text | un: CherylBombshell

[sweetwater]

Christmas is coming! What's your favorite way to celebrate? For those of you who are wondering, I am accepting gifts.

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[sweetwater]

Part religious holiday, part consumerism, and all-American.

[ so very helpful. ]

[emori]

Yeah. Got it.

I'm going to try and read about it.

[sweetwater]

It reminds me of home, and I think a lot of people could do with a little winter cheer.

[emori]

I don't know what winter is either, sorry.

[sweetwater]

You must be joking!

[emori]

I lived in the desert.

[sweetwater]

You don't have seasons in the desert?

[emori]

In an irradiated desert? No.

I do remember Christmas now, Spacekru taught me about that. They called it Xmas though.

[sweetwater]

What did they say about it?

[emori]

We tried to make gifts for each other. We'd set up around the big window on the space station and pretend like we didn't just spend another year floating.

[sweetwater]

That sounds lovely.

[emori]

Is that sarcasm?

[sweetwater]

Surprisingly, no.

[emori]

That's nice.

[sweetwater]

I know.

Are your friends here?

[emori]

[Kind of? She doesn't want to open this can of worms so she answers carefully.]

Two people from my world are here, and the rest of my family is in the stasis units.

I've made friends.

[sweetwater]

Everyone from my world is in stasis. Luckily I make friends easily.

[emori]

Do you.

[sweetwater]

Why wouldn't? I'm very likable and pretty.

[emori]

Being pretty helps you out huh.

[sweetwater]

Why wouldn't it?

[emori]

Because who cares what you look like?