ximilia | { video } | Yule be Home for Christmas

[ The ~~brain~~ video feed turns on, revealing a very charming and handsome young man sitting in front of the camera wearing a pair of sunglasses. Where’d he get those glasses from? Ray-Ban could never!

It looks like he’s sitting in one of the residential rooms that appear to be somewhat polished, save for the packaged meat sitting behind one bed. ]

Well? Come on, then! And maybe don’t look so cross, you know, show them a little holiday spirit! Should we get you the hat? We should get you the hat —

Shut it! I know what I’m doing.

[ An exasperated sigh can be heard to the side that sounds eerily Clara-esque. ]

And what’s all that about?! Why am I the one delivering this? Just get flappy bird to do it! Why can’t we send them an e-mail? Or one of those carrier pigeons?

What pigeons, Doctor?

Hold on a tick — did we get pigeons in our item drop? That’d be brilliant, eh? We’d hardly need these communications devices, oh! Oh, I could show Alina —

No! Now, stop it! You’re distracting yourself.

[ In a few moments, the Doctor (the cute one) is looking off to the side with his eyes slightly squinted. ]

Read. The… Yes! Yes! I know!

[ The Doctor (the incredibly smooth and sexy one) starts sifting through a short stack of index cards in his hands. ]

Hello. This is the Doctor. You know? The incredibly tall and sauve one. Not the old, crinkly man who is currently reading this messa--

[ His eyes immediately shoot up to show his predecessor the meanest of mugs.

There’s an audible “Ow!” heard offscreen, followed by Clara reaching over to grab that first card. You can clearly see the internal struggle the Doctor (the one who is serving Einstein meets Beethoven realness) is going through. Like a child being tasked to wash the dishes or having to kiss their granny. ]

These past few months have been incredibly difficult and tiresome, but I assure you all are doing a brilliant job. This is the part where you give them a thumbs up and a smile.

[ ...Skipping that part. ]

Given that we’ve spent over 500-some odd hours together on this station, me, Clara and the old bat who looks like a grey dusty tumbleweed reading this messa—

[ Tossing that away! ]

—Would like to invite you all to celebrate Christmas with us. For all of my non-Earth friends, it is a special holiday most humans like to spend together. There will be plenty of food and fizzy drinks to go around. There will also be tree-mendous decorations. Stop for laughter. [ … ] I snow hope you will all able to join us.

I love you all from my head to my mistletoe.

[ After all that is read, the Doctor promptly reaches for a brick and clutches it against his chest and lets out a sigh of relief. From somewhere off-camera, there’s a series of claps, maybe applause? Maybe a fly somehow made it onto the station? (No it’s definitely applause, joined with a ‘See that wasn’t so hard now, was it?’) ]

Doctor!

Can I have my crisps now?

[ ooc note: threadhopping is a go!

color key: clara = orange, the doctor (11) = blue, the doctor (12) = purple ]

[ ooc update: You can find the Christmas Party log HERE!!! ]

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[ yamato, currently sitting on the floor of the training room and sipping a (very large) cup of tea, seems thoroughly entertained by this particular post — did they get all of it? no, not at all! but the chaos of the people in it is rather welcoming, so they're beaming as they respond, ]

Food and drinks sounds wonderful! But who is this Christmas we're celebrating?

I really ought to leave this to Clara to answer, she's the actual Earth human in our little group.

[ Said fondly of course, because humans are brilliant creatures, some of his favourites. ]

The whole holiday revolves around a load of religious and mythical nonsense, some of it quite interesting, some of it — ah, not so much. Some of it real! Some of it also not so much.

Really, I suppose these days it's about celebrating getting together and making each other happy through the spirit of generosity, which is something I think we could all celebrate having spent all this time with each other so far, eh?

Oh, so Earth has humans, too? That's interesting!

[ so does yamato's world... but also non-humans. does earth have them too? they'll have to find out. ]

So it's like a lot of holidays, isn't it? I read about some holidays around the Blues in a book I found, and it seems like a lot of them are based on different things. But I guess it doesn't matter what the reason is if you're having fun!

[ They do get visitors! Alien-like visitors. (Hello!) But that's his particular Earth, and may not be quite the same for others, he's learning. So many different parallel Earths, it could really make ones head spin.

(Not the Doctor's, though. For him, this is all just fascinating.) ]

Oh, yes, yes, exactly — I think that really ought to be what a holiday is all about, don't you think? Fun and celebration, doesn't really have to be anything more than that. Though the decorations are fun.

Now what's this Blues? And what's this book? Love a good book.

I didn't really have much else to do back in Onigashima, so I used to try and get my hands on all the books I could about the outside world.

[ but kaido was never one to collect a lot of books... but yamato managed. ]

So I ended up reading one about that described different traditions around the four oceans — North Blue, West Blue, South Blue and East Blue. I mean, there's Grand Line too, that's where I'm from, but I was more interested in learning about the Blues since I've never been, and Oden's logbook didn't describe them either. Anyway... I learned that where all the Blues have some of their own traditions, they mostly vary island by island. The same as in Grand Line.

Exactly what the Doctor said.

[She nods over toward the Doctor because yes, he is standing right there. They're nerds like that.]

But you can just come to enjoy the party. The holiday part isn't what's important. It's everyone getting together and finding a reason to be happy.

[ There's a thumbs up from the Doctor from behind her shoulder. ]

Yes! Come to the party, because it's a party!

I like that idea! Eating and drinking together is a good way to have fun with friends... the only big celebration like that I've seen is the Fire Festival banquet that my father holds every year, but I don't really like it.

[ mostly because yamato hates their father and hates what the fire festival party stands for — but that's not relevant right now. ] It'd be nice to see a real party.

[Clara debates the pros and cons of asking why she hates the Fire Festival. But if someone goes out of their way to mention that their father is the one that holds the festival, then she knows from experience there may be some complicated feelings involved. So she just nods in understanding.]

Well, I'm not sure how much of a real party we'll be able to put together.

[Given the attention span of both Doctors, and her ability to become frustrated at either or both of them in no time at all.]

But I can't wait to see you there. I know you're going to enjoy it.

As long as there's food and drinks and everyone's really enjoying themselves, and it's not at the cost of others... then it's perfect!

[ today on: "at the cost of others" meaning "back home they bring all the food to onigashima and leave none for the actual citizens"... so anything that's not that is infinitely better. ]

I look forward to it! Is this a tradition you do every year? If you're one of those... Earth humans?

I'm one of those Earth humans, yeah. Or I used to be, a long time ago.

[She shrugs, because that isn't the important detail here.]

Do celebrations typically come at the cost of others where you're from?

Wait, so you were an Earth human and then you... turned into something else than a human?

[ yes, that is how yamato is interpreting that. sorry. and they're all too happy to focus on that, waving off the question about the celebrations in their home with a quick, ]

No, I don't think they do, on other islands. Just mine.

[Her interpretation makes Clara laugh.]

No, I'll always be human. I just don't think of Earth as home anymore.

Oh! Where did you go? What's your new home, now?

[ asked as if they don't really think it's much of a feat — or more like don't know to think it is. sure, no one leaves their world like that, to go world-hopping like they are right now... but it might not be like that for earth? ]

The stars are my home, I guess. With the Doctor. Wherever he is, that's my home.

[Which stands to reason that this is her home, at least for the time being. She's so used to planet hopping that she doesn't think much on how casually they're discussing this. She is, however, incredibly grateful to meet someone who seems to enjoy talking about this kind of thing. For some people it's too overwhelming of a subject to talk on for long.]

... that's beautiful, [ comes yamato's answer, their eyes tearing up slightly at that wonderful sentiment. ]

To have a home with a person rather than a place... how wonderful!

[Clara just smiles warmly, cheeks turning a bit pink.]

It's about as close to a happy ending as someone like me deserves.

[She could say more on the matter, could leave herself open to further discussion. But something about admitting that makes her feel vulnerable. And that loss of control causes her to panic, and she abruptly ends the conversation there. She doesn't want to say anything else that might embarrass her later.]

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