The Lobby - Santa Kawalsky is in da house

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

The lobby looked different. There was fake snow and fake trees and a little picket fence and fake reindeer. There was also a big throne-like chair in the center of it all. A sack of small random gifts was off to the side.

The throne was occupied. There sat a big, somewhat jolly fellow in a Santa costume.

Santa Kawalsky was in. He would wander around and harass people later, but for now he sat, waiting to see if anyone wanted to visit Santa, even if only for a laugh.

"HO HO HO!" he bellowed.


[OOC: Santa Kawalsky will be visiting random dorm threads (town ones on request), if there are any today, but for now he's in the one spot so come visit if you want to! Now by slow-play as I'm off being forced to socialize.]

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[can_be_more]

Last night there were singing gremlins, and today there is Sandy Clouds in the lobby. Aeryn wonders exactly what the hell was in that ambrosia.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Ho ho ho!" Santa K bellowed.

[can_be_more]

She almost doesn't want to say anything, but feels she has to. "Are you feeling all right?" she says, and immediately feels stupid for asking.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Hey Aeryn. I'm fine, just spreading the Christmas cheer to appease some ghosts who showed up in my dreams the past few nights. Part of the tradition is that kids go and see someone dressed up as Santa Claus, sit on his knee and talk to him for a while, telling him what they want for Christmas, or for the year to come, or just to chat."

[can_be_more]

She nods, taking all this in. "Sure. Did you happen to see the gremlins, too, last night?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto stumbled down into the lobby.

She may have been both a little hungover and a little drunk.

"Kawalsky?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"No.. what'd they do? I hope they didn't steal my cookie stash."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas Callisto!"

[can_be_more]

"They, um... nevermind," she says, surreptitiously looking him over for bites. She probably wouldn't be able to see them, though, due to the suit and beard. "I can take you down to the clinic if you need help."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto felt very glad there was a bottle of tequila waiting back in her room for her. "Gremlin bite?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Nah. This is 100% genuinely me. No gremlin bites as a convenient excuse for embarrassing behavior." He leaned over to the side of the throne and pulled a small wrapped package containing a packet of shortbread cookies and offered it to Aeryn.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Nah. 100% genuine Kawalsky embarrassing behavior. No convenient gremlin excuse. Part of the Christmas tradition where I come from is to sit on the lap of some guy dressed up as Santa and tell him what you want for the next year."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Yep, that tequila was looking mighty good. "So lemme get this striaght, you want me to sit on your lap and tell what I want for Solstice?"

[can_be_more]

Aeryn takes it, hesitantly. "So... why arw you doing this?" she wonders.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky grinned from behind his beard and nodded. "It's meant to be very cathartic. Better than singing even."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Charlie, leaving aside the fact that if I were so sit in some guy's lap and them him what I wanted for Solstice you probably wouldn't be that guy, you're not the least bit worried about Liz finding out you're asking other girls to do this?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Because otherwise I'd be sitting around moping about not being able to send a letter home for Christmas. This?" He gestured around. "Is way more fun."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Not so much. It sounds weird out loud, but it makes more sense when you just chalk it up to 'weird holiday tradition'."

[can_be_more]

She has to admit there's probably something to that. "I'm going to start carrying that camera thing," she promises.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"But what's the point? I mean, it's not like you're just going to go out and get what I ask for." Callisto was not entertaining the thought of asking for a gift-wrapped Angel to be delivered to her room. At all.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Around this place, carrying a camera is a good idea. You never know what's gonna happen next."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Hey, if I can get it, I will. But otherwise? It's more of a 'getting to express your feelings' thing."

[can_be_more]

Unabe to resist the urge, Aeryn pokes at the end of his hat.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

The hat jiggled and swung back at Aeryn. It definitely wasn't sentient, but it wasn't exactly normal either.

[can_be_more]

Aeryn gives the hat a concerned look. "Right. I'm not entirely convinced that the hat isn't possessed."