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@Silver Boy @Combat Had a funny little idea for yours, but also did a normal one. Use whichever you prefer ^^

@seki108 @ZEL

So hi. Nobody else has started doing this yet and I suspect it won't appear at all if I don't do it myself. So welcome to the Hattening. Post a link to your preferred avatar below and I'll crappily photoshop a Santa hat onto it. If you want it somewhere other than on top of your head, be sure to mention that in your post. I'm unavailable on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. So due to Christmas being on a Monday, the latest I can work on these is the 21st, but I'll do my best to get through everything before then. Also no promises on quality. With Hope, Lexi

Tensi Tensi was becoming increasingly panicked in spite of Ice's attempts to calm her down. Normally she was a level-headed girl, but she was very bad at handling her anxieties. To make matters worse, her fear of the dark extended to thinking about darkness. "I... I don't know." She cast about anxiously. Steam was starting to form around her and her gloves were starting to glow dull red. "I just don't like being in the dark, or thinking about being in the dark. It makes my head all fuzzy." She looked around again, her gaze lingering on the curtain separating them from Genie and Loki. Her next sentence was surprisingly calm. "When I'm in the dark it makes me angry, that's what really scares me."

(OOC: Hey, uh, Huk, storing spells/energy for later is literally Ansuz's spark. So I kinda can't let you do it, sorry) Tensi "Uh, I'm scared of the dark." Tensi responded. She nodded slightly, almost as though confirming the thought to herself. "And sometimes I get panic attacks, I think. Genie's explanation of them is confusing but she said I do."

Wendy Wendy decided not to push the point about Anemone not picking up on the things she considered obvious. It seemed best to her to just move on. She wasn't aware that sleep could open up so many doors, so it seemed like the obvious answer. But if Anemone were going to look into her mind... "One moment." Was all she said. Wendigo walked off to the side and seemed to be talking to herself to sort out her thoughts, but Anemone could see that there was more to it than that. What precisely was happening was unclear, but to Anemone's truesight it seemed like Wendy's Spark was active. Yet for some reason, no summons emerged. After a short while, Wendy returned to Anemone. "Alright, try looking into my dreams." She said with forced conviction, "I've nothing to hide. ...But be forewarned, you won't like what you see if it works." Genie Genie let Tensi in and guided her to Ice. Tensi repeatedly glanced between the two, seeming rather nervous. The fact that Genie was acting strangely herself likely didn't help. She smiled to reassure the girl and left her with Ice, heading to the back to tend to Loki. It was still eating at her. Not what she'd told Ice, though Loki's genetics and striking similarity to Merlin were of concern. What actually had her on edge was her own data file. She'd had to know what was inside, but now that she did she desperately wanted to unsee it. Chorus had done a lot of things that Genie disagreed with, but not even the Rising Tide experiment was as stomach-turning as what Genie was soon to go through. Tensi Tensi already hated medical checks, but Genie's strange attitude was really pushing her to the edge. The false smile had done the opposite of reassure her, instead increasing her anxiety. Her throat had gone dry, her heart was racing, and the check hadn't even begun. She stared at Ice through dilated pupils, waiting for the chilly outsider to break through the seemingly infinite silence.

Still haven't finished Xenoblub X, actively stopped playing it for a while so I could play... Wind Waker, which I just completed. Not likely to do the new game+ thing, but might try to get 100% of the things CrossCode has been taking lots of my attention Finished Eliwood's story in Rekka no Ken, slowly working through Hector's Gotten pretty far into OG Xenoblade Still playing FTL/Flamebreak to kill time

Lord Lord was actually rather impressed, Hiroki was just full of surprises. Unfortunately for Hiroki, her surprise maneuver put her in a position where Lord was able to wrench her captured arm free. She managed to narrowly jet backwards out of the way as the heavy Hellfire Knight tried to crush her under its weight, the flames surrounding it brushing against her as she went. The instant she was out of the way, her movement stopped and her left fist propelled itself towards the Knight's shoulder. Due to the circumstances, it wasn't her most powerful hit, but even Lord's weakest attacks hit like a truck. Though Lord showed no outward sign, the heat was really getting to her. A little more and she'd be at her limit. Reflex 2 point bonus used

Eva Eva's brow wrinkled in thought. "Do we have any computers that we can use?" The thought wasn't actually intended to go to Proditor, it just sort of did. Eva didn't notice and instead started looking around to see if anyone nearby had the technology they would need.

6/10 It is Kirby

Reasonable human beings Nah, I'm a fan of the Loch Ness Monster. She's always fascinated me since the first I read of her. She's just one of those myths that hits close enough to reality that you can't help but wonder if something really is (or at least was) there. I also like/am terrified of unicorns. As if horses weren't scary enough already you toss on a face-spear to impale you with, a curse if you kill them, and potentially magic powers because why not?

Something something Tacps something Anywho hi, am Lexi. I'm not part of the standard welcoming committee (they don't want me to scare off the newbies) but I'm always happy to see a new face. Also, seconding the cute avatar, because that is V V cute