Town Hall, Saturday, December 19, 2020 [Morning into Afternoon]

[fh_extras]

Fandom, at this point, was a bit of a disaster. The chocolate lava, flowing since Wednesday, had spilled out of its rivers and frozen to the already icy cobblestones. The sugar icicles had gotten longer and more dangerous to unwary pedestrians, the marzipan boulders were deadly when they picked up speed coming down the stairs, and the choking fairy lights had teamed up with the sharkicanes to drag people into snowdrifts--now up to shoulder height--forever.

The inflatables that hadn't been knifed, shot, or blasted to pieces yesterday were out roaming again, fruitcakes were still lying in wait to crush toes and bark shins, and the less said about the terrifying new reindeer and their mesmerizing red noses, the better.

The island needed a few heroes right now to buy time for the science team holed up inside Town Hall. Fortunately, it had a lot to choose from.

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[notarockharpist]

Yasha just nodded, grateful that it at least gave her an out from having to talk to strangers, and drew the massive length of Magician's Judge from her back scabbard.

Her eyes went unfocused for a moment, the cords in her neck started to stand out as her jaw clenched, and foam started to form at the corners of her mouth as she unleashed an absolutely feral roar.

Surprise, anybody who'd only seen the quiet awkward side of her.

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[grenadesandohana]

Steve startled badly for a second. "Well, that's different," he said.

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[betterthanaplan]

And Duke was just kind of openly staring.

"Yeah, that's -- one way of putting it."

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[hatesparadise]

"I told you this was a dumb idea," Danny snapped. Because it was. It super, super was.

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[defenderofdesmoines]

Starlight - who, yes, was pretty startled by Yasha there, though it was pretty dope seeing her actually use the giant sword - paused where she had just blasted one of the smaller bears away from herself.

"Which part is a dumb idea?" she had to ask. Because there was a lot of dumbness going on right now, even if Yasha and her like, foaming-at-the-mouth trick was pretty scary in what Starlight was thinking was a good way.

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[magnusrushesin]

"Oh, all of it," Magnus supplied helpfully as he stretched out his arms to get some real good chopping energy built up. Not, like, Monk built up, but more like good calisthenics. "Soup to nuts, all bad."

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[sparkinyou]

"Honestly, I think someone forgot to give somebody a holiday gift," Miles grunted as he swung a bear caught in his web at another bear knocking them both into a Sharkicane. "Of somebody really hates their gift. Maybe there's a gift receipt somewhere on the island we need to find?"

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[grenadesandohana]

"I love my Christmas cattle prod," Steve said, using it on a wayward reindeer trying to sneak up on him.

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[firstofitskind]

"There's a sentence I never thought I'd hear," Liam remarked, although yes, Steve, you were getting a lot of side-eye for even being out here at all.

As if you didn't already get enough of that from Danny.