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Father Time ([personal profile] timefather) wrote in [community profile] mythmaking2013-12-08 03:00 pm

Once upon a time...

[ For the residents of Märchenstraße, and all the land surrounding it, the eighth of December was a day to look forward to. Looking at it from an outside perspective, strangers and travelers could easily assume it to be a holiday. At the very least, a day for a festival, if a modest one. A day that shopkeeps spent all morning preparing for, that all manner of creatures spent days traveling to the city to witness. They'd heard the talk that passed around, the rumors from those still left. But would it work? No one knew for sure, no matter how confident the stories seemed to be. But hope was very quickly becoming all they had left.

They had decorated the whole town. Streamers, banners, wreathes and garland made of autumn flowers, plus whatever the Fairy Godmother had cooked up. Oh, she was just giddy. No skepticism could be spoken around her, not if you wanted to escape the wrath of her wand! Rumor had it that she had caught wind of a few piglets squealing about the likelihood that their magic would fail, and that they were subsequently transformed into the band of musicians who could be found performing in the park.

Well, at least the music was festive.

Of course, the decorations weren't for the newcomers alone. Autumn was coming to a close in just a few weeks, and Old Man Winter would take the reigns like he did every year, and their weather would turn cold and harsh. The chill was already there, cool and biting when the wind picked up speed. Lady Autumn was much preferred to the citizens of the city with her gentle nature, even if she failed to show up, finishing her work in the orchards instead. That was what they liked about her.

It was mid-morning when Father Time was found outside of his tower, checking one of the numerous pocket watches he kept on his person. "Unnecessary, but comfortable," he called them, and closed the watch again. It was twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and where empty space had been just seconds before, now they were. Sitting on benches, lying in flower patches, scattered about the city and outside of the gates in peaceful slumber. They would awaken to the bells of the clock tower. Some, to many friendly and relieved faces all around them, some to grateful ones carrying gifts of food and clothing and magic, and some to fearful, cautious faces. Regardless of how the town treated them, they would awaken to a celebration of their arrival, and choices to be made, and the books. Each and every one. ]
righthandcat: pixiv illust. id: 11294239 (it's too early to give up)

[personal profile] righthandcat 2013-12-11 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wow, language! But Ranulf didn't mind Kageyama going through it so much either. As far as he thought, the journal wasn't really his and he had to return it to the poor bloke who did lose it.

He frets, unsure what to say. (Not that he could say a lot anyway, at the moment.) Maybe this boy could make sense of the situation though. ]

[personal profile] youdidwell 2013-12-13 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[The cat's awfully quiet now that he's saved it but he doesn't particularly mind since it seems to be okay with him enough to stick around. Animals tend to run away pretty quickly when they come across him so this is different.

He reaches the end of the journal and it's nothing but blank pages. It did look like the journal he got though so he figures there should be a name on the spine so he snaps it shut and turns it over.]


Mas...ter cat... Well, not sure how much help that can be since the people here seem to think it's a good idea to change people's names randomly.

[As he says this, his expression darkens considerably. Obviously someone isn't happy about his new name.]
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[personal profile] righthandcat 2013-12-13 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ It would be a flattering title if meant for him, but Ranulf like Kageyama would much rather be called their own name. Then again, everyone knowing your name in a strange land would be equally disconcerting... if not moreso. ]

? [ He catches that facial change--which, to be fair, would be pretty hard to miss at this distance. So don't mind him just jumping over atop one of his shoulders to take a gander at what he thought the kid was displeased about: the name on the other's journal.

The... Queen of Hearts? Queen? Hearts? That sounded like a pretty lovey-dovey role. So he stares at the title, then gives the boy a look. A few times. Yeah he can't exactly see it either (though he's thinking in a different context entirely). ]