Post by Gunslinger on Dec 31, 2019 10:16:19 GMT -8
Christmas Eve.
It’s a beautiful, snowy night, and both the Makaila’s and the Vivienne’s are catching up around the table. The parents are chatting idly, with Jack and Absinthe mingling happily with Nova’s parents, while Jack Junior is essentially being harassed by his sister Wysteria, who is constantly poking at him.
“Come onnnn, show me! No one’s gonna get you in trouble here, we’re all family!”
“No.”
“But you never show me that fire trick anymore!”
“No.”
“Leave him alone, Wystie.”
Daniel grabs her shoulders, and she turns and just elbows the crap out of his ribs.
“Ow!”
“Don’t tell me what to do!”
She sits down in a huff, and Daniel rubs his ribs with a grimace, sitting down on the other side of his brother, mostly using him as a shield.
All at once, they look to see Nova and the workers bringing out the food, and Wysteria ends up clapping happily! It’s a wonderful smorgasbord, but Daniel’s eyes just stick to Nova, and those…. things.
Those… pies.
There was a rising fury growing in his mind, an irrational… burning hatred that he just could not fathom. Every instinct, every gut feeling he had told him that those things were absolutely terrible and needed to be put down before anyone touched them. There was something… so very wrong…
He can’t stop himself.
Daniel gets to his feet, and in one smooth motion, draws both guns and fires, shooting both pies and exploding them across the table. The chunks disappear in a flash of blue fire, but the damage is done.
There’s no pie left for anyone.
Merry Christmas.
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Assignment of Christmas: Write an event where your character either saves the holidays, or ruins it. Whatever definition that is for you. 250 word minimum. 1,000 word maximum. Tag @kek in the discord server when ready for judging. Must be done before 01/03/01 (305 words)