tushanshu | 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!

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[Victor's more bundled up now than he was before.]

Is it warm in the cafe?

Warmer than a mug of fresh hot chocolate first thing Christmas morning.

...no, seriously, I actually started sweating in this thing.

I've never actually had a hot chocolate on Christmas morning.

But that sounds good. I think I'll come down.

Boy, you have no idea what you've been missing all these years.

[He chuckles a little.]

Yeah, I guess I don't. Usually I just had a warm breakfast rather than any hot chocolate. Maybe it can be changed this year.

Maybe?

Now's as good as any a time to break out of that rut of yours. Live a little. Have chocolate for breakfast. You won't regret it. Probably.

Now's not a good time since it's not breakfast time. [He's just teasing now.]

Says who?

[Breakfast is anytime you want it to be, tyvm]

The clock? All those cereal mascots? The people in charge of lunch and dinner?

And you listened to clocks and cereal mascots?

There's your problem.

I'll give you the cereal mascots but some of the clocks back home could turn on the flamethrowers, buzz-saws, and attack tentacles if you ignored them.

Talk about attitude.

So get new clocks.

Yeah, my school's a bit...unique.

I have but the school's won't go away.

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Got to agree with my elf, it's a lot hotter then I thought it would be. So, yup, it's very, very warm!

Okay. Warm cafe, warm drinks, Santa...I'll be there in a few minutes. It'll definitely be an improvement over sitting here in my apartment and cursing the cold.

Great, can't wait! Sitting there by yourself and not having getting to have some fun? Not even close to having a good time!

The winter usually isn't a good time for me in general. Cold and I don't get along.

I would have never guessed. [He grins.] Do you have a thick coat for here? Please tell me you can make a fire wherever you're living, anything.

[He nods.] I've got a pair of coats. And I can start a fire if I have to.

Okay, all right, that is good to hear. Look, when you get here, just let me know when you're going to leave. I'll hook you up with a box of hot things that everyone needs to get through the winter. You will not believe all of the warm things that I have found, and I am more then happy to share them with people. [He nods.]

Oh man...thank you so much. I'll really owe you one.

No problem. Victor, right? Don't worry about it, Victor, I've got your back.

[He nods.] Yeah, I'm Victor. Thanks again. The cold here is just miserable.

It's getting pretty bad. I thought winters could be tough in Gotham? But this is getting up there. Less then winter in New York, though. [He grins.]

I think it depends on the part of New York. It was pretty bad upstate but then again we had a guy named Iceman that may or may not have been making it worse. [He manages a little smile too.]

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