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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!

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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

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

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

Huh, maybe. Or maybe a bunch of bread from Takato's mom and dad's bakery. *A*

So adorably easy to please, Guilmon.

I HAVE A PRESENT PLANNED FOR CABOOSE SO I CANNOT GIVE MY BEST IDEA

but

how about some action figures of Blue Team?

Hee, he'll miss Church. But not tucker. what will happen to tucker ~~doll~~ action figure.

Gathers dust in corner?

Or you could give him like, a plushie eyeball!Epsilon? XD;;

hmm. He doesn't really have any items that are special to him....

~~Church's sniper rifle?~~

...maybe. =x

EYEBALL!EPSILON ...He'll miss his not-Church-but-kinda-is friend.

~~But then he'll try to use it. D=~~

Or...this is horrible, but what about Epsilon's empty storage unit?

"Why...are you not talking. CHURCH. CHUUUURCH!"

Yeah, probably shouldn't be that mean to him. :P

...Hmmm...a small item that reminds him of home....

I can't quite remember but at some point did he say he had siblings?

Or um...the application that he turned in to the army instead of a college?

WELL...according to the DVD profiles, he has like 18 older siblings or something.

And according to Reconstruction, he doesn't have a brother.

So he has 17 sisters. No wonder he's screwy.

...He has 17 older sisters. That's actually kind of scary.

Well, he'll get a picture of his family then. =)

Guilmon could get one of Takato's drawings? The one he made to design Guilmon, or a random drawing of the two of them together with all their friends or something?