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[paradisamods]

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: THE SECOND WEEK

The castle’s decor gradually gets more and more intricate. The lobby sports Christmas trees so tall their stars nearly brush the domed ceiling, and bells have become the new staple of decor. Residents will want to take note of the bells, in particular, as they’re just about everywhere. It seems the ringing incites... feelings.

And the atmosphere! Anyone who ever claimed Paradisa was never good will have to eat their words as the nostalgia creeps around the castle. While there are never any real illusions or hallucinations, the almost synesthetic quality to the castle is hard to ignore. A glance around your room might stir thoughts of home. A jog around the grounds might dig up some old memories of good times. A mindless conversation with a friend might bring to mind that time of your life where things were perfect. It’s not complicated, or overwhelming: it’s just a gentle prod, easily ignored until they start happening more and more frequently.

It’s not just a reminder of where you lived in your world, or where you’ve been, or the places you’ve seen. It’s home. It’s wherever you felt safest, or most loved. Wherever you felt like you truly belonged. Where you were happy. Where your mind returns for your fondest memories.

You can have home here, too, you know, the castle whispers into sleeping residents’ ears every night, so quietly. Just a whispered hush, loving and motherly.

Residents wake every morning to the smell of hot apple cider, home-cooked breakfast and another door on the advent calendar unlocked. They may not remember ever hearing a voice, but the thought still crosses their minds.

Could they have a permanent home here?

SPECIAL DAYS

The second “empty” advent day is Saturday the 12th.

Residents will wake up to a gift from the castle, from home. It’s something small, something specific and meaningful. You may use this post to plan what your character will get!

Comments

[mmm-paradise.livejournal.com]

KEN will get his Crest of Kindness. =) Not that it will do much here, but it's a nice reminder of who he really is.

JOSHUA will get.... actually I'm not sure right now. =| he got the Angel's Feather last year and that's probably the most nostalgic thing he owns. Hmmm... maybe his gun? he'd probably get rid of it right away tho and it doesnt mean much to him lmao. HALP GUYS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO GIVE HIM

[encryptedlock]

Mini statue of Hachiko?

[cloakand_danger]

Yuan will get Martel's flute. Even though Mithos kept it after her death. It's like...the only canonical sentimental thing I can think of to get him, idk what I'll do if he sticks around another year.

[heliotroping.livejournal.com]

Django - A sprig of the Solar Tree

Meta Knight - i..dk

Shiki - her original sewing kit

Lucas - The doorknob.

Noel - I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HER EITHER D:

Gold - Photo of him with Silver at his house (http://pipa.jp/tegaki/VBlog.jsp?ID=144472&TD=11151794), except less moe-moe and less obvious tsundere!Silver.

[metaknightly.livejournal.com]

Now that I think about it, Meta was pretty small, so...

The helm of the original Halberd. It was the size of him... while he was a foot tall.

[preparedforthis.livejournal.com]

Duster will get DCMC boxers, a special piece of merchandise from the band he was in. So he can keep his bandmate BFFs close to his butt heart.

[metaknightly.livejournal.com]

Pffffffffff XDD ♥

[orgrimmar.livejournal.com]

♠ iknowhowtogetit; Dude. Can she get a shirshu puppy?
♥ spoken_uniquely; This (http://www.edgar-degas.org/The-Entrance-of-the-Masked-Dancers-large.html), because it will remind her of when she first met Nate. B'aww!
♣ ipuckett; OH I KNOW. THAT iCARLY SHIRT SHE TRADED AWAY. it will smell like Carly, not Rip-Off Rodney :|
♦ chimesin; A YELLOW PORSCHE TURBO. LIKE THE ONE SHE DROVE IN ITALY (AND THAT EDWARD EVENTUALLY GIVES HER). except it's a model kit. with like, paints and little car parts and everything. :)

[paradisamods]

Sure, you can have a puppy 8D

[oirokenojutsu.livejournal.com]

Maybe they can get... an outfit they liked... or something aoihdaisdj IDK THAT'S HARD :(

[blue-machine.livejournal.com]

Dio will get a Friender.

[herwaltz.livejournal.com]

Gustav get?

[paradisamods]

Wait for the next one, bb. Gustav's kinda big. ♥

[rasenhadou.livejournal.com]

Mai - either her dad's glasses or, more likely, the blue flower found in the Gate. The seed of that species is still in her wrist, so...

Luki - IDEK. D: Help?

Bakura - same here. ;; I have no idea.

[personas.livejournal.com]

UHHHH LUKI?? Uh.... probably a huge coloring/drawing she and Noki worked supa hard on?

One with like.. all their 'FAMILY' AND STUFF ;; idk

[fondest.livejournal.com]

Shayera ... no idea.

Yoruichi ... /sob

Esther ... /wrist

Cagalli ... /jugular

[valerie]

For Yoruichi.

[pumpkinbutt]

Halloween - HER WH UNIFORM FROM HOME♥ since she like...needs clothes.

Ryou Bakura/Ring!Bakura - ...his bad ass trenchcoat from Season 5.

Yaya - A brand-new parasol. Or soemthing.

[senri.livejournal.com]

Rin - ...I don't even know. ;; This girl doesn't own that much, really! Um, maybe she could get something of Manji's... or the original drawing Yaobikuni did that portrayed Manji that Rin used to find him, lol. She'll pin it up on the wall.

Howl - ...Still don't know. He isn't that attached... to anything... nnngh... maybe the poem that revealed further details of his curse.

[personas.livejournal.com]

CHIE will be getting a metal fortune cookie (http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3264/fortunecookiebox2.jpg) with a little fortune inside written by her parents. 'Mountains can move, but not your character.' IDK????

MINATO KOROMARU AHHHHHH

[thrall]

Kratos will be getting Lloyd's wooden toy sword from when he was a kid, because... yeah. ): I can't think of anything else ROFL. Whatever he gets, he just gives it to Lloyd /anyway/.

Luke will get a picture of his parents and Asch from shortly before the endgame.

And as for Michiru... She gets her cup from the sharehouse. ♥

[waywithplants.livejournal.com]

Lucy-...uuuh. The most important thing are her keys. But that's her loss. =x;
Briar- His first shakkan. The one that he stole. =3
Guilmon- Um...uh...idk halp
Caboose- Ditto. idk halp

[senri.livejournal.com]

Guilmon: a giant sampler of the best breads in the world

it's not from "home" exactly but idk.

[valerie]

Jacob: A basket of Emily's were!muffins.
Delysia: The scarf that she gave Guinevere.
Yue: The bear fish that Sokka carved for her.
Parker: BUNNY.
Carly: Huevo.
Beth: Beth Jr.'s hat & mittens.

HEY BETH

[orgrimmar.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you don't want this?

[imaginates.livejournal.com]

Kyle - I can't decide between three things - his mother's painting, an engagement ring that was meant for his girlfriend, Alex, or a necklace he gave to Jennie. HMM.

Booster - I have noo cluue. As materialistic as Booster is, nothing really holds any meaning to him. He has what he wants... 8) Ted. Maybe a replica of Skeets? That doesn't talk?

[yeahitsortofis.livejournal.com]

you got me baby

/takes off shirt

[dinoking.livejournal.com]

Yoshitsune will get... the first pair of panties he ever stole.

OH THE NOSTALGIA ;w;

[enjoythe_ride]

Bela - Bela doesn't really have a lot of nostalgic homey things. I want to give her her cat. Or a kitten who looks like her cat. But that might not exactly be small. Can I?
Flack - His badge. It didn't come with him when he arrived, and it's not like he uses it much here, but he misses it.
Sam - His laptop. Because he's a geek.
Sweets - I'm not sure. I'm thinking his book, but I haven't decided yet.
Kutner - The chemistry set his adoptive parents got him for his birthday when he was a kid.
Shawn - I'm not sure. Still thinking.
Max - Still thinking here too. Possibly something Jam Pony related.

[finesse-bottom.livejournal.com]

Give:

Max her messenger bag
Shawn the treadmill LOL

[fanassaults.livejournal.com]

Yukiko will get a picture of her family.
Apollo will get...idk. His favourite brand of hair gel?

[encryptedlock]

I'm thinking York will get a photo of him and Carolina. (Delta...idk, maybe some more RAM for his Tamagotchi.)

Raine will be getting a kendama. ;;

[dykeazuka.livejournal.com]

Benio will be getting two photographs of her and her Mother :C

And a giant poster of Haruhi, huhuhuhu ♥

Yorick ... WANTS 355 AND BETH AND HIS DAUGHTER FOR CHRISTMAS but he will instead be getting a shirt of his father's. It will smell like his Father still.

Donna will be getting every family portrait she ever took with her husband and her son+stepdaughter.

[ziggedthezag.livejournal.com]

...

I don't know what any of mine should get, gdit. ;;

NO WAIT I GOT STUFF.

Miranda - Will be getting that old clock her Innocence was originally in.

Yoko - ...Still no idea. ;;

General Cloud Nyne - Will be getting a framed picture of her and her students, Sol Galen, Tina Spark and Gwen Frere.

Matsumoto - Those...fruit/vegetable things Gin gave her when they first met. I can't remember the name for the life of me. ;;

Riku - Is getting the raft he, Sora and Kairi were trying to build at the beginning of the first game. It will invade his room or something. :|

Jack - The pocket watch he made for Glen.

[continuing.livejournal.com]

Claire will be getting this necklace. (http://heroeswiki.com/Claire%27s_heart_necklace)

Daniella isn't getting anything.

Teresa will be getting the clothes she bought for Clare. (http://media4.onemanga.com/mangas/00000045/000161622/02.jpg) (she got monay)

Asuka isn't getting anything, I don't think~

[not-hawkingbird.livejournal.com]

...Can Kate get something she hadn't actually received in canon yet?

IT IS THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF

[paradisamods]

What is it? :)