paradisa | Seventeen Spoons {Dictated; Action}

[As wonderful as the holiday season is, with its warmth and cheer, and while even Jane can appreciate the kissing hijinks while at the same time wishing they weren't happening, there's been something nagging at her for a while now. It's only now that, as she sits in her room preparing little things for her friends, does she realize what it is, and she scrambles for her journal to let it out.]

...I miss my Dad.

I mean, well, I've missed him ever since I came here, I never stopped. It just hurts a lot more right now. It's going to be Christmas soon, and I'm not decorating the house with him, or baking with him, or shopping with him, or anything... [Her voice cracks slightly.] Aren't you supposed to be with your loved ones at Christmastime?

[There's a long pause, quiet save for a few deep breaths. It seems like someone is determined not to cry over here. Then, quietly,] I think I need to take a walk. Nutcrackers be damned.

[Feel free to reply to Jane over the journal - she'll take it with her as she wanders the halls. Also feel more than free to run into her and give her a Christmas smooch!]

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Well, I don't claim to be a virtuosa, but I'm pretty decent!

Jam with me and the Once-ler sometime.

Hoo hoo! Only if you can get him out of his tower.

Sweet, you already know him. Yeah, I think we'll have to take the jamming to ol' mister hermit.

I do! He is a good friend.

We'll have to be careful, though. He's laid traps outside of his room!

Huh. That's cool. He didn't seem the type to have good friends, really.

Has he? Wow! He's cooler than I thought.

He doesn't! But there are a lot of folks here who care for him.

It WOULD be cool if they weren't so tricky! I've gotten caught in them before, and he didn't even warn me about them.

Heh, that's good, then.

Well, of course he can warn you about them! Then there's no fun in it! Don't you know about pranks?

[Does she know about pranks?

Oh Marceline, what have you asked?]

Of course I know about pranks! I am a skilled pranksteress from a long line of comedians and all-around funny-men! But a prank is not a prank when it comes to literal booby-traps!

You're good with pranks, huh? Well, if we can agree to disagree on the booby-traps, we should team up!

Hmm...I could agree to disagree for a team-up.

Great. This'll be pretty sweet.

Sweet indeed!