Merry Christmas, Chosen...

[terminalmegas]

Who: Venusmon, everyone
What: The giving of the D-Streams
Where: Terminal City, Roaming Park
When: December 25th, 2013, morning

At the stroke of midnight on December 25th, every Chosen and their partners fall asleep wherever they are, with nothing able to wake them. They won't stay there all night, however. Bright and early, as if turned on by a switch, the Chosen will awaken in their beds to find their Digivices missing. The individual Digimon -- those without rooms, brought in like the Chosen -- similarly fall into slumber or stasis, waking where the stand in the morning in the morning.

They will all wake up with a note in their rooms, written in beautiful script. "Come to Roaming Park," it says. There's some kind of noise outside. Something drawing everyone out. Noticeable first is the fall of snow, so far absent from Terminal Tokyo. It covers, among everything else, Roaming Park, where on a bench there sits a Venusmon, with a very large sack. Around her are tables full of all sorts of food, and Digimon there both partaking in it and setting up more. It's a whole feast, not spoiled by the weather, but enhanced by it.

[ooc: Below there will be a thread to interact with Venusmon, where she will answer some questions and give out the D-Streams. Every non-canon Digimon character will receive a D-Stream, whether they see her or not. At the end of the day, they will appear in the Chosen's hands. This can also be used to generally mingle with each other and enjoy the snow.]

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Re: Mingle

[alley_kit]

Kit is so excited, Terminal Tokyo. SO EXCITED. OK, so she'd been a little worried this morning when she woke up to find her digivice gone, but after Emerick read the note to her, she figured it would all be explained at the park and went about finishing wrapping up the loaves of fruit bread to give to all her friends before piling them in her little wagon and heading for the park.

Also, snow! All the snow! She'd spent a little while just rolling around in it with Emerick, laughing and making snow angels (if you see a little one that looks like it has a tail, that's probly hers) before heading to the park proper. When she got there she was just skipping with glee, even if the snow does make pulling the wagon a bit harder. She was dressed in the sweatshirt Chika gave her, plus the sweater Fluttershy made for her and her own hooded blanket cape plus her lavender pants. She still wore no shoes, and looked something like a cross between Little Red Riding hood and a patchwork quilt, but didn't seem to care in the slightest.

And naturally, one thing caught her attention the moment she arrived. "WOW, look at all that food!" She was willing to bet that not even Lion-O had ever seen a Rammastide feast like this!

She was all set to make a beeline for the nearest table, til she remembered. First thing was first; she had fruit bread to hand out. Each loaf was carefully wrapped in a colorful cloth napkin and tied with a light blue or yellow ribbon (the traditional colors of Rammastide). The 'name tags' are attached to the ribbons by bits of string, and instead of written names, have tiny pictures of their recipients' faces drawn on them. Anyone who didn't receive their fruit bread here at the feast will have it delivered by Kit later that day. Those receiving 'addressed' fruit bread from Kit were: Chika, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Sophia, Terra, Duo, Roze(s Digimon), Takato, Guilmon, Jinx, Trixie, and Hollyleaf. There were several unaddressed loaves as well, in case she ran into someone who didn't get a present, or somebody who wanted one that she'd missed.

[adashofloyalty]

"Yo, Kit!"

Ta-da! Before she knows it, Kit will find herself -playfully- dive-bombed from above by a blueish blur as Rainbow Dash -who has spotted the girl with the awesome tail while flying in the sky with the sweater Fluttershy gave her- hugs her, grinning confidently before putting her down after a moment.

"Merry Christmas! ...And happy Hearth's Warming, and happy Rammastide! Been here long?"

[alley_kit]

Kit hears the greeting and spots the approaching shadow of something coming from above, but barely has a chance to look up before she's dive-bomb-hugged! After a brief yelp of surprise, she sees who it is, and grins, hugging Rainbow right back.

"Hi, Rainbow!", she says. "Happy Rammastide! And Christmas and Hearth's Warming too! And nope, I just got here a little while ago."

"Oh, and I brought your fruit bread!" Kit pauses to search through the wagon for a moment before pulling out a round-ish loaf of fruit bread wrapped in a rainbow-colored tie-dye napkin and tied with a light blue ribbon. Attached is a paper tag with a childish drawing of Rainbow's smiling face on it in crayon, blue skin, rainbow hair, and all.

"Here," she says, smiling. "You're the first one I ran into here so you get yours first!"

[adashofloyalty]

"Sweet!" Rainbow took that same moment Kit did to look through her bag and pulled out the present she had marked for the younger girl, grinning at the design of Kit's gift before making the exchange. Upon opening it, she took a moment to smell how good the bread would taste before taking a few bites.

"Hehe, wow! That is delicious! Here's yours, but you can't eat it; you'll be able to wear it on snowy nights like tonight so the cold air can't get in your face!"

[alley_kit]

The fruit bread definitely smelled good, if slightly different than how it would have back in Thundara, thanks to the necessity of substituting a few of the ingredients for ones that actually existed locally. Lightly sweet and fruity, without the heaviness that a cake might have.

Kit grinned as Rainbow handed over her own present, quickly opening it and finding... a light blue scarf and a pair of goggles. The grin only broadened and she giggles a little, pulling down the hood of her blanket-cape so that she could put the scarf around her neck properly and put the goggles on her head, adding a bit of Takato to her mismatched look. "They're great, Rainbow!", she said, stepping forward to give the former pegasus a big hug. "Thanks!"

[adashofloyalty]

Rainbow was about 1/2way through with the fruit bread before taking a few moments to watch Kit open her present. She grinned excitedly at seeing how well the scarf and goggles fit her, impressed that Kit just left them on her head like a fashion statement. She giggles lightly at the hug, returning it in kind while holding onto the bread so it wouldn't go flying.

"Hehe, glad you like 'em Kit! Gonna go around like that all the time now?" Not that she has an opinion, just that Rainbow's hoping to get a picture with her and Kit later on with the younger girl sporting her new look.

[strengthinkindness]

Fluttershy spots the familiar girl and hurries over with a smile. "Hi Kit...!"

With her are both her Digimon, helping her carry the bag she has everyone's gifts in. They wave to the girl as well.

[alley_kit]

Kit grins and waves as Fluttershy and her partners approach. "Hi, Fluttershy! Hi, guys! Happy Rammastide! And Christmas and Hearth's Warming and everything else!"

Emerick pipes up from the wagon as well. "We brought you some more fruit bread as a present." She nudges it forward and Kit picks it up, offering it to Fluttershy. It's wrapped in a pink cloth napkin with a flower pattern on it and tied with a yellow ribbon. A paper tag is attached with a childish image of Fluttershy's face drawn on it to identify who it's for.

[strengthinkindness]

Fluttershy giggled softly. "Happy holidays..."

She took the wrapped bread carefully, smiling. "Thank you..."

"Awesome!" Choco said, grinning widely. "The last one you made was really good! Thanks!"

"I have something for you too," Fluttershy said, handing the bread to her Digimon. Reaching into her bag, she pulled out a box with Kit's name on it, handing it to her.

[alley_kit]

"I'm glad you liked it!", Kit said, grinning. "I had to change the recipe a little, since the fruit we'd usually use back home doesn't grow around here. I tried it myself first just to make sure it worked OK, but it's nice to know that other people think it's good too."

The grin got even bigger as Fluttershy handed her her present. Kit had never gotten more than one present for Rammastide before, due to her family being both poor and rather isolated, so this was something of a first for her. She unwrapped in excitedly, revealing a pillow in the shape of a Salamon face.

"Thanks, Fluttershy!", she said, examining the stitched details on the face. "It's awesome!"

"Yeah! It looks just like me!", Emerick remarked happily.

[strengthinkindness]

Fluttershy smiled. "I'm glad you like it..."

Meanwhile, Choco pulled out a bag full of cookies, offering it to Emerick. "Here! You get something too!"

[lovespinkbirdies]

Chika giggled as she noticed Kit skipping around all over the place, looking like she barely had any care in the world. Which was good, considering what happened right before the other girl had gotten here.

Either way though, Chika definitely needed to see Kit, so she moved to grab her bag of all the gifts she had for people and started running over to her friend. "Hi Kit! You having fun?"

[alley_kit]

"Hi, Chika!", Kit grinned, waving at Chika as she ran over. Kit would have run to meet her, but running with the wagon in the snow was a little difficult, so she just waited. "And yeah, I am. This is the best Rammastide ever!" Really the only way it could have been more perfect would be if her friends and family from back home were there to enjoy it with her, but she was hardly going to dwell on what she didn't have this day.

"Oh, and we brought your fruit bread!", she said, reaching into the wagon to pull out the appropriate loaf, wrapped in a soft-yellow cloth napkin with a border of pink and blue baby chicks and tied with a light blue ribbon. Attached was a paper tag with a childish drawing of Chika's face drawn on it. "Happy Rammastide! And Christmas and everything else!", she said offering it to Chika.

[lovespinkbirdies]

Chika smiled and took the bread. "Happy Rammastide Kit!" she said with a giggle. "I got you something too!" She was glad to hear that her friend was having fun here, especially since, well, Kit had just recently gotten to this world and hadn't really had that much time to adjust to everything before more stuff happened.

Either way, present for Kit. Chika's hands move to go into her bag and pull it out. It was a rather small lion plushy. She would've gone for something bigger, but well, most of the lion plushies that she saw that were big didn't really seem to be all that well made. But even so, she was sure this was going to be fine because it was still pretty nice. "Merry Christmas!"

... Yeah, she knew she already wished Kit a happy Rammastide, but still, it just seemed to be the thing to say when giving a gift.

[alley_kit]

"You did?", Kit said, curious. Then, a moment later, her eyes widened slightly and a grin spread across her face as she saw what the present was. It wasn't quite like the lion doll she'd had as a cub, but just the fact that Chika had remembered...

She took the plushie, then hugged Chika. "Thanks, Chika!", she said. "It's great! And you remembered!"

[lovespinkbirdies]

Chika grinned, hugging Kit back. She was really, really glad that the other girl liked the gift. She didn't think that it would be a problem, but even so. "You're welcome Kit! I'm glad you liked it!"

After a few more moments though, she pulled away from the hug. "I know it's not the same one as what you had before, but well, I figured that getting you one would be better than trying to figure out something else you'd like."

[alive_through_luck]

If it weren't for Solarmon, Duo would have just stayed in his room. He wasn't too thrilled about the snow or the cold, but apparently his Digivice being gone was a big deal. Not that the braided boy cared. However, since it'd get his partner to shut up, he got dressed in some of the clothes that Chika had bought him, as well as the winter coat, he went out to see what all the fuss was about.

He wasn't even sure what he was suppose to do. He was at the park like he was meant to be, he had gotten that D-Stream thingy...so now what?

That was when he spotted Wily-Kit with all those loaves of bread. He started towards her, at least going to say hi, but stopped short. Should he approach her? Maybe he should just...say put. Shivering, he pulled the collar of his coat up to cover his mouth and nose, and made his way over to a bench close to the Thundercat. He sat down and simply watched her, wondering if she would see him. If not, then he'd go elsewhere while Solarmon was occupied in floating around the table.

[alley_kit]

Kit had paused, bending over her wagon to resettle the remaining loves a little more evenly, with the tagged ones on top, and to see how many spare ones she had left, and thus didn't notice Duo at first. As a matter of fact, it was Emerick who spotted him, getting Kit's attention and pointing him out with a fore paw.

"Hey, Kit, look," she said. "Isn't that Duo?" It was honestly a little hard to tell with the boy all bundled up like that, but she was pretty sure it was him.

Emerick wasn't really sure how she felt about Duo, or his partner Solarmon, though she didn't envy the other digimon the task of trying to keep Duo out of trouble. Still, while Duo could undoubtedly be abrasive, there never seemed to be any ill-intent behind it, only childish stubbornness and a general lack of tact. Besides, Kit seemed to like him, so he couldn't be all that bad.

"Huh?", Kit looked up, directing her gaze to where Emmy was pointing. "Oh! Yeah, it is! Hi, Duo!" She waved at him to let him know she'd seen him, then headed over with the wagon in tow.

"How long have you been sitting here?", she asked when she got to the bench.

[alive_through_luck]

Ah, so she noticed him. That was fine. It wasn't like he was openly hiding from her. When he heard her calling his name, he looked up as if just now realizing she was there. He stared at her a second before lowering his collar from his mouth and offered her a smile.

"I haven't been here very long." Well, it was true. "I got that message and stuff, and Solarmon wouldn't shut up until I came out here." He just won't mention that he had fallen asleep in the middle of putting presents outside of people's doors and then woken up in his bed. That just seemed too weird.

"How long you been out here?"

[alley_kit]

"Awhile now," Kit said. "Emmy and I came out as soon as we finished wrapping up the fruit bread to give to people. I think I must fallen asleep in the middle of doing it last night, but then I woke up in my bed this morning." Which was... really weird, but then so were a lot of other things in this place. Maybe she was sleepwalking or something?

Anyway... "Oh an speaking of...", she turned back to the wagon and pulled out a loaf of fruit bead tagged with a childish image of Duo's face. It was wrapped in a dark blue cloth napkin with a pattern of silver stars, and tied with a light blue ribbon. She offered it to Duo with a smile. "Happy Rammastide. And Merry Christmas and everything else."

[alive_through_luck]

"...I fell asleep too. I was, uh...putting presents at people's doors." He blushed and ducked his mouth and nose behind his scarf. His cheeks turned pink, but that could easily be from the cold, right? He wondered if Kit ever found her gift and was just about to ask before a napkin was held out to him.

He took the loaf and smiled behind his scarf at the tag with the drawing on it. It was a little childish, but that still meant it was his. He had so few things that he could call his and this was one of them.

"Thanks, Kit. And...I dunno what Rammadan is, but merry Christmas."

[thebiggestdreamer]

"Hi, Kit!"

It takes a while, but Takato actually does make his way through the crowd to find her, a bag of presents over his shoulder as he approaches her. His smile was a curious one, as he was pretty sure the main reason he'd spotted her was due to an unfamiliar item...far away, at least!

Up close, probably the same but either way she was more recognizable as he got closer to her.

[alley_kit]

Kit looked up and grinned as Takato approached. "Hi, Takato!", she said, and pulled the hood of her blanket-cape back so that he could see her new goggles. "See what Rainbow gave me? She got me the scarf too." She indicated the light blue scarf she was wearing.

"Oh! And I've got you and Guilmon's fruit breads here too," she said, pulling out two loaves of fruit bread with little paper tags bearing Takato and Guilmon's faces on them and offering them to Takato. Takato's is wrapped in a blue napkin with a pattern of stylized yellow suns and moons on it and is tied with a light blue ribbon, while Guilmon's is wrapped in a red napkin with a pattern of apples along the border and is tied with a yellow ribbon. "Happy Rammastide, Merry Christmas, and happy everything else too!"

[thebiggestdreamer]

"Wow...! Your own pair of goggles. They look fantastic!" Takato took note of the new scarf Kit was wearing as well, agreeing that the scarf was just as wonderful.

"Thanks for the fruit bread, Kit! I promise Guilmon won't eat it up right away." Takato took the loaves with a smile, carefully putting them in his bag while reaching inside and pulling out a present meant for Kit. Hers is wrapped in an orange pattern with purple ribbons tied into a bow. "Merry Christmas and Happy Rammastide to you too!"

[alley_kit]

Kit giggled a little. "Thanks!", she said. "I wore them like this cause that's how you wear yours. And cause I kinda don't need them for what they're really for right now."

"Good," she said with a nod to Takato's promise not to let Guilmon eat all the fruit bread at once, "cause there's just one for each of you right now. Though if he likes it, tell him I'll make him some more later."

Kit grinned and accepted her present, hastily unwrapping it to see what it was...