((Route)) [029] Video/Action Goldenrod [China's Bday]

[gochuugoku]

[Today is October 10 and it is drizzling in Johto. China can be seen walking around Goldenrod, holding a red umbrella over his head. His Glaceon, Meimei, happily jumps into puddles as she follows her master. China looks into the various shop windows until something in the music shop catches his eye.]

Oh! They actually have one, aru!

[Video]

Hold the camera nice and steady, Meimei.

[China can be seen standing behind an interesting-looking instrument. He tests the strings first, before playing this song. Pay attention at how he's using his fingers. When he's finished he looks up at the gear, smiling gently.]

Today is my birthday, aru. Also, I first arrived in Johto on October ninth last year, a day before my birthday. [He sighs, but keeps smiling.] I have noticed that there are quite a few people who also have their birthdays in October, so consider the song I just played as my gift to you all, aru.

Comments

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

Well, back home I would with my family and friends, but here Johto everyone is kind of scattered at the moment, aru.

That would be nice, though.

[ex_cuts951]

That's not cool!

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

It happens, aru. There are always plenty more holidays for us to get together. Chinese New Year, for example!

[ex_cuts951]

Well, happy birthday anyways.

...What's that?

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

What is what? Chinese New Year?

[ex_cuts951]

Yeah!

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

Why, it is a very important holiday for my country and my people, aru! Like most holidays, it is a time for friends and family to gather, but unlike some, it is a time to say goodbye to any misfortune and to welcome a year of good fortune.

We sell many charms and red packets, aru!

[ex_cuts951]

Huh. Sounds pretty fun. I'll have to travel to China on a mission one day and s this for myself!

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

You should! Even for bystanders, it is still a sight to see, especially with all the great food we make, aru.

Also, Chinese New Year, is not celebrated on just one day, but for a few days.

[ex_cuts951]

A party that lasts a few days. Sounds like my kind of ting.

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

Something different is done for each of the days, whether it be family, spiritual, or festive themed.

[ex_cuts951]

Hm. Oshu needs one of those holidays.

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

What sort of holidays do they have there?

[ex_cuts951]

New Years, Christmas, Tanabata, stuff like that.

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

Johto has those holidays too, even Tanabata, aru.

[ex_cuts951]

Johto reminds me a lot of Kansai, really. Even if I didn't live there.

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

I haven't visited Japan for some time now. There were many things I needed to attend to back in China.

[ex_cuts951]

Heh, it's a busy place.

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

Nowadays, every country seems to be a busy place, aru. [Which they probably were.]

[ex_cuts951]

That so? Apparently I'm...not from the most modern of times.

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

I was originally from the year 2010, but around April I went into one of those comas, aru.

[ex_cuts951]

...It was apparently 15-something when I last checked.

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

I think Motochika said something about being from around that time as well, aru.

See, when I awoke from my coma, I woke up with memories from 2011. It was as though I returned home for a moment.

[ex_cuts951]

Ah, yeah he's from my world.

...That's cool. Like a visit home, hah.

[gochuugoku.livejournal.com]

I cannot say it was "cool." It was more like I was speeding through a year of time and I was in a coma for only two weeks, aru.