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Video; In which cold weather is clearly the best!

[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.]

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Sorry, Jack. He asked though.

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

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.

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

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

Edited 2013-12-04 03:28 (UTC)

Fine. Next time I'll be a liar.

[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.

[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.

[...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.

[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.

[She waves a hand around. To indicate her and Dick's soiree.]

This wasn't enough of a reason?

We're trying to bring some Holiday Cheer, and you're literally telling people Santa is dead. How did you think we were going to react?

[Bart flinches at this.]

I didn't think, Zee. I mean it, I just. Didn't think. Christmas isn't my thing, but I wasn't trying to upset anyone. I'm sorry.

I'm not the one you should be apologizing to.

...okay, yeah, actually, I am. But I think Jack needs to hear it more right now. He's not used to the whole different worlds, same people thing.

That is not my fault. I'm sorry he's upset, and I'm sorry I trampled on your holiday cheer. But it's not my fault that he hasn't picked up on the multiverse concept with two Dicks and two Tonys running around the turtle. Why is everyone getting up in my face about this? I expected lectures about Santa not being real - not freaking out because I said he's dead.

You guys take Christmas way, way too seriously.

[It was almost hypocritical of her to get mad over him screwing up and then immediately attempting to absolve himself of responsibility for it. But she did anyway.]

Except you're talking about somebody he knew personally. Somebody he was close to.

It'd be like telling you that your father died in another universe. [A flash of pain swept over her eyes. This was personal experience talking now.] I don't care how many Dicks or Tonys show up...it still hurts. It won't ever stop hurting.

[Bart sighs and fiddles with something small, too quickly to make out what it is. It doesn't matter. He just wants something to focus on besides the words he's saying, to keep them nice and soft and even.]

My dad is dead. So if that's supposed to be revenge, you're too late. Try telling me he's alive next time.

How am I supposed to know that Jack knew him? I don't read minds. I don't even know everyone Kon knows and he's my best friend. This isn't fair.

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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.

Edited 2013-12-04 03:33 (UTC)

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.

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.

[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.

[Oh good, he is really not a fan of text. Dick isn't looking angry, though, just sad.]

I know you were. But you have to know when to quite with something, instead of pressing the issue, you know? This isn't really the time or place for it.

But I'm not the one you should be apologizing to, you know that, right?

You and Zee act like I'm supposed to know that Jack actually knew the guy. Instead of someone just being all 'noooo it's Christmas'. I was trying to give Spock the right answer. He's big on accuracy. If I knew that Jack knew him, I would've let Jack handle it. But Jack wasn't there, I think I soured Kon on the d-word, and Tim wouldn't say anything because he's paranoid.

I know who needs an apology. I'm not a toddler. And I'm not a total moron.

[It's only out of respect for Dick that he doesn't slam the feed closed.]

I can't speak for Zatanna on this, because I'm sure she's probably more scathing then I could ever be, but that's not what I'm talking about.

It doesn't matter if Jack knows him. It doesn't even matter that it was Jack who was talking. He said please stop, and yes, you did stop, but not after giving a parting shot. Why couldn't you just let it go after Jack actually gave you a reason to please stop? You kept on it when there wasn't a reason to.

[Dick really hopes that he understands, because he doesn't want him to take it wrong.]

Because his reason was stupid. His reason was what's true in my world isn't true in everyone's world, but Spock had asked about your world and that's pretty much the same thing.

Someone else's world can have a pink sky - nobody's gonna stop me if I say the sky back home is blue. Oranges could be sentient on another planet, but I'm still gonna say they're delicious and I wish I had one. If people don't say that it's a huge deal, how am I supposed to know? I'm not gonna listen just because somebody said so. Pfft. When do I do that? I stopped when Zatanna told me the reason.

The bottom line is I didn't know and I wouldn't have said it like that if I did and NONE of the people who complained were involved in the conversation. You need to back off.

Okay, let's go into the whole world deal, because that was another thing that really bugged me. I didn't think this one was something I needed to bring up, but all right.

You pulled a really douche-y move there, Bart. Spock did ask me about what's true in my world. He asked me, he didn't ask you, and frankly, saying that you're qualified to tell him because we live in the same world was just a plain terrible reason. Guess what? Santa Claus is real in our world. Doesn't matter if he's dead or not, he's a real thing.

Look, you can explain it however you want, and give excuses that might even make sense. But you made the wrong call. You hurt someone's feelings, you pissed some people off, and that's how life goes. Learn from it for next time, because it doesn't matter that this is about Santa Claus; it could be anything else.

I don't usually do this, but I think this conversation is pretty much over. [And for once in his life, Dick ends the feed first.]

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