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[hexappeal]

WHO: Sort of open. This is for of Themyscira-Zatara Family & friends.
WHERE: Diana and Zee's place and elsewhere.
WHEN: Throughout December.
WARNINGS: Enough of them.
SUMMARY: Cute winter holiday stuff. Please specify in the subject line if your threads are open or closed (and if they are closed, to which people).
FORMAT: Whatever you feel like.


[Come December first, Zatanna's already done a number on the house. Mostly in that she has finally relinquished her death-grip on the spooky Halloween mansion that it had been for Halloween (that had morphed into Thankschilling Day).

By the eighth, she has given up on normalcy and forced snow upon the house itself and the front and backyards; it is natural and cold and wet to the touch. More importantly, it's clean. It doesn't melt much or get sloshy and muddy. The forest she'd created for Halloween remains, though not overgrown. The air is sweet with the smell of pine, but not thickly so. She's cleared it out a little, made it easier to navigate. There is now plenty of room for building snow people and snow forts, in addition to the occasional snowball fight.

The inside of the house no longer (quite as) spooky. The fireplace in the living room seems to permanently be full of logs and remains lit even when no one is home. Halfway through the month, a pine tree also appears, growing through some dimensional wormhole so it remains real without having to cut one down. The dining room has a warm glow from candles and wall sconces and the kitchen seems to always have some wonderful smell wafting from it.

There is a fat orange Persian walking around, dressed as a reindeer. It doesn't seem perturbed by its costume and appears quite content, although trying to curl up and sleep almost anywhere in between desired pettings. Hermes has become more mellowed out since Halloween (and much larger, too) and only wears antlers on his head. Teekl and Gabranth declined to join the festivities.

This holiday season is going to be good. Or, hopefully at least much better than last year's.]



► OPEN: COOKIES FOR ME, COOKIES FOR FREE (ZATANNA).
► CLOSED: VESPER & ZATANNA.
► OPEN: ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS (APRIL).
► OPEN: AWKWARD SOCIALIZATION (GIL).
► OPEN: EXTREME MANLINESS CHALLENGE (JAMES)!!!
► OPEN: S'NO PROBLEM (TEREZI).
► OPEN: CUTE CHRISTMAS SWEATER PART II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO (MOLLY).
► OPEN: HOW DO I SECRET IDENTITY? LOL (WALLY).
► OPEN: PRETTY MUCH JUST A FUN-HATER (MITCH).
► OPEN: SNEAKY SANTA (HAN).
► OPEN: A LOT LESS OF A FUN-HATER, APPARENTLY (BRADBURY).
► OPEN: THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR PIE (NED).

Comments

(OPEN.)

[carbonite]

(so, here's the deal. the fact that a.) han isn't going to stay for long and b.) he hates these sorts of things actually signifies how much he cares for and about zatanna. that said, he sneaks in wearing something respectable carrying a bunch of presents (most notably for zatanna and james).

maybe, just maybe, no one will really notice him.)

[hexappeal]

[He sticks out like a sore thumb and Zatanna notices him almost immediately, swooping in to help him carry the packages (not that he needs the help, as he is quite manly!!).]

Why, Mister Solo.

[carbonite]

(She's one of the few people that gets a smile on this horrible day, even leaning in for a kiss on the cheek.)

Miss Zatara, fancy digs as always.

[hexappeal]

[She might just lift her foot a bit off the ground when he presses his lips to her cheek. It's a natural reaction, you can't blame her for it.]

I can't help it. I hope you'll forgive me for being a show-off.

[carbonite]

Nah, it's actually kinda of bearable.

(it's a little smile before he hides it with that permanent frown.)

Can't tell anyone I said that, though.

[hexappeal]

No, of course not. I'd hate to cramp your style.

[carbonite]

(he wraps an arm around her and pulls her in for a sidehug.)

Show me around the place, what activities - beer - do you have?

[hexappeal]

[She intentionally leans in against him, kicking up a foot, playfully.]

Oh, Han. The sky's the limit! [BEER, BEER, EVERYWHERE!!! Artisan stuff ofc.]

[carbonite]

(maybe the beer is CODE for something that is more mature, like feelings.)

Oh yeah? James get into any of it? (that's a serious question because he knows Zee and he knows the state that james was in. he's checking in on her, no big.)

[hexappeal]

[No, she'd rather avoid those entirely... :(]

I... [Oh. Han knows how bad it was, is what she immediately gathers. She looks down and plasters the fakest smile a magician of her skill could come up with on. It's thin and unfeeling.] I don't know.

[carbonite]

Don't lie to me, okay? I'm here to see how're you doing. (he squeezes her just a bit tighter, like he's there for her.)

Sorry I'm so late.

[hexappeal]

I'm not lying, Han. I just... I really don't know. My feelings are all jumbled up on this. I'm not sure how I feel. Sometimes it's one way, sometimes it's the other.

[But let's focus on lateness and your apology instead, okay? She's uncomfortable.]

[carbonite]

Hey, yeah I ... (he gets it, right? but he has no idea what he wants to say but uh, what's that thing that normal people do?

he just pulls her close for a dear hug.)

Yeah.

[themysciran]

[TOO BAD because Diana totally notices him, and she breaks into a grin when she catches sight of him sneaking into the house.]

Han! I haven't seen you in a while.

[carbonite]

(he jumps out of his skin when he hears diana, mainly because there is no way that someone is sneakier than he is (no there are tons of people more sneaky than he is).)

Oh hey, Diana. What's up? I have too not seen you in a while.

[themysciran]

I've been quite busy, but I'm definitely glad that I have the chance to see you now.

[And she does mean it. Diana doesn't get to see all her friends as often as she'd like.]

How about you? How is life above the Earth?

[carbonite]

It's definitely is not Earth, that's for sure.

(Like Han is going to talk about his feelings about something.)

How're you doing, Diana?

[themysciran]

[but feelings are awesome, han.]

I'm doing well, thank you. You should come visit us more often.

[carbonite]

If I had a reason to.

(he catches himself; is he ...actually flirting with someone? no, he can't.)

[themysciran]

[diana thinks it's just banter.:c he needs to be more obvious for her to notice anything, alas.]

Isn't excellent company incentive enough?

[carbonite]

(oh, is she flirting back?)

You saying that there's excellent company worth coming around for?

[themysciran]

[OBLIVIOUS FRIENDLY BANTER]

Well, I'll leave that up to your judgement.

[carbonite]

(because that's a good idea.)

I dunno, Earth's gotta impress me.

[themysciran]

What does it take to impress you, then?

[carbonite]

Maybe not keeping us hostage and banning us from countries, for a start.