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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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Nice to meet you Ned. I'm the Flash, fastest man alive. [ And e proves it with a vigorous handshake. The secret identity thing is just so natural to him. ]

Yeah, Zee and me go way back. We leaguers gotta stick together.

Of course. [he replies a little too quickly] I mean, you are... kind of well known. [oooh mista flash ohhhh u/////u]

I brought some pie, if you're interested.

Aw man, I love pie!

[ Almost as much as he loves being famous. ]

I was hoping you'd say that. I brought lemon meringue and kiwi.

Alright! Wait, how much do you have? I do t want to eat everything and not leave any for anyone else.

I'm also making cookies, if you want some of those?

Do I ever!

[ He gets very excited about food. ]

[he chuckles before ducking into the kitchen] Coming right up.

[ Wally speeds past him into the kitchen. ]

Mind if I watch? Can I help?

What? [he says automatically, freezing. he usually hated people in his kitchen, but this was not, in fact, his kitchen.

shrugging to save himself, he nods, plastering back on a smile.] Of course, if-if you want to.

Sweet! What can I do?

[ For his own sake, it would be wise for Ned to advise him to sit quietly in a corner. ]

Er. Have you ever--baked before?

Yeah, who hasn't?

Of course, I think it was just a potato. [ And maybe in his slower days, when he had patience for cooking. ]

[He blinks, a few times. Then tries to keep any condescension out of his tone when he says,] It's a bit more complicated than that.

[ He doesn't seem even remotely phased. ]

That's okay, I think I can figure it out! Just tell me what to do.