Miracle on Luceti Street.

[lucetimods]

Who: Everybody! (Mostly.)
What: IT'S CHRISTMAS OR SOMETHING.
When: The 19th through the 25th. Feel free to backdate and forwarddate and everydate as you please.
Where: All over the village!
Summary: It's a wintertime jamboree. Go ice skating. Hand out gifts to those you love. (Or want to prank, as the case may be.) Deal with meddling, creepy elves. Kiss a lot of people. It'll be good. Except for the parts where it'll be awkward. But that's what we're here for, isn't it?
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R, I imagine. If you need to play out sexytimes, please either fade to black and take it elsewhere or CLEARLY mark the thread in the subject line. (The former is preferable, but not strictly necessary.)


This is your event catch-all log! Sorry it's a bit late in going up. All you really need to do is mention in your subject line what date(s) it is, so folks know if they're dealing with mistletoe or not. Feel free to set up multiple scenarios, of course. Also, as always, tag your characters!

Here is your event info, and feel free to continue asking questions there if necessary. Now go and make merry!

Comments

[contaeoro]

[He looks from the elf in his hand to Firo, then reaches into his pocket for the elf that's been following him around for the past days. He'll let them both on the snow to frolick or something. Hopefully elves get along with their own kind.]

I'm all right. It's a bit early for the baseball season though, isn't it?

[immamartillo]

[Firo just stares for a moment. He can't be the only one wanting to toss his elf headfirst into a snowdrift! ...Though if there's anyone who'd be patient enough to deal with them, it would be Maiza. Firo feels no sympathy for the elf, but now that Maiza's here he does feel a bit guilty.

He'd still throw the darn thing again if Maiza weren't around.]

Er, yeah, it is. I was just, um... trying to get rid a' that thing.

[The elf gets along fine with its sibling, and seems somewhat relieved to have been rescued.]

[contaeoro]

They're stubborn fellows. I tried leaving mine home the other day and it kept showing up, as well. [He just gave up and put it in his pocket after that.] They're fairly harmless if not a bit unnerving at first.

[He looks at the elves in the snow, watching them for a second before turning to Firo again.] Has it been asking you to do things too?

[immamartillo]

[Pouting at his elf, Firo nods. He wouldn't consider them harmless considering the damage their demands do to his ego, but they definitely are unnerving.]

Yeah, it has. Stupid stuff like singin' to strangers and all that.

[He folds his arms as he looks away from the elf to Maiza.]

Has yours been doin' the same thing?

[If so he'll gladly step on it for you.]

[contaeoro]

Ice skating and baking things, or fixing up the decorations around our house. I followed through on those. [Pretty harmless so far. Of course it asked him to sing a carol and dress up as Santa as well, but he decided to ignore those.]

[immamartillo]

...You did?

[A respected capo following the demands of an elf? While Firo's sure Maiza didn't do it out of any sort of weakness, he still finds it a strange thing to picture. ...Though somewhat less strange considering who said capo is.]

But why? Nothin' bad happens if you don't.

[contaeoro]

[You sound so surprised, Firo.]

Well I took Czes along to skating, and it never hurts to have extra food around the house. The lights needed fixing anyways.

[immamartillo]

[He never thought that the elves' demands could be construed as being useful, but he wasn't really trying to be anything but annoyed.]

...So it didn't bother you? At all? It's none a' their business to go around askin' people to do stuff--they should get it done themselves.

[contaeoro]

I declined some of the things. I might've ended up doing those anyway, so sometimes it's best to take these in good humor, y'know?

[Besides, he's pretty sure the elves didn't necessary need any of these things done.]

[immamartillo]

Good humor..?

...I guess. It's just hard when they're so annoyin' about it.

[He glares a his elf.]

I don't get why they're hangin' around anyway. Aren't most of us to old to believe in Christmas elves?

[contaeoro]

For us modern folk from worlds like ours, perhaps. [He doesn't laugh at the glare Firo gives his elf, at least.] But there may be worlds where they actually exist.

... Actually, we can't really say they don't exist in our world, either, now can we?

[immamartillo]

[Firo blinks, now giving Maiza his full attention. Alchemy he's learned to accept back home, but elves would just be too weird.]

What do you mean? Santa and all that other stuff isn't real, so why would elves be?

[contaeoro]

Devils and homunculi exist, so why won't they be?

[immamartillo]

But... We woulda' seen 'em by now, right?

[contaeoro]

Who knows? The world is much larger than you think. Even those of us who've lived for centuries have places we haven't been to, yet.

[immamartillo]

I... Yeah, I guess you're right.

I just hope these guys don't start comin' out for Christmas back home.

[contaeoro]

I doubt it'll come to that. [He bets Firo already has his hands full with Isaac Miria and Czes, anyway.]

What've you been up to lately?

[immamartillo]

[Trying to get rid of the elf, but he doesn't feel like talking about that.]

Not too much, really. How about-?

[He's been more wrapped up than he'd like in all this Christmas stuff. His mood does a complete turnaround as he remembers what he does like about the season.]

Hey, do you want your present now?

[contaeoro]

A present? What, for me?

[This he was not expecting, at least not right at this moment! But it's a pleasant surprise.]

[immamartillo]

Yeah, it's Christmas, isn't it? Or almost.

[Close enough. Firo doesn't want to wait the few days, but then he remembers something kind of important.]

...I don't actually have it on me now, but I could go get it for you.

[contaeoro]

[Firo...

Maiza doesn't mind at all, though. He smiles and nods, not making a comment on Firo's small forgetfulness.] If you wanna. I'll go with you.

[immamartillo]

[He tried. It's fortunate for Firo that Maiza's so tactful.]

Great! Come on!

[He starts trotting back the way he came, too happy to notice that the elf is trailing behind.]

It shouldn't take too long--I've already got it wrapped and everything.

[contaeoro]

Did you now? I appreciate it, Firo.

[Maiza's elf makes the man pause for a second when it latches onto his pant leg, so he picks it up and sees if Firo's wants a ride, too. He'll catch up with his friend soon though.]

I've got yours as well.

[immamartillo]

No problem!

[Firo's elf is grateful for the ride and clings to Maiza. Firo slows down until Maiza catches up, too caught up in the talk of presents to complain about Maiza helping the elf. ...And maybe he would feel a bit bad about leaving it in the snow.]

Huh? But you didn't have to!

[contaeoro]

"Didn't have to"? Who're you kidding?

I got it because I wanted to.