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[takethat]

[It's five days until Hanukkah begins, this castle needs some decorations, and Phoenix is more than happy to oblige.

Against his better judgment (being that he broke his leg the last time), he's perched atop a ladder in the lobby, hanging big paper Stars of David, blue and white tinsel, and some truly tacky large plastic dreidel-shaped lights that seem to be blinking erratically, all semblance of rhythm gone.

He hasn't paid much mind to the castle's contribution to his decorating: a blue-clad nutcracker perched on a side table nearby. What a shame.

Instead, he just goes on whistling and hanging things from the walls, blissfully oblivious.]

((ooc: open for kissing from anyone!))

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[holycraponacracker]

[Penny looks up, blinking at the lights. She's sucking on a candy cane, oblivious to the nutcrackers.] Hey, Nickers!

[takethat]

Hi, Penny!

[Give it a moment...

...and he blinks, looking at her as though he's never really seen her before.]

You look... nice...

[holycraponacracker]

...Thank you?

[He looks kinda cute like that. She wonders what it would be like to run her fingers through his hair...]

So do you.

[takethat]

[He smiles and scrambles down from the ladder, because suddenly there's something he feels he really has to do.

He crosses over to her quickly, grinning.]

Um...

[fight it Phoenix!]

A c t i o n ; ;

[wheatdos]

[Hands in his lab coat, he was just pacing about-- watching what was going on with the other residents. This was officially his first holiday season, and like a lot of the others in this castle, he had NO idea what was going on. It seemed nice though. The decorations.

Eventually though, he'd find a familiar face, his expression lightening up when he saw Nick perched on the ladder not far from him.

What he was doing was beyond him.
Even though it was a bad idea, he decided to surprise the bloke, rushing over to him and speaking with a big warm voice.]

H-hello!

[He chuckled, grinning.]

Never thought I'd see the day when you were taller than me, mate.

MUAH MUAH

[takethat]

[The voice, of course, startles Phoenix, and he flails for just a moment before gripping the ladder as though his life depends on it.

And then climbing down it. Carefully.]

Wheatley...

["Why would you ever surprise someone on a ladder?" he'd like to ask, but he refrains.]

How's it going?

EHE.

[wheatdos]

It's been going well! Pretty nice... alright.
I've been looking around... t'was a bit cold outside so I decided to stay in here. Look at the decorations.

[Staring up at that contraption Nick had put up, he raised his eyebrows...]

Um...

...

What is that?

[takethat]

Which one?

[He laughs, looking fondly up at his fine work.

And then something strikes.

And he turns slowly to look back at Wheatley... a bit differently.]

[ninjainviolet]

[Sheena enters the lobby, on her way to the Library, when she spots him hanging those decorations. She notices that they're not quite the same as some of the other decorations she's seen, so her curiosity is piqued.

Stepping closer, she looks up at him, her brows furrowed.]

Ummm. What kind of decorations are those?

[takethat]

Oh!

[He looks back over his shoulder, smiling.]

They're for Hanukkah! It's only a few days away!

[ninjainviolet]

Hannukah? I've never heard of that.

[She stops for a second.]

Have we met? You sound familiar.

[takethat]

Have we? I'm Phoenix. Phoenix Wright!

[He sticks out his hand to shake from atop the ladder, and as soon as he looks at Sheena, suddenly feels like he wants to know a lot more about her...]

Action. - Lobby.

[makethemguilty]

[The appearance of the decorations within the castle gave him remembrances of times past, of when his own manor had been similarly decorated...But no matter. He hadn't time to let his thoughts linger on the whimsical. Instead, he had a purpose for being down here, in the lobby. Or so he'd thought.

For all the castle's splendour Manfred felt a keen sense of...something amiss. Perhaps the reason could be blamed on the time of year where a certain date was drawing closer left him listless, but nevertheless he was here in the elaborate room, descending down the sweeping grand staircase until he came upon Phoenix on top of his ladder doing god-knows-what.

He had to admit at least, that the holiday decorations were...tasteful. Well, aside from the hideous nutcrackers, though germanic in origin, that seemed to be strewn about at random.]

Mister Wright...What do you think you are doing?

[He cocks an eyebrow at him, this being one of their first physical meetings. It's a surprise he does not feel the urge to murder him. Perhaps it's simply the holiday atmosphere that would keep those urges at bay for now.]

[takethat]

[He turns an irritated glare to Manfred, holding back the deep desire to throw his hammer right at him.]

I'm decorating for Hanukkah. Not that it's any business of yours...

[And before the nutcracker quite has a chance to kick in, he angrily turns back to his decor-hanging.]

[makethemguilty]

[Whatever he thought himself to be doing only made him raise his brow further at how idiotic he was more likely being, until he's standing there with his arms crossed, looking...unamused. But the reaction was enough to cause him to linger, eying the so-called "decorations"]

What would be the point...of this? Although it's against my better judgment I would ask what the point was, but then I have to remind myself that you hardly have a point in even existing, Attorney.

[Smirks at that, finding the phenomenally minor holiday to be fitting of a man as insignificant as Phoenix.]

[takethat]

...I celebrate Hanukkah. The castle isn't decorated. Ergo--

[a very intentional word choice]

--I took matters into my own hands.

[He stomps down from the ladder and crosses his arms over his chest.]

You want to get into a religious battle today, von Karma?

[magicalwright]

[ Trucy is sat near the ladder, guarding it from people who might want to climb on it!! NEVER FORGET! watching Phoenix decorate. ]

Did you do this last year, Daddy?

[ She rests her chin in her hands as she speaks. ]

[takethat]

Nah, I hadn't been here that long last year when Hanukkah came around. Just about a month.

[He smiles fondly at her.]

Making up for it this year.

[magicalwright]

Oh right, so this is the first time the castle has experienced decorating the Wright way? [ ahurhur she's so funny! ]

Do you want a hand at all?

((ooc; assuming this happened after the "wheatley incident" and she is avoiding ALL the creeps by sticking with Daddy :} ))

[fistfullofmagic]

[Before coming to Paradisa, holidays had been something that happened to other people for Dhaos. ...At least that's how it had been for most of his life.

Thus it's somewhat understandable that he's having a bit of trouble wrapping his head around all of these human holidays happening in such rapid succession.]

...What is the purpose of these lights?

[takethat]

They're for Hanukkah!

[He answers cheerily without turning around just yet. For now, he's hammering a last couple of nails into the wall to support his horrible dreidel lights.]

Starts in a few days!

[fistfullofmagic]

...Hanukkah?

[Nope, no recollection of ever having heard of that holiday. ...He also finds the lights rather tacky, but is too polite to say so.]

[sawadeertoday]

[ She hasn't been leaving her room much as of late, but she finally takes a break- and who better to find than the lawyer... wait, what was he doing?

GLaDOS steps closer to the ladder, even if she's still giving him some space, glancing about quizzically. ]

What are you doing?

[takethat]

[He gestures dramatically to the tacky decor all around him.]

Decorating for Hanukkah!

[And he's absolutely beaming with pride in that.]

What do you think?

best part: learned all about hanukkah today awwyeah

[sawadeertoday]

[ Uh, have a confused face. ]

Hanukkah?

[ The word sounds kind of weird on her tongue and she frowns at him, befuddled. ]