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Post by Vapovile on Dec 10, 2015 12:32:34 GMT
December 25th, 2015 "Yaaaaaaaaaaawn!" Kate Miyata yawns out loudly, sitting up in her bed and looking out the window. Her face grew a slight frown, realizing that they were in California and the chance of having snow on Christmas was next to 0. Wait...it's Christmas day! That means there are presents downstairs! Throwing the covers off, Kate jumps off the bed dressed in her dark orange pajamas, and opened the door to the hallway. She begins to step into the hallway...but something catches her feet and causes her to fall to the floor with a 'THUD'. "Ow...what?!"Looking back, Kate saw the culprit; a small wire had been tied to the walls outside her room, perfectly at ankle level to cause tripping. Without a doubt in her mind, Kate knew the culprit...the one she didn't want to be in the house in the first place. Getting up and sprinting downstairs, Kate finds Haruko tidying up the living room in preparation for them to be opening gifts. Without wasting any time, Kate walks up and hugs Haruko, which the seamstress happily reciprocated. "Merry Christmas!" Kate says, looking up at Haruko. "Merry Christmas to you too! So...what was that sound upstairs?" Frowning, Kate points to the stairs. "Cosmina put a wire in front of my door, and made me trip!" Sighing, Haruko looks to the side. "Cosmina! Mind coming here for a minute?"--- Already out of bed, Ashlea Primrose was busy brushing her long, flowing red hair after having taken a shower. She wore a fancy red robe with a fuzzy black hood, and fuzzy black sleeve cuffs. The Primrose sisters were back home from Gateway for the holiday season, and Ashlea was enjoying the downtime away from the craziness that sometimes goes on at Gateway. Having finished brushing her hair, Ashlea steps out of her bathroom and notices a small orange cat laying on her bed. "Aw...Oscar, what are you doing here? Come on, you're helping me during this." And with that, the fire mage scoops the cat up in her arms and steps out in the hallway. The cat didn't seem to mind being picked up, and continued to sleep in her arms. The Primrose house was massive compared to most homes, clearly displaying the family's wealth in the polished laminated hardwood floors, various pieces of pottery resting on top of cabinets, expensive chandeliers hanging from the ceiling to provide extra lighting to the hallways, and other impressive interior decorations. Finally arriving in the living room, Ashlea could see that it was snowing decently hard outside, but the large fireplace on the far end of the room was lit to provide a nice wave of heat to the area. Looks like she wasn't going outside anytime soon in this weather. Making her way into the kitchen, Ashlea attempts to see where everyone else is.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 10, 2015 18:01:03 GMT
Cosmina came not from her room but from around the corner, dressed up in an elf costume of her own design. Not needing to sleep, she had staked out the milk and cookies from a special hiding place. It was a worthy experiment. She skipped over to hug Haruko. "Yeah Mom?" She said sweetly, looking Kate over for bruises. She internally giggled. That thump she heard meant it went perfectly.
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Alexis and Becky lay by the fire, cuddled close together. Becky looked to be asleep, chest slowly rising and falling. Alexis read an old book by the light of the fire. Both were clad in their fully covering pajamas, Alexis' silky black with red trim and Becky's white, decorated with brown monkeys clinging together in chains. Neither noticed Ashlea passing in their comfortable position.
In the kitchen, Angela Primrose flipped bacon, filling the room with its delightful aroma. Noticing Ashlea, she blew a kiss and motioned to the table. "We're making breakfast before we open presents, honey! You can pour your drink and sit down. Oh, but first get your sister and brother up. I haven't seen them yet." An apron hugged her chest, much larger than any of her daughters'. Her hair was the same gorgeous scarlet as her children, tied back today to show the long scar beneath her smouldering orange eye.
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Marika ran up and down the halls with a manic grin. "Up up up all you lazy asses! It's CHRISTMAAAAAAAS!" She banged on each door as she passed to get the attention of the inhabitants. Outside the purple door, she pressed a button, a doorbell feature made to get around that room's soundproofed nature. "Uuuuuuup!" She ran back down the hall in her purple pajamas and hopped onto the bed, shaking Yuu. "Come on Yuu! It's time to open presents!" Yuu, pretending to sleep until that moment rolled over and hugged her. This morning couldn't be more perfect. The whole family together and acting normal for once, even if Marika was being childish. Yuu picked Marika up and stood, carrying her to the living room. They wore matching pajamas with the fronts held closed by white poofball buttons, Marika's purple and Yuu's black.
The living room greeted them with a small tree still smelling of pine and presents of various wrapping quality. Marika remained bouncy in Marika's lap as the dolls emerged for the most wonderful day of the year. Jane was first, fiddling with her Santa pajamas made purposefully slightly too small. She only really seemed to like the hat. Martha followed Martha's with numbers and fake skin parts to look like a soccer uniform. She would like it if it didn't declare her name to be Arachne.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 11, 2015 4:13:51 GMT
Noticing that Cosmina was looking Kate over told Haruko everything she needed to know. "Did you put that wire across Kate's door?" She asked, while Kate simply glared at her sister. Internally though, Kate felt a small sense of satisfaction. This will make Cosmina look even worse to her mom, and Kate look better!
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"Fiiiine, I'll go get them." Ashlea said to her mother. "Alexis! Time for breakfast!" She yells toward the living room, knowing that it was close enough for Alexis to hear her. With that now over with, Ashlea walked over to another hallway, went up a flight of stairs, and banged on on a door a few doors down from the staircase. "Aiden! Get up! Breakfast time!" After a few seconds, the door opened slightly and a boy with the same red hair as his sisters and mother peered at Ashlea. He was wearing a simple black t-shirt and blue jeans, with white socks on his feet. Aiden was the youngest kid in the family, being only 11 years old. "I'm already up! Gimme a few minutes, I gotta beat this boss!" Before Ashlea could fire back, Aiden closes the door and goes back to his game. "Don't blame me if mom has to pull you away from that!" Ashlea calls out through the door, knowing that their mother can get much more persuasive than Ashlea is allowed to.
Making her way back downstairs, still petting Oscar in her arms, Ashlea walks back into the kitchen. "He's playing a game, apparently. But I told him." She reports to Angela.
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Ash bolted from her room, wearing a tight set of orange pajamas that showed off her muscular top half, with the word 'Ash' patterned around the shirt and pants. She dove to take the middle seat on the couch, wanting to be the center of attention and have two people on the sides of her to show presents off to. Haven was the next to come out of his room, much slower than the sprinting Ash. Haven wore a pair of dark purple pajamas that had a little black musical note pattern dotting it. She didn't like being forced to wear pajamas, but Marika had made them and Haven knew what would happen if he refused to wear them today. Walking next to Martha, Haven pokes her slightly to get her attention and begins to whisper. "Think she'll let us ignore Patches's gifts?"
Last one to open her door was Cadence, who gracefully walked down the hallway clad in a dark green set of pajamas that had a pleasant pattern of yellow and pink flowers dotted around the outfit. On her head was a large green elf hat had a tiny silver bell at the end. Cadence hated this hat, as combined with her short stature and green hair, it makes her look too much like an elf. Which Marika wanted. Without saying a word, Cadence steps into the living room and looks for a seat, pipe still in hand.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 11, 2015 5:48:24 GMT
Cosmina kept a blank face. "Nope. Santa must have. It's way more effective than coal."
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Becky was already in the dining room when Ashlea returned, laying her head on the table and staring into the kitchen. Alexis followed slower, trying to read her book while walking until she pulled up a chair right next to Becky and nuzzled in. Both stayed quiet. "Thanks honey." She looked turned her head towards the stairs. "AIDEN! DOWN NOW OR I'LL GIVE BECKY YOUR GAMES!"
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Martha shrugged. "I actually think she's locked up because of what she did Halloween." She sat down next to Jane, who was getting hugged by Marika in Yuu's brief absence. Yuu returned with a pouting Cassandra. Cassandra's pajamas were a simple pink bunny onesie, but her displeasure had nothing to do with the pajamas, something she found comfy. "Don't yell, stupid Marika!" She herself yelled much louder. "Shhh, honey. We're opening presents." Cassandra's demenour entirely changed. "Presents!" Doing her best to ignore Cassandra for today, Marika glared at Martha. "Stop messing with Jane! Go sit with them!" She shooed Martha up to the couch with Haven and Ash. "Open mine first!" She pointed at a cluster of gifts with little plushes of the dolls on top.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 11, 2015 18:18:46 GMT
"See?! See?! She's a liar!" Kate accused, glaring at Cosmina as she does so. Haruko looks down at Cosmina with a disappointed look on her face. "Cosmina, say sorry to Kate or she gets your gifts today. There's no reason to be mean to your sister." Haruko had been dealing with these two fighting ever since she welcomed Cosmina into their home. What was it going to take to get these two to get along?
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After a few seconds, the sound of a door being flung open was heard, followed by a male voice. "I'm going, ok?! Stop tattling on me, Ashlea!" "Listen to me the first time, then!" Ashlea fires back at her brother. Ugh, when was he going to grow out of this immaturity? After about two minutes pass, Aiden makes his way downstairs and sits down at the table, glaring at Ashlea. Glancing around the room, Ashlea notices that someone is missing. "Sooo...where'd dad go? I know he doesn't have work today." Right as Ashlea finished her question, almost on cue, a man with long, dark red hair strolled into the dining room. He wore a simple white t-shirt under a black coat, with a pair of black pants underneath, and wore a pair of light brown rimmed glasses on his face. His name was Oliver Primrose, and was the father to Alexis, Ashlea and Aiden. Oliver stepped into the room, petting Oscar in Ashlea's hands as he passed by. "I'm here, Ashlea. I was just outside, clearing the snow off our driveway for the second time today. This blizzard is pretty intense." He remarked. Oddly enough, Oliver didn't seem to have any signs that there had been snow on his body.
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Not having to be convinced, Ash leaps forward and grabs the gift box and accompanying doll that was resting on top. Strangely though, Ash put the box down at her feet when she got back to her spot, and began admiring the doll of herself with a huge smile spread across her face. "I love it!" Ash exclaims, hugging the doll against her chest. Haven couldn't help but chuckle at his narcessistic sister as she took his own box and rested it in her lap. He had to admit, the dolls of everyone were kinda cute. Meanwhile, Cadence lazily makes her way over to the tree and takes her own box and the doll on top of it. While her expression was still blank, Cadence did actually like cute stuff like this, and found the doll made of Jane to be especially adorable.
While waiting for everyone to get their boxes, Ash continued to hug the doll made in her image. No matter what was in the box, Ash was probably going to love this doll more than most of the gifts people were about to give her. Though...is there a way to actually clone herself?!
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 11, 2015 21:02:37 GMT
Cosmina set her face in an exaggerated frown. "I'm soooooorry." She bet Kate had something to trick her in the presents. She would have to sonar anything from her. "I didn't mess with any of the presents by the way. I was just here to catch Santa. But instead..." She dramatically pointed at Haruko. "You put the presents out!"
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A mid-sized dog ran up to the table. It was blocky and stocky and dark red, gleefully nuzzling into Alexis in the hopes of buttering her up for when the bacon came to the table. "Heeeeey Brick!" Alexis' voice took a baby talk tone and she pet the dog. "That's not a brick." Becky corrected and reached down to similarly play with the dog. Angela smiled at the two and kissed her husband. "Hey handsome. Could you get the milk and juice out?"
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Martha pulled her box over to herself and opened it, finding huge thick black boots within. Looking over them, she found a button. They heated up!? Amazing! It looked like everybody got a special piece of clothing to go with their coat.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 12, 2015 11:35:24 GMT
Kate gave a confused look at Cosmina, while Haruko couldn't help but step back in fake shock at the accusation. "You were watching the living room?! Well...in that case..." Haruko reaches into her jacket pocket, pulls out a pair of rimless glasses, and places them cooly on her face while pointing at Cosmina with her other hand. "How do you know I'm not actually Santa?! Do you have any proof?!" Kate looked at the situation with even more confusion. Did Cosmina really believe Santa existed before last night?
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Oliver kissed his wife back, making his way toward the fridge afterwards. "I think I can manage that." He says with a small smile to Angela. After he puts the juice on the counter, he looks up at Alexis and Becky. "So, Alexis. What are you reading over there?"
Ashlea continued to stroke Oscar in her arms, who was still fast asleep. Aiden was too busy playing with his 3DS to care about whatever dumb book Alexis was reading.
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"Awesome!" Ash exclaimed, pulling a pair of thick orange gloves from her box and immediately slipping them onto her hands. Ash did need something to help cushion the impact on her fists whenever she was punching the punching bag at the gym Ash frequently goes to. Having gotten the gloves on, Ash goes back to hugging the little Ash doll against her chest. "Thanks Marika!"
Meanwhile, Haven opened his box to find a long, flowing black and purple cape that would look perfect in addition to his futuristic armor set she wears whenever he plays at a show, to protect her identity. Looking the cape over, Haven notices that it also had a dial on the side, so it also heated up?! Perhaps he'd wear this for more than just stage shows. While Haven admired her cape, Cadence stared blankly at Jane. "...you opening that?" She asks, referring to Jane's gift box in her lap.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 13, 2015 19:26:15 GMT
"You're not fat! You can't be Santa!" Cosmina declared. She had heard other kids talking about him, so she considered herself quite the expert.
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Alexis grunted and waved the cover at him. It showed a young woman talking to an upright reptile with long horns on its head. "Dealing with Dragons" was declared at its title.
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Jane looked up from frowning at how round her plush was. "Oh, right!" She shredded the paper on her box and opened it, finding a little hat. It was a black derby cap, and like everything else, heated. "Cool! Thanks Marika!" She hugged Marika, who beamed. They all loved it! Cassandra was sniffing her new blindfold and Yuu had placed her black and silver padded robe back into the box for safekeeping. She had known what it was since she had been fitted carefully for it earlier. "Who wants theirs opened next?" Marika demanded.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 17, 2015 11:33:38 GMT
Giving an exaggerated shock look, Haruko leans back in surprise at Cosmina's accusation. After a few seconds though, she smirks slightly, and brings her right hand up to stroke her non-existent beard. "Though...you should know better. You are a seamstress, so how do you know Santa just doesn't wear a bunch of coats underneath to make him look fatter?!" As she said the last part, Haruko points her right hand at Cosmina dramatically. She loved being dramatic like this sometimes.
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"Dealing with Dragons...seems interesting." Oliver states, being more confused by the book title more than anything. Why was the dragon almost as tall as the girl, weren't dragons supposed to be the size of houses? Moving on from Alexis and her book, he leans against the counter to get a better view of the table. "So, how's the year so far at Gateway? Are you two enjoying it?" Beaming at the opportunity to speak, Ashlea pipes up first. "It's going splendidly. I am one of the top students in our transmutation magic class, and my house leader is recognizing my amazing improvement in fire magic. Awesome, right?" Chuckling slightly, Oliver looks at his youngest daughter. "Great job Ashlea! Always keep at it. How about you two, anything new there?" He asked, looking at Becky and Alexis.
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Being the last one, Cadence rips open the box in front of her to find...a dress? It was similar in design to the one she already wore most of the time, but it was strangely heavier...as if there was something added to it. Realizing the common trend in the gifts, Cadence notices the little button on the side and realizes that it's a heated dress. This would certainly be nice to have on when it's cold outside, without needing to put on an oversized coat to stay warm. Looking to Marika, Cadence glances back at the little doll of herself, then back at Marika. "...thanks, I like it." She says in her normal flat tone, actually liking this gift quite a bit.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 17, 2015 20:25:05 GMT
Cosmina frowned. That was a good point. The beard and voice could also be fake. "But you were still way too slow to be Santa!"
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"Heh, it's the only class she's any good at." Alexis smirked from behind her book. "I aced all my classes this term and Becky did pretty good." "Math is stupid." "Except for math. She has to take a winter class, so after we open presents I'll be helping her with that. It's online." ___
Marika's grin was as big as it could be. Everybody loved her gifts! Even the usually annoying ones! It was wonderful! "I love all of you! Ash, let's open yours next!" Marika crawled to the tree to look, Yuu watching and glancing at the presents. She'd have to offer her own for the next round.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 18, 2015 1:58:14 GMT
"Too slow? What do you mean 'too slow'?" Haruko asks, looking down at Cosmina. Since when was Santa supposed to be fast, given how fat he is?
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"I'm great at all my classes, thank you very much!" Ashlea shouts at Alexis, now glaring at her. Aiden was busy laughing at the insult, while Mr. Primsose went over and pats Ashlea on the right shoulder. "I'm sure you're doing great. So what about you, Becky? Anything interesting happen last semester?" He knew that the response he'd get would be vague at best, but at least they had Alexis there to translate what Becky was going to say.
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Beaming at the opportunity, Ash leaps off the couch and picks up several small boxes of around equal size, and hands them out to the people that they are addressed to. Jumping back onto the couch, Ash sits with a look of glee on her face. "Ok, open them up! You'll love these! Thought of it myself!"
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 18, 2015 8:16:07 GMT
Cosmina nodded. "He'd have to be at least a few times the speed of light to reach every house on the planet."
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"Alexis pictures." Becky didn't even glance at Mr. Primrose, busy petting Brick under the table. Alexis grumbled and buried her face in her book. That wasn't an event she needed reminders of.
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Marika gleefully tore her present open, face not even loosing an iota of joy at the results. Jane and Martha were more tentative. Ash was insane and unpredictable. More importantly she had little understanding of other people's feelings. Yuu sighed when she opened hers and turned to help Cassandra, finding her already stroking the contents to figure out just what it was.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 18, 2015 22:50:09 GMT
"That's one possibility...but what if...there is more than one Santa Claus?!" Haruko continued to act dramatic in her assertion. Meanwhile, Kate was laying face-down on the couch, bored to death of this banter between her mom and annoying sister.
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Frowning at the mention of that incident, Mr. Primrose glances over at Alexis, who was visibly still bothered by this. "Right...that.
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As everyone opened their presents, they each would find a rectangular photograph, a little larger than a sheet of printer paper, that displayed the giftee and Ash in a particular moment in the last year taken by Ash's phone camera. Marika's photo showed Ash wearing a new outfit designed by her during one of the modeling sessions Marika made her do, with Ash smiling in a high angle photo that had Marika standing on the runway next to her, obviously being brought up for that reason. Martha's showed both of them covered in grass, dirt and sweat, standing in front of a soccer field on a sunny day. Ash had her left arm around Martha's neck for support, and had a similar large smile spread across her face, but with signs of exhaustion this time. The photo was taken after a particular intense game of soccer, where Ash had been the goalie and Martha was the main striker of the opposing team. Both seemed to have enjoyed the game, at least as far as the picture showed.
Jane's present was taken at one of the comic shops she goes to regularly, with the two of them sitting at opposite ends of a table, with Magic the Gathering cards on the table. Ash was leaning across the table, getting close to Jane in order to take the picture with her. Yuu was harder for Ash to find a nice moment for, so in her photo, it showed Ash and her in the Kaspa kitchen, Yuu showing Ash how to cook a basic dish and put it in the oven. Cassandra's photograph was the most unique of the group; as it was covered in little bumps that were normally used by blind people to read, though in this case it's so Cassie could figure out what was in the picture. Beneath the bumps, the photo was of Ash and Cassandra sitting on the floor, furiously mashing the levers in a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos. Both of them seemed determined to beat the other, though Ash was still taking the picture with her other hand.
Haven was up next, and was surprised to see that Ash got the picture of herself and Haven backstage before Haven's first concert, Haven wearing his entire set of purple armor except the helmet piece. The two of them were right in front of the curtain...where the crowd was busy being warmed up by the first performer. Haven wasn't headlining the event by any means, but it was still her first time in front of a reasonably sized audience. And finally, Cadence's picture showed the two of them inside of a beautiful greenhouse, with Cadence inspecting some of the plants on the ground, looking expressionless at the camera while Ash was putting on her signature wide smile, leaning against Cadence. Haven was actually pretty impressed that Ash came up with a unique gift like this, even though it was probably just to have her in each person's present. "Aw...thanks Ash." Haven says, Ash still beaming with confidence. "I went though all the photos on my phone to find those! So...is it as perfect as I thought?"
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 18, 2015 23:47:37 GMT
Cosmina hopped onto the couch, purposefully sitting on Kate's back. "That would make it even easier to find where they are on Google Earth. I checked and there's nothing at the north pole."
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Angela broke the tension with a steaming plate and a delicious smell. "Bacon and eggs are done! Everybody also take a biscuit. Alexis, you need the butter in you." Alexis grumbled. "I'm not really hungry..." Becky reached out to claim the entire plate of bacon with desire in her eyes.
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Martha nudged her sister with a grin. "Good job, sis." She put an arm around her and gave her a quick squeeze. The fact Ash managed something that actually had some consideration for other people was a sign of progress. Jane giggled in memory of learning how to play that game with her friends and sister. She loved having a picture to remember the day by. Cassy didn't understand what it was, but the textured picture was nice to touch and feel.
Marika rolled her eyes, but smiled when she set the picture down besides her. Yuu was beaming. It was such a beautiful mother--daughter moment. "Alright, who wants their presents opened next?" Marika demanded. "Could we do mine?" Yuu asked. Marika beamed. "Yes! Everybody grab Yuu's present for you!" Marika wiggled forward for hers and Yuu smiled. Giving really was better than getting.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 22, 2015 20:05:46 GMT
Not expecting the sudden weight on her pack, Kate moves her head to the side, glaring at Cosmina. "Hey! Get off me, fattie!" She calls out. Haruko rolls her eyes at the situation, but looks back at Cosmina. "Of course there is nothing at the north pole, Santa's workshop is underground! But...I have already said too much." Walking over to the tree, Haruko leans against the wall next to it. "So, you have two options. I can make breakfast first and then we can open presents, or we can do presents first and I'll make breakfast afterwards. What do you both prefer?"
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"Alexis, you have to eat, ok? You know what the doctor said last time." Mr. Primrose comments, remembering how underweight Alexis was last time she visited the doctor's office. Before Becky could grab the entire plate of bacon, Ashlea leans over and takes three pieces off of the plate that looked crispy enough. She knew that Becky's stomach was like a black hole, especially for meat. Aiden decided to ignore the bacon for now, and served himself some eggs, passing them to Ashlea afterwards. "So, Becky. What job are you thinking of going into after graduation?" Oliver asks, waiting for Ashlea to get done with the eggs.
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Ash proudly smiled at Martha's comment, hugging her back. "Why, of course! It's only natural for perfection to give perfect gifts." She boasts. Once Yuu suggested they get her gifts, Ash dives forward once again and grabs Yuu's gift to her. Cadence lifts her and Jane's gifts from Yuu over with a vine, and Haven calmly walks over to pick up his own. All three of them begin opening their boxes, curious to see what's inside.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 22, 2015 23:22:25 GMT
Cosmina wiggled and grabbed Kate's shirt to get a handhold and make sure she couldn't be thrown off. "Presents first! Food can wait!" She insisted.
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Alexis reluctantly took some bacon and eggs to nibble, less than even Aiden's amount. "Live in the woods." Becky said with a completely straight face. "She means she might be a ranger. That or she will just live in the woods." Alexis explained while quietly forking her bacon over to Becky's plate.
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Within each package lay an entirely new outfit for everybody. Jane got a tiny sun dress, glaring white with a blue flowers all over. Sitting atop it was a broad, floppy sunhat, the ribbon wrapped around it as white as the dress. "Eep! It's beautiful!" Marika had never made anything this pretty for her! She nearly had tears in her eyes when she put the hat on and hugged the dress to her chest. Cassandra hugged and thanked Yuu before she even felt her gift to know what it was. Hers consisted of a cute orange dress speckled with black spots and a black sun hat, this one wrapped in an orange ribbon. It even contained a pair of cheap sunglasses with orange-tinted lenses.
Martha was more reserved on hers. It consisted of a white, sleeveless blouse with soft little black spikes on her shoulders and a black skirt that reached her knees, fire reaching up from the rim. She had never been a huge fan of skirts, but she got the idea--these were all nice but casual clothes they could wear together in public. The idea made her smile broadly. Besides, her new belt buckle that came with it kicked ass. "Thank you Yuu!" She picked up the little metal fist and undid her belt to switch it out.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 23, 2015 10:58:31 GMT
"Presents! Also, you! Off! Now!" Kate says, pushing hard against the couch and rotating her body so that Kate would fly off the couch and roll onto the floor, hopefully making Cosmina crash against the floor as well. Haruko had already turned her back, getting everyone's presents in order.
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Oliver looked at Becky for a few seconds to process what she just said...but then continued eating his food. "That's...interesting. Hopefully that...works out for you." Ashlea wasn't surprised at all with Becky's answer, however. Aiden, however, lowered one of his eyebrows at Becky in confusion. "...the woods? Why would you ever want to live there?" He asks.
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Haven was also impressed with the outfit he received; a black shirt with red trim around the edges, with a pair of black shorts that matched the design of the top. Ash had already ripped open her box and was examining the outfit given to her; a bright orange dress that went down to her knees, and an orange and black baseball cap resting on top of it. While Ash didn't like wearing anything except her normal tank top and miniskirt, this was still a decent outfit to wear if all her spares were in the wash. Cadence blankly stared at the outfit in her box; a poofy white blouse and long green skirt, with a large light green hat resting on top of the pile. She did like the design, especially the hat on top of it all.
"Thanks, Yuu!" Haven calls out, which makes Ash pipe up. "Yeah, thanks! They're great!" Both of them began putting the outfits back into their boxes, Cadence having already done the same. Looking up from the box, Haven pipes up. "So, mind if we do mine next?"
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 23, 2015 16:52:23 GMT
"Oof!" Cosmina grunted when her body struck the floor. She glared at Kate and wrinkled her nose. "I think presents can wait until my stinky sister takes a shower!" Kate wasn't actually that bad, but Cosmina would take any opportunity to torment her.
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"Woods are good." Becky gave Aiden her completely earnest look before looking away to guzzle more bacon. Alexis thought of warning off her brother from trying to question Becky's reasoning, but it would be much funnier to just let him continue. She hid her smile with a chunk of bacon.
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Yuu pulled her whole family into a brief hug. "I'm so glad you're all happy with it. You'll have to wear them on a picnic when it gets warm outside." Releasing them, she grabbed Haven's presents. "Sure, whatever." Marika grabbed hers from Yuu's hands. Marika liked the chances this would be good. Haven had the most access to money and was the most considerate of her creations after Yuu.
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Post by Vapovile on Dec 25, 2015 12:46:11 GMT
"Yeah right! I don't stink at all!" Kate protested, Haruko having heard the thud and turned around now. "Cosmina, don't sit on your sister. Kate, don't...toss her around like a sack of potatoes." She really couldn't think of a good way to phrase that last part. Shaking her head, she looks at the presents. "So, who's do you two want to open first?"
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Aiden looked at Becky with even more confusion on his face. "...that's it? But there's no heating! Or air conditioning! Or running water! Why would you ever want to live like that?!" He was shocked to hear someone wanted to live in such conditions. Ashlea just rolled her eyes and continued eating breakfast.
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After taking their gifts from under the tree, Ash was the first to tear her's open to find; an orange USB stick. Inside the box was a note reading; 'I made you a theme song, plug it into a computer and check it out!' Ash was immediately excited to hear what sort of theme Haven made for her, and if it was worthy enough to play when she made a grand entrance to a scene! Cadence's box had what seemed to be a small red flower inside of a pot, having been placed in a box. After a small shake though, the flower emitted a faint 'ding' sound, as if there were a bell inside the bulb. "It's a neat little flower I heard about, and it's been genetically altered to make noise. I figured you would like to experiment with it." Haven told her, seeing the look of intrigue on Cadence's face. Could plants like this produce other sounds?
Martha's box would have a pair of nice, in-ear headphones and a small ipod to go with them, ideal for Martha and her constant need to run around. Cassie's box had something similar, an ipod inside the box, but she got a set of high quality over-ear headphones that would be perfect for an audiophile such as Cassandra. Yuu and Marika both got the same tiny box though, which each contained a plane ticket to the Bahamas! He would wait for them to react before saying anything.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 25, 2015 23:57:03 GMT
"You stink tons. You smell like a dump truck full of water balloons all filled with rotten semen." Cosmina held her nose and leaned away from Kate so far she was almost horizontal. "I want to open yours first, Mom!" She turned her attention to Haruko and smiled.
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"No pants. No people. Animals are fun." Becky explained herself as best she could before noticing she was out of bacon. She gave Alexis a look of desperation that swiftly vanished when eggs were shared with her.
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Jane was surprised to have such a big box. She took her time opening it while everybody else tore into their gifts like wild animals. "Aw, thanks sis!" Martha hugged Haven and fiddled with her new device. "Does it have any songs?" Jane's gift distracted her for a second. Before Jane lay a keyboard just like Haven's, if smaller for Jane's shorter arms. Jane practically drooled as she stared at it with tears in her eyes. "THANK YOOOOOUUUUU! WILL YOU TEACH ME HOW TO USE IT!? PLEEEAAASE!!!" She tackled Haven with the biggest hug she could muster. Behind her, Yuu stared in shock at the ticket. "Haven, did you plan this all out?" Marika looked twice as stunned as her, looking horrified as she curled up in a ball, imagining a menagerie of issues with this. Martha noticed the tickets and became very attentive all of a sudden.
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