It's beginning to look a lot like...

[_bird_of_flame_]

Bette Kane has never been one to attach a lot of sentiment to the holiday season. While she likes presents and likes friends an family, she's had a lot of the first and not so much of the later until the past few years. Ever since she's become a Titan, this sort of stuff has started to mean more

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[jla_extras]

The teleporter pings as a familiar form shimmers into view.

Kory has a gingerbread man clutched in each hand, a sizable bite taken out of their heads. At the sight of another gingerbread trail, she lifts off the platform and follows it along, grinning widely.

She loves the joy and love that permeates this holiday, with every glittering star and shining tinsel strand, and cannot hold back her happy laughter as she reaches the end of the trail.

[_bird_of_flame_]

"Hey Kory!"

It is hard to be unhappy around Kory when she's smiling. There is just something about her mood that is infectious in all of the best ways. Bette's still adjusting the last of the food and the decorations in the media room.

[aflyinggrayson]

"...Whoa."

That's Nightwing at the entrance, holding a gingerbread man (or the remnants thereof, because his looks like the victim of a shark attack) and staring around with a growing smile. "Well, this looks...pretty damned awesome."

[_bird_of_flame_]

"Hey."

There is something about him, pretty much any time she sees him that inspires foot scuffing and self-conciousness. "I'm glad everyone got their gingerbread men. I was afraid that they'd get eaten or that someone would notice me putting them out."

All this considered, that was easily the hardest part.

[kidflash2]

Bart arrives shortly afterwards - one or two stray crumbs on his fingertips betraying the final fate of the gingerbread men in his path.

"Christmas party time, huh?"

[_bird_of_flame_]

"It seems to be that time of year." Bette smiles over at Bart, "I thought we needed some sort of a gathering and this is a convenient reason."

[aflyinggrayson]

After relinquishing his hold in Kory (and looking entirely too self-satisfied), Nightwing heads for the sweets (and Bette again), noting to Bart, "You're slowing down in your old age, kid. All this food and it took you this long to show up?"

[_bird_of_flame_]

"I'm glad you found the trail."

Bette still isn't sure if all of the people are going to show up. Everyone is busy, after all. She hands Dick a glass of cider and starts to pour one for Bart as well.

[krypton_or_bust]

Connor shows up shortly after Bart does.
His arms are laden with several trays of cookies and Christmas confections, courtesy of Ma Kent. He can barely see over the towering stacks of cookie trays.

"Umm...a little help?"

He's toast if it gets make to Ma that he dropped any of these.

[aflyinggrayson]

"Con!" Dick makes his way over to the young man, his expression brightening at the burden that Conner carries. "Hey, lemme give you a hand there."

[krypton_or_bust]

A look of relief.

"Thanks! Delicate work isn't my bag."
The teetering stacks of cookies serve to underscore the sentiment. The dangerous swaying to and fro halts as the more agile hands of the Dark Knight's first partner come to the rescue.

"There's like enough sugar here to put us on every Dentist's 'Public Enemy' list."

[_bird_of_flame_]

"Wow. That's a lot of cookies."

Bette scrambles the make room for them on the table she'd set up for refreshments.

[xspeedyx2]

"I come bearing holiday chilli!" Speedy's late to the party, having arrived at Titans Tower to find the place completely empty.

That, and it's hard to get through the teleporters carrying a big, steaming, spicy (and vegetarian) pot of chili, and nibble on a gingerbread man at the same time.

"So," she says with a smirk on her face as she enters the room, "I miss Gar trying to steal any kisses under the mistletoe?"

[aflyinggrayson]

Nightwing walks over, hands out to take the chili from Mia, remarking, "Gar did try to grab a smooch from me, but then he remembered where my lips have been and thought again. One day I'll be good enough for him. This Ollie's chili?"

[xspeedyx2]

"Someday," Mia says, handing him the chili, "Someday he'll see you're the only one for him." She let out a laugh.

"You bet it is," she grins, "This chili is not for the weak at heart."

[krypton_or_bust]

Mistletoe??? There's mistletoe???""

*Kon almost short circuits weighing the various consequences there.*

[_bird_of_flame_]

Bette comes back in with bowls for the chili. She's also wearing a Santa hat as well as having a bag of what could rightly be assumed to be presents over her shoulder. She puts the bowls down by the chili and settles herself down on a couch.

[beastlyboy]

Beast Boy is still looking like this: D:

Starfire sort of broke his brain. s-servicable...?! There's only one answer!

"I'm feeling...sheepish." Yes, a horrible pun will make everything better. Beast Boy morphs into a green sheep(ram, actually), which goes "BAAAA!" loudly and starts eying Raven's apple.

[azarath_raven]

Raven rolls her eyes, taking another bite of her apple. "Get your own."

And is that mistletoe hidden above her head, away out of her sight?

[_bird_of_flame_]

"Sheepish, really?"

Bette shakes her head, stretching her legs out in front of her to prop her ankles up on the coffee table.