call me out v. 13.0

[misheard]

Call out one of the characters from my muselist with a starter, a prompt, a general 'hey can we do something with these characters' comment, a smoke signal, etc., and I'll get back to you with some kind of RP thread!

Old CR, new CR, assumed CR, canonmates, AU, crossover, whatever, it's all good.

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it's time for that fluffy winter shit, friend

[glowingpromise]

[Winter has already settled deeply in Azakawa and with today's latest dump of thick white flakes comes an extra present - one Shiori Kanzaki. With finals out of the way and college over for another semester she had arrived days before with a hefty suitcase with every intention of staying out her winter holidays.

Another healthy snowfall after her first night back has left just the right sort of snow for an activity she hasn't indulged in in years. And so this afternoon as she winds her scarf around her neck she announces with a bright and bubbly air:]

It's time we got to decorating, don't you think?

[Yes, there was a reason she has spent most of that first evening digging through dusty storerooms for old, forgotten holiday trinkets. She doubted she had uncovered everything but what she had found thus far would suffice.]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Suga hasn't decorated in so many years. There was no one to celebrate with, and he never felt particularly festive.

He felt a lot of things when he saw Shiori with that suitcase. One of them might be festive, it's hard for him to say.]

Decorating...?

[He knows what it is, he just sort of forgot it was a thing that he could conceivably do.]

[glowingpromise]

[Shiori's pulled the lid off one of those oh so dusty boxes meanwhile. She's already made sure what was inside each and this one appears to be a wreath for the front door. It's been saved the effects of time thanks to storage, though brushing it off outside might be the best idea.

That said she looks back over to him, wreath held between gloved hands and brows gently raised.]

Yes?

[A moment of pause and then it strikes her.]

Oh! You probably didn't decorate anymore than we did once we moved.

[She can't imagine her grandfather being the jolliest of folks after all of that. A sheepish laugh rises out of her.]

I'm sorry, I didn't think about that. My parents didn't decorate much after we moved but I sort of remember everyone going all out when we lived here.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Suga shakes his head. Shiori's grandfather was a good man, but not the most festive. And Suga had every reason to make the museum a less hospitable place, not more. But with the Kotori Obake gone...]

I'll help.

[Even if he isn't precisely sure what they should put up where, he can at least reach high places for her.]

[glowingpromise]

[Frankly his help was sort of a forgone conclusion in her mind. The fact that he offers does make life easier though.]

Since this is a first for both of us, let's keep it simple. This wreath for the front door.... maybe some lights around the windows? Nothing too crazy. Or some tinsel?

[Laying the wreath aside she dives into the box again, talking as she works.]

I sort of remember decorating as a kid. Mostly the tree though.

[gemuinemanagement]

[It's obvious he'll help her, because he's Suga and she's Shiori. But that doesn't mean he shouldn't say it.]

Where do you get a tree? Not...

[...he could get one from the forest, but he kind of doesn't want to...]

[glowingpromise]

Eh?

[For a moment Shiroi looks confused -- and then she quickly begins waving her hands in a dismissive fashion.]

No, definitely not! I mean... well, the forest has been through a lot so.

[Her waving falters as she looks curiously at him now.]

You really haven't been in some of the store rooms since grandpa died, have you. I found it last night but I thought I'd wait until today to drag it out. Here, I'll show you.

[With that Shiori will lead the way into the depths of the museum, corridors little used and rooms likely typically locked. One in particular is unlocked now though and when Shiroi leads him in, it's over to a plastic-wrapped long bundle in one corner.]

See?

[Ducking down she lifts the edge of the plastic and through the bear light of what window there is in this room one can see the edges of what appears to be greenery.]

[gemuinemanagement]

[He shakes his head, he really hasn't been in many of the store rooms in years - even he doesn't know what all is in there. He follows behind her, pretty sure from context what she's going to show him, but...

Even knowing that, it's somehow still surprising when she lifts the plastic and reveals a tree.]

Not still alive?

[There's no way it could be, in this room with barely any sunlight and no water.]

[glowingpromise]

Oh no, it's plastic. See?

[Here she wipes some of the dust off a bit of the greenery. It looks like pine but it obviously isn't considering how green it is and how long it's bound to have been back here.

She smiles warmly in the darkness of the room.]

If I remember right, my dad bought it. He was tired of cutting down trees in the forest too, though I think it was less out of respect and more out of not wanting to clean up pine needles and that sort of thing.

[gemuinemanagement]

...Tiring.

[Suga's familiar enough with the forest to know how much they shed. They shed so, so much, and just because he has a lot of free time now doesn't mean he wants to spend it cleaning up after a tree.]

We'll use this.

[glowingpromise]

I figured you would agree! Alright then!

[YOSH! For now Shiori leaves the plastic on the tree and just sort of hefts it up onto her shoulder like she's some sort of lumberjack.]

Let's see about setting this up and then maybe we can get it decorated before dinner.

[gemuinemanagement]

...Shii-chan, you're strong...

[He knows this, but he never ceases to be surprised when she shows off how cool and strong she is.]