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[timelymaid]

hi again everyone!
so ive learned a bit about valentines day
and in doing so ive found its celebrated differently in different places? :o
and also in some places like japan
theres a corresponding holiday called white day!

so anyway my question today is do you celebrate valentines
and if so how
just out of curiosity
with absolutely no ulterior motive whatsoever

also exactly how many human holidays are there because so far there have been rather a lot of them my goodness
its almost like theres a holiday for every month
and there are at least five ways to celebrate each one
i think i need a chart

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[usedfeatherdance]

I am. And you? [ She's not human, at least. Probably. ]

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[timelymaid]

I'm Alternian!

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[usedfeatherdance]

... I've never even heard of that.

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[timelymaid]

Well, you're from Earth, right? Alternia is a different planet.

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[usedfeatherdance]

I see, that would do it. In my world, Earth is the only planet known to have any life.

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[timelymaid]

That's not the case in my world! Although there is an Earth there, and there are humans on that Earth.

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[usedfeatherdance]

Would you happen to know what year it is on that Earth?

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[timelymaid]

Ummm, two thousand something? But it got destroyed, too, the original one.

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[usedfeatherdance]

[ ... uh. ]

Destroyed? That certainly hasn't happened to my world yet...

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[timelymaid]

It's almost certainly a different universe, so I wouldn't worry!

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[usedfeatherdance]

Ah, but how do I know that it won't ever happen in mine?

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[timelymaid]

I suppose you don't! But if you don't know what sgrub or sburb is, I wouldn't worry too much.

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[usedfeatherdance]

...

Fair enough. I suppose that given how many different Earths seem to be represented here, the likelihood of any two being the same is relatively low.

What holidays do Alternians have?

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[timelymaid]

Well, the two that would make the most sense are....12th Perigree's Eve and Quadrant Appreciation Day!

They're kind of like Christmas and Valentines', but...not really.

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[usedfeatherdance]

How do you celebrate the... [ uh ] Valentine's Day one?

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[timelymaid]

I...never actually did! But I believe quadrantmates normally give one another gifts.

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[usedfeatherdance]

Any particular sorts of gifts?

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[timelymaid]

Not really! Just whatever that person likes, I should think.

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[usedfeatherdance]

So it's more like a birthday, I suppose. Interesting how there seems to be overlap between completely separate cultures' holidays.

Then again, gifts are a universally appealing way of showing appreciation, so it would be more interesting to find a culture that didn't give them.

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[timelymaid]

Well, in my world we sort of...created Earth. So there's a reason for taht where we come from!

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[usedfeatherdance]

... The planet itself?

[video] ...*that

[timelymaid]

More like the universe it was in!

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[usedfeatherdance]

...

The whole universe. [ Give him a second here. ] How?

[ Sorry we are putting aside the holiday talk for a moment because this is fascinating. ]

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[timelymaid]

That was the point of a game we played. To create a new universe. We won, and did so, and then there were...well, complications.

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[usedfeatherdance]

And it got destroyed again?