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.]

Comments

[strengthinkindness]

[She nodded, smiling brightly.] Yes...thank you. Merry Christmas and Happy Hearth's Warming.

[Choco and Floramon reach into Fluttershy's bag, pulling out a box with Martin's name on it and two cellophane bags filled with cookies. Floramon hands the box to Fluttershy while Choco goes over to Adele and Cody, offering them a bag each.

Thanking Floramon - and calling her something that doesn't quite sound like "Floramon" - Fluttershy then offered the box to Martin.]

Here...this is for you...

[the_lion_roller]

[He smiles warmly at that.]

You're welcome! H'and aww, thanks!

[Off to the side, Cody takes one look at the cookie bag, and immediately starts tearing into it, somewhat literally, with a slightly muffled "Thankoo" hastily added when Adele glares at him. The penguinmon herself gives a much more cordial "Thank you" to Choco, before coming over to Martin and gently tugging at his coat.]

Huh? ...Oh-heh, right...here, Adele.

[He reaches a hand into his backpack and digs out two medium-sized chocolate Santas and gives them to Adele, who cheerfully brings them over to Choco and Floramon.

Meanwhile, Martin's practically beaming at the box.]

Oho, wow! Thanks, Fluttershy! H'you shouldn't have. Heh, I mean, after that party you helped throw for me...

[Why yes, he's still going on about that. That was easily the best surprise he never expected to have here.

Nonetheless, he takes the box, glancing at it curiously, before balancing it in one arm and digging into his pack again.]

I've got something for you too...

[He hands her first a carefully rolled up piece of drawing paper, tied closed with a pink ribbon, followed by a small-ish gift bag that seems a little heavy for its size.]

[strengthinkindness]

[Choco and Floramon accept the chocolates from Adele, giving their own word of thanks.

Fluttershy blushes a bit, tucking some hair behind her ear.]

I-I don't mind...after everything you and Chris have done for me, i-it's...the least I can do...

[When Martin hands her the gifts though, she blinks, taking them carefully as she looks at them curiously. Then she smiles at him.]

Thank you...

[the_lion_roller]

[Martin gives an easy-going grin at that.]

Aww-heh, anytime. We were happy to help out.

[His grin widens a little and he seems to be bouncing a little in excitement.]

Go ahead and open 'em if you want to. The scroll's from me and Chris and the other gift is just a little extra something from me. Chris is around here somewhere with his own little thing for ya if you haven't run into him yet.

[While he's thinking of it, where is that brother of his? He oughta call him over so they can give their gifts together.

If Fluttershy unrolls the scroll, she'll find some nicely done drawings of Choco in his Rookie and Champion forms, as well as drawings of rabbits and hares from earth. Little facts written in careful hand-writing line the illustrations.

The gift in the bag is...what looks like a little Pegasus figurine sculpted out of a chunk of rock that may or may not have been salvaged from the clean-up site. It's a little crudely done, and surely he could have bought a much nicer-looking figurine from one of the stores, but it's definitely a one-of-a-kind.

Martin for his part is just itching to open his own.]

[strengthinkindness]

[She opens the scroll first, reading through the facts with a smile on her face. For the most part, it seems rabbits in his world are the same as rabbits back home, with some minor differences in behavior. She would have to ask about that sometime.

Opening the bag and finding the figurine has her eyes widening a bit. She holds it carefully in one hand, her thumb lightly running over it. Then she looks up at Martin again, a bright smile on her face.]

It's wonderful...Thank you...

[Glancing at the present he was still holding, she smiles, the expression on her face seeming to suggest she wanted to see his reaction to it as well.]

[the_lion_roller]

H'you're welcome.

[He's beaming now, and all it takes is that look from Fluttershy before he goes tearing into the box she'd handed him with the sort of enthusiasm that'd rival a kid's.

How his grin manages to widen, it's hard to tell, but he's smiling almost ear to ear when he opens the box and sees what's inside.]

Oho wow! This is amazing, Fluttershy!

[Setting aside the box, he pulls out the sweater vest inside, holding it up against his chest to model. It's a perfect sweater-vest version of his creature power suit.

He then gives her a slightly impish look.]

H'so you were Chris's mystery Santa, weren't you?

[Because that butterfly in the signature had them both totally and completely stumped, yes it did.]

[strengthinkindness]

[She blushes a little, though whether from Martin's enjoyment of his gift, or the mention of Chris', it's hard to tell. So she simply nods a little.]

[the_lion_roller]

Hah'aww, that was a great surprise. H'you should've seen the look on his face when he opened it.

[It was probably more or less what Martin's was when he opened his, just the Chris version.]

Thanks, Fluttershy!

[You don't mind being yoinked into a hug, do you, Fluttershy? No? Awesome.]

[strengthinkindness]

[Her smile softens slightly, thinking about how Chris would have taken her gift. She doesn't notice Martin moving until she's pulled into the hug. But though she's a bit surprised at first, she returns it happily.]

You're welcome...I'm glad you like it.

[the_lion_roller]

Like it? H'I love it!

[He lets her go, still grinning widely, and puts his pack down so he can put on the sweater vest. While it's over his head (because who uses zippers?), he says something in a muffled tone.]

L'mme go find, Chris. Hah'I kn'w he wants to th'nk you too.

[strengthinkindness]

[Luckily he's still pulling on the vest, missing the slight wince she gives at that.]

Th...Th-That's all right. H-He doesn't have t-to...do that, I...I'm glad he likes it...

[the_lion_roller]

[He pops his head out of the top of the vest, pulling it down his chest the rest of the way. Perfect fit. Almost exactly like his creature power suit. This is the best gift.]

H'nonsense, of course, he does! He's been wanting to find out who made it and thank 'em all day!

[Now that he can see again, he starts scanning the crowd for his brother. Let's see...somebody wearing a lot of green...]

[strengthinkindness]

W-Well, w-we don't...have to call him over if he's...b-busy right now...I...I-I'm sure I'll run into him s-sooner or...later...

[Preferably later...much, much later.]

[the_lion_roller]

[That makes him chuckle a little.]

H'it's a Christmas party! H'there's no way he could be too busy to thank somebody at a party.

[Then again...]

[strengthinkindness]

N-No really it's...i-it's all right. H-He doesn't have to know...right now...

[the_lion_roller]

[How on earth can you lose somebody with that much green in a winter wonderland?]

Ahck, now where'd he get to?

[Sorry, Fluttershy, were you saying something?

He turns and gives her a cheery smile, holding out his hands for her to wait.]

H'wait here a second. I'll go find him.

[Aaaand he's off.]

[strengthinkindness]

[She watches him leave, and for a moment she does as he asked and stays where she is. She seems nervous though; the thought of talking to Chris worries her a little bit.

As she stays there, though, she notices Martin find someone he knows, and pausing in his search for his brother to chat with them instead. She hesitates for a moment, then quietly starts to move away, inching off until she's sure out of his line of sight before heading off.

Hopefully, considering the crowd gathered today, he'll find a lot more people to talk to and forget what he'd been trying to do for her.]