Have you no idea that you're in deep?

( [Action for the TG house.] )


[VIDEO]

[...Well, it seems Tsukiyama's been a busy person today, if by "busy" we also mean "not necessarily productive"; he's spent a good amount of the day being the stupidest moral support possible for the Alakazam visible in the far background of the shot (said Pokémon is lying melodramatically on what looks like a literal fainting couch, one arm flopped over his eyes, spoons clutched for dear life because apparently that is just what our lives have become today) and for now he's contented himself with the knowledge that there's not much to do outside of let Alekhine do his thing back there and get on with his life as best he sees fit.

The video itself is set up off to the side of the piano he's got in the study; Tsukiyama's hands are visible, as are the sleeves of his outfit – he's back in the Trainer class whatnot today – but there isn't much else, and he takes a moment to place his hands, shifting position a few times as though trying to decide what he wants to play today. Eventually he settles, though, and the patterns are obviously familiar to him; they become simplified after a while as he speaks, addressing the video proper this time.]

Bonsoir to all of you – to those who have just joined us recently, and those who have been here for a while still! I've missed speaking to all of you; I really ought to get better at it, what with how much I say that, n'est-ce pas?

[There's a light laugh behind his words, though it's a bit subdued – not fake, just a little distant.]

I'm feeling a little nostalgic today, I suppose – not for home, exactly, as I'm quite enjoying my stay here, but...they say that once in a while it's natural that you miss the person you were, and I think that's something I've been doing lately. This place has a way of changing people, doesn't it?

I've always believed that any experiences we have are valuable to us in some way – the things we go through shape who we are, whether we can appreciate it or not. The good things give us character, the bad things give us strength, and either way we should enjoy what experiences we've been given because we'll come out the other side different to how we came in. The worst experience one can have isn't suffering, I think, it's stagnation.

...Ah, but I've never really seen a point in suffering, anyway, not when I don't have to.

[...Tsukiyama, it doesn't work like that.]

My time here has been good to me, in terms of new experiences; I'm grateful for all of them, I think. As such, I'm going to ask that you all do something for me again, the same thing I ask almost every time I talk to everyone – go out and do something that interests you, something you haven't done before, or perhaps something you particularly enjoy but don't usually indulge in. Tell me about it if you like; I love hearing about things like that.

Either way, here's to another year.