Quest 155

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I wonder if it's almost fitting, in a way, that a curse so soon after the beginning of the new year should be one that takes away one's sight. That's the whole fun of seeing the old year come to an end, isn't it--looking forward to the new one, and growing eager to see what new surprises might be in store? Except that as far as the City is concerned, the new surprises are almost never pleasant ones, and more often than not they become adventures in their own right, trying to get through one's day while dealing with some absurd new difficulty or another. Yesterday, it was that no one could see anything at all, and people who were affected were made to rely on their other senses in order to get through, while they waited for midnight to come.

I spent a week losing my senses last month, and it's not an experience I'd care to repeat anytime soon, so I can rather sympathize with the people who were made to go without their sight yesterday. That was one of my least favorite days of that week and one of the hardest to conceal, giving up my sight. And of course, I'm sure quite a few of us remember the days when the whole City was swept into darkness, and we all might as well have been without our sight, for all the good it did us those days. That sort of curse isn't just bothersome--it can also be frightening, and rather dangerous, too. And what an odd coincidence, that Cain should be delivered an eye, and now this--but no, it's only a coincidence. Isn't it?

I'm glad I wasn't cursed yesterday. But even so, it came and went, as usual. And that's one more curse managed, and one more lesson learned, isn't it? And one more day gone by in a brand new year.

But of course, not all of the surprises that have come recently are unpleasant ones. Learning to skateboard certainly isn't, even if it does occasionally leave bruises. And neither is finally having the chance to see my Christmas present from Sam--now that it's all finally arrived. And of course, spending time with friends can always yield new surprises, whether they be friends we've known for months or...ones we're just getting to know all over again.

And speaking of surprises, it seems there's to be a snowball fight in Xanadu today sometime soon! I'm not much for the regular variety of fighting, but snowball fighting...well, that's a bit of a different thing altogether. And what a fine way to spend time with friends, and to make new ones, too. And then of course there's always the part about having hot chocolate and tea and warm cookies after the fighting is over, which might even be a bit more fun than the competition itself, in its own way.

...Sirius, Remus, are you settling in all right?


[OOC: All links are OOC, and this got a lot more tl;dr than I intended. Sob. The art in the portrait is not mine; it's lovingly borrowed from the King's Quest fan game, The Silver Lining, because it's hard to find a good picture of the royal family of Daventry all together at once.]