Coming Up For Christmas
12/24/1947, Blue Harbour, Maine
The members of the Peterson Family and their Atlantean guests had been walking around here, Namor with Nammu, Dorma, Tali, both sets of twins, Kailani, Kekoa and Samoh, the group having enjoyed themselves, strangely enough the members of The Squadron Supreme had been busy right now, so they had started to look around now before they saw that there was a large tree there.
“This is quite beautiful,” Tali said towards them now with The Lemurian not too used to Western Culture while Magni and Modi had smiled towards Nay and were playing with her at the moment, as they had done so, the group started to walk around with Seth and Dara a bit curious with the food that was there when they started to pick them up, grabbing a few of them.
They started to take sips now, exchanging the money they had acquired before they went and started to walk back to the others, “This is delicious, what is it?” Dara had asked of them, making Veronica smile towards the twins, “It’s called hot cocoa, and it’s delicious.” she said towards them and hearing that, Magni and Modi had looked towards them with a bit of excitement and anticipation right now.
“[Can we have some, Aunt Tali?]” Modi asked, making her smile, “Ask you mother.” she said, looking to Nammu who nodded, “[Why not?]” she said before looking to the group, “How about we all have one?” she asked of them, making the members of their little party go and collect their own hot cocoa, the adults holding them for the children as they had went to a few benches to speak with each other.
“I have to admit, it was a surprise that you all came.” Randal said towards them now as Samoh and the kids had all been drinking their own beverages right about now before Namor spoke once more, “I have to ask though, do you have a sort of Christmas celebration down below the water?” he asked of them, making Namor shake his head towards that, “We have a celebration of the winter solstice, otherwise, not.
That made them a bit curious towards that as some of the men there had approached the women there, Dorma being their chief target, “Hello there, beautiful–” one of them had started and hearing that, Namor went and wrapped his arm around her, “Hey there, Mike, Thomas.” The Prince said with a ‘don’t tempt me’ smile on right now before them which they could all tell.
“Hey there, Namor.” Mile said, sounding nervous now which made the others start to chuckle towards that now as they saw that there was no way they were going to get away without being embarrassed right now as they went and started to move now, going and beginning to walk away now and as they had done so, the group started to laugh towards that right now before a snowball hit Namor.
He gasped now, making the group look towards the children who had been smiling towards them now as they went and thrown some snowballs towards the whole group now, they started to throw them towards the others there, making them all start to laugh and then get up, going to ‘hide’ or ‘run away’ from the kids who were all laughing and chasing towards the group right now.
They went and started to get to work now, the adults all making their own snowballs and throwing them towards the group now and as they had done so, missing on purpose, the kids were having so much fun that it made the group smile, liking it right now and feeling a bit of calm from everything that had been going on right about now as the game continued on for a little while longer now.
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They had all been exhausted now, going an starting to sit down now and as they all looked around now, breathing heavily towards each other right about now as Samoh and her spirit had started to gather some more drinks for everyone, “That won’t gather more… poltergeists, right?” Namor asked of Kailani who nodded, “Kekoa had been working with her, making it so she doesn’t lure those monsters towards us.”
Kekoa who had been buried in snow by Seth and Dara who were feeling vengeful right about now, “Yes, it’s interesting, but she is making progress.” he said towards them now as they had all started to shake off the frozen and cold water before eventually they saw that the Christmas Tree in The Town Square was being lit up now and making the children all look towards it with wonder.
Seeing this, the adults all smiled as they went to lift up the four of them now, the group were smiling towards the light, the crowd of people that were all around and looking towards everything before they had seen that there was a bit of joy all around now and each of them had smiled towards the lights and the peace that was going on right now with some of them curious about what they would see tomorrow.
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12/24/1947, New Canaan, Connecticut
The members of The Kendal Family with The Rice Family, had all been walking now, Cass couldn’t invite Shurrea and Autumn Snow sadly for some dumb reason, but at least she had Phil and as they walked by each other, Cass had started to wish that she had a story to write or talk about with right now when she had seen that there was something off going on now.
There was Monako, smiling, she ran over to the man, “Mr. Monako!” she had shouted towards the man, making him turn and tip his top hat towards her, looking like a magician at the moment who was smiling towards her now, “Ah! If it isn’t Miss Kendal, good to see you again.” he had said towards the girl who smiled now when she saw that he had a scroll on his person that seemed to glow.
“What’s that?” she asked of him, making the man look at the scroll and then towards her, “This is a spellbook that has magic inside of it.” he told her, opening up the book and as he did so, the girl had seen that there was artwork that had looked like paint one would need to apply to their skin, “That’s pretty…” the girl said as the families had started to approach her.
“Cassandra! Are you all right?” Liz had asked with some worry, “I’m fine, Mr. Monako was just showing me a book with a pretty piece of art!” she told them, smiling towards the group now while the members of their group looked towards the man, “Well then, I hope that you all will have a pleasant day, I have to go catch some Reindeer.” he explained, making them confused as he went to walk off now.
There was still some worry from the adults, but seeing that she was fine and was not hurt at all, the adults decided to not pursue the matter further while she went to the artists that were there with a smile, “Cassie?” Phil had asked of the girl as she looked at a man there, “Can I borrow a paintbrush and paint?” she asked of the man and hearing that, the man was curious.
I wanna paint on me. Cass said and hearing that, plus thinking that it would be interesting to see, he had complied, giving her the brush and some black paint that he had on his person while Cass went and started to paint on herself, rolling up her sleeves as she started to get to work, “Cassie! Why are you doing that?” he asked, watching as she started to add what appeared to be scales onto her arm.
Large blocky ones that looked like V’s that was going down her arm to the back of her wrist as she had filled them in which made her look strange to Phil and the artist as she had smiled, before remembering that she was missing a part, “Hey, Phil, can you find another mirror? I need to paint on the back of my neck.” she said as Phil was confused, “Why are you doing this?” he asked of her.
“Because they’re beautiful and why not?” she asked of the boy who looked nervous and unsure on what he would do now before Cass spoke, “If you do it, I’ll kiss you on the lips.” Cass told him and hearing that, the boy had ran off now to go and get another mirror now and running back now, he went and put it into a position which made the girl smile, “Thank you, Phillie.” she said towards him.
She had proceeded to write the words that she recalled, grateful for her memory being perfect as she had written the letters exactly as they were right now, the moment that she put the last one in of the strange alphabet, there was a pale glow that had filled them now, confusing aloof them now as she felt a strange tingle now, almost falling over as the ink had started to straighten out and appear like it was printed on.
That had shocked them all at the sight as she looked at the sight, at least until she went and looked at them, the lights starting to fade now, they made the group almost cover their eyes when they had seen that there was a glow before they faded away, confusing the girl, “What happened? The marks–” she said, starting to think of it before it had appeared once more, surprising them at the strange marks now.
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The Kendals and The Rice family had been looking towards everything right about now and as they had done so, seeing how happy they were, Phil’s mother had looked towards the three of them, “I have to ask, if those two ever get together, I bet that little Cassandra will be quite the spitfire for our Phillip.” she said towards the group now and hearing that, the Kendal couple smiled.
But Lizzie had looked towards them and hoped that if they DID get together, then hopefully she would be able to bring out a better part of the young man, taking a breath, Liz had started to think that her parents were getting anxious, that as Cass got older, they would try to arrange a marriage between her like they had tried with Liz, but if she had any choice, they would never for her.
Taking a breath, Liz went and walked over to them now, smiling towards the pair now, “Hello there, Cass, how are the two of you right now?” she had asked of the children who smiled towards her, “Amazing! Look at this, Lizzie!” she said to her before her skin started to shimmer and show markings over her arms, “Look at this!” she said while Liz worried for the day when Cass lost her love of wonder.
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12/25/1947, Kendal Residence, New Canaan
Cass and Phil had run down the stairs now, usually she would fly down, but the fact that there was guests here and Phil didn’t like it when she was… ‘weird’, she decided to be normal right now for him and his family as they looked at all of the presents that were there for them, as they had done so, the members of the family and the staff had started to come down as well now.
Seeing them all, Cass had smiled widely as she went and began to get the presents that she bought for the staff first, wanting to be as nice as possible for them since they did so much, “These are for all of you!” Cass told them, excited at the potential interest that they would have at what she prepared for them, the news ones surprised while the others had smiled, liking the sight right now.
They placed the presents away while the adults had been looking at the presents that were there now with some curiosity before Cass noticed two that had made her confused, “Lizzie, why did your friend Bobo send us these?” she had asked, making The Rice family confused while their parents got angry, “He son’s something every year, one time it was pirate treasure.” Liz explained.
That made Phil look at her with some surprise, “Your friend finds pirate treasure?” he asked with some wonder right now as the members of the Rice family grew curious, “He’s a nautical surveyor, it just so happens he usually finds sunken pirate treasure where he searches.” she admitted towards them before they started to seem to think, at least before they had started to open their presents.
Looking them all over, now, the group had begun to see what they had gotten for their family members before finally they had went and started to see what they all thought that the others would enjoy before Cass had looked towards The Bobo present there and went to open it up now, as she had done so, they had looked towards them with caution and curiosity right now.
Cass had opened and seen that it was something curious, a compass and a pocket watch that looked like they were old, made out of something that looked like it was a shiny silver, “Is that palladium?” Mr. Rice had asked, making them all look, “Palladium?” Cass asked as they had all looked towards the pocket watch while she examined the compass and saw that there were numbers etched into the medal.
She went and looked towards the item , at least until they had seen that there was something in Liz’s, a strange little piece of jewelry that made the woman smile as she went and put it on, revealing that it was a sort of like a bracelet which made the group surprised by the sight of it now as they went and started to get up and then look towards some of the others that were there.
She smiled towards the group, “Merry Christmas!” she said towards the group right now before she went and flipped the watch and the compass a few times before smiling towards the group now when Phil had went to follow after her now, “Where are you going?” he asked of her now as they had both went to the woods that were there now with a smile, “To see Shurrea and Autumn Snow.” she told him as they moved now.
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12/25/1947, The Woods, New Canaan
They went and walked in now and as they had done so, the two of them had seen that Shurrea and Autumn Snow who had been waiting by a pond now and that made the woman smile while the boy had been a bit worried by it when they had seen that there was a few presents that were there now and that made Phil confused right about now before Phil had spoken now.
“Merry… Christmas?” Shurrea had asked, making Cass and Autumn Snow nod towards the statement, “That’s what people call it.” Autumn Snow said towards the group now as they went and started to sit around, Here are mine.” he said towards them, making the group curious about that as Phil had taken it and opened, revealing that there was a whistle inside of there now.
The girls had gotten the whistle as well, going to blow it and once they had done so, there was a smile on Autumn Snow’s face, “If you have need of my assistance, just whistle and I will come.” he said towards them now, makin the group smile thought Phil was confused that they were so friendly to him right now as the group went and began to get Shurrea to give her gifts.
“In case any of you end up in a fight.” she said to them, revealing knives that were there and seeing them, Phil realized that he had nothing–” “Here are your gifts from me and Phil.” she said, giving the boy a subtle wink now as she went and gave the two of them their own presents, the two of them getting keys, “So that you can come in and never have to worry.” she said towards them as she enjoyed the holiday with them.
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12/25/1947, Peterson Residence, Blue Harbour
The Petersons had been waking up now with the children so excited, Nay having told them everything that she knew about Christmas and the group were all excited right now, the adults all looking towards the number of boxes that were there, Dorma, Seth, Dara, Kailani and Kekoa had been a bit confused by all of it, but otherwise they had liked everything that was going on.
Magni and Modi had went to open up their presents first when they noticed how there was clothes and animals that were made out of cloth, they al thought them interesting to view as each of them went to work on handing out their presents to view with some interest and then towards everything as Namor had picked up a bottle that had been given to him, making the man raise his eyebrow.
Opening it, thinking that he could see that there was in fact a map that had been put inside of a strange bottle that looked to be made of a unique glass that had appeared to be a rainbow, “Whose it from?” Dorma asked, not having seen glass like that before, “It’s from Vyrra.” he said towards them, surprising the group at the statement now before Nay spoke, “Is Vyrra that bad wizard?” she asked.
The other kids had been confused, not having heard of an evil wizard named Vyrra before, “Back when we were children, there was a man by the name of Vyrra who had used an ancient art that Atlantis had forbidden, replication.” he told the group, making them look towards the Prince with a bit of wonder now, “Because of this, he had been exiled, never to step foot on Atlantis again.”
That made the group surprised, “He’s a old man that just wishes to return home and be buried there when he passes, nothing more, nothing less.” he told the group and hearing that, the grownups looked towards the gifts that were there now and as they had started to open the rest of them up now, the Peterson’s had looked towards them, “So then, how does everyone feel about some hot cocoa and sledding?” Randal asked.
That made The Atlantean children start to get excited now, looking towards each other right now as they went and started to get up, the humans all putting on their winter gear as they started to head out now, all of them except for Dorma who had grabbed Namor now, making the Prince confused now as he went and looked towards her now, “Namor… can we talk now?” she asked.
Hearing that, the group looked towards the pair of them, but as Randal saw the look on Dorma’s face, he took a breath before looking, “Come on, I think that the two of them had a lot to talk about right now.” he warned towards them while they had started to head out, “How about we talk somewhere more private?” she asked, making the Prince REALLY curious on what she wanted to say.
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12/25/1947, Blue Harbour, Maine
They had went into town, both of them dressed as Pinklings right now and as they looked around, The Lady of Atlantis enjoying the sights while Namor had been growing curious, “Dorma, what do you want to talk about?” he asked of her, making the Lady take a breath right now as she had looked towards him, “Namor… do you know why I worry for you? Why, I asked Nammu to come with you to the surface?” she asked.
That made the Prince confused, “For the good of Atlantis, because you do not trust Byrrah and Krang?” he said now and hearing that, Dorma sighed but she nodded, “It was a part of it, yes.” She said towards the man now, “But there is also the fact that I had feelings for you since the first day that we met.” she said towards him, making Namor nod towards her, still a bit flustered now.
“When I saw you there, powerful, a force of nature unafraid of anything,” she said towards him now, making The Prince smile, “I also thought you were an arrogant prick and wanted to punch you in the jaw.” she said towards Namor making him surprised, “But past th arrogance, I saw that there was a kind Prince who cared about his people, one that would sacrifice himself to save our kingdom.”
That surprised him a bit, “You were this force that I couldn’t help but fall for and when you went to war… when you had fall for others… you were this light that shined on so many, and I just wanted you to know that, I don’t know if you’ll ever reciprocate, but I just wanted you to–” she started to say before he grabbed her shoulders, a small ‘eep!’ leaving her ashe looked her in the eyes.
“Dorma…” he said before going to embrace her, kissing the woman deeply now, it was electrifying, it was passionate and deep, and as Dorma had gotten over her surprise, The Lady of Atlantis was quick to return it now, both of them in the heat of the moment, nothing else mattered to them but that now as they started to look around now and then started to smile at each other.
“So then… this is… something?” Namor asked of her, making Dorma laugh towards him, “Yes, yes I think it’s something.” She told him now, looking towards each other before they heard the cheering of Magni and Modi and Nammu shouting, “It’s about damn time!” she remarked towards them, causing the duo to blush at that, but honestly? Neither one truly minded as they both were excited on what it could mean.