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[advocacy]

private - admiral.

Dear Admiral,

Aside from how incredibly weird this is to write, I guess I don't have too many requests.

I'd like for Cassel to get a nice pair of sunglasses. I don't know if he'd want Ray-Bans or what exactly, but I'm sure you could figure that out. I'd also like if you could, I don't know, give him a photo album of his family? Only if it's not going to upset him though. I know his family is important, but it's also touchy for him, too. And I guess give him something of his grandfather's. I don't think he's had a lot of good things in his life, but I think he's been one of them. I don't know Chris all that well, but he's important to Cassel. So, if you could get him a handheld video game system and some games he might like? He's into that right?

For James Bond, I really don't know what to ask for him. I would say alcohol, but he doesn't need it. So, I guess just some nice cuff links? And give him a coupon for one free hug. I think he could use more than that, but I don't think he'll take it. So just one. Oh and I think he could use a tie.

I'd like if it you could give Charles some books in subjects he's interested in that maybe he hasn't read yet or at least doesn't own. Same with Megamind, but maybe include a couple Lego sets. I think he'd like those. I think he'd like something like that. If you could get Zane a slanket and Daneca the rabbit a salt lick, that would be good. I don't know what to get Barbara, but she's always been nice to me. So, um, maybe some books on philosophy? I don't know if that's something she'd like, but maybe that or, I don't know, political theory. Something. For Iris, I'd like it if you could give her a stress ball and some candy. I don't know what kind she likes, so I'd say get her whatever her favorites are. Oh and if you could get Helena some blank books for her to write things down in or to draw up sketches. Maybe some books on the theory of time travel if you have any.

Um. And if you could get Scott a new lacrosse stick, I would really appreciate it. And something from home that he'd like to have. Maybe something that reminds him of his mom or his friends or his girlfriend. Just something that will make him smile.

Thanks.

- Daneca

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[Daneca has tried to decorate her room to the best of her abilities for the holiday. It's not much and definitely not much when compared to how her house would look. As with most well-to-do families, Daneca's goes a little nuts with the lawn decorations and the interior isn't much better.]

[She never really realized how much she misses those routines until they weren't there. So, whatever pieces of home and tradition she can have, she'll hold onto them.]

So, I know that not everyone is from the same kind of world so not everyone probably celebrates Christmas, but I am interested in what people do during holidays. Or just when they're spending time with their families. Or your friends.

Or by yourself even.

Comments

[advocacy]

Assignment?

[strangehistorian]

Dragons were created and gifted with abilities to prepare the world for an event called the Hour of Twilight. That being over, our task is finished.

[advocacy]

So all of you just fade away? That doesn't seem right.

[strangehistorian]

Individually, our lives are no shorter than a mortal's would be.

[advocacy]

Maybe not, but you guys should still be able to survive as a species. That isn't right.

[strangehistorian]

It was a consequence we accepted from the beginning.

[advocacy]

I don't know. I don't know if I'd be able to just accept something like that.

[strangehistorian]

It will be difficult. I anticipate that not all of us will be as prepared as we claim we are.

[advocacy]

[Daneca is quiet for a moment.]

Are you?

[strangehistorian]

[Chromie... sighs.]

I don't know. That's the truth.

[advocacy]

Do you think maybe there's a world out there filled with dragons that you could go to?

[strangehistorian]

I haven't thought about it.

[It's true.]

I have always belonged on Azeroth. We belong to each other, in a sense.

[advocacy]

It would be pretty hard to start over somewhere else.

[strangehistorian]

Yes.

I still don't feel as though I belong here, sometimes.

[advocacy]

I can understand that feeling. I've been here for a while now, but... I don't know. Sometimes I still worry I'm going to wind up being more in the way than helpful.

[strangehistorian]

It's a chance to make a difference in someone's life, though, a real, tangible one. I want to see it through.

[advocacy]

I'm sure you've made a lot of differences in more than just one life by now. Even here.

[strangehistorian]

In almost two hundred years, not as much as you would think.

[advocacy]

I don't know. I imagine you get a lot done in 200 years.

[strangehistorian]

I help. We all help. I know my life wasn't wasted, but I also know I can do more.

[advocacy]

I think I'd hold onto that, if I were you.