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[commandandcontrol]

So, assuming I got my months right, we just started a new year!

It's a big cultural celebration where I come from.

Does anyone have plans? I was thinking of trying to make a party. We usually celebrate on the first New Moon of the year.

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[backwordscompatible]

[It wasn't something she talked about that often...but there was also no reason to keep it a secret. So she nodded with little hesitation.]

Since I was fourteen, yeah.

I think about home pretty much every day. The friends waiting for me there. ...my dad.

[commandandcontrol]

[ Wow. She had... grown up here, pretty much.

Years of friends coming and going. And she had welcomed it, literally, by running the welcome center. ]

...

[ She didn't really know what to say. She wasn't good at comfort. Or if comfort was warranted? If Zatanna went back now, what would happen? Would she forget years of her life? That was its own tragedy. ]

Well! We'll try to make this something for you too, then! What did you usually do on New Years?

[backwordscompatible]

[Well...in just a couple months' time, she would save the world from a secret Watchtower in the sky, and then celebrate at the stroke of midnight by kissing her future ex boyfriend.]

No, no, it's fine. You really don't have to do anything.

Focus on your New Years.

[commandandcontrol]

No, I insist!

The party isn't just about me, it's for anyone who wants to celebrate.

[backwordscompatible]

[She waved a half-hearted dismissive hand in the air.]

It's mostly too late, anyway.

The traditions I remember back home mostly revolved around counting down the last ten seconds of the old year while the ball drops in Times' Square, and then kissing someone to welcome in the new year. And I'm kind of out of people to kiss right now, so I don't mind missing out on that part.

[commandandcontrol]

[ Oh right, Jack. ]

Well, I hope it'll be fun all the same, then.

[backwordscompatible]

[Him too]

I don't see why it can't be.

I don't need to kiss anyone to have a good time. It was always just an added bonus.

[commandandcontrol]

Kissing can be nice.

[ She idly wonders if there's anyone here she'd think about trying to get a new years kiss with. The list is depressingly short and full of 'probably not's. She pushes the idea out of her head. ]

Well, I guess I have some planning to do! Thanks for the supportive words!

[backwordscompatible]

[Hey, she wasn't going to argue that statement.]

Yeah, sure. Anytime.

Don't forget to send an invitation my way when you've got a set date for that party.