Video; In which cold weather is clearly the best!

[bludhavenknight]

[Everyone gets to see two familiar faces this time, with a couple of twists. Dick (the elder) is sitting down in the chair, wearing a bright red coat with white trim, a hat of the same color, and of course, a beard to match the whole thing. It’s pulled down, though, so you can see his face. And his wonderful assistant, Zatanna, is standing behind him, dressed up like the most beautiful elf there is. They’re both looking pretty happy about this.]

It’s getting cold out! And what does cold mean? Holiday fun, of course. So I, and my amazing elf assistant here, have decided that Santa Claus needs to come to the turtle. [See what he did there? See it? Okay, good.]

And so it is with pleasure that we let everyone know-- [He gets cut off as Zatanna leans forward, and he looks up at her.]

[The fifteen-year-old elf bends down until she's level with his ear, covering her mouth so she could whisper something secretively to him.]

Really?

[She nods, and offers a playful wink.] Trust me. I know a guy who knows the guy personally.

[Dick looks back at the screen, and his voice drops into a perfect, heavy Russian accent.] Is this better?

[She practically has to bite her tongue to keep from bursting out laughing. Impressive. She should've known.] It'll do.

[Dick grins.] I’d like to invite everyone to come over to the Wood sector, where we have a little holiday party going on.

[He stops, laughing and shaking his head. He has to drop the Russian accent.] Okay, I can’t keep that one up, but I tried! Anyway, we’ve got a small thing going on in a café in the Wood sector, with some cakes and gingerbread-ish things, and some hot drinks. And what would Santa be without his...

[He holds up a huge, red velvet-like bag.] Bag, yes! And it is filled with little odds and ends, so there are presents for all!

[Dick sets the bag down, and pulls the beard back up with a grin.] And to all, a good... day? Yeah, that still works. To all, a good day! Remember, café in the Wood sector, we’ll be here awhile!

[ooc: Action is absolutely welcome.]

Comments

[dow]

Did Rudolph continue to be useful?

[backinakidflash]

Rudolph was invented by a store called Montgomery Ward. They gave out books to children that came to visit the store's Santa Claus.

No, none of the reindeer were useful after that. Maybe as food for airborne microscopic organisms.

[wintershepherd]

please stop.

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[backinakidflash]

Sorry, Jack. He asked though.

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[wintershepherd]

what's true in your world isn't true in everyone's.
try respecting the idea next time instead of the semantics.

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[backinakidflash]

But I think my world is Dick's world. That makes me qualified to answer. And there weren't a lot of people that could confirm realness. Most people think he's a myth.

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[wintershepherd]

[ he can't even with you right now Bart, even though he doesn't know who this is. he cuts the feed. ]

text; anon not this one

[bludhavenknight]

Don't be a Scrooge! Rule number one right there.

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[backinakidflash]

Fine. Next time I'll be a liar.

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[backwordscompatible]

[Screw the texting; Zatanna sends a very pissed-off glare right through the screen. She tends to take people messing with those close to her very seriously. No matter the motive.]

Knock it off, whoever you are.

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[backinakidflash]

[Bart is sitting at his console now - his console, not Tim's and not a cafe. His arms are folded, and he looks rather flat. There's an apologetic shrug.]

I saw it with my own eyes.

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[backwordscompatible]

[...Bart?]

[That alone was enough to catch her momentarily off-guard; the annoyance was momentarily replaced by a look of genuine surprise. Even when she recovered, the glaring was noticeably less harsh.]

I don't care.

Not here. Not now. Not today. And definitely not to Jack.

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[backinakidflash]

[Bart doesn't know what to make of this really.]

I was telling Spock that there'd been a Santa Claus. I don't know what's special about today. We only just had Thanksgiving - it's not Christmas yet.

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[bludhavenknight]

Cut it out. And don't use the world excuse for something like this. Same worlds do not mean everyone has the same beliefs on it, and this is not cool to do to someone. Call the guy up or something, but do not upset someone else like you did just now. Please.

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[backinakidflash]

This has nothing to do with beliefs. If I didn't think Santa Claus was real, I'd say that. That's not what happened.

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[bludhavenknight]

But it doesn't matter when it comes to something like this. We're trying to get people to smile and have fun, and you're forcing other people to accept the idea that Santa Claus is dead.

It's called being polite, and nice. You have to think about how other people might feel, and really think about what you're saying.

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[backinakidflash]

[And now Dick gets a video feed. Bart looks glum. All sorts of thoughts and explanations along the lines of 'thinking isn't my strong suit' are racing through his head, but he doesn't give voice to them.]

I'm sorry, OK? I was only trying to talk to Spock about it. I didn't... Forget it. I'm sorry.

[dow]

[ That is sad even by Vulcan standards of absent emotion. ]

It seems remiss for a character with flying reindeer not to own the one hailed as his greatest aide.

[backinakidflash]

The others didn't get all the cool carols.

[dow]

Why is Santa real in your world but Rudolph not?

[backinakidflash]

I don't know. Does it matter?

[dow]

Yes. It is a question of practicality. How does he guide his sleigh?

[backinakidflash]

He's got eight flying reindeer, a sleigh, and so many presents it took us two months, three weeks, and five days to deliver them all and you want to know how he's guiding his sleigh?

Magic, Spock. It's called magic.

[dow]

What are the core factors of it? How does it operate on a substratal level? Your definition thus far is insufficient.

Also, why are you remaining anonymous if you know me?

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[backinakidflash]

Because I didn't want to hear it about saying Santa was real. Turns out I'm hearing it for saying he's dead. I can't help what's true. There's so much stuff in supposed to not say here it's getting hard to keep track.

My definition isn't insufficient. Magic is a catch all. Wizard did it. [Shrug.] you should get one of the resident mages to do a demo. Not Zatanna, she's all kinds of p.o.'d.