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[stripping.livejournal.com]

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[Issei is knocking on his friends' doors and giving them their gifts today. Why today? He's worried about being indisposed at Christmas.

What are his gifts? Bouquets. Each with a different kind of flower. If the door isn't answered when he knocks, he'll leave the flowers wrapped up nicely by their door with a note that reads simply "Merry Christmas. - Ryudo Issei."

His gift list:
Shirou - Lilac - first love
Diarmuid - Rose (pink) - friendship
Arturia - Orchid - beauty
Neah - Gladiolus - strength of character
Tatsuma - Daisy - innocence
Ingrid - Delphinium - boldness
Hakuno - Jasmine - grace and elegance
Allen - Aster - contentment
Kaiji - Lily (day) - enthusiasm
Kiritsugu - Holly - domestic happiness
Waver - Zinnia (mixed) - thinking of an absent friend

He hopes everyone enjoys them. He spent a while picking them out.]

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The new moon falls nearly on Christmas this year. If the full moon doesn't provide us with trouble, that's my next concern. ...It's something to think of, at least.

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[croibhristeoir]

[Lancer answered the door with a faintly surprised look, having not expected Issei to show up so suddenly.]

Is there something I can help you with, Issei?

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

[Issei smiles wide and holds out his bouquet of pink roses.]

Merry Christmas. I apologize that this is so early, but with the way things are here, I didn't want to wait until the last moment.

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[croibhristeoir]

[He took it, looking confused--wait, something seemed a bit off here.]

Wh--oh, I didn't realize you were planning this so early. The holiday's nearer the solstice, isn't it?

[The confusion turned to a smile--he couldn't say he was unhappy with it.]

How did you know I liked roses?

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

[Issei Ryudo is on his doorstep with flowers. Something about this situation does not seem right.]

...Yes?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas.

[Take the zinnias, Waver. He's going to hold them out until you do.]

[profcharisma.livejournal.com]

It's a bit early.

[He's still confused about those flowers.]

...You brought flowers for me?

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[swallowreversed.livejournal.com]

Forgive me if you've told me and I have forgotten already, but will there something extraordinary happening by the full moon?

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

Large shadows that require all of our strength to defeat tend to show up then.

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[swallowreversed.livejournal.com]

'Tend to show up'? Heh, interesting... Very interesting.

How long have this incident happened?

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[berry-paunch.livejournal.com]

...? What is it?

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

[One bouquet of daisies was held out.]

Merry Christmas.

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[berry-paunch.livejournal.com]

[He's surprised at first, but he does eventually take the bouquet.]

Thank you. Sorry, I haven't gotten you anything...

[Yet.]

action.

[willdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

[Luckily, Saber wasn't the one who answered the door. Well, this wasn't a visitor she expected.]

Ah, Issei... What is it?

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

[For the girl he'd just met but felt an instant connection to, possibly because he was a creepy NPC somewhere else - a bouquet of jasmine flowers.]

Merry Christmas. Sorry, they're a tad early.

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[willdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

[Oh hey, flowers. Her eyes widen a little with pleasant surprise. Wow, she never actually got a gift from anyone before... This is nice. She takes the bouquet into her arms and gazes down at them.]

They're beautiful... but why so early?

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

[Kaiji answers the door. He blinks at Issei holding flowers. What.]

Um... hey?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Merry extremely early Christmas.

[Hey, day lilies are pretty.]

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[crownedexorcist]

[Good thing Kanda isn't at the door.] ...Issei?

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

Merry Christmas.

[A bouquet of aster flowers. The meaning wasn't quite the same in Japan as in Western floriography - 'I won't forget you' versus 'contentment' in where he'd looked up the flowers - but when in America, give flowers as the Americans do.]

action; i am soooo slow

[ex_cashcow493]

[ Saber doesn't expect guests at Archer's home, oh no, for this was a man who simply lacks loyal friends. So when the door bell is rung, she's wary of answering..

She does eventually while wearing her usual royal vestments and her hair pulled up, blinking at the boy. ]

Ah. Issei? Shirou never comes here, so is there another purpose for your visit?

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

[For Saber, one bouquet of orchids is presented. Issei smiles hopefully.]

A very early holiday present. Merry Christmas, Saber.

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[revivedpianist.livejournal.com]

[Rolling out of bed this one is as soon as he hears the door being knocked on. Enjoy that bed hair, Issei, once Neah opens the door for him.]

Ah... Is something wrong, Issei?

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

Quite the opposite. Merry, very early, Christmas.

[Gladiolus are also very pretty flowers. One bouquet of them is presented.]

Action, late? What do you mean late?

[crazyoldbat.livejournal.com]

Trying to say something with this, dear?

Action, I see no lateness here.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Actually, yes. But probably not what you think unless you're well-versed in the language of flowers.