The 23rd Sundrop

[tangledintower]

I don't really understand...

So, I went out, and everybody was wearing green. Except for me, and I guess Pascal doesn't count because he's the one wearing the green, not me...and suddenly, I get surrounded by people who keep pinching me!

...Pinching really hurts...

And they wouldn't tell me why, either!! So I went back home. What on earth is supposed to be going on today? I know that not every day is like this, so something must be up...

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[kisspokepoke.livejournal.com]

That's a good question! [ says the girl in all green. ] I guess people just...really, really love green today! There can't be any other real reason, right?

...But you like green, too, don't you, Rapunzel? Because the right shade could really make your eyes sparkle! And people won't pinch you anymore, either! So everyone is way happier.

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[o-tea-p.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Rapunzel, if you need something green to wear, I have plenty of green robes at the shop! But you absolutely MUST wear green today!

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[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

...remind me exactly why I have to wear green? I mean, I like green. Pascal is green. My eyes are green. A lot of things I love are green!

I'm just confused about why the people who wear green are pinching the people who aren't...

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[kisspokepoke.livejournal.com]

...I don't know! Maybe they just want to encourage everyone else to wear green, too. They're only itty bitty pinches anyway. [ not like I've blocked anyone's chi today! Nope. ]

[ Anyway! ] But Iroh and I won't pinch you! Promise! Come on!

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[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Promise?

Thank you, Ty Lee...I'll go find something green to wear!

[brokemysmolder.livejournal.com]

Some kind of curse, I guess. That's the usual explanation for weird events around this place, right?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

But...why the pinching?

[brokemysmolder.livejournal.com]

No clue. You'd have to ask someone who's cursed.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Maybe I will.

Somebody said it was because I wasn't wearing green, and there's some sort of holiday or something...

[brokemysmolder.livejournal.com]

A holiday where you pinch people who don't wear green? That's a pretty weird holiday.

[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

It's Saint Patrick's Day. In my world Saint Patrick was a man who drove all the snakes out of Ireland...or so the legend goes. The Irish celebrate it and since America has a large Irish population...it caught on.

Embrace it. Wear green and pretend to be Irish for the day.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

...ohhh...

Okay! But...wait, I don't have anything green.

[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

Maybe find a cheap tee shirt or ribbon in one of the stores? I saw one place selling headbands with glitter shamrocks on springs. Those would work.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oooh...okay! I've still got some money from my last paycheck, I don't see how a headband or ribbon could hurt...

...what else do you do to celebrate this holiday?

[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

In general, things you're likely too young for like drink green beer and throw up. In that order.

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Um....s'St. Patrick's. Big in America for some reason. Dunno what it 'as t'do with pinching, though.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I don't either...though I don't know a lot about the holiday either. Do you celebrate it too?

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

Um....not really til last year, an' I'm out drinkin' all the time anyway so it don't make much difference, havin' a day for it.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Oh.

What else can you do besides drinking?

[justcautious.livejournal.com]

...s'the only thing I took from it, really. Wear lots of green, I s'pose.

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[ethicize.livejournal.com]

Pinching really does hurt... [Winces just thinking about it.]

Are you okay?

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[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm fine. Just confused, is all.

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[ethicize.livejournal.com]

Confused? About why they're doing it in the first place?

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[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Yeah!

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[ethicize.livejournal.com]

Oh... [Hmms.] Did anyone tell you?

I mean, there has to be a reason.