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[drinkthebleach]

[The feed opens with a small house with an even smaller lawn that’s drowning in Christmas decorations. Pickles can’t be seen yet, but he can be heard, his voice somewhat distracted by the world-wrecking levels of holiday cheer concentrated on this one piece of property.]

Jeez, s’ like droppin’ shrooms in the Hallmark aisle.

[He turns the phone so the

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[ninthserenade]

Why would anyone dress up like that!?

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[drinkthebleach]

'Cause it's awesome? [He clears his throat.] ...An' y'know, fuckin' cultural shit. I mean, why the hell would anyone dress up like some fat guy in red pajamas?

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[doeswhathewants]

[Conversationally] He probably eats them. Germans are kind of weird. At least, where I'm from.

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[drinkthebleach]

Plus he's a demon. Demons are supposed to do that kind of shit.

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[doeswhathewants]

Sounds about right. Though not all demons, some might take offense.

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[drinkthebleach]

Are we seriously talkin' 'bout bein' politically correct for demons, right now?

[There was already some dude with a parrot face ranting about the rights of angels over the network, and talked about racism. Sometimes Pickles didn't even need drugs to see strange shit in this place.]

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[quackery]

I-I'm pretty sure there was never anything like that in Germany!

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[drinkthebleach]

Fuck yeah there is.

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[quackery]

I'm German!

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[drinkthebleach]

You might've come from a different Germany. This dude's definitely legit. [The story was too cool not to be real.]

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[boundbytreason]

[ Caster had found the prelude rather pointless, and she barely knew how to respond without any barbs. Yet, his private text truly had her hesitating to come up with an answer. Coconuts. It nearly sounded arbitrary, and she was aware that a wry smile inadvertently quirked the corner of her lips. ]

[ She could have used text, but she never liked how impersonal it sounded. It was terribly cold and lifeless, and she found that she preferred the vitality that came with a voiced response. After all, how else would he be able to hear the amusement that bled into her tone like an unverbalized chuckle meant good-naturedly. ]

Are you planning on giving me one, or did you just want to show them off?

[ Having been in the kitchen during the afternoon, the clink of a silver spoon against porcelain is faintly evident in the background. ]

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[drinkthebleach]

[Pickles didn't do that much texting, either. Sometimes it was the only way to communicate in his world, but he almost never used the text function since he arrived in the Port. He was just too lazy to type...and it wasn't preferable to guide his thumbs over a touch screen on a cold afternoon.

So he doesn't mind when Caster switches to voice, grinning a little bit at her question.]

I'd totally share with you, if I really had 'em.

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[boundbytreason]

[ If that was meant as the punch line, Caster wasn't about to burst out laughing. Nonetheless, her voice maintains its wry lilt, as she offhandedly remarks: ] Oh, now, aren't you a tease?

[ If he listened closely, he might catch the soft rustle of a napkin, as she rested the spoon against it. ]

So, then, has Christmas given you a craving for coconuts, or did you not have any particular reason in bringing it up?

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[drinkthebleach]

[The Swedish version of the song had the better punchline, anyway. That was the one where the boy tries to open the coconut, and in the process destroys all his furniture, disfigures his mother, and blows up their house.] Dunno if anyone's ever called me that, before.

[And she might hear the faint tapping of his free hand drumming against the couch cushion he was slouching against.] I'm just givin' you shit, Caster. [A beat.] But I dunno, I guess I wanted to see what was up--if yer still around an' all that.

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[dr_byronorpheus]

Ah, yes, the Krampus. Christmas traditions have not always been as filled with sweetness and light as the marketing departments' chubby cheeked Santas would have us believe.

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[drinkthebleach]

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[drinkthebleach]

[Holy shit. Is this real life? Is Dr. Orpheus actually agreeing with him right now on something that could almost pass for satanic?] Oh. Uhh, yeah.

...God, I never woulda expected you to say that. Yer not gonna yell at me for like, traumatizing the fuckin' children or somethin'?

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[dr_byronorpheus]

As long as no one tries to foolishly manifest it in the streets of Siren's Port, I see no reason not to be aware of it.