Fourth Shooting Star - voice;

[risingwinds]

Hey, there's something I've been wondering for a while now. Some people here use words like "kun" and uh... "san" at the end of people's names, but what does it mean? Is it like saying mister or miss? It's something I never heard before I came here, not even in other worlds.

[Hmm. There's something else he's curious about, too. Prior to the draft

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[voice]

[vanityunbcoming]

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What are you, five? Don't tell me you still believe in that kiddie stuff, Ventus.

[voice]

[risingwinds]

'Course I believe! Why wouldn't I believe in something that's real?

[voice]

[vanityunbcoming]

'Cause of the simple fact that it isn't. Santa's just a lie your parents--or in your case, your thick-headed Master--tell you to make you behave.

[voice]

[risingwinds]

No way! Master Eraqus wouldn't make something like that up.

Besides, is it really so hard to believe? There's all kinds of different worlds out there. Santa's probably just got really strong magic.

[seiriald]

It's something like that, people use it more for politeness than anything. 'San' is the equivalent of mister or miss, while 'kun' is used for boys and 'chan' for girls if they're younger than you or they're close friends. People in the country I was born in use it sometimes, but it's a dying fad.

... Christmas? [You have peaked her interest!]

[risingwinds]

So it's just a part of their culture? I guess I've still got a lot to learn about other worlds.

[He laughs sheepishly. The more you know! ~✭]

Yeah, Christmas! It's a holiday.

[seiriald]

Yeah, I knew it was used in other worlds but I didn't know to what extent. [Sparkle~.]

I've heard of it, do you celebrate Christmas where you're from?

[risingwinds]

We sure do! It's usually just my friends and Master Eraqus, so it's nothing fancy. I don't think Christmas has to be, anyway.

[hippocraticly]

[ Usually, he would ignore posts like this, but his mind goes to Joana and... hmm. ]

... Keep your fingers crossed and who knows? Maybe he will.

[risingwinds]

Yeah, good idea! If Santa can make it to all the worlds in one night, I'm sure he can get here somehow.

[hippocraticly]

Yeah, exactly.

[ Should he feel terrible? Nah. ]

[risingwinds]

[There's a a pause...]

But I wonder how he'll know what we want for Christmas! We can't really send him our lists from here.

[text]

[purpledemoneyes]

They're Japanese, that's why.

[text]

[risingwinds]

Japanese? So is the world they come from called Japan?

[text]

[purpledemoneyes]

No, it's a very small country with very many rules. Doesn't your world have rules when it comes to speaking to strangers?

[text]

[risingwinds]

The only rules I can think of are saying please and thank you and excuse me when someone else is talking.

[Weeeell... there's that and--]

And Master Eraqus says it's important to protect the World Order, so usually we're not supposed to talk about other worlds.

[1week_wizard]

Japanese honorifics. It is an overly complicated systematic politeness that their culture enforces.

[risingwinds]

But is there a reason why it's so complicated? It sounds kinda confusing.

[1week_wizard]

The simplest answer is "because the Chinese did it".

[risingwinds]

So the Chinese have words like that, too?