Day 3 | Video; backdated to this morning

[exceptfebruary]

[ Julian seems calm and cool. He's definitely less bitter than the last couple of times he's graced the network with his presence, though he tugs at his lip with a finger. He's bored.

He's in his room, and behind him the wall is covered with dozens of calendars, including the Booster Gold Mancalendar, the Himport calendar, and the rest oddly all seem to be Fishing themed. There's also a hand-drawn Bat-symbol with a question mark next to it, and a very largely written ♍ to the side, surrounded by empty space. ]

Today is the first of May. Walpurgisnacht has passed, and replaced with May Day. It is also Beltane and International Worker's Day. I wonder if the Soviets are celebrating today.

Mother's Day is a week from now as well. I'd suggest sending out your cards now, but then again - how many imPorts can claim they have a mother here to send a card to? [ He doesn't linger on that sentiment, however, moving on quickly. It's less out of sympathy, and more that he'd rather not retread old ground. ]

Winter has passed, and spring is underway. New beginnings. New life. Are you looking forward to it? Still tending the wounds that winter wrought? Or are you already looking towards the approaching summer?

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video.

[glowsferatu]

It's more likely for there to be mothers without children, among our community. Plenty to send cards to, but no one to send the cards.

It makes me feel a little guilty.

[exceptfebruary]

You would focus on mothers. But you raise a good point. There must surely be more than a few. [ It's not a judgmental observation; a casual one. ]

But you feel guilty. How so?

[glowsferatu]

Well, I have my child here with me. Certainly, I'm not the first, but it isn't a common situation. I'm firmly in the have camp, over the have-nots.

video;

[helpline]

If you start Morris dancing, I'm going to throw something at you. [ just said very calmly, though with a blatant hint of annoyance in the Doctor's voice. He's got a bad history with Morris dancers. ]

[exceptfebruary]

[ He's glad, in his own way, to see this regeneration of the Doctor again. His tone is pleasant. ] Usually I don't celebrate through dance. You're spared.

Not fond?

[helpline]

Bad experiences a thousand or so years ago. [ His tone is just as pleasant also. ] Sorry you had to deal with that me, by the way.

[ that me being floofy hair, excitable face ]

video;

[historiology]

Mother's Day.....?

[There are....a lot of holidays around here, huh? This one....Sorey honestly didn't give much thought to his mother. Or his father. He was content enough under the care and watchful eye of Gramps and the rest of the Seraphim, never feeling he lacked for love or companionship, for all that he was the only human there at Elysia. Still. Maybe he should figure out more. But there isn't anyone here he can ask. He knows Mikleo is as aware of his past and coming to be in Gramps' care as he does. As far as he knows.]

[exceptfebruary]

Yes. Sunday, May 8th this year. A holiday to give your mother a gesture of appreciation for all she did for you. If you're lucky enough to have a mother who did anything for you. [ His mouth twists a little at that last statement. Someone is projecting, it seems. ]

I take it you're unfamiliar?

[historiology]

I didn't know there was a holiday for it. But I guess....it must be a human one, right? I grew up with the seraphim at Elysia, so I don't really know about humans.

[Or rather, human culture and holidays, festivals. All of that he's missed out on growing up. it's only more recently he left home to see the outside world and interact with humans.]

VIDEO.

[jyuced]

It's the best! This is baseball season, and baseball is the best!! Ah, though pro-wrestling is still pretty awesome, Mr. Calendar Man.

[ No offense meant, sir!

Then his expression grows more thoughtful. Just a bit. ]

Oh yeah, how do we send our moms cards from here anyway?

[exceptfebruary]

[ He needs a brief second to remember why someone would try to spare his feelings about wrestling before - oh yes, this person again. He's committed a large, public crime since the last time he spoke so he's a bit surprised Jyushimatsu still seems hung up on it. ]

I do appreciate how sports have seasons. [ Because, priorities. ]

As for cards, you don't. You'll have to find another way to honour your mother.

[text] ID reads 'Mewtwo'

[thelimitdoesnotexist]

why would they bother making a day like mother's day?

permatext

[exceptfebruary]

Every child has a mother. It does presume a good relationship with one's mother, doesn't it?

Anna Jarvis did. Many early versions of the holiday were tied to different issues and politics. But it was Anna Jarvis who loved her mother, and her mother's work, enough to make it a holiday in this country.

voice;

[wizzardly]

Mother's Day? Worker's Day? Those don't sound real.

Permavoice;

[exceptfebruary]

One could say the same of the holidays in your world.

In a way, both holidays are about appreciating the work people have done that are often unappreciated.

video, ID reads Blue Beetle

[deadkord]

It's also my birthday next week.

[exceptfebruary]

Is it. Which day, exactly?

[Video]

[tactile_telekinesis]

Some can't even claim to have one back home. [Wow how rude and inconsiderate of you.]

I'm looking forward to beach weather more than anything.

[exceptfebruary]

There is nothing quite like the feel of sand between your toes. [ Says the man that never wears shoes.

But why focus on that when he can dig deeper into a possible wound? ] Not even an adoptive mother?

video;

[givetheslip]

People in this time certainly enjoy their holidays, don't they? So many so close together. You'd think there's no end to the celebrations.

[She hasn't really gotten a handle on the relative importance of holidays such as Mother's Day and, say, Arbor Day.]

[exceptfebruary]

Every day counts. Between the mixture of cultures, religions, and those holidays introduced over time, it is non-stop. From a certain point of view. [ Like his own.

But he did catch how she'd worded it. ] "In this time." Not in this world?

voice;

[dogsled]

Would you say that it was important to think of the people who made you even when they're gone? I find Mother's Day and Father's Day are far more poignant than my parents' birthdays.

permavoice;

[exceptfebruary]

I would say you should celebrate the holidays regardless if they're here or not. That is important.

As for poignant, perhaps it isn't surprising. A birthday is a recognition of a life lived another year. But Mother's Day and Father's Day are a recognition of all they have done for you. Your relationship to them. Your love for them, if you have it. It sounds as if you do.

video; I SAID YOU'D GET A LATE TAG

[shutterbugged]

For the record, this video is telling me way more about your personal tastes than I wanted to know.

[ He means the fishing calendars. Spider-Man neither understands nor cares for nature, much less going into nature to recreationally kill parts of it. ]

permavideo; YOU DID, IT'S ALL GOOD

[exceptfebruary]

[ Oh. This guy. ]

How so?