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The Day of Night - Decorate for the holiday.

Rhea pestering Patchy while wearing her costume. He didn't think it was as funny as the child found it to be.

Spectre absolutely hates Patchy and is tense every time he comes into the house.

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Rhea is a wiggly infant and loves being held. She's hard to hold and gets pissed when she gets put down.

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Patchy runs around the yard when the mellow, cloudy sun decides to shine over Copperdale.

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Minerva is a great parent.

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Solaris It seemed as if pressure was building up and Cliff wasn't able to sleep. The sun had not yet risen and the hush of the moon cast over the sparkling snow. He went out to the square to soak up what he could muster of the winter, rolling in the ice with only the snow pals bearing witness to his actions. Solaris, the solar festival, is a symbolic turning of the year. A promise from the sun gods that arm would soon return. A last send-off as they would leave winter behind.

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Karaoke / Dance Competition Peter: "Come on Rhea, let's show these dorks how to dance." Rhea, laughing: "Definitely."

Peter: [CATCH ME]

Peter laughs like he fears losing joy forever like he might forget how to express it. As the winter creaked towards its end, the weather seemed to be milder, Peter often felt like a ghost in Rhea's cold hands. She knew she would have to wait for Peter to talk about his mother and how the changing of the seasons was affecting her, but she was willing to bet that Mercedes' relationship with her son had only gotten worse over time. To the point where now, Peter is surprised to feel happy.

Cliff orders another drink and wonders why it's not having any effect.

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Big Summer Blowout Everything was going great until the fire started. Cliff's cousin Silvir was a great help in cleaning up and doing the work to get everyone calmed down for hot cocoa while Cliff cleaned up the couch.

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Cliff has found a love of playing the violin as a way to keep him out of his own head.

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Festival of Youth Rhea got a Jasmine Holiday Simmie Capsule.

Rhea: "Are you still mad?" Peter: "Nah, prophecies are like a dime a dozen anyway." Rhea, laughing: "No but seriously, are we good?" Peter, smiling: "Yeah, regardless, I'm happy to have a unique experience with a friend who's worth keeping despite that." She threw her arms around his neck in a hug. Rhea: "Thank you." They exchanged friendship bracelets at the end of the festival, knowing that together their future was bright.

The sun sets on a great day and the festival comes to a slow, gentle close.

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Festival of Youth Rhea was in line waiting for a frozen treat when her cousin Arya Nebula ran up to her to compliment her backpack, revealing her own backpack that matched. Excitedly, Arya pointed out Peter. Arya: "Hey, Peter is your friend right? He's super cute, do you think he would talk to me? Do you think I have a chance?" Rhea's eyebrows furrowed in confusion: "I don't even know. Try I guess."

Arya: "Hey, you're Peter Rodancik, right? I'm Arya Nebula." Peter, smiling: "Hey yeah. Cool." Arya, laughing: "You're so cool Peter!" Peter, startled: "Heh, thanks Arya."

Rhea gets ice cream while she listens to her cousin cringing in front of Peter and she laughs to herself.

After her ice cream, Rhea tracks down the Yamachan to do some mountain moves in the courtyard.

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Winter Geekcon Rhea escaped school early to get to Geekcon before it would end, grades be damned. She wasn't having fun at school anyway. Snooping on the neighbors proved to be fruitless though, so she took a hit to her grades and got nothing in return but seeing mundane people doing mundane things.

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Winter Spice Festival Cliff stayed in the city well into the early morning hours and well after the festival ended and everyone went home. A dull silence fell over the city and the snow continued to fall, the only sound being the dampened sound of the basketball dribbling.

By the time Cliff returned home, Minerva had completed his National Leader portrait and hung it up in the hallway outside of his bedroom in between masterpieces created by his mother Lucy to the left and grandfather Vulcan on the right.

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Winter Spice Festival The squad was full of good sports though, everyone did their best to hold in their excitement, and their flaming breath.

Cliff and Varsana bounce confidence off of each other when they're together.

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Minerva's Artful Deal: Minerva had made great strides as a painter and found herself wondering if the time was right to push for a major gallery exhibition featuring her artwork. Unfortunately, recent discussions with museum curators have not gone particularly well. Everyone she's spoken to has complained that she just isn't well-known enough as an artist to be worth the investment.

That said, a stack of taxpayer cash would quickly change the curator's mind. The cash that Minerva coughed up to land her first art exhibit was well worth it. The museum curator (Wesley Bathory) proved himself to be a valuable partner. He immediately hung a collection of Minerva's paintings and got the word out on social media that the hottest new painter in town was making her grand debut. News spread quickly and crowds flocked to the show, with art critics raving and lauding Minerva's name,. Now as a notable newcomer, the real work begins to ensure she doesn't become a one-show wonder Cliff was a bit shocked that Minerva had used the money from the constituents to advance her career. Minerva: "Was that a bad thing?" Cliff: "It's not a good thing, especially if the tax payers find out." Minerva, guiltily looking down. Cliff: "Minerva! I had a brilliant idea. You can paint my National Leader Portrait. That way you can advance your career with my name instead of embezzlement." Minerva: "I don't know about that. Mr. Bathory is a very serious businessman. I'm not sure he's entirely honest in his dealings either." Cliff: "Well, you're a masterful painter, you deserve the recognition. Just keep the boss at arm's length. Don't do anything you're not comfortable with. Hopefully, we can pretend this didn't happen, and it goes away on its own."

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Home Visits - Cain Hauata Cain was Cliff's first serious boyfriend. They lived independently from their parents when they were barely teenagers. They had a small house on the beach in Sulani. When Their relationship ended, Cain tore out Cliff's entire garden in revenge. He blamed Cliff for losing everything. And now, after years of not speaking to each other, Cain was standing on Cliff's front porch, ringing the doorbell.

Cliff is in the middle of giving Spectre a bath when he hears the doorbell ring. Laughing, he assumed it must be Veer, returning after realizing he had forgotten something. He had no reason to expect it was anyone else.

Cliff arrives in the foyer just as the door opens and Cain enters, looking at Cliff with a wide, charming smile. Cain: "I never thought I'd find you so landlocked, pirate." Cliff: "I never thought I'd see you... again, Cain." Cain, cooly: "Don't tell me you're still mad." Cliff, raising his eyebrows: "More confused I guess. I didn't think you wanted anything to do with me after Sulani and all the drama with your dad." Cain's eyes drifted down, scanning over Cliff who stood awkwardly in front of him, no different than when he was a lanky teenager in swimming trunks. Cain: "Do you have any idea what it's like to be the ex-boyfriend of the National Leader Cliff?" Cliff pursed his lips: "No." Cain: "Oh...I do. And let me tell you, I tried real hard to stay mad at you, at him. It was exhausting though, and let's face it, you're a hard man to avoid." Cliff, his face twisting with irritation: "So write a book about it. Why show up out of the blue like this?" Cain: "Am I allowed to miss you, Cliff?" Cliff felt all the wind leave his sails and his shoulders lowered. Quietly he nodded his head. "I missed you too."

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Home Visits - Elders [shutdown noise] Cain Hauata, Cliff's first ex-boyfriend, called while Minerva was recharging and she auto-sent him a confirmation to visit.