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[Jason is sitting on what looks like a bunk of a cabin one might find at a camp. His back is propped against a wall and his sleeves are rolled up. He sets something aside, the slight twist of his arm briefly showing an eagle tattoo, and directs his attention to the screen. He moved too fast for you to see what he had set aside though.]

Okay, so I've been trying to do some research lately on Valor's Day since it was mentioned and I guess I didn't realize that meant we were nearing Earth's winter already. I mean...I guess it's not hard to get confused on your timeline when your abducted from your own time and dimension and brought to space.

[He shrugs. That's not his point so he presses forward.]

Anyway, that's not why I'm here. This time for me last year I was dealing with goddess-induced amnesia and going on a quest to rescue said goddess. I wasn't able to really celebrate any holidays. Which sucks because New Rome always throws a big festival this time of year. Guess I'm missing it again this year too. I know someone or maybe multiple people will be throwing parties around though, so that's good.

But before I got here I was given a title, Pontifex, that I've been more or less neglecting because I wasn't sure what to do with it here. The title basically means I'm supposed to start celebrating or at least acknowledging all of the gods again and I was hoping, before I came here anyway, to use that to help reunite the Roman and Greek camps. Kinda hard to do that from the future...and space...in another reality...

[Is he making sense still? Gods there's a reason he doesn't usually do these video things except to reply to other people. Still, his nerves don't outwardly show, except for the fact that he keeps fidgeting with something off screen.]

Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that I'd like to celebrate one of my own holiday traditions here. But the holiday in question is supposed to be about feasting and celebration which is a little hard to do by yourself. I figure the feasting part can be taken care of during the New Valor celebrations, but I thought I could at leave have a small part of the celebration of Saturnalia the way we used to do it in New Rome. We would line the Forum with hundreds of candles and have a ceremony in front of the statue to Saturn.

My section of the Habitat Deck has a small recreation of Camp Halfblood.

[Which, don't get him started on how that should be a contradiction because no one is probably going to understand but him anyway]

I don't have a Forum, but I've been working on getting candles and the right holo figure to use. Would anyone be interested in a candle-lighting ceremony before all the other celebrations begin? I imagine there are a few other traditions that follow the pattern of lighting candles or logs, so if someone wants to add that in that's fine too. Or, you know, a little quiet reflection before any more craziness starts.

[Pause and then he adds lamely.]

It just seemed strange to light all those candles by myself.

What about the rest of you? Any traditions for this time of year that you'll be missing out on?