Christmas "Meme"

[snakewithbaggage]

Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Suzu ga naru
Suzu no rizumu ni hikari no wa ga mau
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Suzu ga naru
Mori ni hayashi ni hibikinagara

Welcome to the Dinohouse Christmas "meme"! This is going to work a bit differently from most memes, but still free free to do what you want here!

The idea:
Following this post I will be making an assortment of Universe/Location "thread" comments. These will define the specific scene and universe being worked in. Comments by applicable characters will follow under that comment.

Example:
Mushverse; Shiba Mansion; open to Shinkengers

Comments following that would all be set in the Mushverse universe, be by any Shinkengers that want to participate, and take place at the Shiba Mansion Christmas party. Think of it sort of like every "top level" comment is its own post to the community.

Following that example, if your desired AU/Canon/etc isn't there, feel free to make a "thread" for it! Say there's already a Mushverse Go-busters "thread", and you want to do something in Aibouverse, or something more canon, maybe just between two characters? Make one!

Comments following the "thread" headings can be group setting free for all, or between individuals. Say it's a canon GokaiGalleon party, and Gai and Luka want to go off alone, or are on their way to the Galleon together? Their thread can be a separate second level comment thread beneath the main Canon Gokaiger thread.

I know that's a lot of information/qualifiers, but don't let it make you nervous to post, "rules" are fluid, and mainly set for added organization.

HAVE FUN. And enjoy the season!

Comments

[silverpleather]

I give him another little shake, this one mostly out of frustration, and then fold my arms around his shoulders and hug him tightly.

"Don't you scare me like that. I thought you'd been attacked. It wasn't like you were frozen, I didn't know what to think."

"I was unconcerned." Jueki chimes in, and I pull back to scowl at him.

"Jueki will you take these balloons and fill them with helium?" I turn to smirk at Hiromu.

[blue_pleather]

Sempai still enjoys Christmas, then. He wouldn't be sempai if he didn't.

I'm a little short on funds this year due to sempai having decided that what's mine is his, including the contents of my wallet. But I did get everyone a present, and if we can avoid too much alcohol or mistletoe, I'm sure we can all have a good time. As much as we can at Christmas, anyway.

I never know quite how to react around Yoko-chan or Hiromu or Eti.

[side thread for Masato (and later Hiromu)]

[silverpleather]

I'm having way too good of a time, enjoying Christmas.

This is the Christmas we should have had, thirteen years ago, well, almost. We're all older, and my brother and our parents are all missing, but...

Well, it's close.

So it's with no small amount of annoyance and frustration that I excuse myself into the hallway right when the night is getting into the swing of things.

My fingertips are flickering.

I take a slow, deep breath, as if that'll make any difference, and will myself to hold it together.

I don't want to miss this.

[yellowlion]

I'm determined that this year will be different. No trips to hospital or jail (Yuusuke didn't mean to do what he did with that duck). No Megumi run off her feet. She gets to sit down while we do it all.

I know I can be a little absentminded, but everyone's helping, and I found a really good recipe book.

I'm leaning against the stove with a dish of potatoes in one hand, and the book in the other, when I smell something.

Sniff.

Sniff sniff.

Oh, shit. "YUUSUKE! I THINK I SET MYSELF ON FIRE AGAIN!"

[jinglebellheadpain]

Rabbit Hutch is brightly decorated, even more so than it has been lately with everyone's nonsense things cluttering up every corner. Yuuki and Kisaragi put up most of the decorations, though I think some of them may have been JK's fault, like the red and green disco ball hanging from the ceiling with gold and silver metallic streamers cascading down from it.

I've never really celebrated Christmas. It was never important to me. But it seems important to Yuuki (and Kisaragi, and the others), so I allow it.

Maybe while everyone else is celebrating in the main room I can get some work down on my own.

[spacenerd]

Where has that Kengo-kun gone?

He hasn't even taken any treats with him! "I'll be right back Gen-chan!" I call cheerfully, then I pick up two of the rocket shaped cookies.

I grin, and also pick up a sprig of mistletoe.

"Kengo-kun," I call sweetly as I round the corner into his little alcove. I hold out the cookies to him as he turns, and I hold the mistletoe over his head.

I bend down, giggling, aiming for his cheek, but with everything I'm doing I end up overbalancing...

...I'm not sure what happened just then, but the cookies and mistletoe are on the floor. I'm in his lap, arms around his neck where I caught myself so I wouldn't land on the keyboard or the floor, and?

And Kengo-kun's lips are very soft.

[goldenikemen]

Everyone is happy and laughing, even Kurorin is more open and casual than normal, and I've just plopped myself into his lap, sitting on one of his thighs and leaning across him, when I notice my Aibou quickly excusing himself from the room.

I frown, and sigh, and look to Kurorin, speaking quietly so the others don't notice or hear. "You'll have to excuse me a moment, Kurorin."

I kiss his cheek and hop back down out of his lap, wandering off and out of the room after Emi.

"Something wrong, Aibou?" I ask gently when I find him, just outside the door. He's staring at his hands, and I look too, until I see how badly the fingers of his avatar are flickering.

"Emi?" I step closer, reaching nervously for his wrist.

[silverpleather]

I shouldn't be surprised that Masato had noticed me leaving. It's not like we're normal people who can get away for a moment with the rest room or something as an excuse.

He probably thinks I'm upset about something, and I make to shove my hands into my pockets before he can see, but it's too late, he sees already. I can tell, not just because he's reaching for my arm, but because he's started calling me by name again.

"It's nothing. Just a bit of interference, probably. I'll be fine."

BUTTS IN AS HE IS WONT TO DO

[silverspotlight]

"Remind you what now?" I only caught the first part of that, the last part was drowned out by my, if I do say so myself, rather rousing and charming rendition of We Wish You A Merry Christmas and a Happy Second Half of the Ranger Season.

Of course, I'm holding a tray of fresh-baked green-and-red cookies, but that doesn't stop me from bumping Marvelous-san with my hip on my way to set them at the table. Then I turn with a flourish and a "Ta-daaah~!" Now, one dish down, approximately a mystery more to go.

Debut of the teen-face

[hotshotlightning]

I know the shout isn't meant for me but I bolt into the kitchen on hearing it anyway, tinsel trailing behind me as I skid to a halt inside.

Oh crap, he really is on fire. I grab for a towel to try and put it out.

I LOVE HIS BUTTS

[ahimdefamille]

I laugh, both at the comment and at the careful, cheerful bump.

"Ah, Gai-san. I see these colours are a theme with you today."

[kogarashinomai]

Takeru's hiding. Oh, sure, he'll pretend he isn't but he really is and I'm not having that. There's decorations that need to go up and I'm not tall enough but he is.

[reciept]

So I've got a few things on my list to still get, even if this year's still... tough. Still, it's pretty convenient that the store is here, so I have some time to kill. Mom and Dad might call me, but... I'm pretty sure they'll close up soon.

Doesn't mean I can't pick out a few things for my friends, at the very last minute. I'm pretty bad at picking out presents, but I might as well try, right? I saved up a bit this year and everything. I have to pick soon! Right now, though, I'm just window-shopping.

[sonofshiba]

I nod. There will be much to be decided, discussed, considered.

"Ah," I say quietly. "You do not wish to be merely a samurai, though that terminology is imprecise in any case; there are no 'mere' samurai. You wish to be a Shinkenger." I nod. Interesting.

"Genta's abilities regarding kanji lie elsewhere, it is true. One cannot master all disciplines simultaneously, and he possesses genius with Origami, with his SushiChanger. Were he to wish it, I am certain he could learn more of traditional kanji."

An eyebrow goes up. "You have spoken to Mother regarding this?"

[sonofshiba]

I can practically feel Chiaki's presence, which is never something with which to be pleased.

Ah, I do not mean that I dislike her, or distrust her, or anything of the sort. Merely that when she is angry, she appears to expand in size and in impact on her surroundings.

I finish the slash at the training dummy, and frown critically, running it through my mind. Not quite correct, but she is there...

I do not turn, but my voice is welcoming enough. "Chiaki?"

[kogarashinomai]

"Takeru," I say evenly, watching him suspiciously as he tries to pretend he doesn't know why I'm out here. "Quit hiding and help me put these decorations up."

[sonofshiba]

I sigh, and turn, resting my training sword over my shoulder. "There are so many decorations already, Chiaki," I say calmly. "Must we add more?"

[kogarashinomai]

I fold my arms and glare at him. "Yes."

You'd think, having everyone all together again and mostly recovered from everything that happened with Messiah he'd appreciate the chance to let go a little. But no, not Takeru.

[sonofshiba]

Ah, that look.

I must admit I did miss that look, when we were... well.

"As you wish," I accede, walking towards her. "I was not hiding, however."

[kogarashinomai]

"Sure you weren't," I snort, handing several of the decorations over as he reaches me. "That's why you're out here training while everyone else is inside getting the mansion ready."

[sonofshiba]

I look with some concern at the spiky, brightly coloured things she hands me. I do not understand how these are festive. "You found me," I point out, a little peevish. "If I truly wished to hide I would have done so with more success."

[kogarashinomai]

Yeah, right. Let him think that if he wants to. "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say. Inside. Now."

[redfalcon]

"What's going on?"

I run into the kitchen where, sure enough, Jou's on fire and Katsumi is beating at him with a tea towel. I go back to the hall for a fire extinguisher and prepare to let loose on them.

cuuuuute (both of you!)

[yellowlion]

Katsumi's smacking me with some festive tea towel thing that I think Yuusuke got from when he went to visit the Gaorangers that time, it's dreadful, but it makes him laugh. I'm coughing, I'm not even sure where the fire part IS any more, probably my ass knowing my luck.

"Fire!" I yell at Yuusuke, half cranky, half desperate.

We try. XD

[hotshotlightning]

"Not at me!" I protest, torn between carrying on trying to put the fire out and getting out the way so I don't get a face full of fire extinguisher.

In the end I back off. There's nothing I can do that Yuusuke can't with that.