[party post] And to all a good night

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[OOC: Annual winter post. :3 Both Decembers, the comments have been up in the thousands. The post is open all of December until January for all/any winter/holiday shenanigans. Quick reminder, you are encouraged to tag around, tag to other threads as well as making your own. Feel free to spam! :D]This December in Chicago is as filled with

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[and_dontgetcute]

This is one of those times where Flack really doesn't like Chicago.

It's not that this is the worse he's been through as far as the Rift is concerned. In fact, he's fairly certain that losing Rachel is his worst day in Chicago by a mile, followed by the flood, but there are some things that are just plain annoyingLike, for example, the fact that he's currently being chased by an evil snowman

[xandtheman3]

Xander finds evil snowmen to be almost (but not quite) as terrifying as clowns. Clowns beat out snowmen by quite a bit, but he thinks there's something similar about them. They're both supposed to be happy, children-friendly creatures (one wouldn't really call either a creature, Xander), but then they end up chasing you down with a knife or tossing snowballs at your head.

"On my list of things I didn't want to do today," he says, reaching for a snow ball. "Being chased by an evil snowman has to be... at the top-ish of that list. Deal with an Apocalypse might be number one."

Maybe.

[and_dontgetcute]

Xander, that is something you and Sam Winchester have in common. You should discuss that sometime. Use it for bonding. BOND WITH BUFFY'S BOYFRIEND, XANDER. But not the creepy kind of bonding.

Ahem.

And now that Buffy has added her two cents, Flack has his back to the tree, trying to find a way to peer through the trees and see what's going on a little better. "I would have taken an Apocalypse over evil snowmen." But that's just Flack's opinion.

[xandtheman3]

The narration and Sam's narration have said recently that this is the circumstances they should finally meet under: a crazed and evil clown. It's PERFECT.

But no creepy kind of bonding, just the bro-ly kind of bonding.

"...really? An apocalypse?" Xander thinks about it for a moment before he nods, kanye shrugging a bit in agreement. "Yeah, me too. I've dealt with more of those. You get used to them after awhile."

[and_dontgetcute]

IT IS VERY PERFECT. Good luck with your crazed and evil clown, boys.

"With an Apocalypse, you can at least identify the evil one. Snowmen? Snowmen are supposed to be the good guys." Or at least, that was the impression Frosty the Snowman gave him.

Do not bring up the Stay-Puff Marshmallow man. That was a fluke, and some bad thinking Ray Stantz's part. And it wasn't even a snowman anyway.

[xandtheman3]

Xander sarcastically says THANKS to the narrations. Oh, Xander. It's all done out of love. Promise.

"That's what they make you think with those damn Christmas movies," he says aft er a moment, ducking to miss a snowball that comes flying at his head. "I'm kind of of the belief most kids-related things are really sinister. Secretly."

Slight pause. "Like clowns."

[and_dontgetcute]

Flack chuckles softly, before leaning back against the tree. "So you're saying that Christmas specials are just trying to lull us into a false sense of security?"

[xandtheman3]

"Yeah, that's... exactly what I'm saying." The pause was there, because he had to think about it to be really sure that that was what he was saying. Xander nods. "It's like how they tell you clown are supposed to make you laugh, and they paste Ronald McDonald over amazing french fries. False... security and all that."

[and_dontgetcute]

Flack laughs. "Yeah. I can see what you mean. In reality, the clown's just going to eat you alive in your sleep."

... It's rather hard to tell if he's being sarcastic or not.

[xandtheman3]

Xander definitely cannot tell.

"...wait, does that really happen or are you just trying to freak me out?" When it comes to clowns, Xander is easily freaked out. This doesn't seem very nice to him!

[and_dontgetcute]

Flack keeps the straight face for about two minutes. Yes, he is serious. See how serious he is.

And after that, he'll just crack a smile and start laughing.

[xandtheman3]

Xander stares like he can't believe this dude is actually. What even is his life?

"...you suck," he says after a moment. There is linefacing, Flack. All the linefacing.

[and_dontgetcute]

"You gotta admit, you walked right into that one," Flack sighed. He's not that remorseful, Xander, sorry. "Don't worry. Not all clowns are cannibals."

Flack, stop it.

[xandtheman3]

"How did- I didn't walk right into it," Xander says, making a face at him. "... not all-"

There's a moment of horror on his face before he shakes his head. He i not cool with this.

"Dude."

[and_dontgetcute]

He laughs a little more, starting to pull away from the tree. As he does, one of the snowmen catches sight of him, and he's hit with a bit, hard, cold snowball to the back of a head.

"Ho! What the ... "

There is a thing called karma, Flack. You should know this by now.

[xandtheman3]

Now it's Xander's turn to laugh, and he laughs pretty hard, okay?

"Yeah, you deserved that," he says plainly, glancing over at the snowmen before he starts slowly tepping backward. "Any idea about how we can get away from the snowmen without being pelted? I'd say... flamethrower."

If... they had one.