#ONE WEEK UNTIL CHRISTMAS

[madamairlock]

we’ve had trouble locating - [bsg - 01x11, 02x05, 03x18]

saturnalia in space from scratch [18/24]

~ a bsg christmas calender by @madamairlock & @lalalauraroslin 💜💜

18. searching for the hidden presents

Twenty minutes later, Laura stood on the large passenger liner, a hallway of closed doors before her. Billy stood beside her, hands shoved into his pockets, and looked as confused as she did.  “What do we do?” he asked. “Just start knocking on doors?”

“I really don’t think Bill would pass my gift off onto a random civilian,” she replied, “but I don’t have any other ideas. Captain Hardy didn’t say anything?” 

“Copilot said the captain would meet us as soon as he could.” He shrugged and glanced the opposite direction down the corridor.  

“Well, frak.” Her hands landed on her hips and she took a deep breath. “Might as well.”

No one answered at the first two doors and the third door opened to reveal an older woman. She stared blankly for a moment and then smiled widely. 

“Madam President! My gods! What can I do for you?” She turned toward the cabin and added in a shout, “Carl! The President is here!”

“Hi there,” Laura said, her hands folding in front of her. She regretted her decision immediately, but forced a smile. “Have you seen Admiral Adama on board recently?”

“Admiral Adama? No, ma’am.” An elderly man walked up behind the woman and almost protectively came to stand in front of her. “We don’t get out much, I’m afraid.” 

“Oh.” She frowned and glanced at Billy, hoping he would remember better than she did. “I apologize for disturbing you; thank you for your time.”

She flashed another smile and turned away, but listened to make sure the door shut before she knocked on the next one. A little girl answered this time and it took Laura a moment to recognize the twin auburn braids that now had glittering blue and silver strands woven into them. 

“Mrs. President!” She giggled and lunged forward to hug Laura’s leg. 

From the corner of her eye, she saw both Billy and the Marine guard take a step closer, but she held up her hand and then knelt down in front of the girl. “Hello again! I love your braids.”

The little girl smiled even more widely and gently tugged on them. “I can braid your hair too!” She ran off without another word but was back before Laura could even attempt to stand up. “For you!” She extended a short strand of the same blue and silver tinsel and waited until Laura ducked her head to attempt to weave it into her hair. “Pretty!” She clapped and hands and allowed Laura to stand back up, one hand holding the tinsel so it stayed on her head. 

“Thank you.” She smiled widely. “Io Saturnalia, sweetheart.”

“Io Saturnalia! Goodbye!” The girl darted back inside and slammed the door shut, leaving Laura to shake her head and look to Billy. 

He held his hand out—for the tinsel, she assumed—but she shook her head and tried her best to keep it in place.

“It’s festive,” she said with a shrug. 

Billy laughed and they continued on down the corridor. 

It didn’t take long for her to realize no one had seen Bill, but a young couple had seen a pilot wandering the hallways earlier. Hoping there was a connection, Laura sighed and led her shadows back toward the cockpit, her fingers crossed that the captain would be available soon. 

As they approached the upper deck, the cockpit door flew open. Laura’s steps faltered and she glanced at Billy with a raised eyebrow; a voice came through the doorway. 

“I can’t find my frakking jacket. It’s so frakking cold down there!” Captain Hardy grumbled, more focused on his outfit than where he was going. He was nearly through the doorway before he looked up and noticed the people standing there. “Frak. I mean. Uh. Madam President, hello.” 

Laura held back her first reaction and instead cleared her throat. “Has Admiral Adama or any of his pilots stopped by recently?” 

“Uh, yeah.” He shrugged and then understanding dawned on his face. “Oh, you actually came! I thought it was a— Never mind, it doesn’t matter. I do have a message for you.”

She pursed her lips and tried to hide her smile. “Oh?”

“Home.” He shrugged. “Captain Thrace said you’d understand.” 

After a moment, she laughed and nodded. “Yes, I think I do. Thank you, Captain Hardy. I hope neither Captain Thrace nor I disturbed your ship too much.”

“Not at all, ma’am. You’re always welcome.” He smoothed out his shirt and smiled. “Anything else I can do to help?”

Laura shook her head. “Thank you,” she said before gesturing for the guards to move so they could return to the shuttle.  She hoped she had time to make it to Galactica before her next meeting, and there was a part of her almost tempted to reschedule it if not. She still had a present to hunt down.

[maggie-chaos23]

one week!!

[doctorsiren]

this vile creature has finally arrived ☺️

[chacerider]

happy holidays 💖🎄

[peteypiessuperfamily]

This is the worst day of my life.

[expelliarmus]

[airenyah]

no but when mhok told day to think of his plate as a clock and told him where on the clock the food was that really reminded me of one of my favorite movies from when i was in middle school which is also about blind people and where the title of the movie itself is a reference to thinking of the plate as a clock: it's called "erbsen auf halb 6" which literally translates to "peas at half past 5" (yes, "halb 6" means "half past 5", yes the numbers are different, don't worry about it)

the plot of the movie is a theater director losing his eyesight in a car accident and him being a director who kinda needs to see what's going on on stage he really doesn't take his sudden loss of vision very well. he gets assigned a helper/mentor, a lady who is blind herself and who's been blind since birth and is supposed to help him adapt to a life with disability. he ultimately runs away from her when he learns that his mother is sick to go find his mother in russia and say goodbye before she dies. his helper/mentor chases after him and they end up on a travel adventure together

it's been over a decade since i last saw the movie but i think at some point they eat and they talk about how the peas sit on the plate where it would be half past 5 on a clock?? anyway, that moment with mhok and day at the restaurant where mhok tells him the position of day's food with the help of an analog clock really reminded me of that movie

edit: i went to look for the trailer of that movie and i found the scene in question!! turns out they're at a restaurant and the helper/mentor character goes "if you imagine the plate as a clock... what numbers is the food lying on?" and the waitress is all confused going "i'm sorry?"

there are no eng subs for the trailer buuut the moment is at the very end at 2:11:

see it's a real movie i didn't just make it up kjdfkjdfk

[tethrras]

my mom literally trying to gaslight me in real time is sooo funny

[idsb]

Holy fuck I am so ANGRY and idk what to do

[blujaydoodles]

Happy holidays, my loves! May your holiday bring you the joy of bringing joy to others💕

[cesium-sheep]

aaaaaaa okey I ordered the speaker and the star projector. (and a beauty blender and a neck support and the new volume of yona and the garbage disposal cleaner matt wanted.) it was still only $35 actually out of pocket and I get my allowance in the morning which will completely replace that amount. I will definitely like the speaker and if I don't like the star projector arin will.

[yaoiconnoisseur]

it's looking like our 15 year old cat is reaching the final stage of her life.. she's not eating much anymore and she's just as skinny and lethargic as my dog was the month before she died a couple of years ago.

[has-the-gavle-goat-burned-yet]

December 25 2022

No

[just-jessiejames]

oh yeah i'm fine im writing a fanfic about two boys falling in love instead of, idk seeing a doctor for a mysterious medical problem, but yeah. no im okie dokie! definitely nothing wrong going on here

[chacerider]

happy holidays 💖👑

[bumblingbabooshka]

Watching episode one of Voyager is like watching the first act of a horror movie