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[shinjaeba]

Mother's Day is coming up soon, isn't it?

((Assume all the responses come from an unrelated account "thegoldenrule". Also, if needed, this is backdated before any Umineko update madness that may or may not be happening soon.))

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[childrenoflilim]

Really? I can't believe it's come up so soon.

[shinjaeba]

Really. It's come up so quickly this year.

[childrenoflilim]

The year is going by fast...I'll have to do something for this Mother's Day to make up for last time.

[shinjaeba]

She'll understand.

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[answerer_sword]

Is it, in your world?

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[shinjaeba]

It is. I only really remembered because my son asked me what I had planned.

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[answerer_sword]

That sounds very nice.

[Thinking of this holiday makes Bazett remember her own parents. Yet another holiday when she will have nothing to do with them. She had left home to find a place in the Association, and she would not return until she could prove that her family's practice of remaining isolated from magi society was wrong.]

[It makes her feel just a little lonely.]

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[shinjaeba]

Thank you, I'm looking forward to it.

[Ah, she wishes... George had been dead for ten years and her adopted daughter made Mother's Day a living hell for those same years. Sometimes it's better to pretend, to lie.

It'd be bad for her cruel reputation to be marred by the fact that she actually wants something nice from Ange. Even if she knows the reason it won't happen is her own fault. It's a complicated feeling.]

[chestboard]

Aah.... what's on your mind, oba-san?

[since with this family, anything related like mother's day... well, it just makes them think about their family, how they're all dead. especially battler, since he knows the truth and all.]

[shinjaeba]

I was thinking about George.

[no, actually, Evatrice was thinking about Ange and how Mother's Day the last ten years have been utter hell...and how nice it would be just to have a day with no arguing with her. but like that'd ever happen, it's easier just to lie about it even to Battler.]

[chestboard]

George-aniki huh?

[it was valid, he was her son after all.]

He probably would have gotten you really amazing presents, right? My mom died when I was young so... [no she didn't, she's Kyrie but he's still keeping that under wraps.] ..I haven't given a Mother's Day gift in forever.

[shinjaeba]

[Evatrice was glad that she had such a good possible explanation. This was to get the attention of Ange but Battler didn't need to know that]

He often went all out on Mother's Day. [Respectful pause here.] It's a rather touchy subject for our family, isn't it.

[jailbirds]

Ugh. Thanks for reminding me.

[ at least thinking about it now means she won't wake up angry on the day and snap at all of her friends. maybe she should make plans. try to distract herself. she doesn't want to even think about her mother so soon after those viruses. ]

[shinjaeba]

Bad memories?

[to be perfectly honest, that's why she made this post. To blow off steam. not to piss off minatsuki though that is a plus]

[jailbirds]

I'm not really into the idea of commemorating my parents, yeah.

[shinjaeba]

[...is that hatred she senses? She thinks it is. Maybe if she just pokes it a little. Prod it. Make it bleed and overflow...]

You could always vent.

[archerartemis]

I guess it is on here, at least. I've kinda missed out on Mother's Day with my mom for the past few years.

[shinjaeba]

Oh? Can I ask why?

[archerartemis]

She's been in jail since I was 9. She's getting out soon, but not even in time for the 4th of July, let alone Mother's Day.

[shinjaeba]

Oh, my. I had no idea. I was thinking of my son--my own mother wasn't really close with me or my siblings.

not here;

[entreats]

[ Who cares if it's really Eva or not, Ange's never felt a particular need to analyse it with the nature of their encounters. Last time she was too annoyed about the idea of her finding the community, and today's topic is even more sensitive than that, it aggravates her even more, her hands shaking as she reads it over a few times.

Mother's Day. Even if this really is an Eva from some earlier time, even so, even so.. what right does she have to talk about that?! She still remembers every little thing from her youth, she remembers that one time when she had made a drawing for her mother for Mother's Day despite her death - her real mother - and they got into an argument over that too, and..

Shut up..

She doesn't even care about keeping up pretenses or whatever. She can't reply to this, there's no way! The more she thinks about it, the more it annoys her either way, and she ends up throwing her book against the wall with a loud smack, watching it close off the community as it falls on the ground. ]

also not here but a reaction to the lack of Ange;

[shinjaeba]

[Eva-Beatrice waits. Ange didn't show up at first but that's alright. She's patient. She can wait. Surely, her anger would at least force an argument. A blow up. Anything.

She remembers that argument... How could she not? Ange had a gift for a woman who never cared, who never would come back, but not a single kind word for her. It didn't have to be a "happy Mother's Day". Just something. Some recognition. A little respect. Would it have killed Ange to have acknowledged the woman who took her instead of throwing her to the wolves? So she lost her temper. She had managed to keep herself from going too far. It was shameful that a child made her lose her temper.

Maybe this would draw her out. Even if all they would do is argue--it's something of a tradition, isn't it?

So Eva-Beatrice waits. It soon becomes clear Ange isn't coming. A fire of anger is starting to burn. How dare she?! She does something for that girl's own good and she ignores it!

That girl. She's not going to let this stand. Even if it's just bitter words or a yelling match, she'll get something from this ungrateful child. So she slams the book shut. If a direct challenge was unheeded then she'll just find other ways to contact her. No need for a disguise.]

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[selfinteresting]

It's getting awfully close.

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[shinjaeba]

It really is, isn't it?

[Not taking the bait, thank you very much, Kyrie.]

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[selfinteresting]

[Aw, come on, why you gotta be a stick in the mud...]

I wonder if we'll be getting breakfast in bed?