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*kyabetsu* · 10-21-2002, 01:11 PM

Kya: so that means that one night a year, you can see and speak with the dearly departed.

My grandmother had a shrine in her livingroom and every year she'd set out her father's favorite foods, hot and ready to be eaten at midnight. She'd lay out his old clothes and her mother's pearls with some flowers. We lit candles at dusk and said a novena... um, nine rosaries-worth of prayer... to call our family members home.

By a few moments after midnight, the food was iced cold, the clothes were warmer than the room they sat in, and the flowers looked three days dead.

*kyabetsu* · 10-21-2002, 01:18 PM

Kya: (confused by don's question) Santa Maria? um, Santa or Santo or San means SAINT... like San Francisco or Santa Barbara... all those California cities were named for saints. ..... All hallow's Day-- that's all SAINT's day and IT's November 1st, the day after halloween. All the dead are collected back to their realms from the eve before and the saints remain to undo the evil that may have been wrought.

That's when the Party starts.

*Vespera Blaze* · 10-21-2002, 01:19 PM

*Don had been about to answer Mike and assure no hard feeling when what Kya was saying sunk in.*

Whoa. Whole new meaning to the "family coming home for dinner." thing.

*terran631* · 10-21-2002, 01:22 PM

Leo: Sounds like the ghost stories we used to tell when we were smaller.

Mike: SO what about this party? *his eyes light up*

*kyabetsu* · 10-21-2002, 01:27 PM

Kya: (smiling, her eyes a little tight) yeah. everyone comes home. the afterlife is just that LIFE after life... just in a different place. but we can visit one another... Beto never really liked that part of the holiday the day afterwords is a big party, so we still celebrate that, but since it looks like I get to celebrate this year, with my new family, there's no reason to stint on all the ceremony and the welcoming before hand.

but yeah the PARTY... (her face glowed with excitement)

*Vespera Blaze* · 10-21-2002, 01:32 PM

Don: Hey, whatever we can do to help, you got it. New family meets old, right?

*Don wasn't sure how much he believed in what she had described, it was far from the comfortable world he knew of facts and numbers. But she believed in it, and he'd at least make the effort. Unconciously he pushed the why of that and the fact that Mike's jest had hit way too close to the bone into a box, and firmly locked it.*

*terran631* · 10-21-2002, 01:37 PM

Mike: Sounds like fun...but I wanna hear more about this party. *glances at Donnie puzzled by his enthusiasm.* ~Not usually his kind of scene...~

Leo: *sighs. His brothers and a party never did tend to mix well together. To Kya* Well, I bet everyone here will be up for a celebration. *looks around* Where did Raphael go?

*kyabetsu* · 10-21-2002, 01:37 PM

Kya: since Catholic doctrine states that there IS an afterlife, then it stands to reason that DEATH is just as important as BIRTH. because they're the same things. entrances to different planes. since we celebrate BIRTH every day of our lives, it makes sense that we set aside a special day to remind ourselves that DEATH will be just as important.

So for the one day Death is KING. Skeletons are used to decorate EVERYTHING. Crazy ghost stories and bonfires are everywhere. Child are given little spun sugar skulls with their Names written on them: THEIR OWN SKULLS... just a sweet reminder of your own mortality... (grins) ya gotta love a good metaphorical holiday.

but folks dress as skeletons: their normal clothes, but with paper skull masks. b/c that's what we'll all look like sooner or later.

the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker... all end dead.

it's like Mardi Gras with even less inhibitions... (chuckling) do what you want, because we'll end up dead anyways ...

*Vespera Blaze* · 10-21-2002, 01:46 PM

Don: I think a party would do us all some good. Things have been way to tense here for the last few days. I wish Kali would come home soon though. Raph is getting really hard to live with since she's been gone.

*terran631* · 10-21-2002, 01:50 PM

Leo: *nods* Raphael was always hard to live with but I agree things could use some lightening up. It sounds great Kya. Of course, complete lack of inhibitions is way too much free territory. There has to be some ground rules because Splinter will be back by then and we may all end up dead sooner than we think if things get out of hand. *smiles lightly to let her know he's exagerrating but serious at the same time*

*kyabetsu* · 10-21-2002, 01:57 PM

kya's mind turned through thoughts of holidays past, of trying to hush her little sisters when they had first stayed up all night to pray the novena with the rest of the family, but then got bored and hungry and wouldn't repeat the prayers anymore. of the year that Jaime stole all the candy skulls then stayed in bed all the rest of the day with a tummy ache. of the first mask she made and how Her mother had tied it on with bright blue and red ribbons. of dancing with her grandfather, their two skeleton masks slipped back around their necks because they were too hot to dance in....

kya came back to reality with a start
kya bit her lower lip...
Kya: Leo I didn't mean for us to burn the lair to the ground, just that... I don't know if it makes sense, but the whole celebration is because death makes equals of us all... right? if the king of Spain himself were to show up I could ask him to dance and he wouldn't have anymore right to refuse me than you would... that's all. i don't think i'm being too clear...

she paused and looked at Kameko
Kya: Kali? Have i met her before?

*terran631* · 10-21-2002, 02:11 PM

Leo: I understand what you're saying, Kya. And I never meant to suggest that YOU would want things out of hand. It's just that *gives a pointed look to his two brothers* some people don't know when to stop.

Kameko: I think so. Raphs girlfriend. Half demon, half human

*Vespera Blaze* · 10-21-2002, 02:12 PM

Don: C'mon Leo, its not like we're inviting Shredder and friends to join in. I'm sure we can have one party without everything blowing up on us. *thinks back to nearly every previous party they have ever had* Maybe. I promise, this time I won't rig the chairs to scream "Get off fatso!" everytime someone sits on them.

*terran631* · 10-21-2002, 02:14 PM

Mike: *chuckles* Besides, Donnie's actually interested in going this time. Won't have to drag him from his lab. Maybe that'll be the night he loses his innocence. *watches Donnie's surprised look* I mean...as far as parties go.

*kyabetsu* · 10-21-2002, 02:17 PM

kya blinked.

Kya: sheesh. I'm losing it. of course. KALI. jesu cristo. how'd I forget her? there's just been so much stuff going on... we played paintball on opposite teams and I think we played "hide'n'go'ninja" with her. she fell asleep on the sofa... ok, i'm sorry.... i won't remember my own name next.

Kya looked to don, having COMPLETELY missed Mike's comment.
Kya: so when can we sleep?

*Vespera Blaze* · 10-21-2002, 02:20 PM

*Don blinked and looked at the clock.* Hmm...you should be OK after we eat, assuming you aren't still feeling cold? I on the other hand should be awake for another *yawn* two hours at least.

*kyabetsu* · 10-21-2002, 02:25 PM

(((lol... i meant that Kya missed Mike's innocense joke... i was kinda wondering whether donnie'd reach over and kill him or just explode in a ball of blush.... lol))))

kya pulled her blankets in close.

Kya: cold? naw, I'm in Arctic-protection-mode right now.

*terran631* · 10-21-2002, 02:26 PM

Mike: Yeah you look like that's gonna really easy, Donnie. I'll stay up with ya.

Leo: *stands* I'm gonna go check on Raph. It's gotten really quiet and that either means he's dead or unconscious.

*kyabetsu* · 10-21-2002, 02:28 PM

kameko stood up and followed Leo to the door, parroting his lip movements without speaking.

~... dead or unconscious....~

*terran631* · 10-21-2002, 02:31 PM

Leo: *goes to Raph's room aware the Kameko is just behind him and determined to ignore her. Knocks lightly* Raph? Raphael, are you ok?

10-21-2002, 01:19 PM	#6483
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don had been about to answer Mike and assure no hard feeling when what Kya was saying sunk in. Whoa. Whole new meaning to the "family coming home for dinner." thing. __________________ Vespera Blaze

10-21-2002, 01:32 PM	#6486
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don: Hey, whatever we can do to help, you got it. New family meets old, right? Don wasn't sure how much he believed in what she had described, it was far from the comfortable world he knew of facts and numbers. But she believed in it, and he'd at least make the effort. Unconciously he pushed the why of that and the fact that Mike's jest had hit way too close to the bone into a box, and firmly locked it. __________________ Vespera Blaze

10-21-2002, 01:46 PM	#6489
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don: I think a party would do us all some good. Things have been way to tense here for the last few days. I wish Kali would come home soon though. Raph is getting really hard to live with since she's been gone. __________________ Vespera Blaze

10-21-2002, 02:12 PM	#6493
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don: C'mon Leo, its not like we're inviting Shredder and friends to join in. I'm sure we can have one party without everything blowing up on us. thinks back to nearly every previous party they have ever had Maybe. I promise, this time I won't rig the chairs to scream "Get off fatso!" everytime someone sits on them. __________________ Vespera Blaze

10-21-2002, 02:20 PM	#6496
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don blinked and looked at the clock. Hmm...you should be OK after we eat, assuming you aren't still feeling cold? I on the other hand should be awake for another yawn two hours at least. __________________ Vespera Blaze

10-21-2002, 01:11 PM	#6481
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Kya: so that means that one night a year, you can see and speak with the dearly departed. My grandmother had a shrine in her livingroom and every year she'd set out her father's favorite foods, hot and ready to be eaten at midnight. She'd lay out his old clothes and her mother's pearls with some flowers. We lit candles at dusk and said a novena... um, nine rosaries-worth of prayer... to call our family members home. By a few moments after midnight, the food was iced cold, the clothes were warmer than the room they sat in, and the flowers looked three days dead.

10-21-2002, 01:18 PM	#6482
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Kya: (confused by don's question) Santa Maria? um, Santa or Santo or San means SAINT... like San Francisco or Santa Barbara... all those California cities were named for saints. ..... All hallow's Day-- that's all SAINT's day and IT's November 1st, the day after halloween. All the dead are collected back to their realms from the eve before and the saints remain to undo the evil that may have been wrought. That's when the Party starts.

10-21-2002, 01:22 PM	#6484
terran631 The Defender of Splinter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Third Rock from the Sun Posts: 3,948	Leo: Sounds like the ghost stories we used to tell when we were smaller. Mike: SO what about this party? his eyes light up

10-21-2002, 01:27 PM	#6485
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Kya: (smiling, her eyes a little tight) yeah. everyone comes home. the afterlife is just that LIFE after life... just in a different place. but we can visit one another... Beto never really liked that part of the holiday the day afterwords is a big party, so we still celebrate that, but since it looks like I get to celebrate this year, with my new family, there's no reason to stint on all the ceremony and the welcoming before hand. but yeah the PARTY... (her face glowed with excitement)

10-21-2002, 01:37 PM	#6487
terran631 The Defender of Splinter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Third Rock from the Sun Posts: 3,948	Mike: Sounds like fun...but I wanna hear more about this party. glances at Donnie puzzled by his enthusiasm. ~Not usually his kind of scene...~ Leo: sighs. His brothers and a party never did tend to mix well together. To Kya Well, I bet everyone here will be up for a celebration. looks around Where did Raphael go?

10-21-2002, 01:37 PM	#6488
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Kya: since Catholic doctrine states that there IS an afterlife, then it stands to reason that DEATH is just as important as BIRTH. because they're the same things. entrances to different planes. since we celebrate BIRTH every day of our lives, it makes sense that we set aside a special day to remind ourselves that DEATH will be just as important. So for the one day Death is KING. Skeletons are used to decorate EVERYTHING. Crazy ghost stories and bonfires are everywhere. Child are given little spun sugar skulls with their Names written on them: THEIR OWN SKULLS... just a sweet reminder of your own mortality... (grins) ya gotta love a good metaphorical holiday. but folks dress as skeletons: their normal clothes, but with paper skull masks. b/c that's what we'll all look like sooner or later. the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker... all end dead. it's like Mardi Gras with even less inhibitions... (chuckling) do what you want, because we'll end up dead anyways ...

10-21-2002, 01:50 PM	#6490
terran631 The Defender of Splinter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Third Rock from the Sun Posts: 3,948	Leo: nods Raphael was always hard to live with but I agree things could use some lightening up. It sounds great Kya. Of course, complete lack of inhibitions is way too much free territory. There has to be some ground rules because Splinter will be back by then and we may all end up dead sooner than we think if things get out of hand. smiles lightly to let her know he's exagerrating but serious at the same time

10-21-2002, 01:57 PM	#6491
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	kya's mind turned through thoughts of holidays past, of trying to hush her little sisters when they had first stayed up all night to pray the novena with the rest of the family, but then got bored and hungry and wouldn't repeat the prayers anymore. of the year that Jaime stole all the candy skulls then stayed in bed all the rest of the day with a tummy ache. of the first mask she made and how Her mother had tied it on with bright blue and red ribbons. of dancing with her grandfather, their two skeleton masks slipped back around their necks because they were too hot to dance in.... kya came back to reality with a start kya bit her lower lip... Kya: Leo I didn't mean for us to burn the lair to the ground, just that... I don't know if it makes sense, but the whole celebration is because death makes equals of us all... right? if the king of Spain himself were to show up I could ask him to dance and he wouldn't have anymore right to refuse me than you would... that's all. i don't think i'm being too clear... she paused and looked at Kameko Kya: Kali? Have i met her before?

10-21-2002, 02:11 PM	#6492
terran631 The Defender of Splinter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Third Rock from the Sun Posts: 3,948	Leo: I understand what you're saying, Kya. And I never meant to suggest that YOU would want things out of hand. It's just that gives a pointed look to his two brothers some people don't know when to stop. Kameko: I think so. Raphs girlfriend. Half demon, half human

10-21-2002, 02:14 PM	#6494
terran631 The Defender of Splinter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Third Rock from the Sun Posts: 3,948	Mike: chuckles Besides, Donnie's actually interested in going this time. Won't have to drag him from his lab. Maybe that'll be the night he loses his innocence. watches Donnie's surprised look I mean...as far as parties go.

10-21-2002, 02:17 PM	#6495
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	kya blinked. Kya: sheesh. I'm losing it. of course. KALI. jesu cristo. how'd I forget her? there's just been so much stuff going on... we played paintball on opposite teams and I think we played "hide'n'go'ninja" with her. she fell asleep on the sofa... ok, i'm sorry.... i won't remember my own name next. Kya looked to don, having COMPLETELY missed Mike's comment. Kya: so when can we sleep?

10-21-2002, 02:25 PM	#6497
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	(((lol... i meant that Kya missed Mike's innocense joke... i was kinda wondering whether donnie'd reach over and kill him or just explode in a ball of blush.... lol)))) kya pulled her blankets in close. Kya: cold? naw, I'm in Arctic-protection-mode right now.

10-21-2002, 02:26 PM	#6498
terran631 The Defender of Splinter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Third Rock from the Sun Posts: 3,948	Mike: Yeah you look like that's gonna really easy, Donnie. I'll stay up with ya. Leo: stands I'm gonna go check on Raph. It's gotten really quiet and that either means he's dead or unconscious.

10-21-2002, 02:28 PM	#6499
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	kameko stood up and followed Leo to the door, parroting his lip movements without speaking. ~... dead or unconscious....~

10-21-2002, 02:31 PM	#6500
terran631 The Defender of Splinter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Third Rock from the Sun Posts: 3,948	Leo: goes to Raph's room aware the Kameko is just behind him and determined to ignore her. Knocks lightly Raph? Raphael, are you ok?