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Delivery mid-to-late December

[willing_sheath]

[Sometime in mid-to-late December Knives will receive a curious package--a clear cylinder outlined in black with a blue ribbon tied around it. Inside there is a miniature tree secured, protected from the elements if it were to sit outside for an extended time and also to make sure a certain broom head didn't shake the box considering he got the same thing. There is also a note written in Tomoe's careful hand:]

It is customary to give gifts at this time. I do not recall what it was called here, but in my world this is a bonzai tree. I am not wholly familiar with the artform, but I thought they would be unique among your plants.

~Tomoe

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[arkfall]

Thank you for the gift.

I am afraid I did not get you anything.

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[willing_sheath]

You're welcome.

It is not a problem, I was not expecting anything.

[She was actually participating this year--the previous year... well. She was not familiar with the custom and she had been estranged from nearly everyone...]

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[arkfall]

[I am not the best at remembering this sorts of traditions.

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[willing_sheath]

It is not a Japanese tradition. I remembered from last year.

[arkfall]

That's right. If I remember correctly it came from pagan traditions and was popularized by Christianity.

[willing_sheath]

Perhaps. I would not know. If it came to Japan it was after my time.

[arkfall]

We should try to think of our own traditions.

[willing_sheath]

I like that idea.

[In a way it was what she was going for--because Vash was the one to give her a gift the previous year. He was the reason she had bothered this year.]

[arkfall]

Is gift giving something you like to do?

[willing_sheath]

Yes, though admittedly the list of people I care to gift to has always been quite small.

[arkfall]

I am willing to bet mine is shorter.

[willing_sheath]

I have little doubt in that.

I imagine that Vash made cookies for half of the city by comparison.

[arkfall]

I have no idea where he finds the energy.

[willing_sheath]

I don't know either. But it can be refreshing at times.

When it isn't exhausting.

[arkfall]

Or deeply annoying.

[willing_sheath]

I find annoyance and exhaustion tend to go hand-in-hand.

[Or maybe that was just her 'motherly' side speaking...]

[arkfall]

Knowing Vash, he probably skips down the street with both of them.

[willing_sheath]

[She actually "laughs" at that.]

It should not be as easy as it is to imagine that.

[arkfall]

He makes it easy.

[willing_sheath]

He truly does.

[And it's one of the reasons she loves the dumbass]

[arkfall]

[Yeah, he can relate to that.]

I feel like we usually end up making fun of Vash when we speak.

[willing_sheath]

It does seem to be a common pattern.



Do you think the tree will do well?

[There we go. Back on topic.]

[arkfall]

Yes. I'll make sure of it.

[willing_sheath]

I know there is special pruning needed for it to maintain its small size, but it seems as though the shape has already been trained.