Sixth Curse; Video

[trouser_chimp]

 I'm very sorry for bothering everyone with this useless questioning, but I was wondering... does this realm of the gods have a time period as it relates to years? I wanted to know what year it was... because depending on what year it is here, we could celebrate the zodiac animal of that year!

Once we find out the year and the animal, I was thinking maybe Ayame's could have a special discount for a little bit! Bring in the new year's animal, and you get a half of discount! If it's the year of the Ram, you could bring in one of these cute sheep, and then you get half off! Or a pig, or a rat, or a dog! And maybe we can make the dresses styled to the animal! I'd love a kimono with little monkey paws on them, I think that would be very cute!

[Awww, this is the happiest he's been in a while. Who wants to ruin it by pointing out several illogical facts? And if you'd like action, he can be seen sweeping outside of Ayame's dress shop.]

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[unimpressive]

[Oh no, this kid's enthusiasm is contagious.]

We've been counting the days, but there's probably gotta be some calendar the locals use, huh? We just haven't found it yet!

What do animals have to do with the year though?

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[trouser_chimp]

It's the Chinese Zodiac. It's a way of counting and keeping track of the years. Certain years are assigned animals, and there are twelve animals in all.

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[unimpressive]

[Yep, no idea what Chinese or Zodiac means, but he can run with it.] Huh, really? That's pretty different from back home!

So you just use the same animals over and over again? Do they mean anything?

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[trouser_chimp]

Each animal harbors a different personality, traits, strengths and weaknesses... it can say a lot about the person whose year they were born under.

They're the rat, dog, ox, monkey, dragon, rabbit, horse, tiger, snake, ram, rooster, and pig.

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[unimpressive]

Whoa... And it really works? That sounds amazing!

Heh, it'd be really nice if they had something like that here, huh? Too bad the gods won't tell us anything about that yet.

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[trouser_chimp]

Well, a smart lady named Hanako decided that it's the year of the ox, since we've all been around here for over a year.

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[unimpressive]

[Nods, nods. Not that he's even sure what an ox is.] The ox, huh? So that's a good thing, right? It's gotta be! Or does it mean something else for this year?

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[trouser_chimp]

It's a year of strength! Oxen are very strong, and they can provide many things, so this will surely be a bountiful year!

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[unimpressive]

[He grins. HAHA, HE KNEW IT...] That's great! I didn't know just being connected to an animal could do that.

So it probably means we're definitely gonna be helping this city out even more too, right?

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[trouser_chimp]

Oh, I definitely believe so! This will be a very prosperous year.

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[unimpressive]

Great! So now. [A shake of his head.] Now we've just gotta make sure it happens!

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[trouser_chimp]

We will! We really will!

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[unimpressive]

Just wait and see, gods!