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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).

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I am sorry, he is quite ...headstrong.

[A roll of his eyes.] You know that and I know that, but they don't. It's better to just let them think they're right. It makes life so much easier.

[His reactions are thankfully quick, juggling the axe into his left hand and snatching for the gloves in his right.] What's this?

As good as always. Not very Christmasy.

It's beautiful, right? [It could bring tears to her eyes.]

[She quietly chuckles.] That's one way of putting it.

That's you!

[obviously.]

Why don't you care, Klarion?

Why? [What is it with kids coming up with odd nicknames for him?]

I suppose you're right. [grumble grumble grump]

Because I do what's best for me.

That's just an excuse. That doesn't mean you can't care.

His namesake would be very disappointed in him.

Not quite as grumpy, I take it? Or is it something else? [Tell her more about yourself, baby-doo. :(]

(he doesn't quite pick up on it as he starts decorating again.) One, because I named a cat after him rather than a larger animal. Though, I feel that his judgmental stare is quite endearing.

Why don't you look at them? (seriously, han solo gloves and his own really low belt. what more could he possibly need?)

[Well, he's never been one to offer more than certain aspects of himself. And she told him that she wouldn't pressure him, so...] A lot of cats have that, but he's got it down-pat.

So, what kind of large animal should you have chosen, then?

(that makes him think for a moment:) The loyalest of them all, I would imagine. (he looks uncomfortable for a moment before switching gears.)

There, almost done.

So, he's a Golden Retriever, huh? [She doesn't let this little bit of info slide through the cracks, however. She bumps his knee with hers.] Family's funny, sometimes. It's not always who you're related to.

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Because it's your name! Shake the snow out of your thinkpan, pal!

(he gives her a small smile, reminding him to be in the present before he settles next to her.)

Judge Drace would find this most uncouth. (he offers her a piece of information about him.) Biscuits, rather than - (he waves his hand:) Tutoring, or something useful.

Ah, you've mentioned her before. [Even that she's a she! Zee remembers!] Cookies are as useful as tutoring. You can't flourish without love and affection, Larsa.

And sometimes you have to kick back and enjoy yourself.

I was very lucky to have the love and affection of not only my guardians, my brother and my father. (he offers her a cookie:) But of you as well.

It does feel like home in that way. [He needs to regale her with tales of DCAU Batman, to be honest.] Another similarity is the number of crises we have to deal with, unfortunately.

[Diana doesn't press, but she knows (or at least, hopes) that if Zatanna does feel the need to open up, she'll go to Diana and be confident in the fact that there will be no judgement involved.]

I know; it's something that gives me great comfort.

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