Event || The New Year

[melodiesmods]

Characters: Anyone!
Where: The Enterprise.
When: The Night from December 31st to January 1st.
Summary: A Ball aboard the Enterprise, for well-dressed (mostly) Heroes of Light and their friends who want to dance and (especially) eat for free.
Warning: Nothing.

While the passing from a year to another isn't as big of an event as the Starlight Celebration, it is no reason to pass up an ocasion to celebrate and have fun. There are fireworks in all major cities and various activities to enjoy. Noticeably, there are gatherings of people in Aqures Ixen and Trano Golsaucia in particular, if only to conclude what is one of the most celebrated week in the year, and wish to each other the best possible year to come-- Though most people are worried about what's to come soon. After all, the end might be nigh with the Calamity about to take over the planet...

To celebrate this, the Heroes of Light have all been invited to stay aboard the Enterprise for a particularly prestigious and animated Ball. Indeed, the Enterprise will from Aqures Ixen and go all the way to Mysidia at midnight-- This way, New Year is going to last even longer than normal thanks to the magic of timezones.

There are tables with foods for everyone to eat and of course, music for people to dance together if they so wish. There is also a consequent number of chairs lined up, for all those who refuse to dance or are too awkward to do so.

Comments

[cantante]

Despite being the one to voice it, Tear can't help nodding once in agreement herself. With so many people out there, it was only logical that there was still someone out there who wasn't enjoying the celebration due to that feeling of loneliness. Yet it was still her wish that it wouldn't last very long, whoever that person was.

Minato wasn't the only one who knew what it felt like to be alone. "I hope so, too."

"But..." Slowly coming to a pause, she felt there was something important that needed to be addressed while they were on the topic. "Along those lines, why are you out here by yourself? I don't think I saw you very much while I was inside."

She would have liked to believe she would be able to spot him even without his choice in attire,

[silencesfate]

"Ahh... well, you know me. I blend in anyway... sometimes on purpose."

There was a tiny joking tone to that latter sentence, and the boy's expression seemed to soften as well, if only to reassure this wasn't a big deal. He had upset enough people on a normal day with his usual personality, Minato especially didn't need to do that to anyone when they were supposed to be feeling festive. He was in pain even now, but he would keep holding up those shields to the troubled parts of his heart for as long as he could; it felt like the right thing to do.

And there was that other thing about how marvelously unused to having companions he was. He and Tear were quiet along their walk again for some time, but when he speaks again eventually, it's in a meek voice. There was a mixture of subtle sadness and happiness, which made it hard to pin what it was exactly. Overall, perhaps it could be referred to as a kind of astonishment?

"I didn't think... anyone would be looking for me."

He trailed off and continued walking on, thoughtful, "I guess that's my last surprise of the year. Or... the first of this new one?"

[cantante]

"Sometimes, and that's understandable. But when we want to find you it means we have to look harder, that's all." Tear's own voice carried a teasing lilt that could only just be heard, even though she felt such a sentiment might have warranted a gentle lecture. So would the lonely words he spoke, encouraging the corners of her mouth to curve slightly in what was perhaps exasperation.

"Idiot..." For all the negative meanings the word could have, her tone was gentle in its chiding; the traces of fondness laced within couldn't be mistaken for anything else. "Of course there would be someone looking for you. Not just me."

Folding her hands idly behind her back, the melodist mused over his view of it. What an odd way to put it. "I never thought of myself as a surprising person, but if that's what you think... I just might end up living up to it in this coming year. But you're a surprising person yourself."