☼ 006 [audio]

[promises_to_keep]

So this Christmas thing is pretty great, but it isn't something I really knew about 'til I left home. When I was a kid we had a solstice festival thing instead. Today's the 21st... shortest day of the year. Not that you could tell, what with how dark it tends to be around here anyhow, perma-winter and all that. [A shrug nobody can see. This feels so weird. Okay, come on Lea, you can be social. Maybe. Sort of. Just. Say something nice.]

Well, I guess happy solstice anyhow. Keep a light on you, just in case.

[Nailed it.]

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[promises_to_keep]

[He waves his hands placatingly.]

No, no, it's a turn of phrase; I know you're not an owl. No feathers. Just means you like nighttime more than daytime.

... You don't look like the yetis around here, though. I guess there's different kinds? [Headscratch?]

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[snowghoul]

[Darn English and its weird phrases.] No. Just liking first day of winter. Best day of year if down below.

No. My relatives are looking like yetis around here, too. [Read: Monster High is a weird canon -- the characters don't look exactly like classic monsters, but their relatives do D:]

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[promises_to_keep]

Okay, fair enough, it makes sense that a yeti would like the first day of winter.

Huh. [Another headscratch and then he waves a hand.] Sorry, meant no offense or nothin'. So then, are you from here? Or did the Initiative bring you in also?

[snowghoul]

No, not being from here. Was brought here in October.

[promises_to_keep]

Ah, I see. Well, nice to meet you; my name's Lea, what's yours?

[snowghoul]

[She'd smile here if she were a bit warmer.]

Nice to meeting you too. My name is Abbey.

[And now she's staring at him critically. Is he human? Why is it so hard to tell with people here?]

[promises_to_keep]

[There's something really endearing about her odd speech patterns.]

Likewise, Abbey.

[And then he hesitates under her scrutiny, scratching at one high cheekbone.] Ah... is there somethin' on my face?