#happy new yeeeeeear

[samwisefamgee]

sure, being the biggest idiot Alive has some drawbacks but it also causes me problems

[twilightmalachite]

Poltergeist - Prologue

Author: Akira

Characters: Madara, Natsume, Tsumugi, Sora

Translator: Mika Enstars

Proofer: Revoltrad

"Trying to solve your mistakes with monEY… That’s a scummy adult moVE…"

[Read on my blog for the best viewing experience with Oi~ssu ♪]

Season: Winter

Location: NewDi Office

ES’ first year of establishment, early January. The first work day following SS—NewDi Office…

Madara: Happy New Yeeeeeear ☆

I’m here to answer your call! Happy New Year! MaM’s Mikejima Madara is here! Time to welcome in the new year!

Hahaha! May you have a prosperous New Year! I wish for our up-and-coming idol agency, NewDi, to experience a bright future this year, too!

That is all! New Year’s greetings are over! I’ve done what I needed to do…☆

Natsume: WaIT, waIT. Were you a bomber aircraft in your past liFE? Can you not just come in shouting and yelling all over the place and then just walk away satisfiED?

Sora: Auauaua~? Auauaua~…?

Tsumugi: A-Are you alright, Sora-kun? Is it your eyes? Do your eyes hurt?

Sora: A-A huge color burst out when Sora let his guard down, so—

Madara: Ahh, that’s my bad. Sorry, sorry. Did you recognize my loud voice as color and feel it through your eyes, Sora-san? That’s pretty interesting!

Here, let Mama give you a New Year’s envelope as an apology for bein’ a bother! ♪

Sora: Yay~! ♪ With this New Year's money, now Sora can buy up all those games companies are shelling out for children for the new year!

Natsume: Trying to solve your mistakes with monEY… That’s a scummy adult moVE…

Madara: Wouldn’t it be more creepy to see a squeaky clean adult~? To live is to become dirty, no~?

Besides, since the conclusion of SS turned out to be a farce laughable enough to make tea boil in your gut[1], those of us idols who participated in the main competition were rewarded accordingly.

The massive amount of money that should’ve originally gone to a single unit has been distributed evenly.

Tsumugi: Yep. As a result, we’ve received more L$ than we know what to do with. NewDi has been struggling financially for a while now, so it’s a great help.

Natsume: As the experiment in SS nears completiON, the profits from SSVRS should be reaching our pockets shortly as weLL.

Madara: Mhm! But if I’m being honest, I don’t know what to do with all the money I’ve gotten!

I’ve attempted to give it out to show my thanks to the friends who came to help MaM out during SS…

Nearly each and every one of them snapped back at me, saying “It’s not like I came to help you for the money or anything!” in some old-fashioned tsundere style—I was completely pushed away!

So now I have way too much money left over. What should I do?

Sora: Does Mr. Giant not have any hobbies? Does he want Sora to recommend a game to him?

Natsume: It’s less that he doesn’t have any hobbies and more that he has his hands full touching grass in the real worLD, rigHT, Mikejima-senpai? You knOW, you’re a surprisingly empty persON.

Tsumugi: Is that surprising?

Madara: Quieeet! What’s up with you guys? The new year has just begun, and you’re toying around with my faults~?

If you’re looking for fun, can’t you just play Fukuwarai or Hagoita?[2]

Tsumugi: No need. Actually, Mikejima-kun, I have some news that should make you happy.

Madara: Yes? What could it be? I can’t recall anything, anything at all, but if you’re lecturing me for something that’s my fault again, then—

Natsume: Just why would you not remembER? Have you been rampaging on for so long you can no longer feel remorSE?

Madara: I’m a no-remorse, no-regrets kinda guy! Which is why I don’t like to be yelled at, because to me, I didn’t do aaaanything wrong!

Tsumugi: Hehe, so basically, Mikejima-kun, you just wanted to give us your greetings and head back before you could get a scolding, huh? You’re like a child who has misbehaved.

Natsume: Aptly pUT. You’re just like thAT, a chiLD, but with a massive boDY.

Madara: He~y, are you messing around with me for kicks again?

Natsume: Oh, not at aLL. RathER, it’s the opposiTE—ActualLY, our presideNT, who is still traveling overseAS, sends his congratulations to yOU.

Madara: Congratulations? Our president, who has a reputation for having too little presence in the company, is giving me what-now?

Natsume: Well you sEE… Thanks in part to SS, NewDi’s managemeNT, which has always been small and weak as an agenCY, just like a little peeping baby biRD, has begun to show signs of stabiliTY.

Thanks to your work in Double Face, obstacles behind the scenes have been eliminatED, tOO.

Developments continues on like sO, so operations are going strongly within the agenCY—

As presideNT, he wants to reward us for NewDi’s breakthrough as its affiliated uniTS… It’s sort of like thAT.

Madara: Is that true? So if we hadn’t been holding down the fort, this small and weak agency would have been crushed and eradicated long ago?

Tsumugi: Maybe so. But through this, we were able to survive.

It’s likely not a gift to us in the spirit of the New Year, but rather… As a way of recognizing our achievements thus far, the president has awarded us a bonus.

Madara: A bonus? More money? Right after I said that I don’t need any more of it?

Natsume: YeAH. That’s about how the rest of us reactED, tOO. The idols within our agency aren’t too obsessed with monEY.

Tsumugi: Ahaha~, which is exactly why we’re losing in this competitive capitalistic society! ♪

Sora: HaHa~♪ When Tsuka-chan in Knights heard he was going to get money, he said “Is this an insult!?” and got all angry for some reason~!

Madara: Hahaha, we’re quite the troublesome bunch, aren’t we? ♪

Natsume: You’re at the top of the liST, you know thAT?

StiLL, if we rejected the bonus like thAT, it’d make the director lose faCE. In other worDS… Seems even the president was a little uneasy about thAT, you sEE?

And so he started saying that it doesn’t have to be monEY, but he’ll grant us anythiNG, anything at aLL.

Tsumugi: He basically said, “Now, make a wish. I’ll make it come true, no matter what it may be.”

Madara: I don’t remember having collected the Dragon Balls.

Tsumugi: Well, anyhow, if you have any wishes, now's the time to tell me, essentially.

Natsume: The president boasted “any wish you waNT,” but this is a small and weak agency in the eND—So your wish can only be so bIG.

Tsumugi: But the president really seemed willing to do anything you’d like. So if there’s anything you have qualms with, please let me know, this might even be your chance to speak out about agency management policies.

Madara: Hmmm…?

Tsumugi: Well, by all means, take your time to think about it. Apart from that, Mikejima-kun, are you free right now?

Madara: Aren’t I always free, whether I like it or not?

Sora: Wanna come with us for Hatsumode[3], then? It was too busy to go during the New Year’s holiday, so Sora and the others were talking about going now~! ♪

Madara: Haha, everyone’s still feeling the New Year’s festivities, even though today’s supposed to be the first day back at work…♪

Madara: (…I wonder if that’s why I’m feeling festive too. I just came up with an “outlandish idea”~. ♪)

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The Japanese saying heso ga cha o wakasu (lit. to boil tea within your navel) is used to describe something ridiculously laughable, comparing one's belly when laughing hard to a boiling tea kettle.

Two popular New Year's celebration games. Fukuwarai is a little similar to “pin the tail on the donkey”, but with players trying to correctly arrange facial features on a blank face while blindfolded. Hagoita, or Hanetsuki, is a racket and shuttlecock game, much like badminton but without a net.

Hatsumode is the first shrine visit of the year, as part of New Year's festivities. Typically done on the first couple of days of the new year. Traditionally, New Year's wishes are made and omamori (good luck charms) are bought. It's also popular to draw an omikuji to receive your fortune; hence the omikuji feature during Enstars' New Year's campaigns.

[kynvillingur]

HAPPY NEW YEEEEEEAR

[bestdressedchuuya]

Happy new yeeeeeears

[flowerygn]

happy new yeeeeeear everyone :)

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

SHAN HAPPY NEW YEAR AND IS THAT A NEW LAYOUT I SEE IT'S NICE

HAPPY NEW YEEEEEEAR, YEAH I'M TRYING OUT NEW STUFF, THANK YOUUU <3

Wishing you the best year ever 💞

[baileyboo2016]

hAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY NEEEEWWWWWWWWW YEAR!

NEW YEAR HAPPY!

HAPPY NEEEEEWWWWWWWWW YEAR!

MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE HAPPY!

YOUR NEW YEAR IS HAPPY!

HAPPY NEW YEEEEEEAR!!!! ZINGA-DINGDING!!!!

(i’m still in 2023 rn…)

[silentwalrus1]

Last chapter of the decade ;) snort up lads

[inky-bun]

Happy new yeeeeeear

I’m dead

[disneyfairiesfanclub]

Happy New Yeeeeeear~!! 🎉🎊🎉

yeaaaay you too!!!

hope you celebrated it great :)

[exoticanary]

YO, ELMO WANTS TO GIVE BIG BIRD A NEW YEARS KISS-- MWAH!

She couldn’t lie and say it was all in the champagne. Because well, they hadn’t touched the bottle until the ball dropped anyway – but there were at least a dozen other drinks involved. Big Bird always prided herself on her tolerance but, hell, it’s a party, and she’s with friends, and there’s no reason to not get absolutely shitfaced.

She hadn’t had this much fun in a while, and she was really starting to get weak-hearted. Oh, as much as he hated her, she really enjoyed having him as a neighbor. She could just kiss him, but her eyes are easy to drift, finding that familiar red head; and Big Bird’s arms twist around her, trying to hold herself upright as best she can. It’s hard to stand, she realizes, but it doesn’t worry her – Big Bird laughs instead, pulls herself close with all of the strength she can muster.

“ Are you having fun? ”  It’s important to her, that Elmo’s having fun, too. Somewhat upright now, she tucks a strand of hair behind Elmo’s ear.  “ I’m having soooooooooo much fun! ” Stroking the side of Elmo’s cheek, she slowly leans in to give her a kiss – gentle at first, but quick to rise with passion.  “ Happy Neeeew Yeeeeeear, dear. ”

[phoenixswift]

I've heard that 2019 is the year of the bat so happy New Yeeeeeear

I think it’s the year of the pig (I only quickly looked it up I could be wrong)

But really, every year is the year of the bat around me, so you’re right in a sense!

[cilly-murphy]

Happy New Year!! I hope you have a great one 🏃‍♀️🔪😩

the subtle messaging behind those emotes leah 😩👌 HAPPY NEW YEEEEEEAR ❤️

[zenmai--jikake--no--komoriuta]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox of the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. spread the positivity! 💙❤️💙

an ask! it’s been yeeeeeears /sobs quietly

replaying games that I really like, or that I haven’t played in ages ((eg. speedrunning Spyro 1, trying a new FM in Thief, or doing my annual rerun of FFVII))

stuffed animals and plushies! I have a billion and I’m probably way too sentimental about them all, a-aha

cafe & coffee shop ambience, especially on rainy days ((MyNoise is an absolute lifesaver for this when you’re unable to go out-- I seriously can’t recommend this site enough, and not just for the cafe babble generator either))

finding an interesting story and accidentally spending a good couple of hours binge-reading and getting really invested in it especially when it’s already 2am and you need to sleep early for uni /hides ((it’s not conventional, but I personally recommend the 2ch stories vgperson has translated-- they run the gamut from amusing to bittersweet, and I find a lot of them pretty thought-provoking, to the point that some have influenced my worldview of some things a little))

listening to really good music, or finding hella nice songs and covers unexpectedly

[ehy1]

HAPPY NEW YEEEEEEAR!!!!

I hope you guys have had an amazing year!!!! Being realistic EVERY YEAR has good and bad things BUT we can remember each year in learning from our mistakes, and enjoying every memory, good or bad. And I want to send you BIG BIG HUGS and A LOOOOOT OF KISSES.

DULCURAS PRECIOSAS DIVINAS LAS AMOOOOO GRACIAS POR ESTAR CONMIGO EN ESTE AÑO. Les mando deseos para su salud y felicidad !!!!!!!!

Right now I'm dying because it seems like my stomach wants to kill me 😅😅 BUT that is not stopping me from having a BEATIFUL END OF THE YEAR WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY !!!!

❤️💕👌💕❤️🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊⭐️⭐️😄😄😄

LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!

🎉🎉🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊⭐️⭐️👌👌👌😄😄😄😄

BYYYYEEEEEE !!!!

[everlind]

saffronheliotrope replied to your post YAAAY IT IS THE 14tH HERE AND THAT MEANS– :D :D :D...

New tattoo!? That’s exciting!

Yes and no, yeeeeeears ago I had my foot tattood. It's a huge watercolor-like thing of flowers drifting on a pond and a koi visible under the water. And its beautiful and I love it, but it FADED like a motherfucker since, apparently, tattoos on your feet are prone to fading a lot. but, being in retail and working part time made that I did not have the financial resources to get it touched up. Tattoo artist dude moved to Germany, and yeah. Bummer.

Fulltime working means I can finally afford splurging on that, so I looked up a guy who does this particular style of tattoos here in Belgium, and went there.

As much as I loved the all-color, he put a delicate black outline on it and pops of color to liven it up again -I am super happy with the result.

Still need to go back to get the fish done in a month.