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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 have a good memory for names, obviously. Kind of have to in my work, you know.

[ He doesn't really get why Ned is so jumpy, but he gives him the benefit of the doubt, and just offers him his hand to shake. ]

Having fun?

[He allows the hand-shaking, briefly, though he's clearly uneasy about it. He's just grateful for gloves. Though it is a bit cool to be on handshaking basis with the mayor. Or something. He has no idea.

And then he realizes Mitch asked him a question.] What? Oh. I just got here. Have you seen her? Zatanna, that is.

Yeah, I saw her a little while ago. I'm sure she'll swoop in soon enough, she has this weird sixth sense about these fucking things.

[ He says it with a tone of fondness, his handshake just as quick as Ned's. He's more than happy to slip one hand right back into his pocket. It's almost as if human contact isn't his favorite thing to indulge in. ]

[He nods, seeing how quickly Mitch withdrew himself. He realized they might have something in common, after all BESIDES THEIR ROBOT HEARTS OK.]

Right, of course. Do you have anything good planned for Christmas?

Me? Oh, you know. A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

[ He doesn't say it, but it's mostly going to round out to: working. Just like every other day of the week. ]

I figure I can get a few things done with everything so quiet. Shit, if it stays this way, I might be able to get caught up on work, and that might be a miracle.

[he smiled, a bit tightly.] As long as you don't work the whole day away, Mitchell. [And just like that, Ned had decided they were on first name basis.]

[ As long as they weren't in City Hall, and Mitch wasn't working, Ned could call him shithead, and he wouldn't care. At work, it was always Mayor Hundred, but he had his own rigorous rituals that had to be upheld. ]

Me? Oh, fuck no, never. I plan on only working a few hours. [ That? That was a lie. Smoothly delivered, of course. ]

Good. No one should be alone on Christmas. [he's so earnest about it you could hurl]

Oh don't worry, I don't plan on being alone. [ He smiles, encouraging. Honestly, he plans on working it through. Why waste the time when he has serious projects he needs to focus on? ]

Good. [He nodded decisively, and that was done.

Then he glances up the stairs, sighing a bit.] Where do you think she could be?

Who, Zee? Fuck if I know. I figure she's cooking, or maybe saying hi to someone else. She could be anywhere, honestly. She'll show up.

Right, of course she will.

[a beat] What are you up to?

Me? [ He blinked, making a bit of a surprised face. Eyes wide, mouth pursed a bit, he tipped his head like he had to think about it. ]

Mostly standing around until I can make a good excuse to get back to the office.

[He laughed, once. Not a genuine sound.] At least you're honest.