ℑ fourth contract

[onlythesong]

What is all this? There's a tree in the house, and everything's glowing, and--and is that cold white stuff outside snow?

[yeah guess who grew up in a desert nation and has never seen snow in her life. she'll be outside later, bundled up like me and looking miserable, but hesitantly touching the snow.]

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[peonymarket]

[knocking on your door!]

[onlythesong]

[opening the door!]

China?

[peonymarket]

[he's holding a white package in his hands; if you peek around him, you'll see a bike loaded down with more of the same parked on the sidewalk.]

Nihao! You like cake?

[onlythesong]

[what on earth is nihao I don't]

I like it alright.

[she loves it]

[angelic_meister]

Have you never seen snow before?

[onlythesong]

My country is in the middle of a desert.

[angelic_meister]

Oh.

I know how that is. If I didn't travel, I guess I'd never see snow, either.

[onlythesong]

You're from the desert as well?

[splashpuppy]

Christmas is coming!

[onlythesong]

Again with this Christmas thing. I still don't understand the point of it.

[splashpuppy]

You get to all spend time together and there's singing and cookies and Santa brings presents! It's the best!

[onlythesong]

I already heard about Santa. He offers bribes to people so they'll be good to each other.

[protectorial]

[She's walking by when she sees the...odd behavior.]

The snows not going to kill you, dear.

[onlythesong]

But it's cold and wet.

[protectorial]

Yet many mortals find it enjoyable.

[onlythesong]

People like weird things.

[beat. there's something about the way she said that..]

Mortals?

[onlythesong]

What are you doing?

[onlythesong]

What's so fun about a bunch of cold wet stuff?