Sever the skies, bury the truth

This is probably the most painful headache I've ever had. What was I doing last night...?

[A slight rustling sound, and the clinking of many bottles can be heard in the background.]

...Did I drink all these?!?!








...Hey what happened to all my clothes...?

Merry Christmas everyone!! And to all a good night!!~

[Cecil has apparently been celebrating... and drinking... and drinking some more. He's slurring his words quite a bit (one or two of his words might be intelligible), and his cheeks are a nice, rosy color. He is, for all intents and purposes, VERY drunk. But very happy nevertheless.]

Supposedly there is going to be a lunar eclipse tonight. I'm going to stay up to see it.

I heard there was going to be a meteor shower tonight. I think I'll take a couple of blankets and go outside for a bit...

I spy, with my little eye, something that begins with... I .

[Cecil is sitting in a brand new chair with a brand new keyboard in front of him. He sighs briefly before speaking.]

Ugh. I think... I'm going to refrain from having anything alcoholic for the rest of the year.

[Cecil's web cam clicks on accidentally. He's leaning over his computer, blocking most of the screen with his upper body. It can only be assumed that he's messing around with some cables in the back of his monitor. The audio isn't working properly, it seems. Moments later he reappears, only to duck underneath his computer desk now. Another futile attempt to fix the audio. Cecil reemerges a minute later, unsuccessful. He sits down and starts to type something.]

v v vvvvvv

[Frowning, he backspaces a couple of times and tries again.]

vvvvvv vvvvvvvv vvv

[Cecil lifts up his keyboard and stares at it for a second, sets it down, then starts to slam his palm against it repeatedly.]

VVVVVV V V VVV V VV V V VVV VVV V V VV VV V V V V V VV V V VV

[Cecil stops, winces, and examines his bruised palm with an annoyed expression. He coughs once, twice, three times... and then his chair collapses with him in it.]

I forgot it was my birthday today...

[By the sound of his voice... surprised Cecil is surprised!]

...What a mess! I hope this wasn't intentional.

[Cecil is busy unpacking stuff and laying clothing on his bed. As he turns around to pull some more stuff out of his suitcase, his baby chocobo hops onto the bed and starts to make a nest out of one of his sweaters.]

Ivory, no. [He reaches over to shoo her off the bed. Ivory lets out an unhappy 'wark!' and pecks him on the arm.] Ow!

[Ivory toddles away from him and hides under his computer desk. Cecil just sighs and goes back to unpacking his things.]

...Every time I move, I feel like I've forgotten something. Hmm.

O HAI GAIS. Please remove this journal from your friends lists, as it will no longer be used for Poseidon Academy! Thanks!

Happy birthday, brother!

[Here, have a brand new black coat and a calender with the phases of the moon on it. :D]

I love my Christmas gifts! Today I wore my new scarf and played my new flute a little. I'll have to try those ice skates out later (thanks Cecilia!), but I definitely don't want to go alone, especially since I'll have no idea what I'm doing. It'll be my first time after all. Brother, thank you for the clock. Everyone... thank you.

( Private; Kain )

[Along with inviting his friends to dinner, Cecil has some presents he wants to throw at them. ^^ So here we go!]

TO:

Rosa
- The painting he did awhile back. He also bought a mahogany frame for it.

- Another wooden jewelery box.

- A cute silver ring. Except uh, he didn't realize it was actually an ENGAGEMENT ring he purchased. Feel free to have Rosa go "O_O?" at it. :D

Kain

- A painting of a dragon eating Edge. :P

Cecilia

- Some glass bracelets

Kain AND Cecilia

- A Coffee and Tea basket for them to share. It comes with 2 packs of Organic Honey Tea (French Vanilla and Spearmint Orange Spice), Chocolate Hazelnut Coffee, Cabernet Wine Biscuits, Grape Jelly, and White Chocolate Macadamia cookies.

Edge

- Sparklies. Shinys. And some more of each.

Golbez

- An interesting looking watch he saw somewhere.

Harken

- A cat music box

- A cat trinket box

His brother AND Harken

- A wine and chocolate gift basket

[Everyone that Cecil knows gets a colorful Christmas card taped to their door. They also get an equally colorful tin full of cookies and candy. Feel free to have your character, ANY character, comment on this. ^^]

I'm mostly done with shopping for people. One more person left, and then I can start wrapping everything up.

( Filter to Rosa, Kain and Cecilia, Edge, his brother and Harken )

SNOW! There's snow outside!

[ooc: Cue Cecil running outside to go play in the stuff. ;D]

[Here, have an accidental video recording from Cecil's web cam. :P]


[Cecil is standing in one corner of his room with his back to his computer, and he's wrapped up in doing.. something. Whatever that 'something' is, it's enough of a distraction that he doesn't notice his web cam is on. A few seconds tick by, and he then steps back and ties his hair back rather messily. Thankfully it's not bubblegum pink anymore... for the most part. He moves aside now to pick up something from the floor. There is an easel in front of him, and now that he's not blocking it, a canvas can clearly be seen. It is most definitely not blank.]

( Just a few splatters of paint, really. )

[Gathering up several paint brushes, Cecil looks over his artwork, and makes several comments aloud to himself.]

Painting is very messy. I do like the way this turned out though. I should find a frame for it as soon as it dries.

[He appears to be thinking quite deeply to himself. Then, as he turns around and comes back to his computer, he murmurs something else under his breath.]

I wonder if she would like it...-- Oh no. Is this thing on?!

[Frowning, Cecil reaches over to fiddle with something, and then the video cuts out abruptly.]

I need to get the heater fixed in my room. It's not working properly. But at least I have extra blankets.

I'm in the mood for some hot chocolate.

[It took quite a bit of time to get his room back to the way he likes it. Now it's completely disheveled again in seconds. The sound of things being thrown around is heard, along with Cecil's frantic voice.]

...Ivory? Ivory?! Where are you?

...THIS is going to take awhile.

[Cecil just got back to his room, which is trashed courtesy of Kain. In the process of picking things up and putting things away, he's gone and left the door open slightly. It's just wide enough for a certain little pet of his to slip through without him noticing...]