ringing in the new year

[beastkeeper]

For the most part, the beginning of every new year on the block is the same. There's the party, held down in the common room (barely distinguishable from the lobby, but hey, who cares), and the reminders that go up in the week prior, telling people to bring food to share (not that everyone does — the witch provides more than enough, anyhow). There are, of course, smaller parties, held in the apartments upstairs or on the grounds, and the combinations of creatures always rotates (more or less), but the overall air remains the same. The end of one year and the ushering in of another is cause to celebrate.

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[insides]

[There's a contradictory laugh.]

I'm too old to try harder.

[striping]

[Oh, that gets a real reaction. Josias turns around fully, eyebrows raised, incredulous.]

I'd say you're never too old, but truthfully: what are you, forty? That's nothing.