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 Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:27 am
Bix would wake up, at six in the morning, to a loud rapping at his door, and some muffled words that sounded something like "B--! T--- i- a ve-- im--------t mi----n!"
The pounding persisted, followed by more shouting and then what sounded very much like bells jingling.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:46 am
Bix was close to waking up anyway since he'd taken on his jogging regime but the knock came in that 5 minute period right before the alarm went off when he was still a bit groggy and covered in sleep-drool. The albino hunter tried to be prompt, half falling out of bed when he yanked the door open. His vision was bleary but there he was, pacman boxer shorts and ***** t-shirt and his long braid wrapped in a white cloth to keep it from getting wild in the night. He stared, blinked and gaped stupidly. "Umm yeah? Morning? uhh?"
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:00 pm
The trainee would awaken to the sight of Julie, dressed up from red apron and red Santa Hat, to alternating red and green stockings: basically looking like a spawn of commercialized Christmas itself out to haunt Bix.
She didn't wait for Bix to wonder what was going on, as she continued to jingle the bells in one hand. It also made listening to what she was saying ridiculously difficult. "I am glad you're here" - jingle - "Important mission to" - jingle - "get dressed so we can" - jingle - "here you go!" More jingling before something was thrown at Bix.
It looked like a complete Santa costume, including a fake beard, and a pillow with a smiley face on it and the word 'Stuffing'.The Moon Hunter waited, expectantly, a dreamy smile plastered on her face.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:23 pm
"Oh.." He listened as best he could but the jingling was a bit jarring and seemed ten times as loud since he was barely awake. "Yeah.. umm sure." He winced at the final jingle. "Bee Arr Bee." Yeah. He said that.
He closed his door and threw on the santa suit. He assumed the 'stuffing' bag was for his stomach and so he shoved it under the coat and into the front of the pants. By the time he was done dressing he looked like a skinny armed, tiny headed fat man. As an added touch he unbraided his hair, letting the white locks cascade freely (a rare sight).
He was putting on his beard and stuffing his cellphone into a pocket when he came back out fully decked out.
"Ho ho ho..*YAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWNCHOOOOO!!" A yawning sneeze? REALLY? Maybe he was allergic to Julie. "Sorry.. Morning Julie." He gave her a nice smile and though she was dressed oddly, though it was quirky and cute (kind of, he hadn't made up his mind).
Perhaps he was forcing himself to be into her for the sake of his future career?
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:03 pm
The squeal Julie emitted was probably loud enough to wake the entire trainee hallway, if not the jangle of bells right after it. "All right, then, commence mission Christmas Caroling."
She gestured for Santa-Bix to follow her as she moved to the next immediate room down the hallway. "We're going to knock on their doors and sing the most beautiful Christmas Carol ever. Make sure to make the moment" - a happy sigh - "last."
There was a sharp rap as she tried the first three doors, though the sleeping trainees might have also heard the jingle of bells. At six in the morning.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:11 pm
Jordan had been asleep, of course. At the rap on his door, he groaned and pulled the pillow over his head, contemplating ignoring it. ... It might be important. Urgh. He hauled himself out of bed and crossed to the door, prodding Ferros awake as he did; the weapon made unhappy noises at him. Why are we awake?
"I don't know either," Jordan grumbled. He opened the door.
Julie. And ... was that Bix? "What," Jordan said, and rubbed a hand over his eyes. He hadn't had coffee yet, and he was being asked to process this?
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:13 pm
<< Gale. >>
There was no answer.
<< Gale. >>
Still no answer.
<< GALE. >>
"BLOODY EFFING HELL WHAT, JINHAI."
<< Oh good, you're awake. There's someone knocking at the door. >>
There was a grumbling sound, a large amount of swearing, and a loud thunk as Gale knocked against his bedside table in his half-asleep attempt at getting out of bed. He pushed his hair away from his face, staggered across the cold floor, and threw open the door with an expression remarkably similar to that of their fearless leader.
"WHAT."
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:23 pm
Candace had been sleeping peacefully, dreaming of things that were too inappropriate to go into detail, but hey she had a smile on her face. But suddenly her dream was interrupted by bells invading it. She wasn't sure why she was suddenly hearing them but...okay.
Candace. Candace. Candace! Candace finally sat up sharply, looking around in a tired panic. Huh!? What?! Who was--oh. Someone was knocking on her door. She groaned and reached blindly for her phone to check the time, wincing at the bright light shining in her eyes and squinting just enough to see what time it was. Who the ******** was at her door at six in the morning? This had better be a mission.
It wasn't until she had already answered the door in what was clearly something out of a Victoria's Secret catalog that she remembered..she should have thrown on a robe first. At least what she was wearing had substantial material to it and wasn't made of lace. "...Julie? Bix?" She looked around to see Jordan and Gale had also been woken up. What the hell was going on?
"Julie...it's six in the morning." Candace whined, rubbing her eyes.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:30 pm
And then, with another jingle of her bells, Julie began to sing. It might have been "Jingle Bells", or "Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas," or even "Bye Bye Bye", it was really hard to tell over the jangle of the bells.
The Moon Hunter gestured to Bix, clearly expecting him to join in chorus.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:12 pm
Bix toddled (that was most accurate to how he was walking with a pillow in his pants) alongside of Julie until he saw what she was doing. One.. two.. three doors and then three annoyed looking trainees.
His cheeks turned red under the beard as they all gaped (or screamed in Gale's case) and Julie started to sing. What song was it? HER BELLS WERE SO LOUD.
"Ahh.. Jingle Bells.. Batman smells... Robin laid an egg..." His eyes darted to Julie and then he figured he better sing it right. "Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleiiiighhhh... HEY! " Hopefully the bells were also cancelling out her hearing, just in case they were singing different songs.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:26 pm
Gale's expression was something like this:
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:03 pm
Without a word of warning Julie began to jingle some bells and tried singing over them, getting Bix to join in. While normally Candace loved music, and didn't mind caroling, and didn't dislike Bix or Julie... It was six in the ******** morning.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:10 pm
 ... ... Oh. Julie. That explained it. Jordan leaned in the doorframe and waited blearily for the "carol" to finish. Who knew how many doors Julie would knock on if she didn't get some kind of positive reaction? The old t-shirt he wore with his sleep pants was more appropriate than ever right now.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:18 pm
"And Happy Holidays!" Burst out Julie after Bix's refrain, jingling the bells enthusiastically at the end. "It is never too early to celebrate!" She had already moved to the next few doors, shouting out random phrases like "Seasons Greetings!" and "Merry Christmas!" each step of the way.
It looked like at least for the three trainees their little ordeal was over. For Bix however....
There was a series of sharp raps as Julie knocked on the next series of doors, gesturing for the 'Santa' to follow. It was, if time was generous, still 6:05 in the morning.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:25 pm
'Santa' was waking up a bit and was pretty amused at the faces of the other annoyed trainees. Normally he wouldn't be trying to get people mad at him but he had Julie to blame for this so he could go with it for now.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS! HO HO HO!" As Julie jingled her bells. As soon as the first door opened he grabbed his stuffed stomach, made it jiggle and burst into another carol.
"Deck the halls with boughs of holly FALALALALA LA LA LA LAAAAAA."
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