cafeteria | mid afternoon | wednesday | 25 november

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Apparently, there was a holiday tomorrow. From what Jonas had gathered from the books he'd read, it revolved around a lot of food, togetherness and was descended from a shared meal by two very different groups long ago.

Needless to say, Jonas had never celebrated Thanksgiving in the Community. Besides ceremonies for Days of Birth, nothing had really been celebrated so Jonas found these specially singled out days as half a curiosity and half enjoyment.

And, while today wasn't the holiday, Jonas found himself in the cafeteria, idly picking at his food (mashed potatoes had a very strange texture) and paging through a book on various holidays. Christmas would, undoubtedly, be the next thing he looked up that. That holiday just seemed...complicated.

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[living_endless]

"There are seven Endless," Didi said. "I'm second. One of my brothers took off a while back." And two had died and been replaced, but that was hard to explain.

She raised an eyebrow. "Never argued at all?"

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"Seven," he said, fascinated by the thought of so many siblings. That large of a family just wasn't allowed in the Community. "I can see why arguments might occur. That's a lot of personalities in one place."

At her question, he shook his head lightly. "No, we really didn't. It was against the rules."

Like most everything was.

[living_endless]

"Yeah, one of my siblings and the brother right after me had a fight about a girl a long, long time ago," Didi said. "Basically they do everything to annoy each other when they're together. "

She smiled lightly. "There are reasons we don't have huge family get-togethers that often."

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"Does that mean you're staying on the island for the upcoming holiday?" Jonas asked.

[living_endless]

"I wouldn't miss them here," Didi said. "I take it you are, too."

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"Yes," he said, nodding. "Aside from being curious at the holiday, it's hard to resist something that encourages you to eat a lot."