Need to talk privately with Cilan? Send him a message via the crystal or carrier pigeon? Want to meet with him without posting a log for it? Here's the place to do it!
[Luckily for you, Cilan is in fact a morning person, so he'll be able to open the door upon hearing Red's knocking, and greet him with a bright and cheery smile upon seeing who it is.]
Oh, hello Red! What can I do for you on this wonderful morning we're having today?
[...That sure is a lot of bags you've got with you though, what are those for...]
Cilan! [ Yes, that's the way we greet you. ] I brought you the presents we talked about! [ The party was that day, wasn't it, just let Red bend down to pick up the straps of a bag, shifting it a little closer in Cilan's direction- ]
This one's White and Silver's [ what the heck is in there, that looks a little big... ] and then this one --
[ this one he's going to actually pick up in his hands, carefully enough that he actually bends down to do so with his hands at either side, the straps hanging over the top in what looks like an actually pretty full bag, and like there's more than just one gift inside... ]
This one's for you! [ Said after a small huff, and then he's looking down at it. ] Be careful, it's pretty heavy, and don't shake them, alright? Actually, you might wanna open the one there [ said with a nod ] early.
Oh! [Cilan reaches out to try to help Red with that bag. He's about to say something about Silver and White's gifts, but then he's distracted by the mention of his own gifts, like any person would be.]
Does that mean it would be okay to open this one right now?
[...Cilan you are supposed to be known as mature and patient, not giving Red that sparkly-eyed look like a kid who wants to open their Christmas presents early.]
Sure! [ actually you know what- ] You can open them all now if you want!
[ You do what makes you happiest, Cilan. Red lets the hold go over to him, and geeze, does that feel weighty? You bet it does. ]
I think I got too much... [ admitted sheepishly, but then more positively: ] but I hope there's something in there you like! I just got whatever made me think of you!
Here, let's get these bags inside alright? [Just gonna grab this bag here and hold the door open so that Red can move past and bring the others into the house.] While you're here, do you want anything to drink?
[He can make tea or hot chocolate or whatever Red wants, if he plans on sticking around for a bit?]
Oh, no. Thanks, but I can't. [ Eheh. ] I still need to get the rest of these to people. [ All those other bags... ] Gengar, you'll watch them, right?
[ Gengar who- ah, look at that great pearly-white smile and a pair of eyes making themselves known, and just a tiny claw to take a wiggle in Cilan's direction (heellllo there) before fading back out. That Gengar. But Red's lifting up one of the other bags. ]
But I'll bring the other gifts in! Is it still okay to leave these with you?
[ White and Silver's, anyway. He's looking at the door, but...if Cilan's changed his mind at all...! ]
[Gengar... no, you know what, we are totally not going to allow the sight of Gengar to try to ruin our good mood, so he focuses his attention on the bags Red is holding.]
Yes, of course! [And here, he offers a small salute with a free hand and a wink.] Don't worry, you can count on us to take care of these gifts, as well as have them delivered to their proper recipients!
[So come on, let's get White and Silver's stuff inside, and then we can focus on checking out what it was that Red brought for us...]
[ You're a bro, Cilan. Red brings in the gift bag, following Cilan to wherever he might like them placed (a quick 'here?' to be certain before putting it down), and you know, he can stick around just to watch the gym leader's attention return to his own collection of presents.
...Though, Red feels himself get a little awkward, rubbing the back of his beck before Cilan's even gotten to peel at any of the paper. ]
Um, I hope they're okay... [ Didn't he already say that, uh. ] Should I go? I can go if you want-!
[ Help he doesn't know how to do this Christmas thing apparently, all his years of life have not prepared him for this day.
But Cilan's free to get through the gifts--or even start on one--through Red's flusters, and you know what here you go Cilan, here is the List:
- A box of sweet pastries all packed together, and an extra few sitting on top of some underneath, like more were added than was bought originally. The underside of the lid has a list of each pastry name, and where it came from. (Equalivalents of a mile-feuille, lemon cream cheese fruit tartlet, eclair, red velvet cake, and a row of macarons. - A kiwi lime chiffon cake - Another, much larger box of an assortment of biscuits (the verens equalvalients to ginger biscuits, jammie dodgers, shortbread fingers, digestives, viennese whirls, and chocolate chip cookies). It is the bigger box of the lot, meant to be shared with Cilan's pokémon too. - A gift selection small jam jars - A gift pack of scented candles - A vegetarian cookbook with a lot of green colours and pretty pictures - Tea - A black hardcover notebook with a strap to keep it secure, as well as a metallic pen to go with it - Another book, but flimsy and smaller in content. On the front is written: 'Kanto Gym Leaders & The Elite Four' Inside states the name of each gym leader, their type specialty and a small copy of their badge in pen (but signs they were drawn first in pencil). Each page has been numbered in the corner, and every page goes into where their gym is, a little that Red remembers about them, and the pokémon they used when he challenged them. Only the Elite Four have a full team of 6 written out. On the inner side of the front cover is a message from Red: Cilan
This is everything I know about the gym leaders and the Elite Four in Kanto. Challenging them is more fun than reading about them, but I thought an expert gym leader like you would want to know everything about the ones from other regions! You can ask me questions if you ever want to know more!
Red
Like the list, the cakes are on top. Please be careful. ]
No no, please stay for just a moment longer! I still need to...
[And then he's trailing off a bit as he glances inside the bag...sweet Arceus, this is a lot more than what he was expecting.]
I... are all of these gifts for me? [just... gotta ask here because clearly we must be mistaken, only one of those things is meant to be for us, right...]
[...Have you ever seen the anime "K-ON"? Or any other Kyoani slice of life anime that likes to occasionally draw the eyes of a character like this?
Now imagine that look on Cilan, but thankfully no waterfall tears included yet. He might be waving his hand about rather erratically like the person in the above gif though as he speaks.]
Th... this is quite an an unexpected taste! These can't all be for me, I... I don't even know what to say!
[He's never gotten so many gifts from a friend for Christmas before ...actually, he can't recall the last time he ever received gifts from friends for Christmas until now, so yeah, he was not expecting Red to get him so many nice things.]
[ It's a nervous laughter that's at least not coming a completely awkward place. He's had a few Christmases with Green, but this type of exchange was something utterly different, and he's shaking his head quickly at it all the small time flailing. ]
You don't have to say anything. All that matters is you like something from it, even if it's just one thing!
[ Should he keep talking? Let's try keep on talking, bring out that shounen spirit of his!! ]
And you've been a great friend to me since I came here, and... [ nope, shounen spirit is failing, let's just admit- ] really, most of it's just food, it's not as big as it looks! But there should be enough there to share with your pokémon too!
[ The most important part!! Especially the biscuits. ]
[Telling Cilan that he doesn't have to say anything is pretty much impossible, because Cilan is still going to talk anyway, man. Especially as he reaches out to grasp Red's hands in his, smiling so brightly that he might in fact end up near-blinding poor Red here with it.]
No, no, I simply have to say something, such an amazing gift simply cannot go without gratitude! This is such a splendid taste, having such a wonderful friend like you that thinks of us so highly of us like this... so thank you, Red, this really means a lot to me!
[Look at all those K-ON shoujou-esque sparkles and bubbles, someone is really happy right now and it's all thanks to you.]
And come on now, don't say it's "just food"--it's quite thoughtful of you to have picked out such a wide variety of sweets with many different flavors for my Pokemon and I to enjoy. [Ahaha] Plus, I must admit, it can be fun to taste and compare food that I had no hand in making. Occasionally, it even helps give me ideas for something new to create or even improve the quality of my own cooking in the kitchen.
[ Cilan, you're too kawaii for this thread...! Red didn't come here to dip his head with embarrassment, finding himself unable to fiddle around with his hands with them now firmly held by Cilan's, though the touch is perhaps the first where he hasn't wanted to take any part of himself away. Ugh...!
But Red can live with all of this, finally smiling properly again and lifting his chin to face Cilan. ]
I wrote down the names of all the cakes and where I got them on the inside of the flap! Most of them are from my favourite cake shop-- I can take you there sometime. They do delicious smoothies too!
Oh, that sounds great! I'd love to try them sometime...
[...And then, he suddenly claps his hands together.] Ah, but first! I have something for you as well--if you don't mind waiting for just a few seconds, I can go get it for you!
[He doesn't exactly give Red a chance to decline or say that he can wait to get his own Christmas gift later though, as Cilan's already letting go of Red's hands now to wander off somewhere back into the house.
...Although, a few seconds seems to turn into a few minutes, but just hang tight, I'm sure he'll be back out soon once he stops giving this gift a once-over and nit-picking some last minute details of it...?]
[ --ah, there Cilan goes, zooming off at the speed of light. Red doesn't mind waiting, though as those seconds do turn into minutes, he gets restless on his feet, tipping his head back to look for any sign of the guy returning, wondering if he should take a seat (that would be okay, right), but instead finally going for the option of- ]
Cilan?
[ calling. Are u ok buddy, did you fall down and now you can't get up. ]
[The instant Red calls his name, Cilan is suddenly zooming back out, nearly skidding into the doorframe but avoiding it at the last second as he turns on his heel towards Red, a box in hand.]
Sorry for the delay! I just wanted to make sure everything was in order here...
[He does seem to hesitate for a second more though, before he then hands the gift out for Red to take.]
Here, I hope this is to your liking!
[If Red decides to go ahead and open it, he'll find that it's a box full of a wide variety of colorful macaroons, biscuits, cupcakes, and other delicious sweets, no doubt made by Cilan himself. There's even some treats he's made that seems to be exclusively for Red's Pokemon, little labels indicating how a fire-type like Charizard will like this one, or how this other one will be enjoyed by Lapras, and so on. There's also a pair of red winter gloves because Cilan could not remember whether or not he remembered seeing you wearing any back when they went Christmas shopping together (you had a scarf, but gloves...?) so, you know, here's the equivalent of Mom getting you socks a pair that you can use in case you don't already have some. (And hey, if you did already have a pair, Gengar could probably wear these and that would be the closest Cilan gets to expressing gift giving for a ghost?)
Underneath the gloves though are what appears to be some paper. Unlike the book Red gave Cilan with info about the gym leaders of Kanto, it looks like something you'd expect to see on a keyring full of recipe cards, but instead of recipes having been written down, it looks like it can be used for Red to take notes or write information on for just about anything, with a ring that he can use to attach to his bag or belt or what have you for quick access. (Perhaps just in case there's someone with a Pokemon that shows up that doesn't register on the pokedex right away until it's able to be upgraded again? Or even for taking notes on the non-Pokemon living here?) There is a quick note that he seems to have added in the time he left Red in the doorway that says if Red would like something similar to the notes he gave us about the gym leaders of Kanto, Cilan would be more than happy to write about what he knows of the Unova gym leaders to give Red in exchange.
The other bit of paper is a folded note that is... really kind of sappy, wishing Red all the best for this holiday season, and for the general future as well. It also concludes with the following: "Red, I hope you know how proud I am of you--not just because of your abilities as a Pokemon Trainer, but for all of the hard work and effort you've shown during our stay here as well. I'm honored to be friends with someone as great as you are."]
Red holds the box in his hands, looking down at it in a way like he doesn't know what to do with it or what it's for. Except of course he does, his mind just needing to catch up for the smile to grow on his face and for the grip of his fingers to go in a little more, and Red's not about to sparkle or twinkles or any of those things, but you would surely not guess it's winter outside between the pair of these guys.
It takes the word seemingly forever to come bursting out from his mouth, but it finally will- ]
Thanks! [ You wouldn't think that would be so hard. And now, just let him tilt it eveer so slightly, curious and then looking back over to Cilan. ]
Yes, by all means! I think they would like this taste, too.
['Cause apparently great minds think alike and they both ended up getting each other food that can be given to or otherwise shared with their Pokemon... ^^;;]
[ Great minds think alike because Red cheated and asked Cilan all that time ago. ]
Thanks again. [ Ah, how he would like to give a better thanks-- but he looks back over towards the door he came from, where Gengar has been left alone...
His fingers fiddle for a second, because no, they're not over with the mushiness yet: ]
I'm really glad I got to know you, Cilan. [ ... ] Thanks-- for everything.
You don't have to thank me, Red--that's what friends are for, right? [Ahaha] I'm really glad I got to know you too, so... if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask me, okay?
[ Annndd, since they've spent a little time. ] I better get back to Gengar-- she's been having too much fun with the snow. [ Ha. ] Have a good time tonight!
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Oh, hello Red! What can I do for you on this wonderful morning we're having today?
[...That sure is a lot of bags you've got with you though, what are those for...]
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This one's White and Silver's [ what the heck is in there, that looks a little big... ] and then this one --
[ this one he's going to actually pick up in his hands, carefully enough that he actually bends down to do so with his hands at either side, the straps hanging over the top in what looks like an actually pretty full bag, and like there's more than just one gift inside... ]
This one's for you! [ Said after a small huff, and then he's looking down at it. ] Be careful, it's pretty heavy, and don't shake them, alright? Actually, you might wanna open the one there [ said with a nod ] early.
[ Did someone go overboard??? No way. ]
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Does that mean it would be okay to open this one right now?
[...Cilan you are supposed to be known as mature and patient, not giving Red that sparkly-eyed look like a kid who wants to open their Christmas presents early.]
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[ You do what makes you happiest, Cilan. Red lets the hold go over to him, and geeze, does that feel weighty? You bet it does. ]
I think I got too much... [ admitted sheepishly, but then more positively: ] but I hope there's something in there you like! I just got whatever made me think of you!
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[...Ah, but first--]
Here, let's get these bags inside alright? [Just gonna grab this bag here and hold the door open so that Red can move past and bring the others into the house.] While you're here, do you want anything to drink?
[He can make tea or hot chocolate or whatever Red wants, if he plans on sticking around for a bit?]
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[ Gengar who- ah, look at that great pearly-white smile and a pair of eyes making themselves known, and just a tiny claw to take a wiggle in Cilan's direction (heellllo there) before fading back out. That Gengar. But Red's lifting up one of the other bags. ]
But I'll bring the other gifts in! Is it still okay to leave these with you?
[ White and Silver's, anyway. He's looking at the door, but...if Cilan's changed his mind at all...! ]
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Yes, of course! [And here, he offers a small salute with a free hand and a wink.] Don't worry, you can count on us to take care of these gifts, as well as have them delivered to their proper recipients!
[So come on, let's get White and Silver's stuff inside, and then we can focus on checking out what it was that Red brought for us...]
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[ You're a bro, Cilan. Red brings in the gift bag, following Cilan to wherever he might like them placed (a quick 'here?' to be certain before putting it down), and you know, he can stick around just to watch the gym leader's attention return to his own collection of presents.
...Though, Red feels himself get a little awkward, rubbing the back of his beck before Cilan's even gotten to peel at any of the paper. ]
Um, I hope they're okay... [ Didn't he already say that, uh. ] Should I go? I can go if you want-!
[ Help he doesn't know how to do this Christmas thing apparently, all his years of life have not prepared him for this day.
But Cilan's free to get through the gifts--or even start on one--through Red's flusters, and you know what here you go Cilan, here is the List:
- A box of sweet pastries all packed together, and an extra few sitting on top of some underneath, like more were added than was bought originally. The underside of the lid has a list of each pastry name, and where it came from. (Equalivalents of a mile-feuille, lemon cream cheese fruit tartlet, eclair, red velvet cake, and a row of macarons.
- A kiwi lime chiffon cake
- Another, much larger box of an assortment of biscuits (the verens equalvalients to ginger biscuits, jammie dodgers, shortbread fingers, digestives, viennese whirls, and chocolate chip cookies). It is the bigger box of the lot, meant to be shared with Cilan's pokémon too.
- A gift selection small jam jars
- A gift pack of scented candles
- A vegetarian cookbook with a lot of green colours and pretty pictures
- Tea
- A black hardcover notebook with a strap to keep it secure, as well as a metallic pen to go with it
- Another book, but flimsy and smaller in content. On the front is written:
'Kanto Gym Leaders
&
The Elite Four'
Inside states the name of each gym leader, their type specialty and a small copy of their badge in pen (but signs they were drawn first in pencil). Each page has been numbered in the corner, and every page goes into where their gym is, a little that Red remembers about them, and the pokémon they used when he challenged them. Only the Elite Four have a full team of 6 written out.
On the inner side of the front cover is a message from Red:
Cilan
This is everything I know about the gym leaders and the Elite Four in Kanto. Challenging them is more fun than reading about them, but I thought an expert gym leader like you would want to know everything about the ones from other regions!
You can ask me questions if you ever want to know more!
Red
Like the list, the cakes are on top. Please be careful. ]
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[And then he's trailing off a bit as he glances inside the bag...sweet Arceus, this is a lot more than what he was expecting.]
I... are all of these gifts for me? [just... gotta ask here because clearly we must be mistaken, only one of those things is meant to be for us, right...]
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Be careful with those ones. They're not fragile, they're just [ uhhh well, a little laugh ] --you'll see.
[ Just let him wring his hands together--no, he's shoving them in his pockets!! Boy, did it get warmer in here or is it just Red's face? ]
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Now imagine that look on Cilan, but thankfully no waterfall tears included yet. He might be waving his hand about rather erratically like the person in the above gif though as he speaks.]
Th... this is quite an an unexpected taste! These can't all be for me, I... I don't even know what to say!
[He's never gotten so many gifts from a friend for Christmas before ...actually, he can't recall the last time he ever received gifts from friends for Christmas until now, so yeah, he was not expecting Red to get him so many nice things.]
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You don't have to say anything. All that matters is you like something from it, even if it's just one thing!
[ Should he keep talking? Let's try keep on talking, bring out that shounen spirit of his!! ]
And you've been a great friend to me since I came here, and... [ nope, shounen spirit is failing, let's just admit- ] really, most of it's just food, it's not as big as it looks! But there should be enough there to share with your pokémon too!
[ The most important part!! Especially the biscuits. ]
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No, no, I simply have to say something, such an amazing gift simply cannot go without gratitude! This is such a splendid taste, having such a wonderful friend like you that thinks of us so highly of us like this... so thank you, Red, this really means a lot to me!
[Look at all those
K-ONshoujou-esque sparkles and bubbles, someone is really happy right now and it's all thanks to you.]And come on now, don't say it's "just food"--it's quite thoughtful of you to have picked out such a wide variety of sweets with many different flavors for my Pokemon and I to enjoy. [Ahaha] Plus, I must admit, it can be fun to taste and compare food that I had no hand in making. Occasionally, it even helps give me ideas for something new to create or even improve the quality of my own cooking in the kitchen.
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But Red can live with all of this, finally smiling properly again and lifting his chin to face Cilan. ]
I wrote down the names of all the cakes and where I got them on the inside of the flap! Most of them are from my favourite cake shop-- I can take you there sometime. They do delicious smoothies too!
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[...And then, he suddenly claps his hands together.] Ah, but first! I have something for you as well--if you don't mind waiting for just a few seconds, I can go get it for you!
[He doesn't exactly give Red a chance to decline or say that he can wait to get his own Christmas gift later though, as Cilan's already letting go of Red's hands now to wander off somewhere back into the house.
...Although, a few seconds seems to turn into a few minutes, but just hang tight, I'm sure he'll be back out soon once he stops giving this gift a once-over and nit-picking some last minute details of it...?]
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Cilan?
[ calling. Are u ok buddy, did you fall down and now you can't get up. ]
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Sorry for the delay! I just wanted to make sure everything was in order here...
[He does seem to hesitate for a second more though, before he then hands the gift out for Red to take.]
Here, I hope this is to your liking!
[If Red decides to go ahead and open it, he'll find that it's a box full of a wide variety of colorful macaroons, biscuits, cupcakes, and other delicious sweets, no doubt made by Cilan himself. There's even some treats he's made that seems to be exclusively for Red's Pokemon, little labels indicating how a fire-type like Charizard will like this one, or how this other one will be enjoyed by Lapras, and so on. There's also a pair of red winter gloves because Cilan could not remember whether or not he remembered seeing you wearing any back when they went Christmas shopping together (you had a scarf, but gloves...?) so, you know, here's
the equivalent of Mom getting you socksa pair that you can use in case you don't already have some. (And hey, if you did already have a pair, Gengar could probably wear these and that would be the closest Cilan gets to expressing gift giving for a ghost?)Underneath the gloves though are what appears to be some paper. Unlike the book Red gave Cilan with info about the gym leaders of Kanto, it looks like something you'd expect to see on a keyring full of recipe cards, but instead of recipes having been written down, it looks like it can be used for Red to take notes or write information on for just about anything, with a ring that he can use to attach to his bag or belt or what have you for quick access. (Perhaps just in case there's someone with a Pokemon that shows up that doesn't register on the pokedex right away until it's able to be upgraded again? Or even for taking notes on the non-Pokemon living here?) There is a quick note that he seems to have added in the time he left Red in the doorway that says if Red would like something similar to the notes he gave us about the gym leaders of Kanto, Cilan would be more than happy to write about what he knows of the Unova gym leaders to give Red in exchange.
The other bit of paper is a folded note that is... really kind of sappy, wishing Red all the best for this holiday season, and for the general future as well. It also concludes with the following: "Red, I hope you know how proud I am of you--not just because of your abilities as a Pokemon Trainer, but for all of the hard work and effort you've shown during our stay here as well. I'm honored to be friends with someone as great as you are."]
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Red holds the box in his hands, looking down at it in a way like he doesn't know what to do with it or what it's for. Except of course he does, his mind just needing to catch up for the smile to grow on his face and for the grip of his fingers to go in a little more, and Red's not about to sparkle or twinkles or any of those things, but you would surely not guess it's winter outside between the pair of these guys.
It takes the word seemingly forever to come bursting out from his mouth, but it finally will- ]
Thanks! [ You wouldn't think that would be so hard. And now, just let him tilt it eveer so slightly, curious and then looking back over to Cilan. ]
Should I open it with my pokémon?
[ YOU KNOW, HE HAS A GUESS... ]
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['Cause apparently great minds think alike and they both ended up getting each other food that can be given to or otherwise shared with their Pokemon... ^^;;]
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Thanks again. [ Ah, how he would like to give a better thanks-- but he looks back over towards the door he came from, where Gengar has been left alone...
His fingers fiddle for a second, because no, they're not over with the mushiness yet: ]
I'm really glad I got to know you, Cilan. [ ... ] Thanks-- for everything.
[ master of words. ]
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But, Cilan just smiles back as brightly as ever.]
You don't have to thank me, Red--that's what friends are for, right? [Ahaha] I'm really glad I got to know you too, so... if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask me, okay?
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[ Annndd, since they've spent a little time. ] I better get back to Gengar-- she's been having too much fun with the snow. [ Ha. ] Have a good time tonight!
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[Otherwise she might get the idea to come over here closer to where we are... I mean--]
I hope you have a pleasant evening as well, Red.
[Even though he's not going to the party, Cilan does hope that Red will be having fun with whatever it is he decides to do instead.]