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☃️ HOLIDAY HIJINKS ☃️
⭐ Who: Ango and your blorbos!
⭐ When: Throughout December!
⭐ When: Throughout December!
I. DEC 1ST: WANDERING STARS [Yumemigaoka (Koubai) - OTA]
[It's December 1st, the release date for Ai's latest Christmas single, "Stars"... and along with at least half the teen girls in Yumemigaoka (and more than a handful of the middle-aged dudes), Ango is standing in line outside the Tsubaki Department Store to pick up his copy. Or copies, rather... he's planning to get the normal version, the fanclub exclusive version, the pre-order special version, the limited version with a bonus 2025 Ai pinup calendar, and maybe a few more normal versions. After all, every copy comes with a chance to win a ticket to Ai's holiday handshake event!
But even though Ango has been camped outside the mall since sunrise, there's still a long line of fans ahead of him...]
Just so you know, I am totally ready to fight a pack of teen girls to get that handshake ticket.
[It's not like Ango needs to win a ticket to meet Ai, of course. They work in the same building. They see each other practically every day. But that's not the point! This is his destiny!]
[It's December 1st, the release date for Ai's latest Christmas single, "Stars"... and along with at least half the teen girls in Yumemigaoka (and more than a handful of the middle-aged dudes), Ango is standing in line outside the Tsubaki Department Store to pick up his copy. Or copies, rather... he's planning to get the normal version, the fanclub exclusive version, the pre-order special version, the limited version with a bonus 2025 Ai pinup calendar, and maybe a few more normal versions. After all, every copy comes with a chance to win a ticket to Ai's holiday handshake event!
But even though Ango has been camped outside the mall since sunrise, there's still a long line of fans ahead of him...]
Just so you know, I am totally ready to fight a pack of teen girls to get that handshake ticket.
[It's not like Ango needs to win a ticket to meet Ai, of course. They work in the same building. They see each other practically every day. But that's not the point! This is his destiny!]
II. DEC 11TH: IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE, TAKE THIS [Dream Sphere (Train Platform) - OTA]
[There's a new addition to the train platform on the outskirts of the Slumbering City: what appears to be an item shop from a classic fantasy video game, complete with janky PlayStation 1 polygons and pixelated textures. A slightly melted snowman outside the door is holding a festive sign emblazoned with the name of the store: "ANGO'S HOLIDAY SHOP."]
Hey, are you heading out on a Torment hunt? You're gonna need one of these!
[Ango, dressed in a garish green elf costume, welcomes his latest customer and gestures to a display of fluffy fur-trimmed Santa hats. Next to the crackling fireplace are racks of Santa suits, candy cane striped scarves and ugly Christmas sweaters.]
The Santa suits give you +2 fire resistance in case you need to slide down some chimneys. Or maybe you need healing potions? I've got new limited edition holiday flavors - eggnog with rum, mulled wine, spiked apple cider...
[So that's why the place smells like a distillery.]
I've been working on Jaeger Bombs that are actual bombs, too... you, uh, probably don't want to drink those.
[There's a new addition to the train platform on the outskirts of the Slumbering City: what appears to be an item shop from a classic fantasy video game, complete with janky PlayStation 1 polygons and pixelated textures. A slightly melted snowman outside the door is holding a festive sign emblazoned with the name of the store: "ANGO'S HOLIDAY SHOP."]
Hey, are you heading out on a Torment hunt? You're gonna need one of these!
[Ango, dressed in a garish green elf costume, welcomes his latest customer and gestures to a display of fluffy fur-trimmed Santa hats. Next to the crackling fireplace are racks of Santa suits, candy cane striped scarves and ugly Christmas sweaters.]
The Santa suits give you +2 fire resistance in case you need to slide down some chimneys. Or maybe you need healing potions? I've got new limited edition holiday flavors - eggnog with rum, mulled wine, spiked apple cider...
[So that's why the place smells like a distillery.]
I've been working on Jaeger Bombs that are actual bombs, too... you, uh, probably don't want to drink those.
III. DEC 18TH: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS FOOD [Yumemigaoka (Dreamer Union HQ) - OTA]
[Well it's a week before Christmas, and once again, Ango is dateless. Not even the late shift waitress at the local All-You-Can-Chug will go out with him, even though he spends the night at the 24-hour chain diner so often that they're practically living under the same roof already.
...But at least she gave him an extra box of fried chicken to take home, so maybe there's a spark of love there after all!
Ango dumps the entire box of chicken, french fries and all, into a simmering electric hot pot that he's set up in the DU breakroom. He's cleared the leftovers from the staff fridge (including the long-forgotten takeout containers in the back and the slightly expired hazelnut-flavored coffee creamer) and added them all to his bubbling concoction, along with the instant noodles and bean paste buns from the cabinet and a few cans of Monster Energy from the stash under his desk. The greenish sludge looks ominous... but it smells amazing.]
It's my specialty, "darkness hot pot!" Because it's better if you eat it in the dark... But hey, don't judge it by how it looks! I'm actually a great cook! Real marriage material! So come on, eat up!
[Well it's a week before Christmas, and once again, Ango is dateless. Not even the late shift waitress at the local All-You-Can-Chug will go out with him, even though he spends the night at the 24-hour chain diner so often that they're practically living under the same roof already.
...But at least she gave him an extra box of fried chicken to take home, so maybe there's a spark of love there after all!
Ango dumps the entire box of chicken, french fries and all, into a simmering electric hot pot that he's set up in the DU breakroom. He's cleared the leftovers from the staff fridge (including the long-forgotten takeout containers in the back and the slightly expired hazelnut-flavored coffee creamer) and added them all to his bubbling concoction, along with the instant noodles and bean paste buns from the cabinet and a few cans of Monster Energy from the stash under his desk. The greenish sludge looks ominous... but it smells amazing.]
It's my specialty, "darkness hot pot!" Because it's better if you eat it in the dark... But hey, don't judge it by how it looks! I'm actually a great cook! Real marriage material! So come on, eat up!
[Maki was not planning to camp, but when she saw Ango, she had to go see what he was doing.]
Aren't you already in a losing battle with your wallet with how many you're probably going to buy? Even with the per-person limit, it's a lot.
Aren't you already in a losing battle with your wallet with how many you're probably going to buy? Even with the per-person limit, it's a lot.
I've already surrendered my wallet to Ai! It's like we're already married!
Pff -- do you hear yourself. [Maki shakes her head and laughs.] Sounds like whoever wins, you lose... or whoever loses, her label wins.
Ha! I'm the biggest loser here, so I'm definitely going to win!
[She's probably right about that... idol fandom is well-known for attracting stalkers, online haters and other degenerates. So far there hasn't been any trouble, at least.]
Man, that bar is so low it's in hell, ain't it? How about you, Maki-chan? Are you here to pick up a copy too? I'll let you cut in line!
Man, that bar is so low it's in hell, ain't it? How about you, Maki-chan? Are you here to pick up a copy too? I'll let you cut in line!
Would you accept if I told you instead I came here to laugh at you?
That's perfect! If you hang around and laugh, I'll be able to buy twice as many copies of Ai's single!
You're here for the comedy, right? My idiot act won't work without a straight man.
Now it's an act, is it, Sakaguchi? I'll keep that in mind.
Hm?
[ Ango... must not have realized that Hibiki of all girls was also standing here... and, well, having turned 19 she's not technically part of the grouping of "teen girls" that Ango has declared himself to be willing to fight, but...
She turns around, stares at him for a moment, lifts up and looks down at her hands, looks back at him... and smacks her fist into the palm of her hand without breaking eye-contact.
If nothing else, she doesn't look angry... she's just uh, giving Ango a well-needed reminder. ]
You sure?
[ Ango... must not have realized that Hibiki of all girls was also standing here... and, well, having turned 19 she's not technically part of the grouping of "teen girls" that Ango has declared himself to be willing to fight, but...
She turns around, stares at him for a moment, lifts up and looks down at her hands, looks back at him... and smacks her fist into the palm of her hand without breaking eye-contact.
If nothing else, she doesn't look angry... she's just uh, giving Ango a well-needed reminder. ]
You sure?
[Torch, for his part, is going through the damaged Slumbering City to take stock of what's damaged and what needs to be repaired. What he wasn't expecting was to run into what smelled like a bar. And he would know; he'd just visited one tonight to celebrate the completion of the DU's glowstone path installation!]
...
[But something about this...]
... ...
[something about this just didn't sit right with him-!!]
You're... You're not handing these out to the children, are you?
...
[But something about this...]
... ...
[something about this just didn't sit right with him-!!]
You're... You're not handing these out to the children, are you?
[ Kozakura would probably be more successful asking her out. It'd still be a pity date, but a pity date means you aren't alone on Christmas.
An extra box of fried chicken warms her heart (with more grease) nicely, though. ]
...you know you could've just turned it into KFC rice, right?
An extra box of fried chicken warms her heart (with more grease) nicely, though. ]
...you know you could've just turned it into KFC rice, right?
Oh, Ango-kun! I didn't know you were... bringing anything to...
[ She. suddenly. is deeply regretting her choice to make sure she made some time to drop by the christmas party. Ango looks so proud of himself and it smells good enough that she's pretty certain it won't poison anyone right away but... the colour... oh god, what must the texture be like?!
She's frozen. Is there anywhere she can run to. Someone get her out of here. ]
[ She. suddenly. is deeply regretting her choice to make sure she made some time to drop by the christmas party. Ango looks so proud of himself and it smells good enough that she's pretty certain it won't poison anyone right away but... the colour... oh god, what must the texture be like?!
She's frozen. Is there anywhere she can run to. Someone get her out of here. ]
[This is the Figment's first time in the Slumbering City, and Turo hadn't been here for ages, so really it has no idea that this shop is new at all! It didn't know people sold things in the Dream Sphere to begin with...how does that even work? Curious, it drifts inside, and examines the items Ango points out obligingly. Well, it's wearing a full helmet, so you can't really see its face. But it's looking in the right directions, at least!]
...why? Why are you selling these, I mean?
[Not "why shouldn't I drink a bomb", it gets that part.]
...why? Why are you selling these, I mean?
[Not "why shouldn't I drink a bomb", it gets that part.]
[Dreamer Omen has been elusive lately, but the spectacle of this shop is enough to draw the towering shadow in. He stoops through the door somehow; you don't actually really see how he did it?
After the Santa outfit is pointed out, he looks down at himself. Specifically, at his long dark cloak that casts impenetrable shadows over his body!]
I don't...know how that would work.
[There's obviously some unearthly properties to this cloak. That makes sense enough for a Dreamer, of course, but even then...his old costume, back when he was a regular Dreamer, was nothing like this. It makes him look seven feet tall!]
After the Santa outfit is pointed out, he looks down at himself. Specifically, at his long dark cloak that casts impenetrable shadows over his body!]
I don't...know how that would work.
[There's obviously some unearthly properties to this cloak. That makes sense enough for a Dreamer, of course, but even then...his old costume, back when he was a regular Dreamer, was nothing like this. It makes him look seven feet tall!]
Hey, that's the secret to any great stage act, right? The audience can't tell how much is real and how much is show biz magic.
[Ango has a significant height and size advantage over Hibiki, and he has more real-world fighting experience...
...But he's still pretty sure that she could kick his ass, powers or none. She's probably got an extra reservoir of strength specifically for beating the crap out of useless middle-aged men.]
Ahahaha, Hibiki-chan! I was, uh, speaking hypothetically! Like, would I rather fight 100 duck-sized Hibikis, or 1 Hibiki-sized duck?
...But he's still pretty sure that she could kick his ass, powers or none. She's probably got an extra reservoir of strength specifically for beating the crap out of useless middle-aged men.]
Ahahaha, Hibiki-chan! I was, uh, speaking hypothetically! Like, would I rather fight 100 duck-sized Hibikis, or 1 Hibiki-sized duck?
I ain't sharing my booze stash with brats, so they get milk and cookies.
[Ango's cheery expression turns suspicious as he adjusts his sunglasses to inspect the unfamiliar face. He vaguely remembers seeing a DU-wide email about a visiting Dreamer from the European office who was installing some kind of light fixture by the main entrance, but since Ango usually skulks in through the back door so nobody notices him showing up two hours late to work, he hasn't yet crossed paths with the new guy.]
So who are you? Are you a cop, or just a narc?
[Ango's cheery expression turns suspicious as he adjusts his sunglasses to inspect the unfamiliar face. He vaguely remembers seeing a DU-wide email about a visiting Dreamer from the European office who was installing some kind of light fixture by the main entrance, but since Ango usually skulks in through the back door so nobody notices him showing up two hours late to work, he hasn't yet crossed paths with the new guy.]
So who are you? Are you a cop, or just a narc?
Ain't you ever played a video game? This is like an item shop where you can buy equipment to give you a power-up, or a potion to restore your HP, or an alternate costume.
[Okay, so Ango hasn't actually figured out the buying part yet since there's no money in the Dream Sphere, but he's not a filthy capitalist pig so that's fine.]
If you mean "why" in the philosophical sense, it's because I'm a Saver who's got fuck all when it comes to attack power, so I figure I can help more teams this way.
[Okay, so Ango hasn't actually figured out the buying part yet since there's no money in the Dream Sphere, but he's not a filthy capitalist pig so that's fine.]
If you mean "why" in the philosophical sense, it's because I'm a Saver who's got fuck all when it comes to attack power, so I figure I can help more teams this way.
[...Did Omen just noclip straight through the wall?
You know, Ango isn't even going to worry about it.]
Yeah, the spooky cloak is like, your whole aesthetic, huh?
[It's more Halloween than Christmas, though... and maybe it's just Ango's imagination, but Omen sounds a little sad about that.]
But don't worry! I can work with that!
[He claps his hands to catch a shadow between his palms, then starts stretching the darkness until it becomes a heavy sheet... and after a few seconds, Ango is holding a long, oversized hooded coat of green velvet trimmed with dark fur and tassels. It's giving more "classic European Santa" than "Coca-Cola commercial Santa" vibes, but it's still appropriately festive.]
How's this? It has pockets!
You know, Ango isn't even going to worry about it.]
Yeah, the spooky cloak is like, your whole aesthetic, huh?
[It's more Halloween than Christmas, though... and maybe it's just Ango's imagination, but Omen sounds a little sad about that.]
But don't worry! I can work with that!
[He claps his hands to catch a shadow between his palms, then starts stretching the darkness until it becomes a heavy sheet... and after a few seconds, Ango is holding a long, oversized hooded coat of green velvet trimmed with dark fur and tassels. It's giving more "classic European Santa" than "Coca-Cola commercial Santa" vibes, but it's still appropriately festive.]
How's this? It has pockets!
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