Fifty Eight Sip

[mal_addict]

Right. So I have a question. Are the polar bears giving caffeinated drinks thing a normal part of that Christmas holiday? Because I've been in the castle for a while and no one has ever mentioned it before.

Do you only have it on certain Christmases? And what does it have to do with that baby being born? Which is still a ridiculous reason to have a holiday but whatever.

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[likethetragedy]

It's not normal.

[samson]

It was like a magic, religious baby. That's why.

forever!

[mal_addict]

Oh good. For a moment, I was getting very concerned about Earth culture.

[mal_addict]

I thought Earth didn't have magic.

[likethetragedy]

I'm surprised you aren't concerned already. A lot of this must seem strange if you didn't grow up with it.

[mal_addict]

Oh trust me, I went far beyond concerned the first Christmas I had to spend here.

[likethetragedy]

Which part got to you the most?

[samson]

What? My neighbor is a necromancer. We have magic.

[mal_addict]

The zombie part. I mean, we have zombies in my world too, but Hogswatch has nothing to do with them.

[mal_addict]

...Oh.

Well. That changes things a little...

[likethetragedy]

... What zombie part?

[samson]

Not that the Christmas baby -- Jesus, by the way -- is a necromancer.

[He pauses. Because, well.]

I mean, most of the time.

[staggeringego]

Of course! Every twelfth Christmas is always celebrated by drinking delivery bears. Did you really not know?

[mal_addict]

[The sarcasm is missed]

No, I always assumed it was a very boring affair.

[mal_addict]

The man who came back from the dead. He was born at this time, right?

[mal_addict]

...Okay now I'm lost. Didn't he come back from the dead?

[staggeringego]

[ Possibly even better. At least potentially more entertaining. ]

Never! We've got a yearly set of twelve different traditions for every Christmas. If you're lucky maybe you'll get to see next years festivities. That whole baby thing? Finally completely explained. I'm afraid we can't talk much about it now, of course, what with it being the wrong year for that and all.

[likethetragedy]

Right, he was. [A beat.] Did someone tell you he was a zombie?

[samson]

Yeah. But that was because of God or something. So, religious magic instead of ... whatever kind of magic necromancers use.

[mal_addict]

...No one's mentioned this to me before.

[mal_addict]

That's the definition of a zombie, isn't it? Someone who comes back from the dead. At least that's how it is where I come from.

[mal_addict]

...So a God brought him back?

[LONG PAUSE HERE. Gods are douchebags, that doesn't make any sense] Why?

[likethetragedy]

[Note to self: continue not telling people you came back from the dead.] There's more to it on Earth... my Earth. Zombies eat the flesh of the living after coming back to the dead. At least that's what happens in the movies.

[samson]

Yeah, he's God's son, so. He brought him back to life so he could ... I don't know, show up at his friends' house and tell them he was back. [Brock is not very religious.]

[mal_addict]

[Never tell them this, Elektra]

Ah. Ours don't do that. They mostly shuffle about and protest for undead rights.