[ Story of Setsuko, Viscet #1086 ]

[✦ nemuri]

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Setsuko's Diary
Around The City We Go
Meeting Nabi And The Animals
Possessive Ligonem And Ouija Boards
Winter Greetings To You As Well
Writer's Block Alert
To Spend Christmas Alone
Merry Christmas

An Afterword
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Entry Form
Music To Play While You Read
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[✦ nemuri]

December 4th, ____

xxxxA new diary, a fresh start. How exciting. Well, I suppose I should introduce myself, haha.

Kon'nichiwa, my name is Setsuko, but I can be referred to as Setsu, Suko, Tsu, Ko, whatever you want to call me really. I'm an aspiring writer who's low on ideas, so I suppose writing down my thoughts and ideas could help me boost my brain power a little. I fully support ~W I N T E R~ and it's a little sad to see people hate on said season because it can get cold. As someone born on Christmas, this is sad indeed.

I don't have many friends, due to a little 'incident', as one can call it. After all, who would even dream of befriending someone as airy and loves escapism like me? I wouldn't even like myself to be honest, haha. But don't worry, I'm not depressed... Or mentally ill. You can trust me on that. There's absolutely nothing wrong with me.

Ouch, that sounded a little insulting to those who are, uh, you know. I'm sorry, it wasn't intended, I swear.

Okay, now that I've explained myself and everything, it's time for me to explain the whole purpose of you, diary. I'm probably gonna write some random excerpts and ideas that I grabbed off the top of my head, which I don't think is going to be particularly effective, to be honest. Oh well, I'll somehow make it work... Somehow.

Wow damn, I just said the same word twice in a sentence. Go figure.

What should I write now? Note to self: Drop by the city sometime later

Shoot I've misplaced my eraser, you can't see anything above. Nothing happened.

Oh yeah! How's this for a story?

'As the snow fell around the Viscet, he curled up and tried to conserve what little amounts of body heat he had left. He couldn't go on for much longer, that he knew, but something told him to stay strong, and to last for a bit longer. The snow clumped in his fur and blinded his vision, and rendered him unable to move. What reason did he have left to fight? None. He was an orphaned Viscet; his mother had died earlier on when the snow had first fell. This eternal winter was bitter and harsh. Yet there was still that one spark, that one belief that things would indeed be alright, like the fairy tales had often said. So he kept on believing.'

That... Was either the mediocre-est thing I have ever written or an utter piece of trash. That I can say for sure.

Ah, it's getting late. I should be sleeping by now. Farewell, farewell for now, diary.


~Setsuko

[✦ nemuri]

December 7th, ____

xxxxWelcome back, diary! Or rather, I'm the one coming back to you. It's snowing so hard right now I can almost delude myself into believing that this is a blizzard. Obviously it's not, but it's fun to imagine it happening though, right?

I took a visit to the city earlier, even though it was snowing, albeit not as hard. I ran out of ingredients to make chocolate covered sugar cookies, and it was such a dilemma that I had to go immediately. Luckily the chocolatier was relatively close to where I live, but I still wanted to take a look at the shops around the city square. Who knows, maybe there are some gifts that were just aching to be bought.

I can't believe they have the Christmas trees all set up.

I can't believe they were already playing Christmas music.

I can't believe that everything was so gosh darned expensive.

Maybe I should pursue economics instead of literature, since those stores seem to make a lot of money. However, I'm not fond of how the value of currency can fluctuate randomly and how the price of eggs are suddenly raised by two whole dollars.

Be honest Setsuko, there's a lot of things you aren't fond of

Guess who forgot their eraser again.

At least the city had that winter-y and Christmas-y vibe to it. I liked it, I suppose. I did see a lot of younger Viscets playing in the snow. I saw one that was hit in the face with a snowball. Thankfully there wasn't any ice with the snowball. The adults were just sitting by, talking calmly to each other while sipping coffee/hot chocolate/tea/whatever the heck they were drinking. Do I have to know the specifics of what someone else was consuming? No, I think not.

Ahh, seeing the beautiful city landscape makes me want to write again. However, I've been coming down with a rather severe case of writer's block, but hopefully it should go away by the time Christmas rolls around again. I don't have very many days however. I'm not completely confident that I'll be filled to the brim with ideas in a few weeks.

Well, I plan to, at least.

New lesson, times slips by so quickly. I need to go, the cookies are going to burn otherwise.

~Setsuko

[✦ nemuri]

December 11th, ____

xxxxI'm back with a mug of hot cocoa and my scarf. My hat's by the hook somewhere, and frankly I don't feel like putting it on at the moment. Although it could provide some bits of heat, I doubt the effects can last long.

I was fairly busy today as well as the past few days. I was kind of lonely, so I decided to drop by an animal shelter and see what sorts of pets I can adopt. Luckily for me, I have found my perfect soulmate. Meet Marshmallow, my new cat. Okay, maybe Marshmallow wasn't the best name for my Siamese cat, but screw that and deal with it. I get to name my cats whatever I want to and you can't do a single thing.

I also met a pretty blue Viscet at the shelter. Her name's Nabi, and apparently she's Korean. I found that pretty intriguing, and we hit off right away. She's really cute and totally my type, but then she started talking about her crush. Okay, I'm pretty intense but I'm not that intense, and I know when to back off. Such a shame though. She likes animals a lot and seemed confident, but the moment I mentioned about her heterochromania eyes and her bright blue fur her face immediately fell. I have no idea what I did wrong but I felt right to apologize, so that's what I did.

All negativity aside, Nabi was the one who introduced Marshmallow to me. Since I have zero experience in taking care of a cat, I traded my contact number with Nabi so I can ask for any assistance when Marshmallow is acting funny. Marshmallow is a funny cat, so I guess I'll be using that number a lot.

It's not my fault that I have no experience in raising cats, or any sort of animal, at that matter

I've officially given up in trying to find my erasers, I need to remind myself.

NOTE: REMEMBER TO BUY ERASERS

I wrote that in a blue ballpoint pen so that it would stand out more. Shame on me if I somehow miss it.

Seriously if I somehow miss that then I must be as blind as a bat because missing that should be impossible to do.

Anyways! Yeah I met Nabi today as well as a cat, Marshmallow, who's currently residing in my lap. She's the purr-fectest kitten ever.

~Setsuko

[✦ nemuri]

December 15th, ____

xxxxI saw Nabi again when she was in town. She was with this scary looking Viscet with a beauty mark that reminded me suspiciously of a spade... Oh wait, it was a spade. Scratch that. She was walking around and talking to the people around her while he just walked behind, scowling and glaring at anyone who dared to lay their eyes on her for more than a second.

Namely, me.

So you can imagine his displeasure when Nabi spotted me and dragged him along to greet me. I learned that his name was Ligonem, and aside from his sour personality, he can be rather sweet. I learned that Ligonem really liked spirits and ouija boards for whatever reasons, but I won't ask in case he decides to hate me even more. Nabi informed me of the time when Ligonem actually found a working ouija board, summoned a spirit, and managed to annoy the poor spirit. Ligonem denied the annoy part, but from what I can tell he did summon a spirit, which was cool yet sort of freaky at the same time. Like, who in this world would go out of their way to see a spirit, let alone summon one?

He's possessive and absolutely insane.

On a side note, I remembered to buy an eraser! Hallelujah! But seriously though like I said before if I didn't see that then I must've been totally blind because missing a thing like that would be something worth of shame.

Oh yeah, here's some more facts that I managed to pick up about Ligonem.
He's crazy.
He's insane.
He's stupid but kinda cool at the same time.
He can be friendly.
He's definitely insane.
He likes Nabi but won't ever admit it.
He's a tsundere.

I hold no regrets for writing this. I don't care if Ligonem ever finds this, because even so he still has no leverage over me because Nabi dotes on me way too much for her own good.

She's such a precious cinnamon roll that I want to each up right now. Nabi's really nice to everyone as well, although she shows her strict and motherly side to Ligonem way more. Man if I didn't like Nabi so much then those two would be my ideal OTP (one true pairing).

Hey, even writers can ship Viscets and people together!

~Setsuko

[✦ nemuri]

December 18th, ____

xxxxI took another trip around town, and there was this nice fellow handing out free candy canes. He gave one to me, and wished me a merry Christmas, which I did so as well. The people in town are so friendly, maybe I should leave my recluse of a mountain some more and pay more visits to them.

For once I actually saw Ligonem without Nabi. He was poking around in a bakery, trying to decide if he should get a baguette or some bagels or some cupcakes. I snuck up to him, and quietly suggested to get the cupcakes. He jumped and let out this super girly yell that startled everyone in the bakery. I'm sure that they all hate him now.

Anyways, he bought the cupcakes and offered one to me. I haven't eaten my candy cane yet, so I took the cupcake, crushed my candy cane, and sprinkled the bits of candy on top of my cupcake like some sort of topping before eating it. It was absolutely delicious. When I asked Ligonem if he had gotten a candy cane, the idiot had wrinkled his nose and said that he didn't eat food for children. Who in their right mind would ignore free candy?

Answer: Ligonem the stupid idiot, obviously.

When I asked him what he was doing in the bakery, he said that he wanted to get something for Nabi. Turns out my suggestion for cupcakes was the right call, even though I was acting on what my own stomach was saying.

We walked around the plaza without speaking, occasionally entering some stores until I noticed that I had to go soon. I bade Ligonem farewell and told him to Nabi my best wishes, and he wrinkled his nose again before telling me to get going.

The nerve.

Ah, I apologize that this journal entry is relatively short. I'm running low on time once again, but it's nice to write in you after a while.

~Setsuko

[✦ nemuri]

December 21st, ____

xxxxGuess who came down with a severe case of writer's block? That's right, it's this beautiful and glamorous Viscet who's currently writing and trying not to make a fool out of themselves. I kind of failed that last part since I'm cringing at myself and I really should erase that but I lost my eraser again. Oh the joy of tearing out one's fur in agony and despair.

Hey, I'm pretty good at this describing thing. But I know that if I try to apply it to my writing it turns to slush. Damn it.

On a side note, there's only four more days until the terror that is known as Christmas. Do I like Christmas? No, not in particular, but like every other self respecting Viscet I have learned to deal with it. Sort of. However, I did buy a few Christmas cards to give to a few Viscets, namely Nabi and Ligonem. Do I know any others? Yeah probably, but would they want to associate themselves with me? Perhaps not.

Anyways, I went to town again yesterday and bought a few books to read. I was running low on inspiration like always, so I thought that maybe reading would help boost my brain power a little. It did work to a certain extent, I suppose, but it's going to be a while until it actually takes effect. Man, if only writing stories came to me as naturally as rambling on and on about useless things...

For example, I could chat your ear off about the mysteries and the intrigue of music but I can't write a story based off a song or something. I could probably talk on and on about this certain game but not be able to write a story about someone playing a video game because that's kind of boring. As you can tell, I am quite the picky Viscet. What can you do about it? Nothing, that's what.

Oh, there's a hockey game that will be starting in a bit. I'll have to stop writing now, but I'll see you again later, diary.

~Setsuko

[✦ nemuri]

December 24th, ____

xxxxYo I'm back, alone again, I suppose. That time of the year has rolled by again, huh. How disappointing. I was seriously hoping that some sort of incident would occur and stall Christmas out, but apparently that's not the case. I don't like being alone, even though I'm alone most of the time. I don't know what to say. There's nothing to say. Nabi and Ligonem are busy, but I think they're going to drop by later tomorrow.

Holding on until tomorrow will be the hardest thing that I've ever done in my life, I'm going to assume. Next year, I plan to move down from my recluse of a mountain and interact more, probably.

That reminds me, you're almost all filled up. I'm going to have to replace you if I want to keep writing in a diary.

To distract me from this strange feeling of emptiness, I filled out the cards that I bought the other day. I'm going out later tonight and dropping them off in Nabi and Ligonem's mailbox. Hopefully they don't throw it away, but knowing those two, they most likely won't. They're so sentimental it makes me gag sometimes.

I'll be honest. I'm not feeling the greatest, so I'll probably cut this entry off soon when I have nothing else to say. My hot chocolate is cooling on the counter, and I'm running out of things to read so as I drop off the cards in Nabi and Ligonem's mailbox I'll go and buy more books.

I know that I should probably get a library card and borrow books instead but I don't have the time to go and return the books. Besides, being the scatterbrained Viscet I am, I'm probably going to leave the books at my place until they go missing or seriously overdue. It's just not worth the effort.

Feeling kinda sick now. Gotta go. Bye.

~Setsuko

[✦ nemuri]

December 25th, ____

xxxxHey it's Christmas now and guess who's sick? That's right, it's the one and only me.

Nabi and Ligonem did indeed stop by even when I told them this morning that I was sick and that they shouldn't visit me. Obviously they ignored me, and even brought alone medicine. I'm really grateful to have such good friends even though I don't spend much time with them, oops. I should straighten my priorities and spend some time on other Viscets as well...

They got my Christmas cards and said that they liked it. At least, Nabi did. All Ligonem did was walk up to me and give me a noogie. Like, what the hell? Is that a proper way to greet a friend, or at least, an acquaintance? No, I don't think so. Screw you Ligonem Oh damn I forgot my eraser again. Whoo hoo, out of this entire diary, I only had the eraser with me once. That's got to be some sort of new record for me for leaving my eraser somewhere and forgetting about it.

Enough talk about erasers! I realize that I'm being quite the potty mouth and I apologize, but as you may be able to tell, it's because I'm sick and I'm annoyed and -
If I continue I'm probably gonna end up swearing and that's the last thing I want so I'll leave this statement as it is.

Right, I went out yesterday and bought Nabi and Ligonem some chocolates. They seemed to like it, which was a relief, since I haven't gotten any sort of Christmas presents for anyone since... Four or five years ago. In return Nabi gave me a cat toy for Marshmallow, and Ligonem got me an eraser and a gift card to who knows where, and strangely enough I've managed to misplace both items. Earlier I turned my home upside searching for the items (after Nabi and Ligonem had left, of course) but to no avail.

Speaking of which, it turns out that reading all those books really do help. Here's a random excerpt:

'The cat blinked, stiffening, as its white fur stood on the end. It didn't know exactly what was happening, but it had an inkling that there was something watching it. Taking soft breaths, its crystal blue eyes darted from corner to corner, until they landed on a sole target: an squirrel, unaware of its surroundings and unaware of the fact that it was most likely going to be killed soon. The cat stepped lightly, paws crinkling on the pristine snow, and leaped. The squirrel was caught off guard, and all that was registered in its mind was the fact that it was going to die. In its last moments the squirrel died alone, save for the cat. The cat, satisfied with its kill, left the carcass of the squirrel, unwanting to eat, as it had killed the squirrel only for sport.'

Man that's a cruel cat. At least eat what you killed, brat. Hey that rhymed

But yeah, otherwise my Christmas was uneventful. Well, it contained more excitement and anticipation than the other years, I suppose. I'm definitely grateful Nabi and Ligonem for spicing up my Christmas, haha.

There's no more space left. I'll hopefully add another page of lined paper for a final entry, but I'm not sure if I'm going to actually do it.

~Setsuko

[✦ nemuri]

January 7th, ____

xxxxIt's been several weeks, but hello again, diary. Well, this is technically another sheet of paper taped to the back cover, but these small details aren't necessary, are they?

During the rest of the holidays, I spend more time with Nabi and Ligonem. I'm finally on good terms with Ligonem, but he refuses to see me as a female because apparently I'm too "masculine" for him. Well, seeing how he acts around Nabi, maybe it's a good thing that he sees me as a guy. Still, it hurts my pride and my inner femininity because he doesn't see me as a female.

I read more stories, and wrote a little more. Not much though, but now that a new year has started, maybe my brain juices will start to run and help me out a little.

... That actually sounds kind of gruesome. I'm sorry diary for defiling you.

This piece of paper is actually rather small, so I can't fit much onto here. I'm sorry. I'll probably keep you for a few more weeks until I throw you out. But please know that during December, when I did own you, I had a good time writing all my thoughts into you. You were like the in real life best friend I never had until Nabi came along.

Sorry again.

~Setsuko