un: nolongerhuman

[thesettingsun]

Quick survey: do you know anyone from home here, or are you the only one who got brought from your world?

And is it weird to people from modern Japan to see Valentine's Day not being advertised in February? It was only really brought over after my death, but the last few years I've been around for it, you can't miss all the sales and promotions.

Comments

[darkdisgrace]

Got to admit, it is a little weird not to see stores plastered in ads.

[thesettingsun]

Right? Obviously it's not the weirdest thing about this place, but it's still weird.

[darkdisgrace]

Not that I'm particularly invested in the holiday, but it's still pretty standard these days to see stores full of specialty chocolate sets and stuff.

un: piffleprincess

[shutter_hime]

I'm the only one from my world.

Yes, it is super weird, and I am weirdly nostalgic for the frankly ridiculous amounts of homemade chocolates I would get.

[She can't eat it, but getting things from her fans was very sweet, OK??

Wait.]

HOLD ON, "DIED"??? ARE YOU A GHOST???

[thesettingsun]

Lucky, lucky. I mostly get storebought from my coworkers.

More or less? I'm solid, but very much a dead person.

[shutter_hime]

They're good, and if I had some here, I'd give them to you because I'm not allowed to eat it.

Also, that's weird. Like, are you saying "dead" as in "you died the last time you checked" or "dead" as in "actually: zombie"?

un: birdinthehand

[chichichi]

[ And momentarily(?) breezing past that survey and the reminder she isn't being roped into organizing and managing a Valentine's event at the tea house this year -- ]

After your death?

[thesettingsun]

Yeah, so around the 1950s?

[Dazai that wasn't even remotely the question-]

[chichichi]

You've got me beat.

[ With regards to age. Setsura, be specific?? ]

You're a spirit, then?

un: yourusername

[terribletwos]

i think i'm the only one here from my world.

what's valentine's day

[thesettingsun]

It's a holiday where women give chocolate to men. Especially men they like.

[terribletwos]

can't they do that whenever they want. or is that not allowed in your world.

un: roseoftheriverbed

[saigawa]

nope, as far as i see, it's just me here.

mmm, not really? i heard of valentine's, but it's not something that i see a lot of.

[thesettingsun]

Me neither. It's a little bit lonely.

[saigawa]

why not distract yourself?

un: snowman

[reflash]

There are a few other people from my home here, and they're all people I knew back home.

And it's sort of refreshing not to have to worry about Valentine's Day, it's always a stressful holiday.

[thesettingsun]

Not a fan of chocolate?

[reflash]

I end up spending the whole day turning down girls love confessions, and it's always really awkward.

text; un: theking

[kingfuckboy]

i havent seen anyone from home
but i think its pretty neat bc

i can make my own schedule and keep as busy or not as i want

but this place doesnt really look like modern japan at all where im from

[thesettingsun]

I'd be pretty unhappy if my bosses were here too. Especially the cat.

[kingfuckboy]

u work for an actual cat??? how??

un: kaeru

[longsilence]

I haven't seen anyone I'm familiar with.

I would have completely forgotten about the holiday if not for this. Although I never gave anyone chocolate when I was in school.

[thesettingsun]

Really? Isn't it kind of expected to do that nowadays?

un: botanybunny

[hopticulture]

There's someone I know who's also here.

[and considering where she's from the holidays more or less reflect real-world holidays but with a furry twist.......]

Valentine's Day....is that a romantic holiday? Because I know I'm usually seeing advertisements for a holiday around the 14th. It's when girls give gifts to the guys they like, right?

[thesettingsun]

That's right. It's usually gifts of chocolate, at least where I'm from.

[don't give your dog boyfriend chocolate]