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Like most things in Destiny City, Caleb was a bit suspicious.

Nothing in the Negaverse updates had mentioned any information about a dizzying array of colors in the sky. With what little knowledge he had about weather patterns, Caleb was concerned that an aurora couldn't normally appear this far south. Didn't auroras only happen far in the north? Something like... Alaska? Still, it was lovely, and seeing the dancing lights just outside his window was enchanting in its own way.

He couldn't shake the feeling that White Moon Senshi might be behind this.

With a glass of wine, Caleb sank into a cozy chair with the fireplace roaring and flipped his phone to dial Cerisse - Captain Tantalite - someone he'd struck up a friendship with. Perhaps she knew something about what was going on?

"Bonjour, Cerisse. Please tell me you're seeing what I'm seeing?" he asked as soon as he was certain the Captain and violinist was on the other end of the phone.

There was a long, drawn-out sigh of relief from the other end of the line as Caleb sank further into the recliner. The curtains in the living room were drawn to keep the kaleidoscope of lights from casting a glare on the television screen. He was only pseudo-watching the news, the older male newscaster blathering about stock prices and the lines at malls for Christmas presents. Charities, gala functions for the elite and sports scores were ticking across the bottom of the screen. Fresh wine swirled in the bottom of the glass he held, the bluetooth headset making lounging that much easier.

"At first, I was concerned about my wine consumption," admitted the redhead with a chuckle. "I've never seen anything like it, and truthfully? I don't know much about the auroras in the north. I think there's a southern one, too? Anyway," The newscast changed to the weather across the United States, with snow piling up in the northeast. He was thankful no heavy snow had fallen just yet, because driving would be a major pain. No mention of the aurora on the national news, which was... odd. "Do you think that's normal? I don't recall ever seeing anything like it in the past... I wonder about it, but... Ha, maybe I need more wine."

Caleb was probably overreacting, as usual. Something like this natural phenomenon showing up this far south of the Arctic was probably the result of global warming or human destruction of the planet. Or... the White Moon had something to do with it. They were known to be involved in some rather unsavory events over the years. They attacked the Negaverse, somehow, but thankfully the casualties didn't include himself or Cerisse. "It's not on the news. Thankfully it's not a tornado or something. Am I being dramatic? Hmm."

Another chuckle and Caleb cast a glance down to the news ticker again, noting some local indoor soccer team had won some important event, blah blah blah. "What are you up to tonight, Cerisse? Finished your Christmas shopping~?"

"Always good to be prepared. You never know when you'll be given the obligation of returning a gift from, say, a sudden work-related Secret Santa event they didn't warn you about until two days prior..." Not that he had any experience with that. Oh no, never.

More than anything else, Caleb was bored, and more than a little worried about the aurora twinkling outside his window. Without too much ice or snow on the ground, driving would be easy. And thus, the decision was made. Now to communicate that to Cerisse before he showed up on her doorstep with a tin of Christmas cookies, two bottles of wine and the worst movie he could think of. "Darling, I saw we ignore the terrorists and the disco ball in the sky for just one night. Do you like terrible movies? Did you know sugar cookies pair well with chardonnay? Let's keep each other company. What do you say~?"

He'd have to wait until his Negaverse compatriot gave permission before putting on his winter coat and hopping into his car, but Caleb would, eventually, show up on Cerisse's doorstep (sober). What better way to ignore the freaky show in the sky than with good company, wine and the worst movie he could think of?

He was totally fine, sheesh, Caleb chuckled to himself as he drove slowly down the road. He wasn't drunk, only having just a few sips of wine while on the phone with Cerisse (and was simply making a joke about alcohol and hallucinations), but the roads were full of people out shopping and pulling over to view the aurora. It was a slow slog, but Caleb didn't mind, listening to the radio absently while moving from streetlight to streetlight until he finally got to Cerisse's apartment.

A knock on the door announced his arrival, complete with two bottles of wine, a tin of cookies and a terrible Christmas movie. A horribly ugly holiday cardigan completed the hilarity of it all. "My mother made them as gag gifts, and they've become a running joke in the family." he explained, as his cardigan positively jingled with Christmas cheer (and literal jingle bells sewn so tightly to the damn thing that a lit match and acid might be the only thing to successfully remove them.)

"I found this infographic on wine and Christmas cookie pairings! Can you believe it? I say we ignore the terrorist aurora and watch this truly terrible movie over wine and cookies. What do you say, Cerisse?"

"I'm serious about the wine and the cookies, that's for certain." With a chuckle, Caleb dutifully followed Cerisse through the townhome, stopping to comment on some of the elegant decor. It looked like Cerisse lived here - her tastes were distinctive among the Negaverse. "But if I were Santa Claus, I'd want some wine after having to cross the entire world in one night. I can't imagine how stressful that would be."

Pulling the wine and cookie pairings graphic on his phone, the redhead went about pouring wine for the two of them, arranging the cookies on a plate for sampling at their leisure. "What better way to spend the creepy aurora than with wine, cookies, good company and terrible movies?"

Truly, Caleb could think of no better way to escape the aurora than to spend time with some good friends and tasty treats, preferring that to patrolling and gathering energy. Instead, they could spend the time lounging on a comfortable couch, making fun of some truly awful movies made in the name of the season.