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[floralingual]

[ good evening, camp! 4 days until christmas. you now have a gift tag stuck to you that reads

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS ______. ]

(( or replace christmas with the winter holiday of your choice. will be around but not running this, have fun!! ))

[FLOWERS]

Well, you can never have too many...

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[verypointed]

[NOTHING, MY PARENTS ARE DEAAAAAD]

[... rips the tag off his jacket]

[mind_over_metal]

[PEACE WITH HUMANITY OR, FAILING THAT, A NICE MAGNETIC JEWISH BOY]

...I'm really not wanting to rip my jacket but...

*his tugging on his own tag is futile so far :<*

[verypointed]

... [takes off the jacket instead, making a face]

[mind_over_metal]

*with a politely shared expression of grim sympathy*

Happy holidays, Barnaby.

[verypointed]

The same goes with you.

I have a question for you, if you don't mind...

[mind_over_metal]

...yes?

[verypointed]

Are mutants in your world that despised?

[mind_over_metal]

*just looks at him a moment before nodding, surface calm but something steely running underneath*

...yes. And worse.

[verypointed]

Didn't really think things could get that bad in another world.

[mind_over_metal]

I'm afraid it's so. I'm from right at the start of it. Most of the children here are from within what seems to be the worst of it.

[verypointed]

Ah... I guess you can't really tell them things get better in the future, huh.

[mind_over_metal]

I do believe that to be true, in general. But in the sense that we're speaking of right now... that would be a terrible lie to tell them.

[verypointed]

I don't really think they'd believe you, anyway.

[mind_over_metal]

*agreeing simply*

They'd have no reason to. You've spoken with Julian?

[verypointed]

Oh yes.

[mind_over_metal]

He's had it worse than most.