[ The bells toll, only perhaps with a bit more... cheer to them? In fact, as they continue along, they sound less like tolls and more like jingles.

Naota Shirogane and Kiri Luchielle disappear from sight, and in the corner of the living room, a large, full tree appears. The house is instantly filled with the scent of pine, cinnamon, and the ( Read more... )

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house...

[Spain is sitting on one of the couches in the lobby, curled under a blanket, with a hat perched on his head. There's a book in his lap--The Night Before Christmas--and he's smiling, happy, fond memories filling him as he reads. Christmas is a big tradition in his house, in his country-- ( Read more... )

[Rose looks at the snow. All this snow...]

We never got snow in London. [Not even with the Doctor, she muses--the last bit of snow she felt was after the Sycorax invaded, and that was the ashes of their ship. Rose finds herself smiling.]

[The snow's kinda pretty, really. Yuffie has pushed most of it off the living room sofa and is sitting with her knees drawn up, one hand held out to watch the flakes collect on her skin and melt. It helps that she's found an oversized quilted jacket and a brilliantly stupid stocking hat in her room--it's got little cross-eyed snowmen on it and it ( Read more... )

[ Stop where you are and look up. From the ceiling, white flakes begin floating lazily down, drifting to settle on the floor. The temperature drops several degrees, and breath comes out in puffs of white. Snow?

Yes, snow. Inside. Some of the flakes disappear when they reach the floor, but enough remain to be blown into small drifts in the corners ( Read more... )

Koizumi...can we talk?

[Naoto sits at the table once more, staring at the empty table in front of her. A huge amount of pressure seems to lay on her shoulders.]

I'm sorry to have to tell you this all of a sudden, but my experiment was successful and I will tell you the instructions for this poll now.

I would like everyone to vote for me.

I have found out that I am the ( Read more... )

House, I request talking to you, herewith.

[she's getting very, very annoyed that they're not through with this yet. and a young girl and some nobody have died, along with some... other people. it's not as if she cares. all she wants is to get close to Luffy again... and she's willing to do anything to accomplish that.]...Barking up the wrong tree. No, false framing might be the way to play ( Read more... )

[ Shortly after midnight, there are sounds of scuffles, perhaps some screams and yells. Some more names turn red, one by one... but that different shade -- that same shade that Yui's name turned ( Read more... )