Ebisu's Inbox

[chibisu]

[For anyone who is familiar with Ebisu in person, they might be expecting the sound of a cute child on the answering machine.]

[They do not get a cute child's voice.]

[Instead, it's the voice of a young man, speaking calmly and professionally.]

Hello. You have reached the personal phone and temple of Ebisu, one of the Gods of Fortune. He and his shinki are currently busy right now, so please leave a message and someone will respond back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you, and have a nice day.

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[myblueskies]

[There's a box left at Ebisu's temple with four very enthusiastically decorated cupcakes. They are a riot of colour and have far too much icing on them, but they actually don't taste too bad for a first attempt.

There's a note in hiragana, though the writing is carefuk and therefore near.

Dear Ebisu, mister Kimi, mister Kuwami and mister Kunimi

Happy Christmas, I hope you all like cupcakes.

I don't think you can eat them with chopsticks though they are too big.

From Romeo.]

[chibisu]

[Christmas sure is a thing that just about the entirety of Ebisu's temple forgot about, at least in the traditional sense that Romeo has clearly been taught about. That means there's some bemusement at the gift, followed by some select scrambling. It's only polite, after all, to reciprocate a gift!]

[That's why, by the time he returns to his own temple, Romeo will find two boxes addressed to him, wrapped up neatly and with large bows. The first will contain a few things for him: a bento box with bird decorations on its top, a pair of chopsticks to match, and a little seal chopstick rest. The other box contains another bento box, this one purely with a cherry blossom design and a pair of fine wooden chopsticks as well.]

[There are also two notes! One from Ebisu, thanking Romeo for the gifts and that he hopes that he has a good Christmas and New Years. The other is from Kimi, who makes sure to tell him that the cupcakes were delicious, and to keep practicing using his chopsticks. If he does well, Kimi promises to teach him how to make food for his god that she's sure to like, and that they can pack in the boxes for when spring comes.]