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[demiurgos_girl]

Hi, everyone. Merry Christmas. [Elaine's hovering several feet above the Mansion roof, giving you a nice view of the snowy grounds and decorated Mansion behind her. She grins at the camera, her wings spread wide and beating slowly.]

Someone mentioned stockings, I think. Mine had a marble. [She holds up the little black gleaming marble, about an inch in diameter. After a brief moment where she seems confused, she puts it away.] It's my grandmothers. After they died, they became something like this. I don't think it's them, just... what's left of them.

[She smiles again, but it's a bit forced.] Merry Christmas, everyone. If you want to fly today, just say so. The air is fresh, and I'm more than willing to carry you.

...Mhairi is snowing today. [And that turns her smile entirely genuine.]

[[OOC: Elaine will give the following:

Poland: A pink headband and black boots that go halfway up the shin. Both quite cute.

Jack: A bicycle, with trainer wheels. Yes, she remembered.

Rei: She tried to make brownies, and... kinda failed. These she'll deliver in person, with lots of apoliogies for the way they taste. Feel free to action tag. :)

Again, Merry Christmas all around! If I forgot anyone... I'll just add to the list tomorrow. Sorry! So sleepy o_O]]

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[second-first.livejournal.com]

[Rei is in her room when Elaine delivers the brownies. She has a pair of earbuds in her ears, listening to a relatively old-fashioned tape player and watching the snow through the window.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Knock knock. [She's standing at the doorway, holding a plate of brownies that are slightly too brown.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[Rei looks up, pulls the earbuds out, and rises, leaving the player on the bed.]

Elaine.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

[S-still too sleepy. Wrong icon....]

How've you been? How's your christmas?

[second-first.livejournal.com]

I got music.

[Rei has never really celebrated Christmas, in the Western or the Japanese way. It doesn't have any significance for her.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

What kind of music? [Elaine takes a few steps inside, puts the sad brownies aside for now.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

Ikari-kun's. [She doesn't know enough about music to specify a genre.

She looks at the brownies, then at Elaine.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Mm. [She's not familiar with the name.]

[Seeing Rei glance at the brownies, she holds them forward again.] Brownies, in case they don't look like them. [She grins.] I don't know how to make these, so... I just thought I'd try.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[Rei accepts the plate, looks at the brownies, then at Elaine.]

......Thank you.


[ooc: pfffff I think Rei never mentioned this to Elaine, and I might have forgotten to tell you that Rei can't eat most solid foods because of when the Major tried to turn her into a vampire.

I uh. Guess the mashed potatoes from before weren't too solid for her to keep down? XD;; But if she eats the brownies, she'll probably throw up.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

[[ooc: kjashdug this gift is so fail]]

[Elaine looks a bit expectant, but when Rei doesn't say or do anything, she just sighs and looks a bit let down.] You're welcome. I'm sorry they didn't come out right. I'll get you something else, maybe.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[It takes Rei a moment to register Elaine's reaction as disappointment, and another to realize that there was something she was supposed to do there.]

No.

[She picks up one of the brownies and takes a bite. She doesn't think a little solid food will make her terribly sick.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

You don't have to- [She smiles when Rei takes a bite.] Thanks, Rei. I really mean it.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[Rei chews and swallows carefully. Her expression remains neutral regardless of the actual taste of the brownies.]

....Major Katsuragi's would be worse.

[Somehow, she thinks this is a compliment.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

That's not the Major I know, I'm guessing.

[They taste slightly too heavy and burned. Not much subtletly involved, but at least they're recognizable as brownies.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

No. [A pause, and she realizes she probably needs to clarify.] Major Katsuragi sortied Evas.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Eva... that ship you piloted?

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[That receives a nod. Rei doesn't bother to clarify what exactly an Eva is.]

I've never had Christmas before.

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

And you just had to get burned brownies from me, right? [She laughs.] We can go out and enjoy the snow if you want.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[Rei sets down the brownies and moves to get a coat. Because obviously Elaine meant RIGHT NOW.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

[Elaine smiles and goes for the closet, bringing out a coat as well.] Have you been outside at all? Wait... are those reindeer still there?

[second-first.livejournal.com]

No. [A pause.] I don't think so.

[She pulls on a coat. It never snowed much in Tokyo-3, so she hasn't really ever experienced winter like this.]

[kindly-done.livejournal.com]

A bicycle! [IT'S SO EXCITING.]

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You said you wanted to learn how, right? Those little wheels on the side, those are stabilisers.

[kindly-done.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[He circles the bike and gives it a little push.]

So it doesn't just fall over. I get it. Thank you!

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! [She grins.] You can take them off when you're good enough to stay balanced. They say your body never forgets how to ride one, so maybe when you go home you'll be able to ride it really well, even if you don't remember.

[kindly-done.livejournal.com]

You know, you're right. That's really smart!

[demiurgos-girl.livejournal.com]

Hee. If you want to ride with me sometime, just say so, okay?