01 - Selphie's Merry Christmas

[booyaka_boom]

Who: Selphie and anyone who happens to be around or passing through ie, Open!
Where: Pisces Ward, Level 5
Summary: Selphie is decorating for Christmas! Yay!
Warnings: Singing and lots of Christmas cheer, and a clutz on a ladder.

Christmas time! Selphie's been around her new home for almost a month and gradually, bit by bit, she's getting more used to the place. The fact that Christmas is coming up is keeping her happy, and busy. But she doesn't have a job yet, and her money's running low, so as much as she'd like the decorations to be magical or splendid, all she has is some cheap tinsel.

Does that bother Selphie? Not in the slightest. She's done decorating her room, and now she's moved out into the hallway. Lucky people who live on her floor! She's managed to find herself a ladder and, given that she's pretty tiny, she's standing on it quite high, reaching up to tape tinsel along the ceiling. There are strands of red and gold, and she's doing her best to keep the tinsel straight and stopping it from dipping too low over the doorways to each department. For the clumsy girl that she is, the whole scenario is a little precarious. But it's jolly and cheerful too, as Selphie sings loudly as she goes along, whistling and humming when she forgets the words to the Christmas songs she knows.

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[sky_child]

Link, tired as always, was making his way back home from his second job when he found his familiar hallway to be... brighter than before.

It doesn't take him long to spot the source of the shininess--which means Selphie's got a little elf boy...I mean, shorter-than-average teenage human with pointy ears looking up at her.

"What are you doing?"

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie had been so busy singing and concentrating on her decorating that she was struck by surprise to hear the voice. She let out a squeal, wobbling slightly on the ladder, but she steadies herself by pushing herself against the wall.

"Oh! Hello! I'm decorating for Christmas ~ do you like it?"

[sky_child]

"It's...bright," he says, squinting up at the tinsel. "What's Christmas?"

[booyaka_boom]

"Uh huh! It's supposed to be bright, and pretty!" She grins and moves down off the ladder carefully, "It's not a holiday from my world, but it was a holiday in lots of other people's worlds. You give gifts to your friends and your loved ones and celebrate together."

[sky_child]

!

"...wh-when is it? Do I have to do it?"

OH MAN WHAT'S HE-- well, he's almost done with that wood carving...

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie just blinks at that - not quite a reaction she was expecting, "Uhm...it's in a few weeks. But you don't haveta if you don't wanna."

[sky_child]

"...oh."

Falling back down to earth, or as close to the earth as a child from the sky can get, "Isn't it rude not to do things on holidays, though? That's why I was worried. I don't want to be rude."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie tilts her head as she looks at the boy, "Well...maybe. So long as you're not rude to other people about it. You'd be missing out on a whole load of fun though, if you didn't." And she motions to the tinsel all around the ceiling.

[sky_child]

Which he looks at. "...this isn't a gift to someone, is it?"

[virtualbirdwatching]

Atoli is suddenly glad she took the stairs today. It was almost Christmas, wasn't it? Having it suddenly be November when the last you remember was July something was enough to wreck anyone's sense of time.

"Oh, hello there! Do you want any help with that?"

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie looked down at the girl and waved a hand full of tinsel at her, "Hey! Uhm, I think I'm just about finished..."

[virtualbirdwatching]

"Oh. Oh, that's okay then. I'll probably get some supplies for the floor I'm on while I'm out. Thanks for reminding me! It was actually July at home when I first got here, so I'm a few months behind."

[booyaka_boom]

"Oh, you don't live on this floor?"

Selphie smiles at the girl and nods, "It can be so weird coming from different times and places, I know. But if you have decorations you'll remember that it's December!"

[virtualbirdwatching]

"That's right! I live on the 10th floor of this building. I just thought I would take the stairs instead of the elevator today."

"Oh, before I forget, my name is Atoli! It's nice to meet you!"

Okay, maybe that's not actually her name. While she was like this, though, it might as well be.

[booyaka_boom]

"Wow! That's quite a long way to take the stairs."

Selphie grinned and looked up to the ceiling. Then she smiled abck at the girl and, holding the tinsel in one hand, stuck out the other one, "I'm Selphie. Nice to meet you too!"

[virtualbirdwatching]

"I hope we can become great friends, then! See you again!"

With that short conversation over with, she set out with purpose. Even if there wasn't a competition, she just wanted this building to be festive so everyone can be happy!

I'm sorry for the late reply @-@

[kings_thief]

Locke had gotten the message and, while he'd had things to do during the day, he got them done quickly and made his way over to Selphie's apartment. As he comes up, he notices how precarious she's standing and jogs up to her....just in case he needed to stop her from falling or something.

"Don't hurt yourself. Want any help with that?"

That's okies!~ How are you?!

[booyaka_boom]

Oh! Selphie hadn't been expecting to hear his voice, and she startles slightly on the ladder, wobbling a bit. She was trying to finish off that particular corner of the hallway, and the rest of the tinsel was in her mouth while she juggled tape and scissors in her hands. The safest thing ever.

She looks down at Locke and smiles, waving a hand to signal that she's okay, but she promptly starts to move down the ladder.

I'm okay, getting to tags reallly late @-@

[kings_thief]

Locke has a brief moment of panic before Selphie regains her footing and starts down the ladder.

"You're a danger to yourself, you know that?" He says it jokingly, but he half meant it too...out of concern. "Do you want me to help you with that?"

That's okies! This is late too - sowwy!~

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie somehow untangles herself and holds the tinsel in the same hand that she's holding the scissors. As she does, she let's out a laugh, not thinking that there'd be any real concern. "Nah..it's okay. I'm pretty much done."

Safely on the floor, she looks back up at the decorated ceilings, "Whatcha think? Pretty, right?"

[kings_thief]

He smiles at her, glad she was all right, and looked up at her handiwork. "Looks good to me. You decorating the hall just for fun?" Why wasn't he surprised?

"Hey...let me know when you want to take it all down, I'll help you out then, okay?" It wasn't like he wasn't used to climbing things, and it would mean she would be safely on the ground...

"How've you been?"

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie looks up too as she stands next to him, nodding again to herself in agreement - it really does look really pretty, "Sure, why not?"

She turns to them then, tilting her head and glancing at the ladder before replying, "Okay... I guess that could be a little useful. But it's not like I'm busy so only if you got the time!"

Selphie moves towards her apartment door, pushing it open and motioning for him to follow, "I've been okay. How are you?"

[kings_thief]

"I'll have the time." Yeah, he was a little busy with what he'd been planning, but it was Selphie and he'd always make time for her.

He followed her into her apartment and offering a small smile. "Just okay, huh? I've been...fine. Mostly. Thinking about something a little big and I don't really know if it's a good idea, but it wouldn't be for a little while anyway, so it's not that big of a deal."

He wasn't even sure he'd go through with it, but it had crossed his mind more than once.

[booyaka_boom]

"Something a little big?" As the door closed behind them, Selphie turned to him and smiled. "Sounds like a secret, hmm?" She definitely was curious, but from the way he described it she didn't want to obviously pry.

And that was when she noticed that the smell coming from her kitchen was probably a little bit more burned that it was supposed to - she must have spent longer with those decorations than she thought. "Uh...keep talking! I'll still hear you!" And she rushed into the kitchen.

[kings_thief]

He smiled after her, suddenly remembering the time he set his own kitchen on fire back in Vatheon; it felt like a decade ago. "Yeah, been thinking about opening a sort of..protection squad, I guess. It's something I did in the last place I was at and it seemed to really help."

Which was really all he wanted to do: protect people. "Hey...d'you need any help?" He was no chef, but he didn't burn his kitchen anymore.