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*Hostess Snowball wrappers lead from the bar to Kold's arcade (yeah remember that place?). Piles of Prometheus' Pepperownage Pizza boxes barricade the entrance, with not even a pepperoni left in any of them. a few bottles of "Coca Cola: European Edition" stand on top of the boxes like towers to a castle; a bastion of good times and motivationally challenged tidying skills. Amidst the flashing lights and awesome games lies Kold....who apparently moved a comfy-looking bed inside the arcade. He seems very content and cozy in the cabinet croweded....room.*

Sure thing Corbenik, mew mew. Ichigo, if you would please?

*Ichigo wanders up to Corbenik and shudders. A door in his chest pops open revealing a mug of warm hot chocolate. Ichigo hands this to Corbenik, but not before Shade, the blob of shadowy goo, shuffles over and adds a bar of chocolate to the mug*

Hmm...I think Kold must have overdone it last night. I mean...this is Christmas eve and I haven't seen him all day. I know it may be tretcherous but...we'll have to go into his arcade and see if he's ok.

*Kyla wanders over to the arcade room and pries the door open. This takes a lot of effort as it was sort of wedged shut with pizza boxes. A bright shaft of light cuts through the room and lands on Kold's face. Kyla plods over and gives him a cheery kiss on the forehead*

Wake up sweetie! It's party time! Are you ready for an awesome Christmas eve?" whee whee whee

Corbenik grasped the cup in his paws, the heat thawing him out some. He crouched down then suddenly sprang into a dramatic pose, holding the mighty cup of chocolate aloft with some mysterious shiny effects round the cup. "You found Hot Chocolate-Chocolate!" he announced. He proceeded to tip the entire contents of the mug into his gaping mouth. This took a bit of time seeing as the hot chocolate was now more chocolate than liquid. there was a crunch as the cup shortly followed in it's contents' tracks. "Power is back online! The Magun has thawed!" Corbenik folded his arms importantly.

the warmth was short-lived though as another cold wind blew through the room from Kold's awakening. Kokujo raised an eyebrow, quite alien to the concept of being kept up from caffeine, but of course, no stranger to staying up without sleep for prolonged periods. Someone with a real good ear may just have heard him mutter something to himself under his breath in response "lightweight...".

Corbenik had a somewhat different reaction. Whether he was brave or just too stupid to know that having his bones broken was a generally bad thing was debatable, but his face slowly split into a sly smile "Chaos energy: Hammer Space!" he said, using his one chaos energy move that he was any good at, opening a swirly purple vortex in which he rummaged for a bit before pulling out none other than a vuvuzela with a little troll-face sticker on the side ".....Beyond perfect!" he declared excitedly, taking a few deep breaths and blowing through the annoying trumpety apparatus as hard as he could towards Kold

*Kold hears Kokujo's comment, perhaps because all the sugar in his system gives him acute hearing. Or maybe it's a junk-food hangover and all sounds are louder, or whatever. Kold begins to freeze the water inside Kokujo's body, not in the mood to battle but instead to get revenge. And Kold begins to siphon all the liquid sugar from Corbenik's body...but snaps out of sleep-deprived rage when he hears Kyla mention his favorite foods. Kold "wakes up" suddenly, back to normal..complete with shades*

"Oh hey guys. Merry Christmas Eve. I'm starving, what do ya say we get some grub?" ^^

*it seems Kold is completely unaware of his Ultra Grouchiness*

Kokujo gave Kold an extremely unamused look. He sniffled a bit then sneezed, peppering the table in front of him with tiny icicles. Thankfully his liquids began to return to normal after that though. ".....Yes, 'merry' Christmas eve I'm sure...." He replied. The dull sarcasm practically dripping off his words, just like his runny nose.

Corbenik ran past, chasing after a globule of floating sugar that had been siphoned off by Kold. If anyone else consumed it they would probably suffer several heart attacks at the same time and their remains officially classified as glucose. "Get back here! You were mistaken if you fancied it a simple task to escape MY dreadful clutches!" he taunted the sugar. He managed to reclaim his prize again by using his vuvuzela as a giant straw to suck it back up.

Corbenik waved the implement at Kold shortly afterwards, looking ticked off "Trifle with my sugar will you!? You're on thin ice mister!" he shouted. He managed to keep a serious face for a total of 5 gruelling seconds before bursting into a giggle-fit "Ehehehehe.....trifle...sugar....thin ice...".

*The sound of sleigh bells can be heard before there's a puff of gingerbread scented smoke, and an elf appears in the room with his arms crossed. He gives Kokujo an extremely annoyed look*



"Sir...we have matters to discuss. I know you were trying to avoid this but...Santa is incapacitated this year and...we have an offer for you."

Kokujo looked up from his tormented steak, somewhat confused, but mostly just looking ticked off as usual when anyone entered his general vicinity "....What exactly are you talking about?" He asked drably, narrowing his eye "....Do I have business with you?..." he wondered. Maybe it was an elf ninja, or another stupid villain that Corbenik had picked up back in Endsville.

Corbenik hopped up to his shoulder, taking a moment to gobble down a mouthful of Baconmallows. An accusing finger was shortly pointed towards the elf "It's a door-to-door salesman! Quick, pretend you don't notice he's there! I'll see if Kyla has a plunger and a strip of sandpaper anywhere" he quickly advised his dark counterpart.