Letters (some for Christmas)

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[[Even if the muns are out, it's simply IC for Setsuna to send stuff off. Feel free to respond whenever you're able to.]]


Cayce,

Hey there! Just a real quick gift. Nothing much, but I thought I should at least send you something.

Happy Holidays and all that.

-Setsuna

Attached is a small bag of alcoholic chocolates.



John,

I know it's a time to spend with loved ones, so it's gotta really suck right now for you. Hopefully, we'll get out of here soon. Happy Holidays.

- Setsuna

Again, more alcoholic chocolates.



Rukia,

I don't know if they teach you shinigami about Christmas, but it's a time of year to give out gifts. I don't know if you celebrate anything like that, but I felt like getting you something.

Happy Holidays.

- Setsuna

This time, a fluffy, soft, white bunny plushie.



Uriel,

You probably celebrate Christmas, but I didn't know what I could possibly get you. Sorry....

That aside, I'm writing to you because I wanted to know how much you know of Kira. Or, more appropiately, Nanatsusaya. I don't know how it works a sword could have a soul to move from one body to another. I'm...highly concerned about what's going to happen to him.

I'm asking you, and I'll try to compensate anyway I can, but if there's anything you can tell me, do so.

Merry Christmas.

- Setsuna


He had wanted to get something for Susan (as she helped out in the Nana situation) and Aziraphale, but didn't know what to get either. Books seemed appropriate for Aziraphale, but Setsuna didn't have any on him.

[EDIT]: After Cayce explained it didn't really mattered what was given, it was more the thought, Setsuna decided to send out a few more gifts.


Dear Susan,

Thanks for helping out with Nana the other day. I didn't know what to get you for Christmas, so I thought chocolates would be okay.

- Setsuna

Attached is whatever white chocolate he could find in the fridge, a bar of milk chocolate, and some dark chocolate truffles.



Mr. Fell,

So...I had no idea what to send you for Christmas. I don't have any books on me, except a Rurouni Kenshin manga...and I don't think you'd be interested in that. I hope chocolate's fine.

- Setsuna

He sent this one with an entire take out box of brownies.



Hey, James,

Haven't seen you since the first dig, and then not for very long either. Still, thought I'd send you some chocolates for Christmas. And if you ever change your mind about teaching magic (ANTYHING, it doesn't even have to be that spell, just ANYTHING), let me know. Trying to learn from Senpai...doesn't go so well.

- Setsuna

Attached is random chocolates he grabbed, since he couldn't remember what type James liked.


[EDIT the second]:

Later, Setsuna can't help himself. He set up another offering to Eros, like he had before, and one to Psyche, then (once he was sure God would strike him down) sent off a few more letters....


Butterfly,

I doubt you celebrate Christmas or anything, but I thought I'd make another offering to you and your husband as a gift. Sounds really weird, but last time it was the only thing you asked for.

And the flowers are a gift too. I don't know what they are, but I thought they were pretty.

- Setsuna

Attached are some random wild flowers he saw attracting butterflies, which, of course, made him think of Psyche.



Macavity,

Merry Fucking Christmas.

- Setsuna

Attached is a dead fish.



Calvin,

Hey, kid! Not like you need anything to keep you going, but I thought I'd wish you a Merry Christmas and send you a gift anyway.

- Setsuna

Attached are more random chocolate candies.


[[I swear, that's all. I'll STOP now. So sorry. Just one more and that's it, I promise.]]


Rae,

Hey, I don't know if you celebrate Christmas or not, but you made this strawberry thing and gave it to Psyche, and she gave it to me as a present. I wanted to thank-you. It was really good, too.

You're opening a restaurant she tells me?

Anyhow, I'd thought I send you a gift in return, even though it's a bit late. Happy Holidays.

- Setsuna

Attached is another set of chocolates, a variety so she can pick what she wants.

Comments

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

Dear Setsuna,

Thank you for the gift -- that was lovely. I hope your friend Nana is well; please give her my best wishes.

Happy Hogswat Christmas,
-Susan

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Dear Susan,

You're welcome. And of course I will.

Happy what? Oh! I know...do you celebrate something else? I'm sorry, I don't ask these questions FIRST, it just didn't occur to me.

- Setsuna

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

Setsuna,

It's quite all right -- back on the Disc, our winter holiday is Hogswatch. An old solar festival that began with -- well, there's no delicate way to put it -- slaughtering pigs for food to sustain people through the winter. And which over the millennia has become a chance to decorate the house, eat lots of food, get in rows with the family, etc. Odd how these things seem to converge across the universe, isn't it?

There's more, of course, but I won't bore you unless you're really curious.

-Susan

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Susan,

Sounds...a bit like fairy tales. How they started off all gory or icky, then over time became all sweet and sugary with happy endings.

Go ahead, tell me more. I've got little else to do at the moment, and I'm curious.

- Setsuna

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Setsuna,

Yes, that's about the shape of it, actually. Practically all the classic stories are about blood, despite the better efforts of some well-meaning types to take the blood out.

Well, it's easier to work backwards to explain it. These days, the Hogfather's a fat jolly man in a red robe who goes about (in a sleigh pulled by four boars) on Hogswatchnight to deliver gifts to children.

But he's got his origins in the winter gods that oversaw the pig-killing, and also in the ancient rituals where some poor fellow would be the one who gets a bean in his porridge and then ends up being sacrificed to the gods to make sure the sun will rise and winter will go away. It's still a superstition in some parts that you shouldn't eat beans on Hogswatch. Not that anyone really remembers exactly why; there's just a vague memory somewhere that tells you that you don't.

Which goes for the other beliefs. Ensuring you've got food for the winter becomes the annual holiday meal; celebrating fellowship and community becomes exchanging of gifts. And so on.

Well, you did ask. I hope that wasn't too dull.

-Susan

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Susan,

Not at all. I don't mind blood, as long as I don't have to see it. It's actually very interesting, and makes me wonder about the origins of our own Santa Claus, which sounds much like your Hogfather.

Granted, ours isn't real. Well, he was, once upon a time. There used to be this guy that would hand out gifts on Christmas day. Of course, at some point, he died, but other people took on the tradition and started handing out gifts too. Then there were stories made up about him to children, that he would come down chimneys and fly in a sleigh, stuff like that.

I'm not really sure how all of that got started, though, or if there's more to it.

- Setsuna

[[I'm sure inaccurcies abound there, but considering this is a Japanese kid who pays more attention to his sister than anything else, it doesn't matter. >D]]

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

Setsuna,

Interesting. Our Hogfather also comes down chimneys too. Apparently even beliefs can evolve in parallel across the universe. Now I'm curious; clearly I'll have to ask around and learn more.

Well, in any case, I hope your winter holiday of choice is an enjoyable one.

-Susan

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Normally, Setsuna would be more interested in Susan's universe in general, but that can wait for another time.

Susan,

I'm curious as well. You could always ask Mr. Fell? He's got lots of books.

And I wish you the same well wishes. Enjoy.

- Setsuna