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phaiinein ([personal profile] phaiinein) wrote in [community profile] sweetdevil2023-11-30 11:42 pm

75th ♫ | Shall I name this heart-rending pain "Snow Halation"?


WINTER HOLIDAY 2023 CMO


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[personal profile] bakingsoda 2023-12-16 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. Let's see what this is, then...

[ She's going to open it. But she's very much being delicate about it, not trying to tear it too much. ]
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[personal profile] liedol 2023-12-18 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's a glossy hardback book, complete with dustcover and fancy bookmark, centered specifically around mysteries and bizarre occurrences from all around the globe. The focus seems to be on solving them or at least providing reasonable explanations, with a whole lot of research and associated trivia. It's pretty chunky!

Ai fidgets a bit as she watches her open it — it's the sort of thing she'd thought about buying Aqua and according to Ruby, he and Kana were always gravitating towards the same books so... it should be fine, right? ]


Is that the right one...? I was really trying not to get you one you already had, ahah...
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[personal profile] bakingsoda 2023-12-24 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's quiet and wide-eyed for a couple of moments as she takes the book out of its packaging, fingers lingering on the cover for a few moments before smiling fondly. ]

It is. Thank you.
liedol: (how could she not be)

[personal profile] liedol 2023-12-25 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, really? [ It's almost a little sad how relieved she looks... ] Phew...! They're not the kind of books I read so I didn't know what would be good. Oh, but—

[ She puts up both hands almost a little apologetically — so this is what it looks like when a so-called invincible girl's off her game. ]

Don't feel like you have to keep it if it's really no good! I can change it for something else — I just wanted to get you a present, that's all.
bakingsoda: (pic#16688462)

[personal profile] bakingsoda 2024-01-08 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'll let the book be the judge of whether its quality is good or not.

[ Although trash novels do have some merit in terms of entertainment value... ]