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[hadyougoing]

Ava is roasting chestnuts on a somewhat-less-than-open fire.

She's not really sure what you do with the chestnuts once you roast them, so this seems to mostly entail tossing chestnuts into the fire and watching them blacken. But she also has eggnog, and has broken out her Santa hat for the occasion, and is currently tying the final ribbons onto

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[3nanashi]

Trowa is not on the list. So he probably does not get a present. :(

. . . Which is okay, since he wasn't expecting one anyhow.

The poor doomed chestnuts get an impassive sidelong look, though.

[hadyougoing]

Ava looks sidelongishly right back.

".... What?"

[3nanashi]

"That's not the best way to cook them." Mildly.

Maybe she's just burning things.

In which case, there are better things to burn than perfectly good food, but whatever. People are weird.

[hadyougoing]

"Oh," Ava says.

She considers this.

"Have you roasted chestnuts before? I was mainly just doing it because it's supposed to be seasonal."

[hadyougoing]

Ava considers this.

"It's what ... I'm doing with them? So I guess so!"

She smiles up at her.

"I like your tinsel. Want your present?"

[hadyougoing]

"I like your tinsel."

She helpfully repeats herself with painfully precise diction.

"Your present. Do you want your Christmas present?"

[not_lugosi]

In a flagrant abuse of Millitime, Bela does indeed stop by. You know how holidays are - all the days run together!

"Hey, Ava."

The fang marks on Bela's neck are gone. This is because she's paid a sorcerer a lot of money to take care of the problem. Magic is gross and dangerous, for the most part, but it does come in handy.

"My God, a Santa hat now? You're going all out."

[hadyougoing]

"All the way out!" Ava agrees, beamily.

"Do you want your present?"

[not_lugosi]

"Wait, you have a present for me?"

Bela is definitely not used to getting presents from people. It just doesn't tend to happen.

[hadyougoing]

"Duh," Ava says, making a face.

She picks up a box decorated in gingerbread-people wrapping paper and shakes it invitingly.

[stilljustandrew]

"Hey!"

It's an Andrew! Looking entirely delighted to see her.

"...Oh man, is it Christmas here already?"

[hadyougoing]

"Andrew!" Ava exclaims.

She beams.

"It's totally Christmas. I spent like twenty minutes earlier today fighting off mistletoe."

[stilljustandrew]

"...like, actual animate mistletoe?"

It's Milliways! That could TOTALLY HAPPEN.

[hadyougoing]

"Uhh."

Ava looks sheepish.

"It might have been? But mostly I think I was just inept at getting rid of it."