[ the return of the holiday season continues to be how andy retains any sense of time as to how long she's been around on this ship. it's her... third time? her third holiday season? even having those three solid points of time, she still struggles with it. it's been somewhere between two and three years, which is objectively nothing. it's a blink. but it is a blink she's come to cherish in small ways, even with the blurs that come along with it. she doesn't care much about christmas, but it's continued to be a striking moment for her sense of time passing here. it feels especially big now with the end looming. ]

[ the sunlight room, her favorite from the start. unlike her brothers, she thrives in the cold, a steppe child through and through. the nature of the simulation means it isn't even that cold. catch her lacing up some ice skates at the edge of the pond, full on sitting in the snow without a care in the world. ]

Hockey? Regular skating? [ pick your poison, she just wants to get on the ice. ]

[ she will, however, absolutely throw a snowball at a familiar face too, especially if one is not inclined towards the aforementioned ice. ]

[ the tiki bar is absurdly delightful but she hits it up anyway, going for the most obnoxious sounding and colorful drinks. she'll even be nice and bring an extra over as she settles in at the bonfire, offering out the smaller of the two drinks before sitting on the log. ] Next one's on you. Should we be telling stories here?

[ maybe she'll be more effusive than normal. ]

[ she brings baklava. what makes it special is she actually made this one herself. just because andy prefers trying it from all over the world doesn't mean she can't whip it up herself - and her favorite kind includes walnuts, beware of allergies. ]

Yule's not even the oldest one out there. Stop hogging the blankets. [ she says this regardless of how many blankets are being hogged, sitting down on the cushions with a plate of food. it is a plate full of food, having put as much variety as she can, like she's determined to share the favorites of everyone on board she cares about and then some. ]

[ hit me up or let's do a closed starter! romanitas @ disco or communism ! ]