Rockin' Around The Charlie Brown Christmas Tree [OPEN]

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Characters: Anyone and everyone!
Content: Get your Christmas Party on!
Location: The Weapons Deck
Time of day: Evening of Christmas Day, after people have gotten presents
Warnings: None...for now...


[Since the Weapons Deck is totally empty, Mike and the Bots have taken it upon themselves to transform it for a rockin’ good Christmas Party! The Charlie Brown Tree has been safely set aside too; all decorated up. There’s a table with punch, food and way too many desserts for any group of people to handle, a bunch of Christmas decorations thanks to Rarity and her decorating crew, and even Christmas music that’s only slightly annoying!

Characters are free to come in and grab food, mingle, play games, exchange gifts or stories...whatever they want! Obviously, treat this thread as party-style.


There’s one more special note...there’s a couple bowls of punch sitting next to a big pan of Green Bean Casserole of Tranquility. Unfortunately, Crow accidentally mixed in some leftover Waters of Forgetfulness to make the punch. That water, combined with the spicy punch flavoring, has created an unusual concoction. If your characters drink some of this punch, they won’t notice anything wrong...at least yet!]

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For a guy who could dunk just by getting up on his tiptoes, Harry could be surprisingly quiet when he wanted to be. A fact which if known to his friends and enemies would likely blow their minds.

Well, if he was going to be sneaky, the least he could do was bring drinks. This was why Xion had a mug of hot chocolate sudden offered to her.

"Hey now, you're supposed to leave the wallflowering to old nerds like me."

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Xion looked up in surprise so quickly her hood nearly fell off, showing most of her face. When she saw Harry, she didn't bother fixing it, just smiled up at him and accepted the hot chocolate. "Thank you."

Then what he'd said caught up to her? "Wallflowering? Nerds?"

She thought she had an idea of his meaning, but she wanted to check.

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He had noticed her tendency to wear that hood a lot, but he hadn't really bothered to question it. They all had their secrets on the Satellite of Love, which really sounded like a movie tag line now that he thought about it, and he didn't see much need to be pushy. Plus he could totally understand the desire to rock a leather coat that almost reached the floor. Badass long coat solidarity was a beautiful thing.

Still, he was glad when she left it back with him, made him feel that warm fuzziness he got when someone actually thought he was worthy of trust. Smiling, he shrugged as he watched the revelers. "It's when you cling to the wall like a wallflower because you don't really know anyone and you'd rather be at home reading comic books."

It sounded like he spoke from long experience.

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Xion knew Harry well enough to not mind having her hood off around him. Wearing when among it with a lot of people that she didn't know was kind of a habit--even though she knew she always looked like herself here. Like her coat, it was a holdover from her time in the Organization. While the memories weren't always pleasant, the familiarity was a comfort. She liked Harry's coat; actually, she wondered if he wore it for protection from something, like the Organization wore theirs for protection from Darkness.

"Oh, I see! You mean it's someone who doesn't always like talking to new people."

She was curious about why he sounded like he spoke from experience, but would let that slide for now.

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She'd hit the nail on the head. While there were more sentimental reasons for him to keep his coat, the fact that back home at least it was bullet proof was another reason to wear it everywhere.

"Bingo, or at least doesn't feel perfectly comfortable talking to them."

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Which just went to show that long coats were awesome for more reasons than one.

"It's difficult to get the hang of, isn't it?"

Even in the Organization, where she'd known everyone for a while, talking to the others could be difficult.

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Really, someone could write a book on all the ways long coats are awesome. After all, they make a great entrance even better

"Pretty difficult," he knew that from experience, from poor child of single parent to orphan to isolated tool of a mad man to pariah of wizard and mortal society alike. "But not impossible. And definitely worth the effort." He didn't know for sure what Xion's background was, or anyone on the Satellite for that matter, it could have been much easier than his, or a great deal harder, but that didn't matter. What mattered was she was a sweet girl, who shouldn't have to go through the rest of her life alone.

"So, if you've got anyone in mind to dance with, well," he looked around with a sly expression. "Now would be a appropriate time."

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They're definitely good for dramatic effect. Like a cape, but with more mobility.

She wasn't sure if she'd call herself sweet; she did try to do what was best for everyone, but wasn't always sure what that was.

They'd have to compare stories on crappy lives sometimes. Xion would consider a life alone better than a life knowing that the price for yours was that of one of your best friend's--but such was the life of an experiment that turned out a little differently than planned. Her friends, though, had made everything bearable. Which is what let her smile and say, "Yes, it is."

Then her cheeks reddened a bit as she responded to his other comment. "I already danced with MakubeX a little...and everyone else I know is busy..."