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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).

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Not to me, if he ever did. You must understand, Flash, that I am privy to many things, some of which include secret identities. Mr. Garrick is well aware that I know who he is.

If that was supposed to be comforting, it wasn't.

Ah, but should it be? I'm a villain, remember? What shall you do when a villain knows your secret identity?

I thought you said you were retired!

[ Shade wouldn't tell anyone, right?

Oh wait, most of the rogues gallery here knows his secret identity anyway. ]

I may be retired, but that hardly means I'm not a villainous individual!

[ He says it with something of a laugh. He had a reputation, after all. He was hardly going to disclose the few heroic acts he'd made over the years in Opal. Opal was Opal, and she was a special case. ]

Why, before I was a supervillain, I had my trysts with being an assassin for hire, you know.

What exactly does Zee see in you?

Perhaps she understands that some things merely are what they are, but that doesn't make me any less fascinating.

[ He does think quite highly of himself. ]

"Fascinated" isn't really what I look for in a girl.

I think that what I look for and what you look for must be wholly different, Flash.

Even so, I'm sure you've noticed that we are not dating, yes? There's nothing wrong with a little healthy flirting.

You sure Zee knows that?

I'm absolutely positive, boy. I don't need to mislead any youths into my clutches.

[ For the first time, he almost looked disgusted. Could anyone blame him? That was kind of filthy, even for him. ]

Yeah, yeah. That's what they all say.

[ He waves it off, but he does seem mostly convinced.

He just cares about his friends, is all. ]

Honestly, if I needed to do that, would I be wasting precious time speaking with you? There are women to win, after all!

[ He's back to his light, joking attitude, the quirk of his lips apparent even now. ]

And here I thought you were flirting with me. Shows what I know.

Now, now. Don't think too highly of yourself there, Flash. I can assure you, if I were, you would be certain of it.

[ But he wouldn't. He may have been bffs with Oscar Wilde, but that's not his thang. ]

Thank God, there's a load off my mind.

[ He's into Brazilian girls. Shade doesn't qualify. ]

Now I can enjoy the party again.

[ The only flash he would wear a sarong for would be Jay, so Wally's safe. ]

Precisely. I would hate to ruin your enjoyment.