Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock

[matini]

Who: Homestuck cast (sob too many to list)
Where: Somewhere in Goldenrod City that can handle all these chillens
When: Christmas Day
Summary: Christmas Shenanigans with any and all Homestucks!
Rating: C for Cute, M for the mouths of Striders because DANG, YOU GUYS. WASH YOUR MOUTHS.
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[viiru2alert]

Oh.

[He stares at the stars.]

...I never saw stars in the city, so I guess I never thought about them too much.

[timelymaid]

Well, you know that they were visible at home, for me. [ Country girl and all that. ]

Don't you ever look at them here, though?

[viiru2alert]

Yeah, I saw them when I was out visiting you or someone else, but I obviously didn't do that too much... I guess it's just a force of habit, but I don't really pay attention to them here either, no.

[timelymaid]

Well, I did live pretty far away. [ That's why she'd been surprised when - well. ] And you're definitely going to look at them while you're travelling with me, then! We're going to stargaze. And learn the names of them! Or make them up.

[viiru2alert]

Make them up?

[Sollux looks up. That bait was too tempting for him to just leave.]

I can just see how well that's going to go over.

[He clears his throat.]

Well, yes, Dirk, that constellation over there is one we like to call the Constipated Barkbeast of Death because of its striking features and unique stellar placement...

[timelymaid]

You're just trying to get out of being allowed to name things! [ And she's elbowing you for it. Enjoy that. ]

But if you see a Constipated Barkbeast of Death, I'm certainly not going to stop you from calling it that. That's the fun part. You can even make up constellations to troll Eridan. You can't say that wouldn't be fun for you!

[viiru2alert]

If I didn't want to name things, I just wouldn't. You're going to be doing a lot of constellation christening, AA. [When he names things, they end up as either random series of letters or random series of curses.] Besides, Eridan doesn't give enough of a shit about constellations for me to troll him with them, either. You need to make people care about something first, before you crush it mercilessly before their stupid thickly-bespectacled eyes.

It's a very delicate balance.

[timelymaid]

That sounds like a lot more effort than I'm actually willing to expend in that direction. [ Which is basically none, re: trolling Eridan or thinking up new ways to do it. ]

Well, you can just learn the ones I pick out, then.

[viiru2alert]

It is a lot of effort. But you learn to appreciate the art eventually.

[...Damn, now he can't use the same excuse for learning all of those constellations. Still, he'd try to do it anyway. Because Aradia.]

You are on.

[timelymaid]

[ If she were going to troll him, she'd just make tongue twister constellation names. As it is he will probably be treated to stars dedicated to Troll Indy and various other obvious picks. ]

Deal! So, what do you think of the humans?

[viiru2alert]

I think they're still completely pan-dead. [Which is Sollux code for "I still haven't gotten to know any of them because new people are freaky and I want nothing to do with them."]

[timelymaid]

You need to try talking to them, you know. [ Which is Aradia code for "TOUGH LUCK, you're getting to know them anyway".

okay it wasn't really that hard to decipher. ]

[viiru2alert]

You're not the boss of me.

[timelymaid]

[ she's giving you a look ]

[viiru2alert]

[He's giving you a Look.]

[timelymaid]

I'm your friend! Isn't that worth enough to try to talk to my friends?

[viiru2alert]

I did try to talk to your friends! I talked to the one with the shades earlier, when they were doing the snowball fight or whatever.

[timelymaid]

[ Oh, okay, that gets him points and a smile. ]

Dirk? I think we've got three Striders with shades running around, but I know you know what Dave looks like.

[viiru2alert]

Yeah, Dirk.

[See? Now he feels a bit better, at least.]

[timelymaid]

That's great, Sollux! I think you two would get along, really. He likes computers?

[viiru2alert]

[He shrugs.]

He said he taught himself all of his own shit, so I dunno.

[But you were self-taught too, Sollux.]

[timelymaid]

...Kinda like how you did?

[viiru2alert]

I dunno. He was talking to me about human psychology the whole time.

[timelymaid]

Really? Well, he is related to Rose and Dave. Anyway, he's from four hundred years in their future - well, Jane and Jake's future, more specifically - so I should think the things he taught himself are pretty advanced.

[viiru2alert]

He's related to Dave? I would have never known.