032 ♦ various off-network + network video

[peacefulwinter]

Late on the night of the first, Winter realizes that she never actually got around to the one big thing she wanted to do when the clock hit midnight - she was too busy looking up at the night sky the first time, too busy being attached to her favorite person the second time, and too busy with her parents the third time. So she's taken a picture of herself and Lily, arms around each other and smiling for the camera. The caption, as it's posted to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram - and from there picked up by the news when they need something low-importance to report on - is, "My resolution for 2015 is to be closer to the people I love! My fiancée and I are ready to take on the world!"

It's followed shortly thereafter by the belated Facebook notification that Winter Adamas is engaged to Lily Tsukuyomi. Which is itself followed by the realization that that notification isn't private... and is met with a shrug. She's Numbered and she'd already made all those posts tonight, it won't really matter. Probably.

Popping open a video feed shortly thereafter, as the clock in Las Vegas ticked past ten, Winter smiles into her Kindle. "I know New Year's Eve was yesterday, and it's already 2015, but... I just want to thank everyone. We've gone through a lot this year, and I know I can be a little... weird, sometimes. We've managed so far, though, and it's through the support I get from everyone. So I want to express my gratitude to everyone, and my hopes that 2015 will be a better year across the board. Seriously, thank you. Um... enjoy the rest of your New Year's Day, everyone."

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[eternalprincess]

Soon afterwards, another video feed opens, showing the face of the socialite, Kaguya Wakahisa, who it seems had become Numbered. Well, she had been quietly supportive of the Numbered, so in a way, it was fitting that she became one herself.

"I saw your picture on the news. Congratulations! You make a lovely couple."

[peacefulwinter]

"Oh, thank you! I've been really happy about it, and it's really made my entire year. Probably this year too, unless we somehow plan, orchestrate and hold an entire wedding in a year. We're good, but I don't think we're that good."

Something about this is... off... but she's not quite placing it. "Have we met?" That seems like a good place to start, at least.

[eternalprincess]

"Hmm, perhaps in passing? I visited that odd little Halloween party briefly, but I wasn't able to stay long."

Perhaps that was it? At least Kaguya wasn't an alien... In this life, that is.

[peacefulwinter]

"Ah... I don't think I made it to that one myself. Things were busy for us, around Halloween." The memory of their fight alongside Raye - if one could call it that - returned in full force, though it's dulled enough by time that she only shivers slightly. "Perhaps you'll be able to come to some other function we invariably end up dragged to?"

[eternalprincess]

Even a cursory glance at the news told her that things were getting bad over in Locke City. Not to mention what happened in December. ...She couldn't say she was sorry to see the Mafia go, really. "If this Numbered thing sticks, I'm certain I will."

[peacefulwinter]

Winter laughs lightly. "I'm glad to hear it. We're kind of a big family, in a few ways. Even if it doesn't look like it, sometimes."

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[lackinginfaith]

Congratulations. On a lot of things.

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[espigeonage]

Well, congrats. I wish you all the best.