aterat | Winter log

Who: Everyone!
What: Open Log
When: December
Where: The Hunter's Lodge
Warnings: N/A
Notes: This is a mingle log, so people are free to set up their own TLs under it. So tag in and tag around!

Snow has fallen outside and while it's not heavy it's set just enough down to gently cover the wooden benches and ground outside. The chairs have been removed but the lanterns are still out and lit (as well as the little lights that have been replaced with more festive ones) if people want to walk around outside and have private chats among the snow, the trees and the lighting.

Potluck - Food is all around. Got a story about how the food you brought is part of a long standing family tradition? So much the better! But Ignis for his part has been researching and working on bringing the foods he's heard about. So here you'll find an appetizer platter along with a cream cheese tree, turkey, ham, his version of the Crown City roast, stuffing balls, roasted potatoes and roasted vegetables, and of course a few different desserts.

So you can find him making sure the table is decked out in christmas colours and full of food. But as he sets the last appetizer tree down on the table, he nods. "Quite glad to see that you could make it."

Trim a tree A small group of freshly cut green trees are sitting in a corner with room to go around the back. Simple lights are already in place, but there are ornaments with hooks sitting in silent invitation to decorate the tree and gather around as well as different coloured garland too.

But there's plenty of supplies and being able to decorate a tree with Nida last year was all sorts of fun as it will be again this year. So the advisor is definitely happy that nature can come inside at least temporarily.

Ignis stands back and takes a look at the trees with a satisfied sort of nod. "I suppose after the holiday, I will see about replanting it outside." Turning to his guest, there's an easy smile. "It won't do to simply throw it away do you think?"

Gift exchange - Gifts aren't required, but people are free to do so. This can be as private or as public as wished! The royal strategist is busy arranging gifts under the tree, trying to make some sense as to how they should be grouped, so he's on his knees trying to keep the order straight. As soon as someone approaches, he acknowledges their presence with a smile. "Would you mind handing me that blue wrapped gift sitting on the chair right next to you?"

Wild card- Dancing? Snowball fights outside? Feel free to make up a thing here!

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He saw Aerith out of the corner of his eye, but at the moment, he was busy trying to wrap that garland stuff around his arm so that he could help a few kids with it. The thing was that they wanted it on the tree. However, they weren't anywhere near tall enough to reach the top. Yuki wasn't either but he found a little step stool ladder and would use that to help him get to the top.

So he finally got it all wrapped (or so he hoped) and approached Aerith.

He gestured with his grey head towards the tree. "Do they decorate trees where you're from, too?"

"Kinda. We have a similar holiday where I'm from and we decorate things in a similar way," she replied. "It's kind of interesting how similar and yet how different all of our worlds are, isn't it?" Some had bigger similarities than others, but there was always at least something that connected them to each other.

"Do you need some help getting that up?"

"So you have christmas?" Yuki asked, standing back a little to let Aerith get closer as she spoke. It was still a learning curve for him after practically getting out of every female's way or at least learning to stand a distance so that he didn't transform even if he'd learned his curse was broken in this foreign place when a little girl literally ran into him at the fountain shortly after he'd arrived here.

But he smiled a little shyly at the lady. "I was looking for a step stool or something since it's a little taller than I am."

"Not quite, but it's a wintery holiday kinda similarish." In it's own way. "I've been trying to learn more about the people's worlds just to see how different and similar we all are. It's kind of neat how similar a lot of us seem. Almost comforting in a way, I guess." Or at least that's how she felt. It made it seem like it'd definitely be easier for them to find common ground with each other.

She gave him a warm smile. "Hmmm...maybe I can help you find one then?"

He smiled with a nod. Somehow Aerith had a way about her to put him at ease and what she said was making complete sense. "That would be comforting, to focus more on what is the same versus what's different." It might help him relax a little more whenever people came into the office.

At her offer though, he had to shake his head. "I don't want to trouble you at all."

"That's was exactly my way of thinking. It's definitely helped me feel a bit more comfortable here. There's a ton of difference from where I'm from, but it's helpful somehow to find the similarities. Even if they're not exactly the same." She gave a little shrug.

"It wouldn't really be a trouble, but it's up to you!"

Aerith was making him feel better about being here and Yuki couldn't be sure as to why that was exactly happening. But she reminded him of Miss Honda with her positive outlook on things.

Maybe that was why.

But he nodded. "whenever you have time would be fine."

The sooner he learned, the better but he wasn't going to rush any of this since she was doing him a huge favour.

"Well, I happen to be pretty free right now, so how about it?" Before he could answer though she started just walking off to see if she could find a stool or something like that around. There seemed to be a stepping stool off to the side that was probably used by the people who set all of the decorations up.

"Hey, this looks like it could work, right?" she said grabbing it by it's little handle.

"Uh..yes I think it would work. Where are you? I can get to your location if you give me just a few minutes."

Heavens forbid, he didn't want her starting without him.

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