SYSTEM GLITCH || ARRIVAL HOLO: Buddy

[buddythe_elf]

In the wee hours of this winter morning, the tablets in Taxon have done something... Odd. Anyone paying attention, or in the middle of a conversation, will notice the screen blink a few times. When the blinking is done, the screen will be filled with lines of code with a small progress bar at the bottom.

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Comments

[ location: the sanctuary ] sure~. we'll just assume he made it out on his own ♥

[buddythe_elf]

Buddy had, somehow, managed to grab the tablet (much more advanced than most of the toys they made in the workshop, that's for sure) and wander out of the pretty and shiny room.

"Yes! I came in through the giant silver ornament room."

He turns around a little to better face Angel (and thus, infect him with cheer).

"My name is Buddy. What's your name? Your forehead is really big. Is that on purpose?"

[ooc: also notifs are being weird again. THANKS LJ. I'll just keep this open and refresh it every few minutes.]

[ location: the sanctuary ] ♥

[buddythe_elf]

Well, that was unexpected. He's seen a bunch of very tiny men and women in tights play basketball, and he's seen Santa's sleigh, but watching a vampire gameface is entirely new.

So, Buddy watched the transformation with childlike fascination even when it was looking distinctly... Grinch-y. "You're very..."

Okay, can't say 'creepy.' Can't say 'creepy.'

"Bumpy!"

[accidental visual]

[beholdthedrums]

The Master had been more focused on getting the code to show back up; any of his earlier projects pushed aside to get it back. He remembers when he first arrived here that the Doctor mentioned the sky once turned to code. If this had any relation, any at all, he needed to find it.

It shouldn't be hard.

"Come on," he snaps, slamming a hand at the side of the tablet, as if it would somehow jump start it. Finally, he deflates and glowers at the screen.

[holo]

[buddythe_elf]

"You look grumpy."

The holo of the (one would assume, as his holographic display is as big as anyone else's) very tall man in an elf costume sounds the exact opposite of grumpy.

"It's almost Christmas, and no one should be that grumpy at Christmas."

[visual]

[beholdthedrums]

Some days (more often then not) he really hated the tablets.

"Christmas is a holiday of planet Earth and the human race. The only thing it brings is too much joy and irritating singing." As he's already experienced from Cordelia and others.

[holo]

[buddythe_elf]

For a moment, Buddy looks horrified, but the moment passes. Obviously, this very grumpy looking man is just joking.

"Of course there's joy and singing! 'The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer is Singing Loud for All to Hear.' It's right there in the Code of the Elves."

[ visual ]

[glowingseer]

Okay, first off, the yellow tights? Is severely offending her fashion sense. Cordelia stares at the newcomer with something akin to horror and, let's face it, disgust.

"Okay - what the hell are you?"

[holo]

[buddythe_elf]

As long as she doesn't ask him to take them off, things should be good.

"I'm an elf," he says cheerily. "What are you?"

[ visual ]

[glowingseer]

"An elf," she repeats, raising both brows. "Like an elf elf? Like a... Santa elf?"

Wow, Taxon. The people you bring in here just gets weirder and weirder.

[holo]

[buddythe_elf]

"Yes," he says. "I work in Santa's workshop and sometimes I work with Papa Elf but not all the time."

Taxon does it out of love, Cordy. Strange, alien love.

[visual]

[chase_evolution]

Ah, another confused newcomer. Mohinder sometimes let them go and sometimes helped them. He completely missed the code on the tablets, but the audio doesn't go unnoticed. Since he seemed to have heard it pretty early, Mohinder picked up the tablet and decided to talk to him.

...interesting-looking fellow. At least he didn't seem too upset.

With a bit of an eyebrow raise, Mohinder turned on his tablet's transmission. "Welcome to Taxon. If you pick up the small thing the sound is coming from, you'll be able to leave that room. We're all trapped here with you, before you ask. And no, none of us have ever seen our captors." Hopefully that would be good enough to start off with.

[holo]

[buddythe_elf]

At the sound of the voice coming from Somewhere, Buddy startles and kind of spins around in place for a second.

"Hello? Santa? Trapped?"

It takes a few more spins before Buddy realizes there's a pedestal with a fancy looking Thing on it. After examining it from a distance to make sure nothing is going to pop out at him, he picks it up and stares at Mohinder.

"So I'm not in a giant silver bell?"

[visual]

[chase_evolution]

Ooookay, this is getting significantly more odd. Mohinder watches the display with an amused interest. "No, you're not. That's where we all arrived. There's an entire city outside of that room. We can go no farther, but at least we have that much."

He waits for a moment before continuing. "And I'm not Santa, just in case you were wondering. My name is Mohinder."

[holo]

[buddythe_elf]

"Well I know you're not Santa now. You don't even have a beard!"

Duh. Geeze, Mohinder, get with the program.

Buddy looks around the room once more now that he has the tablet in hand. "But it's almost Christmas," he says, moving now with great big yellow-tighted strides toward the door. "What if I miss it?"

[voice]

[fudgingkillyou]

Aw, man, this is all we need, more crazy people. [Dean, some people probably would say the same about you, shut up.]

[voice]

[buddythe_elf]

I'm not crazy. My name is Buddy.

[voice]

[fudgingkillyou]

... Buddy. Right. You still stuck in the big shiny room, or you out, now?

[voice]

[buddythe_elf]

Oh, I'm out of the big shiny room. Mohinder helped me. He's very nice and we're going to sing carols and bake cookies and make snowmen.

It's so Christmasy out here...

[Pause. There's he jingle of something that is quite possibly bell-shaped.]

What's your name? Do you have a favorite color? Do you have a favorite carol? Do you want to bake cookies with me and Mohinderrrrr? We can make some shaped like snowflakes.