? I don't know, seriously. Something purple, yeah.

[save_the_souls]

Purple and birds?

Okay! I can work with that!

[experiencepoints]

Should I be worried?

[save_the_souls]

Um...no? Why would you?

Has no one given you a Christmas gift before? [He knows she's not from Earth but with so many earth folks around...!]

[experiencepoints]

... I tried to avoid it as much as I could last year, since I knew it was something religious, and... You know about my world and religion, right?

And the place we were in before that didn't have a real calendar, so nothing like that ever got celebrated.

[save_the_souls]

Ah...yes, you've mentioned some things about religion on your world.

[Killing gods that clearly weren't gods and all that]

Christmas is religious for Christians, but you don't have to religious to celebrate it- especially out here. Here, mostly people just use it as a way to give gifts to people and spend time with them. Oh, and eat good food.

[experiencepoints]

[if jesus is born in this fleet i will set him on fire myself]

Tell me more about that food?