Non-Canon Oh My Garland!

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Gabriel Kringle

Gabriel smiled, happy to know that at least one other person at the party seemed to care about cookies that had been put there by someone who was strangely magical like his uncle Nick. He would sigh, but decided to not pursue after Noelle.

"My cousin Noelle has it handled, she's good at talking to her brother. Hopefully she can see why he is so upset. But yeah, let's go to the security room."

Upon following Gabriel, Beckett would find herself in a large room with monitors. Monitors that went all around the town of Garland and it was noticeable that there were even monitors for other places in the world, but most of them were currently off. " We take security very seriously around here. Let me pull up the laptop and see if I can rewind the feed to when those cookies were dropped off. You can explore the room, it should only take me a few minutes."

@Raynar Saassin @SecuirtyRoom

Santa, Malcolm and Pedro

Santa offered a smile, not even missing a beat. There was something about giving back that made the old man feel incredibly happy. He looked at him for a moment.

"Don't think I have forgotten you about, Big Boss over there. I have something for you as well. Strangely, you are not on the Naughty list since you balance work well with your real life. I do think you will like it,' he replied, handing Snake a box that was wrapped concealing what was in it.

Santa would look over at Malcolm and Pedro and produce gifts for them as well, also neatly wrapped in some packaging for them. " You might need these later, just trust me."

He would turn back to Castle and decided to be honest. " Yup, that pretty much sums up why you are on neither list. Most straddlers are put on the nice list.

@Sark @Raynar Saassin @Santa

Freddy Freeman
Freddy didn't care what the elves looked like- they would be good for ratings. However, before he could get a good video with his phone, one of the elves would smash his phone. " No pictures allowed in the workshop. Unless you want to wind up on the other naughty list." There was a gesture with a neck slicing the throat as the other elf held one candy Can on top of Freddy's phone and the other towards his throat.

The shazam champion stared. " Got it, no pictures.... no need to say you might kill me."
One of the other elves who would be sipping on her coffee would look up. " That would be me love, Nutmeg Gingersnap. I can't say I enjoyed making such a messy spell, but when the daughter of Santa Claus asks for a favor, you don't ask for the why," she replied. It was noticeable that Nutmeg had a heavy New York accent.
@Minerva

Will Clayton​
" I am also pretty adept with computers, so if the other grumpy guy who seemed to work here can't figure it out, I can take a look and see what the heck is going on. Oh, nearly forgot to introduce myself. I'm Will Clayton."

Will would look around and eventually found a pen and paper. He would scribble " DO NOT EAT, COOKIES HAVE MAGICAL SIDE EFFECTS on it. " You think this will work as a sufficient warning?" He asked.

@Takumi @cookiezone

Mrs. Claus

With so much going on, Mrs. Claus had kept herself busy in the kitchen to make sure that she had missed most of the party. When she had arrived, she caught the younger girl ducking in from the cold and she noticed that she seemed to be incredibly cold. It probably didn't help that she was wearing short sleeves and clothes that weren't made for the North pole. Mrs.Claus would come over with a cup of tea. "Oh dear, you look awfully cold. Here, have this nice warm tea and the fireplace is right this way. Last thing we need is some of our guests dying of frostbite."

@Yun Lee

Noelle and Nick Kringle

Noelle was so focused on her own brother that she didn't even notice that anyone had followed her. It was rather easy for Piers, Double Trouble, Heartman and Simon to follow her without the other woman even knowing what was happening. Why was Nick being so difficult? She had thrown this party to get him to cheer up from his Christmas funk. The four would be able to obscure themselves behind some bushes.

She would reach the stables and find Nick by the sleigh, staring at it and the reindeer. " Nick, you can't just run off from the party I threw to cheer you up," she told him, half-scolding him and noticing that he seemed to be focused on her and would wait for her to finish talking.

" I didn't ask you to throw this party to bring up my Christmas cheer. I already have enough pressure being next in line.... and I don't think I am ready. I was training this year since dad had that health scare and I can't get a single thing right. I'm not a good choice to be the next Santa."

" I am sure that we can figure it out. I know you got the three qualities that any Santa Claus need. The ability to tell if a person is naughty or nice just by looking at them, being able to communicate in every language and to know what any child wants just by looking at them."

"I have none of those."

Noelle went quiet. It seemed that the hostess was at a loss of words to her brother's response. Perhaps it might be a good idea to help her or..... you know, you could just stay hidden and wait to see if she could come back with a comeback on her own.

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Marnie looked up at Mrs. Claus, grateful for the offer even if she didn't smile. "Awful kind of ya, miss." She took the tea, blowing on it a bit before taking a sip and following Mrs. Claus to the fireplace. The hospitality was nice, but she was still rather...puzzled by a few details. "I've never seen this place before in my life. How come I got invited to a party?"

@Lucky

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Ouch. Didn't this sound familiar...Piers frowned, already uncomfortable being an eavesdropper in this family affair along with a bunch of others (was one of em green?) But he still needed to find Marnie... "Oi," he whispered to the others, not wanting to interrupt the siblings. "Any of you lot seen a little girl 'round here? Pigtails, pink dress, leather jacket...?"

@Lucky @Jeremi @amwexia @Takumi​
 
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Gabriel Kringle

Gabriel smiled, happy to know that at least one other person at the party seemed to care about cookies that had been put there by someone who was strangely magical like his uncle Nick. He would sigh, but decided to not pursue after Noelle.

"My cousin Noelle has it handled, she's good at talking to her brother. Hopefully she can see why he is so upset. But yeah, let's go to the security room."

Upon following Gabriel, Beckett would find herself in a large room with monitors. Monitors that went all around the town of Garland and it was noticeable that there were even monitors for other places in the world, but most of them were currently off. " We take security very seriously around here. Let me pull up the laptop and see if I can rewind the feed to when those cookies were dropped off. You can explore the room, it should only take me a few minutes."

@Raynar Saassin @SecuirtyRoom

Santa, Malcolm and Pedro

Santa offered a smile, not even missing a beat. There was something about giving back that made the old man feel incredibly happy. He looked at him for a moment.

"Don't think I have forgotten you about, Big Boss over there. I have something for you as well. Strangely, you are not on the Naughty list since you balance work well with your real life. I do think you will like it,' he replied, handing Snake a box that was wrapped concealing what was in it.

Santa would look over at Malcolm and Pedro and produce gifts for them as well, also neatly wrapped in some packaging for them. " You might need these later, just trust me."

He would turn back to Castle and decided to be honest. " Yup, that pretty much sums up why you are on neither list. Most straddlers are put on the nice list.

@Sark @Raynar Saassin @Santa

Freddy Freeman
Freddy didn't care what the elves looked like- they would be good for ratings. However, before he could get a good video with his phone, one of the elves would smash his phone. " No pictures allowed in the workshop. Unless you want to wind up on the other naughty list." There was a gesture with a neck slicing the throat as the other elf held one candy Can on top of Freddy's phone and the other towards his throat.

The shazam champion stared. " Got it, no pictures.... no need to say you might kill me."
One of the other elves who would be sipping on her coffee would look up. " That would be me love, Nutmeg Gingersnap. I can't say I enjoyed making such a messy spell, but when the daughter of Santa Claus asks for a favor, you don't ask for the why," she replied. It was noticeable that Nutmeg had a heavy New York accent.
@Minerva

Will Clayton​
" I am also pretty adept with computers, so if the other grumpy guy who seemed to work here can't figure it out, I can take a look and see what the heck is going on. Oh, nearly forgot to introduce myself. I'm Will Clayton."

Will would look around and eventually found a pen and paper. He would scribble " DO NOT EAT, COOKIES HAVE MAGICAL SIDE EFFECTS on it. " You think this will work as a sufficient warning?" He asked.

@Takumi @cookiezone

Mrs. Claus

With so much going on, Mrs. Claus had kept herself busy in the kitchen to make sure that she had missed most of the party. When she had arrived, she caught the younger girl ducking in from the cold and she noticed that she seemed to be incredibly cold. It probably didn't help that she was wearing short sleeves and clothes that weren't made for the North pole. Mrs.Claus would come over with a cup of tea. "Oh dear, you look awfully cold. Here, have this nice warm tea and the fireplace is right this way. Last thing we need is some of our guests dying of frostbite."

@Yun Lee

Noelle and Nick Kringle

Noelle was so focused on her own brother that she didn't even notice that anyone had followed her. It was rather easy for Piers, Double Trouble, Heartman and Simon to follow her without the other woman even knowing what was happening. Why was Nick being so difficult? She had thrown this party to get him to cheer up from his Christmas funk. The four would be able to obscure themselves behind some bushes.

She would reach the stables and find Nick by the sleigh, staring at it and the reindeer. " Nick, you can't just run off from the party I threw to cheer you up," she told him, half-scolding him and noticing that he seemed to be focused on her and would wait for her to finish talking.

" I didn't ask you to throw this party to bring up my Christmas cheer. I already have enough pressure being next in line.... and I don't think I am ready. I was training this year since dad had that health scare and I can't get a single thing right. I'm not a good choice to be the next Santa."

" I am sure that we can figure it out. I know you got the three qualities that any Santa Claus need. The ability to tell if a person is naughty or nice just by looking at them, being able to communicate in every language and to know what any child wants just by looking at them."

"I have none of those."

Noelle went quiet. It seemed that the hostess was at a loss of words to her brother's response. Perhaps it might be a good idea to help her or..... you know, you could just stay hidden and wait to see if she could come back with a comeback on her own.

@amwexia @Jeremi @Yun Lee @Takumi @Stables
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"Uh-oh, draaaama." Double Trouble whispered to the others. "I'm all for waiting here to see if she has a juicy comeback but...I'm not holding my breath."

Yun Lee said:
Marnie looked up at Mrs. Claus, grateful for the offer even if she didn't smile. "Awful kind of ya, miss." She took the tea, blowing on it a bit before taking a sip and following Mrs. Claus to the fireplace. The hospitality was nice, but she was still rather...puzzled by a few details. "I've never seen this place before in my life. How come I got invited to a party?"

@Lucky

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Ouch. Didn't this sound familiar...Piers frowned, already uncomfortable being an eavesdropper in this family affair along with a bunch of others (was one of em green?) But he still needed to find Marnie... "Oi," he whispered to the others, not wanting to interrupt the siblings. "Any of you lot seen a little girl 'round here? Pigtails, pink dress, leather jacket...?"

@Lucky @Jeremi @amwexia @Takumi​
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"Can't say that I have but..." They gave Piers a look over. "I love your outfit!"


@Lucky @Jeremi @amwexia @Takumi @Yun Lee
 
HEARTMAN

Lucky said:
Noelle was so focused on her own brother that she didn't even notice that anyone had followed her. It was rather easy for Piers, Double Trouble, Heartman and Simon to follow her without the other woman even knowing what was happening. Why was Nick being so difficult? She had thrown this party to get him to cheer up from his Christmas funk. The four would be able to obscure themselves behind some bushes.

She would reach the stables and find Nick by the sleigh, staring at it and the reindeer. " Nick, you can't just run off from the party I threw to cheer you up," she told him, half-scolding him and noticing that he seemed to be focused on her and would wait for her to finish talking.

" I didn't ask you to throw this party to bring up my Christmas cheer. I already have enough pressure being next in line.... and I don't think I am ready. I was training this year since dad had that health scare and I can't get a single thing right. I'm not a good choice to be the next Santa."

" I am sure that we can figure it out. I know you got the three qualities that any Santa Claus need. The ability to tell if a person is naughty or nice just by looking at them, being able to communicate in every language and to know what any child wants just by looking at them."

"I have none of those."

Noelle went quiet. It seemed that the hostess was at a loss of words to her brother's response. Perhaps it might be a good idea to help her or..... you know, you could just stay hidden and wait to see if she could come back with a comeback on her own.
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Yun Lee said:
Marnie looked up at Mrs. Claus, grateful for the offer even if she didn't smile. "Awful kind of ya, miss." She took the tea, blowing on it a bit before taking a sip and following Mrs. Claus to the fireplace. The hospitality was nice, but she was still rather...puzzled by a few details. "I've never seen this place before in my life. How come I got invited to a party?"

@Lucky

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Ouch. Didn't this sound familiar...Piers frowned, already uncomfortable being an eavesdropper in this family affair along with a bunch of others (was one of em green?) But he still needed to find Marnie... "Oi," he whispered to the others, not wanting to interrupt the siblings. "Any of you lot seen a little girl 'round here? Pigtails, pink dress, leather jacket...?"

@Lucky @Jeremi @amwexia @Takumi
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“Not that I remember, no...” Heartman whispered, “but I will keep an eye out to see if I can spot her,”

Looking on this family debate, a debate in which he has no idea as to what is happening, something pops into his brain.

“Maybe you can ask her once their conversation is done, but other than that I think that there’s anything we can do.”

@Lucky @Yun Lee @Jeremi @Takumi @Stables

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LITTLE MY

Lucky said:
" I am also pretty adept with computers, so if the other grumpy guy who seemed to work here can't figure it out, I can take a look and see what the heck is going on. Oh, nearly forgot to introduce myself. I'm Will Clayton."

Will would look around and eventually found a pen and paper. He would scribble " DO NOT EAT, COOKIES HAVE MAGICAL SIDE EFFECTS on it. " You think this will work as a sufficient warning?" He asked.
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Little My peered at the cookie bowl and shook her head.

“Why can’t you just throw them out?” Little My asked, “After all, what’s to say that there’s others like Kate here who don’t believe in magic?”

@Lucky @Crow @CookieZone​
 
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Gabriel Kringle

Gabriel smiled, happy to know that at least one other person at the party seemed to care about cookies that had been put there by someone who was strangely magical like his uncle Nick. He would sigh, but decided to not pursue after Noelle.

"My cousin Noelle has it handled, she's good at talking to her brother. Hopefully she can see why he is so upset. But yeah, let's go to the security room."

Upon following Gabriel, Beckett would find herself in a large room with monitors. Monitors that went all around the town of Garland and it was noticeable that there were even monitors for other places in the world, but most of them were currently off. " We take security very seriously around here. Let me pull up the laptop and see if I can rewind the feed to when those cookies were dropped off. You can explore the room, it should only take me a few minutes."
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When Kate followed him into the security room, there were screens featuring numerous camera points of view including over the guests. Seeing Castle with Santa and his typewriter, she smiled for a brief period before turning to Gabriel.

"See if you can ID whoever tampered with the cookies. Also check to see if there's been any unusual activity; whether anyone in your staff would have any enemies who would use this as revenge."

@Lucky @SecurityRoom
Lucky said:
He would turn back to Castle and decided to be honest. " Yup, that pretty much sums up why you are on neither list. Most straddlers are put on the nice list.
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"Well, I hope that my future actions might consider me to be potentially put onto the nice list this Christmas. For me and Beckett. Say, would you have anyone who would... want to ruin Christmas? Anyone who despises you that could of messed with the cookies?"

@Lucky @Sark @Santa​
 
Yun Lee said:
Piers gave them a little half-smile. "Thanks," he whispered. "Your look ain't too shabby yourself. You get dragged into this place too?"

@Jeremi @Lucky @Takumi @amwexia​
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"Dragged is the right word," Double Trouble replied. "But this drama is starting to make up for it...and I just figured out how to spice it up. Watch, and learn." As they spoke Double Trouble transformed into the spitting image of Santa Claus. They gave Piers a wink before standing up and revealing their presence to not tip off Noelle and Nick to the others.

"My my my, why are you two shouting away from everyone?" 'Santa' had a jovial smile on their face. "Perhaps it's something I can help with, hmm? After all, I'm Santa Claus!"

@Jeremi @Lucky @Takumi @amwexia
 
Mrs.Claus

Mrs. Claus could tell that she was grateful, even if she didn't smile at her. " It is only proper to give your cold guests tea," she replied back to her with a big smile on her face. It felt nice to have other guests who weren't her children or elves in the pole. "Honestly, I don't know much of the how, but my daughter just let the magic decide who needed some Christmas cheer and the invites just found there way to you."

@Yun Lee

Will Clayton

Will looked back at the cookie bowl and paused for a beat.

" Well, yeah, we could just do that, I thought it would be wrong to just toss the cookies, but I mean-" he replied, knocking the bowl over. " Well, now they need to be thrown out. Nobody wants to eat floor cookies."

@Takumi @Crow @amwexia @Cookiezone

Gabriel Kringle and Billy Batson

Gabriel wasn't really paying attention to what Kate had been saying as he had gotten himself into a mode where he was pouring over all of the data to see who had put the cookies out. He looked through them for anything that seemed out of place.

While Gabriel was so focused, Billy would slide his way into the security room. To Gabriel, he still looked to be in his shazam form. However, Kate would see him as he actually was. A fourteen year old boy in a red hoodie. " It looks like whoever it was made sure to obscure their face while entering and exiting. I do see that they seem to be wearing blue underneath based on this frame."

" Light or dark blue?" Billy asked, causing Gabriel to jump as he hadn't seen the Shazam champion enter.

@Raynar Saassin @Security Room

Santa Claus

" I do hope so as well. There should be enough time to change the list. Nothing on it had ever been set in stone. Oh, I have plenty of enemies across the multiverse. Some are more focused on other versions of me, but nobody to want to mess with cookies. That seems more like a prank a teenager would pull."

@Sark @Raynar Saassin @Santa

Noelle and Nick Kringle

Noelle would pause for a much longer beat. There were a thousand different thoughts racing through her mind and she didn't seem to have one she wanted to focus on the most. If it was up to her, she would have picked all of them, but first, she had to process all the facts before she could figure out the right approach to make sure Nick knew how she truly felt.

First thing was first. She had to address the fact that he hadn't wanted the party. If that didn't cheer him up, what did her older brother need to feel better about himself?

Maybe he just needed a good cup of eggnog to make him perk up. He had been by the food table.

In the awkward silence, she also managed to hear pretty much hear that there was some noise coming from the bush. She would address that later.​

Okay, witty comeback. She needed to come up with a clever one and fast. There had to be at least one.

She tried her best to remember and then she finally hit it. " You talked to that little Arabic kid and understood and held a conversation with him."

" Yes, that is true, but there is no magic involved in that. Gabriel showed me something called google translate to understand him."

Noelle just stared. Damn, she thought that she was onto something good about her brother. Okay, she knew that he couldn't identify what people wanted for Christmas as she had been practicing the Christmas flashcards and he couldn't tell what the kids wanted or even if they were good or bad based on the pictures that she had given. Noelle looked over to see her father.

" I don't think I'm ready to take the poistion from you, Dad. I know you want to retire soon and pass the mantle- but I can't do it. I just need a break from it all-like a day," he replied.

" I mean, with the party going on- I don't think anyone would notice.... if you took the sleigh for the rest of the weekend. We still have a few days until Christmas."

@Yun Lee @amwexia @Jeremi @Takumi @Stables
 
Lucky said:
Mrs.Claus

Mrs. Claus could tell that she was grateful, even if she didn't smile at her. " It is only proper to give your cold guests tea," she replied back to her with a big smile on her face. It felt nice to have other guests who weren't her children or elves in the pole. "Honestly, I don't know much of the how, but my daughter just let the magic decide who needed some Christmas cheer and the invites just found there way to you."

@Yun Lee

Will Clayton

Will looked back at the cookie bowl and paused for a beat.

" Well, yeah, we could just do that, I thought it would be wrong to just toss the cookies, but I mean-" he replied, knocking the bowl over. " Well, now they need to be thrown out. Nobody wants to eat floor cookies."

@Takumi @Crow @amwexia @Cookiezone

Gabriel Kringle and Billy Batson

Gabriel wasn't really paying attention to what Kate had been saying as he had gotten himself into a mode where he was pouring over all of the data to see who had put the cookies out. He looked through them for anything that seemed out of place.

While Gabriel was so focused, Billy would slide his way into the security room. To Gabriel, he still looked to be in his shazam form. However, Kate would see him as he actually was. A fourteen year old boy in a red hoodie. " It looks like whoever it was made sure to obscure their face while entering and exiting. I do see that they seem to be wearing blue underneath based on this frame."

" Light or dark blue?" Billy asked, causing Gabriel to jump as he hadn't seen the Shazam champion enter.

@Raynar Saassin @Security Room

Santa Claus

" I do hope so as well. There should be enough time to change the list. Nothing on it had ever been set in stone. Oh, I have plenty of enemies across the multiverse. Some are more focused on other versions of me, but nobody to want to mess with cookies. That seems more like a prank a teenager would pull."

@Sark @Raynar Saassin @Santa

Noelle and Nick Kringle

Noelle would pause for a much longer beat. There were a thousand different thoughts racing through her mind and she didn't seem to have one she wanted to focus on the most. If it was up to her, she would have picked all of them, but first, she had to process all the facts before she could figure out the right approach to make sure Nick knew how she truly felt.

First thing was first. She had to address the fact that he hadn't wanted the party. If that didn't cheer him up, what did her older brother need to feel better about himself?

Maybe he just needed a good cup of eggnog to make him perk up. He had been by the food table.

In the awkward silence, she also managed to hear pretty much hear that there was some noise coming from the bush. She would address that later. ​

Okay, witty comeback. She needed to come up with a clever one and fast. There had to be at least one.

She tried her best to remember and then she finally hit it. " You talked to that little Arabic kid and understood and held a conversation with him."

" Yes, that is true, but there is no magic involved in that. Gabriel showed me something called google translate to understand him."

Noelle just stared. Damn, she thought that she was onto something good about her brother. Okay, she knew that he couldn't identify what people wanted for Christmas as she had been practicing the Christmas flashcards and he couldn't tell what the kids wanted or even if they were good or bad based on the pictures that she had given. Noelle looked over to see her father.

" I don't think I'm ready to take the poistion from you, Dad. I know you want to retire soon and pass the mantle- but I can't do it. I just need a break from it all-like a day," he replied.

" I mean, with the party going on- I don't think anyone would notice.... if you took the sleigh for the rest of the weekend. We still have a few days until Christmas."

@Yun Lee @amwexia @Jeremi @Takumi @Stables
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'Santa placed his arm on Nick's shoulder. "Son, even though I am fat, old and possibly senile. I would never wish to push you into something you wouldn't want to do." The mention of a sleigh made 'Santa' smirk. "Why yes! The sleigh, you absolutely have my permission to go out on a little fun trip. All work and no play, and all that. Perhaps that will give you some perspective to all of it?"

Double Trouble wasn't quite sure how good they currently were in their role as dear old Santa Claus. It seemed to be fooling the kids so they were doing something right. Not that they were really trying to do anything this was just...a little fun to spice things up.

@Yun Lee @amwexia @Jeremi @Takumi @Lucky @Stables
 
Lucky said:
Gabriel wasn't really paying attention to what Kate had been saying as he had gotten himself into a mode where he was pouring over all of the data to see who had put the cookies out. He looked through them for anything that seemed out of place.

While Gabriel was so focused, Billy would slide his way into the security room. To Gabriel, he still looked to be in his shazam form. However, Kate would see him as he actually was. A fourteen year old boy in a red hoodie. " It looks like whoever it was made sure to obscure their face while entering and exiting. I do see that they seem to be wearing blue underneath based on this frame."

" Light or dark blue?" Billy asked, causing Gabriel to jump as he hadn't seen the Shazam champion enter.
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Once Kate heard Billy Batson come in, she would indeed only see him as a fourteen year old boy in a red hoodie. Of course she doesn't believe in Magic so this was to be expected.

"You're right... They did... Something's going on here. Who would want to hide their face at a Christmas party? If Noelle sent party invites to everyone, then they must have a list of appearances, right?"

@Lucky @SecurityRoom
Lucky said:
Santa Claus

" I do hope so as well. There should be enough time to change the list. Nothing on it had ever been set in stone. Oh, I have plenty of enemies across the multiverse. Some are more focused on other versions of me, but nobody to want to mess with cookies. That seems more like a prank a teenager would pull."
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"Multiverse? Oh this is so cool!"

Castle exclaimed. This was truly a magical Christmas experience right now; people from several worlds appearing at once, Santa being real, all of this was exceptional to him! Of course back home, Ryan and Espacito were definitely not going to believe him.

"So here's my theory. We were all invited to the party, only to discover something wrong with the cookies. Whoever would want to mess with Santa must really hate Christmas. Oh! Maybe the Grinch is responsible!"

@Lucky @Sark @Santa​
 
Marnie raised an eyebrow. Magic? What kinda rubbish was all this? Maybe this was some kinda dream...she'd need to pinch herself later, then. But maybe after enjoying this tea. Though Christmas... "So this is a Christmas party, yeah? Don't s'pose we'll be seein' ol' Saint Nick anytime soon?" It was a joke, really. Marnie stopped believing in Santa a few years ago. She played along for Piers, at least. It seemed to make him happy to think she had some sort of childlike whimsy left in her.

@Lucky

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THUD.

Piers fell to the ground, whiting out for just the briefest of moments as he attempted to register all this. That strange person...they just transformed? Into SANTA? And those two were Santa's...kids? None of this made any sense, and he doubted any of it would...ever.

@Lucky @Jeremi @amwexia @Takumi​
 
Lucky said:
Santa, Malcolm and Pedro

Santa offered a smile, not even missing a beat. There was something about giving back that made the old man feel incredibly happy. He looked at him for a moment.

"Don't think I have forgotten you about, Big Boss over there. I have something for you as well. Strangely, you are not on the Naughty list since you balance work well with your real life. I do think you will like it,' he replied, handing Snake a box that was wrapped concealing what was in it.

Santa would look over at Malcolm and Pedro and produce gifts for them as well, also neatly wrapped in some packaging for them. " You might need these later, just trust me."

He would turn back to Castle and decided to be honest. " Yup, that pretty much sums up why you are on neither list. Most straddlers are put on the nice list.
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"I-I-" Snake stammered, his face switching. "I'm... not on the naughty list?" His eyes began to well up as he took the box into his arms. "Grhhh… Look at me... Going soft...." Big Boss' eyes fell to the snow at their feet. Slowly, he unwrapped his gift.

@Lucky @Raynar Saassin​
Raynar Saassin said:
"So here's my theory. We were all invited to the party, only to discover something wrong with the cookies. Whoever would want to mess with Santa must really hate Christmas. Oh! Maybe the Grinch is responsible!"

@Lucky @Sark @Santa​
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"Grhhh… Sabotaging Santa's Cookies?" Snake growled, his eyes dancing between Santa and Castle. "Sounds like the work of the Soviet Union to me... The Kremlin banned Christmas back in 1917. I'm sure that a lot of people got thrown on the Naughty List that year... Hmm… Yeah, President Khrushchev would have a Happy New Year if this was your Last Christmas, Sir."

@Lucky @Raynar Saassin​
 
Yun Lee said:
Marnie raised an eyebrow. Magic? What kinda rubbish was all this? Maybe this was some kinda dream...she'd need to pinch herself later, then. But maybe after enjoying this tea. Though Christmas... "So this is a Christmas party, yeah? Don't s'pose we'll be seein' ol' Saint Nick anytime soon?" It was a joke, really. Marnie stopped believing in Santa a few years ago. She played along for Piers, at least. It seemed to make him happy to think she had some sort of childlike whimsy left in her.

@Lucky

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Yun Lee said:
THUD.

Piers fell to the ground, whiting out for just the briefest of moments as he attempted to register all this. That strange person...they just transformed? Into SANTA? And those two were Santa's...kids? None of this made any sense, and he doubted any of it would...ever.

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“Oh! Are you alright, sir?” Heartman asked, helping Piers to his feet.

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Nick Kringle and Noelle

Nick raised a skeptical eyebrow, but he wasn't sure if he should question a gift. He knew that his father didn't plan to ever say any of those things, but on the other hand, if Noelle agreed to let him go, he would go with the lie. "Well, I was planning to get without your permission, but it means so much that you give me permission to find myself dad. I hope you can enjoy the rest of the party without me."

Nick figured it was probably a guest who was doing this and he wasn't about to ask the person or expose them., He would run over to the sleigh and fly off in it, but not before turning to Noelle and telling his sister three words. " I'll make sure to bring you back some of those books you like."

Noelle would watch her brother leave the area and she heard the noise. It seemed too important to pass up and she would see what was happening over in the area before she headed back to the party. It would make her feel better when she knew it was. Plus, she had to make sure they weren't injured. She looked over at Heartman and Piers. " Are you two okay?" She asked.

Gabriel Kringle and Billy Batson

Gabriel had a ton of questions, but the most pressing one was how the superhero had gotten back here without anyone noticing. However, that seemed less important than his question.

" Well, if you would like to know, it's dark blue. I imagine it's the same reason they would make cookies with terrible side effects, they want to ruin this party. My cousin is many things, but she did not make a list. That being said, I made one and everyone is accounted for. Which means whoever poisoned the cookies came to the party. It's a guest."

" Well, it could be worse- somebody could be dead."

Mrs. Claus

Mrs. Claus just offered a smile to the girl. It was so hard to see people that didn't believe in the magic of the season, but there were some who grew up. It always seemed to happen too quickly to the woman and it made her feel sad to see that happen. " Why yes, darling, this is a Christmas party. Well, you might want to look a little bit, it's a bit hard to see him, but he's over there with all the men over there having a nice and friendly chat with them. He does like these parties, even if he was a little mad when Noelle invited so many strangers."

Santa Claus, Malcolm and Pedro

Santa had to smile at Castle's reaction to the multiverse. Most people would not be happy to find out that they were not the only one in the multiverse, but it seemed that was not the case with them. He did wonder where some of the guests had wondered off too, but he didn't dare to question it a loud.

Malcolm rolled his eye at Castle. " Even if we had proof that the grinch was real, this prank seems more childish in nature, something some immature teen would do for attention, that or an attention loving man child who never grew up. They might be working for someone who hates Christmas, but this isn't murder or anything of like that."

Santa would look over at him. " Oh no, you are not. I know that you do bad things, but it's for the right reasons. You aren't at the top of the nice list, closer to the bottom, but hardly worthy of being on the Naughty list. You are a good man, Snake," he replied.

Pedro looked over and consider taking a moment. " If I can say something, I don't think it's someone who isn't already at the party. They would have to avoid everyone here, so they must still have to be here. We just have to find out where everyone is..... damn, I lost track of my foster brothers. I'm sure that we are perfectly safe here for the time being, it's not anyone could kill Santa."

And as Pedro finished his sentence, the lights would go out.

" I think I spoke too soon."

" I assess you are right."

Cookie Zone

"Well, I don't think this is a good sign."

Security Room

" This can't be good, the lights being out seems like the perfect setting for a killer to strike," Gabriel replied, as he tried to get the power online.

"I hope everyone is okay out there," Billy added.

Mrs. Claus

" Oh dear.... we never had a power outage before."

Elves

" I don't like this. It never is a good sign when the lights go out. Last time this happened, Santa was kidnapped."

" Yeah, this seems real-" He would pause for a solid few seconds. " Bad."

Noelle

"Dad, we have to hurry back with our guests, the light are out and I just have this bad feeling that something bad is about to happen."

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Unfortunately, it was just Marnie's luck that the lights would go out right as she tried to spot Santa. Hmph. Too bad. She always liked seeing the costumes they all war. The ones Piers took her to see in Hammerlocke when she was a tot always looked real nice. Oh well. Maybe just wait for the lights to come on?

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Piers shook his head as he got up. "Y-Yeah. 'm fine." But he wasn't. That person went and went full Ditto in the blink of an eye! What was all this? But when he heard Noelle mention something bad, only one thing was on his mind.

Marnie.

"Right then, lead the way," he said, a serious frown on his face. Though he usually slouched, Piers was rather rigid at the moment. "I gotta find Marnie an' make sure she's okay."

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Lucky said:
Nick Kringle and Noelle

Nick raised a skeptical eyebrow, but he wasn't sure if he should question a gift. He knew that his father didn't plan to ever say any of those things, but on the other hand, if Noelle agreed to let him go, he would go with the lie. "Well, I was planning to get without your permission, but it means so much that you give me permission to find myself dad. I hope you can enjoy the rest of the party without me."

Nick figured it was probably a guest who was doing this and he wasn't about to ask the person or expose them., He would run over to the sleigh and fly off in it, but not before turning to Noelle and telling his sister three words. " I'll make sure to bring you back some of those books you like."

Noelle would watch her brother leave the area and she heard the noise. It seemed too important to pass up and she would see what was happening over in the area before she headed back to the party. It would make her feel better when she knew it was. Plus, she had to make sure they weren't injured. She looked over at Heartman and Piers. " Are you two okay?" She asked.

Gabriel Kringle and Billy Batson

Gabriel had a ton of questions, but the most pressing one was how the superhero had gotten back here without anyone noticing. However, that seemed less important than his question.

" Well, if you would like to know, it's dark blue. I imagine it's the same reason they would make cookies with terrible side effects, they want to ruin this party. My cousin is many things, but she did not make a list. That being said, I made one and everyone is accounted for. Which means whoever poisoned the cookies came to the party. It's a guest."

" Well, it could be worse- somebody could be dead."

Mrs. Claus

Mrs. Claus just offered a smile to the girl. It was so hard to see people that didn't believe in the magic of the season, but there were some who grew up. It always seemed to happen too quickly to the woman and it made her feel sad to see that happen. " Why yes, darling, this is a Christmas party. Well, you might want to look a little bit, it's a bit hard to see him, but he's over there with all the men over there having a nice and friendly chat with them. He does like these parties, even if he was a little mad when Noelle invited so many strangers."

Santa Claus, Malcolm and Pedro

Santa had to smile at Castle's reaction to the multiverse. Most people would not be happy to find out that they were not the only one in the multiverse, but it seemed that was not the case with them. He did wonder where some of the guests had wondered off too, but he didn't dare to question it a loud.

Malcolm rolled his eye at Castle. " Even if we had proof that the grinch was real, this prank seems more childish in nature, something some immature teen would do for attention, that or an attention loving man child who never grew up. They might be working for someone who hates Christmas, but this isn't murder or anything of like that."

Santa would look over at him. " Oh no, you are not. I know that you do bad things, but it's for the right reasons. You aren't at the top of the nice list, closer to the bottom, but hardly worthy of being on the Naughty list. You are a good man, Snake," he replied.

Pedro looked over and consider taking a moment. " If I can say something, I don't think it's someone who isn't already at the party. They would have to avoid everyone here, so they must still have to be here. We just have to find out where everyone is..... damn, I lost track of my foster brothers. I'm sure that we are perfectly safe here for the time being, it's not anyone could kill Santa."

And as Pedro finished his sentence, the lights would go out.

" I think I spoke too soon."

" I assess you are right."

Cookie Zone

"Well, I don't think this is a good sign."

Security Room

" This can't be good, the lights being out seems like the perfect setting for a killer to strike," Gabriel replied, as he tried to get the power online.

"I hope everyone is okay out there," Billy added.

Mrs. Claus

" Oh dear.... we never had a power outage before."

Elves

" I don't like this. It never is a good sign when the lights go out. Last time this happened, Santa was kidnapped."

" Yeah, this seems real-" He would pause for a solid few seconds. " Bad."

Noelle

"Dad, we have to hurry back with our guests, the light are out and I just have this bad feeling that something bad is about to happen."

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'Santa' looked on as Nick finally walked off. "Aaaand scene." A twirl later and 'Santa' was back to their full Double Trouble glory. "How was I? I feel like I didn't get the full character, it was only like a few minutes of watching the fat lug but I think I did a pretty good job." They turned to face the others in the group. "Right? Didn't I do a good job?"

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HEARTMAN

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Noelle would watch her brother leave the area and she heard the noise. It seemed too important to pass up and she would see what was happening over in the area before she headed back to the party. It would make her feel better when she knew it was. Plus, she had to make sure they weren't injured. She looked over at Heartman and Piers. " Are you two okay?" She asked.
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“Yes... this man just fell over,” Heartman said, pointing to Piers. He wrings out his shirt. Briefly he turns to Double Trouble, before the lights went out.

“Well that doesn’t look so grand,” Heartman speaks, “is there a generator?”

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LITTLE MY

The lights went out, but if Little My’s smile was a lightbulb this place would still have power.

She chuckled a little before she set her plan into motion.

Well, it’s not much of a plan...

“BOO!” she shouted, hoping to scare someone.

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Lucky said:
Santa Claus, Malcolm and Pedro

Santa had to smile at Castle's reaction to the multiverse. Most people would not be happy to find out that they were not the only one in the multiverse, but it seemed that was not the case with them. He did wonder where some of the guests had wondered off too, but he didn't dare to question it a loud.

Malcolm rolled his eye at Castle. " Even if we had proof that the grinch was real, this prank seems more childish in nature, something some immature teen would do for attention, that or an attention loving man child who never grew up. They might be working for someone who hates Christmas, but this isn't murder or anything of like that."

Santa would look over at him. " Oh no, you are not. I know that you do bad things, but it's for the right reasons. You aren't at the top of the nice list, closer to the bottom, but hardly worthy of being on the Naughty list. You are a good man, Snake," he replied.

Pedro looked over and consider taking a moment. " If I can say something, I don't think it's someone who isn't already at the party. They would have to avoid everyone here, so they must still have to be here. We just have to find out where everyone is..... damn, I lost track of my foster brothers. I'm sure that we are perfectly safe here for the time being, it's not anyone could kill Santa."

And as Pedro finished his sentence, the lights would go out.

" I think I spoke too soon."

" I assess you are right."

Cookie Zone

"Well, I don't think this is a good sign."

Security Room

" This can't be good, the lights being out seems like the perfect setting for a killer to strike," Gabriel replied, as he tried to get the power online.

"I hope everyone is okay out there," Billy added.
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"You did speak too soon. Who killed the lights?"

"Fan out and search the area. Try to get the power back on. I need to get to Castle."

Kate exclaimed as she reached into one of her boots and pulled out a small Glock pistol and loaded it; holding it as she proceeded to run towards where the Guests would be located.

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amwexia said:
LITTLE MY

The lights went out, but if Little My’s smile was a lightbulb this place would still have power.

She chuckled a little before she set her plan into motion.

Well, it’s not much of a plan...

“BOO!” she shouted, hoping to scare someone.
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Castle screamed at the top of his lungs which echo'd across the party, everyone would of been able to hear that. This immediately caused Kate to begin running towards the source of the scream. If anyone could see Castle:

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When the lights went out Gabriella frowned softly.


"Well now, if this is the work of our mischievous prankster we may have to act quickly..." She muttered to herself mostly. She also had to find Simon--for all she knew he could get himself into some kind of trouble.

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Meanwhile, Simon stood near Piers, Double Trouble, and Heartman. He opened his mouth to say something, then turned his head and sneezed.

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HEARTMAN



“Yes... this man just fell over,” Heartman said, pointing to Piers. He wrings out his shirt. Briefly he turns to Double Trouble, before the lights went out.

“Well that doesn’t look so grand,” Heartman speaks, “is there a generator?”

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LITTLE MY

The lights went out, but if Little My’s smile was a lightbulb this place would still have power.

She chuckled a little before she set her plan into motion.

Well, it’s not much of a plan...

“BOO!” she shouted, hoping to scare someone.

@Lucky @Takumi @Crow @CookieZone​
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"The faster we get the power back on the faster we can make sure there's no accidents, yeah?" He spoke up, before sneezing again.

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Chapter 1- Santa Bleeds

Due to Castle screaming so loudly when the lights were out, nobody would hear the muffled screams of Santa Claus..... not in time at least. As the others would find their way back from the stables, Noelle would be slightly mad at Double Trouble for impersonating her father and convincing her brother to leave. That being said, all and all, the walk back was otherwise very nice. The Elves would drag Ciri and Freddy back to the party, before going off to disappearing. Nobody would stop them from entering or leaving the party though.

Once they would arrive, the lights would find themselves to be back on, as Gabriel would walk back in. " Well, I found what the problem was. Someone struck the generator with lightning. I have no clue how that happened since those lovely charms were supposed to briefly neutralize your powers."

Noelle would look at the ground. " Yeah, about that. I thought it would be rude to take away what the guests came with.... so I may have not given them out. It just seemed being too overprotective."

" I think we might have a more pressing matter at the moment," Will replied, looking over and past Gabriel to where Santa was.

Pedro would look over at the ground. "I shouldn't have opened my mouth...… I didn't think anyone here could be so evil."

Malcolm would take a deep breath. "I can- people will be as dark as the world they live in and even your own family can do horrible things to you and other people. There is no way around it- the world is a terrible, crummy place, so murdering Santa doesn't seem too out of the ordinary to me. I'm going to examine the corpse and start to draw up a profile of our killer. I think it might be safe to say that anyone who had gone off after Noelle or gone to meet the elves, unless they can be super quick couldn't have killed him."

" Well, that rules out my brother Freddy and the woman he had been with the elves," Billy replied back to Malcolm.

" And also rules out Heartman, Double Trouble, Simon and our new friend who just arrived, they were at the stable when I was conversing with Nick."

" Where is Nick, dear?" Mrs.Claus asked.

Noelle would look at the ground for a moment. " He may have gone on a slight vacation..... and I know that looks bad.... since he is next in line now that dad is..." Noelle took a deep breath. " I'll fix this. Gabriel, can you tr-"

" It's in New York City, but I have no clue how you will get there without the sleigh."

" I believe I can be of some help, I got everyone here and can certainly make a portal to New York.... though I would rather not go myself. Got to help figure out Santa's killer."

" I'm going to stay behind and help with that footage to see about the cookie tamper and see if I can get the feed back up."

" As I previously mentioning, drawing up a killer profile, so I'll be staying here as well."

" New York is pretty big, but I figure I will be of more use there than here," Billy replied.

" I'll go with Billy to New York as well."

" I'll go to New York too," Freddy replied.

" I'll be staying as well.... we might need a back-up family member in case this gets out of control and the council decides to vote a new Santa in while you look for Nick."

" I'll stay so Gabriel doesn't get too power hungry."

An elderly elf would come out and look around.

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Well, I'm going too. I know you will find trouble and someone is going to have to be responsible. I'm Polly, Noelle's elf nanny for all who want to know." It seemed the others had a choice to make. Would they be joining Noelle, Polly, Freddy, Billy and Pedro to find Nick in New York or help Malcolm, Mrs. Claus, Will, Gabriel and Nutmeg solve Santa's murder?

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