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[hollowchild]

[the bracelet camera's feed cuts in looking up at the sky, catching both the fairylights and the clouds above them, visible in the light reflected from the snow. the view pans and sways a little, and there's the sound of boots crunching on snow. it's late, and asgard is quiet. sophie's voice is quiet, too, and her bracelet stays pointed at the lights and the sky, showing the pretty view, although she's aware she's recording]

The season of metal seems thoroughly passed, now. I wonder if there is a solstice here? Certainly not Christmas. Is the celebration of midwinter universal? It seems most people would call for the light to return, for the world to melt again.

[she keeps walking for awhile, chronicling the lights]

I probably shouldn't like the night, not anymore. But I do. With the snow, it's so quiet, it presses in around your ears, wraps you up in silence. Almost like dreaming.

[when she turns the camera toward her, it's obvious she's been walking awhile, cheeks and nose and ears red with cold]

Is anyone else still awake?

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[ealdorsprince]

Can't sleep?

[Obviously he can't either.]

[hollowchild]

Mm, no. Restless tonight, I suppose. You too?

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[clearwater]

I think some people are gonna celebrate Christmas whether the gods do or not.

[at least that's what seth's gathered, and he's honestly glad for it, because christmas will be the first major holiday he's spent in asgard and he thinks it might be a little overwhelming to have nothing going on at all.]

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[hollowchild]

Your world has Christmas, then?

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

There was a New Year's Celebration last -- well, I guess it would be last year now.

[This is a kind of unwelcome admission.]

[video]

[hollowchild]

...That's a rather short year. I assume that's what the lights are about, at least.

You're up late.

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

Mm! It doesn't quite feel all that long ... but a lot has happened!

So is Sophie-san~!

[video]

[extradite]

[ The rarest video footage of all time.

Featured: this face. ]

[video]

[hollowchild]

A lot has happened in the time I've been here, so I can only imagine.

I usually am. Tonight I just...felt like talking, I suppose.

audio;

[extradite]

Season of... 'metal'?

audio;

[hollowchild]

Otherwise known as autumn. It's a beautiful season, but I'm glad enough to be rid of it.

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

... Though of course I am planning to go to bed very soon!

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

[The video feed is making a sudden detour into the bathroom.]

The season got you down? What is the 'season of metal'?

audio;

[extradite]

What's there... metal about it?

[video]

[hollowchild]

[she resists laughing at your oniisan dodging, although she does smirk a little]

Not down, really. Introspective, perhaps. And the season of metal is another name for autumn. Winter is the season of water, spring of wood, and so on. Metal has usually been the...least fortunate of them, though.

[because sophie's canon is a horror of cultural mishmash and anachronism, and referencing chinese seasonal elements is smurfy, yo]

audio;

[hollowchild]

It...just is. The season of metal is when things flare brightly and then turn bare, when things die, or are lost until spring. It's always seemed a natural comparison, to me.

[because she grew up in a crazy magical world, yep]

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

[The bracelet is set aside at a crazy angle, but there is exciting toothbrush locating happening here.]

The least fortunate, huh. I guess that's true so far ...

[video]

[hollowchild]

[luckily vertigo doesn't get to her too much, although she's not entirely watching as long as he's distracted with other things]

I'm sure it's not universally true, but it's held for my family fairly well. So it's good that it's passed, although I have no reason to think anything like that of home followed me here.

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

[Toothbrushing noises pause momentarily.]

'Ats uumthinn. Ee don' wan' ube brinnin oor ad lug.

audio;

[extradite]

Deathly things are metal things. And metal things are usually man-made things.

[ HMMMMMMMMMMMMM. ]

...I suppose I see it. The connection.

[ealdorsprince]

There is a lot to be restless about right now.

[He pauses.]

Would you like some company? It's better to talk in person.

[video]

[hollowchild]

[as though you didn't just say that with a face full of toothpaste foam]

Good point. This is so different than home, though. Completely different sets of difficulties.

audio;

[hollowchild]

Mm. Autumn is also a time of harvest, and harvest is a time of blades. And we have certainly had that. So you see.

In any case, it's passed, now.

[hollowchild]

I suppose there is, yes.

Mm. Inside or out? I was heading for the park.

[ealdorsprince]

I'll walk with you. It's probably dangerous to be out alone at this hour anyway.