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[kindlichekaiser]

I hope everyone is having a happy holiday!

[She's grabbing up the presents she's going to give to every; EVERYONE GETS A SCARF AND A HAT! She made them herself! They're kind of lumpy, too big or too small, and full of holes.

But she tried, okay?

However, she too wrote in a letter to Santa. She talks as she varies the bags of gifts down the

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[Phone]

[myblimpisbigger]

[Klaus has, thus far, been putting off opening his letter from Santa for this exact reason. And now something bad has happened to Empress and that is not okay.]

Empress? Are you there? And unharmed?

[Phone]

[kindlichekaiser]

I...I um... [She sounds panicked, on the verge of hyperventilating]

I'm...fine. [for a given meaning of 'fine'] The drones are... Do the drones seem o-odd to you?

[Phone]

[myblimpisbigger]

... Not that I have noticed, no. Why? Are the ones around you acting strangely?

[Phone]

[kindlichekaiser]

I... [She trails off, pauses, and takes a big breath. Hyperventilating and freaking out isn't going to help anyone.]

The drones are all crying, or screaming--they look like they're in so much pain...

[updollsdresses]

[Hey just sitting on the front steps of his house.

Countin' coal.]

[kindlichekaiser]

[She doesn't bother announcing that she's there because Teatime's an assassin and probably knew she was coming long before she ran up to him like dogs had been set on her]

Teatime! Um, the drones-- are the drones--!? [EVERYONE PANIC.]

[updollsdresses]

[oh he LoJack'd her months ago] Are the drones...?

[kindlichekaiser]

[She stops and drops her bag of scarfs and hats to her side, bending over to place her hand on her knees and take a few deep breaths. She needs to calm down]

... Do they look strange to you? [She asks at length, finally looking at him, worried]