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[bloodforlight]

[Have a very tired sounding elf. She also sounds pretty grumpy, but it's been channelled into wry humour.]

Ugh. I'd block up the hearth if I felt it would do any good. If I'm not being attacked I'm being prodded or just looked at.

[Aureln lives alone and does not appreciate the faery company.]

Does anyone know how to stave off the damned things

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[audio]

[knightmare_hime]

They will get bored and find some other absurd method to annoy us eventually. They always do.

[audio]

[bloodforlight]

[There's a voice she hadn't heard much of in a while. She's almost glad for it. Cornelia is a human, and an arrogant one at that, but she's made of well honed steel.]

I have little interest in letting them outlive such on me.

[audio]

[knightmare_hime]

Oh? [Her eyes now register with a touch of amusement.] Then I take it you have a better plan?

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[bloodforlight]

[Stop poking holes in her resolve.]

...

[Her distaste is almost tangible. And then she smiles minutely.]

Perhaps borrowing a bar of iron and leaving it in my hearth?

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[anearlmustmarry]

Everyone knows the Bogeyman can't get you if you lift your blanket over your head, Paladin!

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[bloodforlight]

Oh. Fact, is it?

[anearlmustmarry]

No, it's Folk Twaddle of the highest degree.

But since we're here, that may as well be fact.

[bloodforlight]

The idea of hiding suits me little.

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[gunsablazing]

What? You can't block up the hearth! How does that ancient custom go? Uh... I mean, what if a fat man in a red suit wants to swing by and drop off some goodies for you? Then what? You gonna make him use the front door?

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[bloodforlight]

...

I beg your pardon?

[audio]

[gunsablazing]

You know...Santa Claus?

[audio]

[bloodforlight]

I'm not familiar with such a name. If fat humans were trying to force entry into my home I would be rather ill-tempered.