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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

[it does take a little while and the receiving of a shiny new rune from a pompous snowman before he figures out how his bracelet functions, and even that is kind of stretching it. still, he has an important question to ask, and as far as he knows, he's somehow managed to pop into a world he's already familiar with. this can't be a new world; he hasn't even unlocked the path to any new worlds in quite a while.]

[after a few resounding thumps until he's sure he has the bracelet working, a voice that might be familiar to some-- but not sneezing and coughing, gross, Vanitas-- suddenly pipes up. there is snow here. might have been The Land of Dragons if it weren't for the snowman. that... only leaves one possible option!]

Does anybody know the way to Santa's workshop from the giant snowman?

[without Donald's magic and the accompanying festive hat, Sora will stick out like a sore thumb. so much for that "blending in with the worlds he visits" rule. nothing else he can do but appeal to the locals for directions-- and he's never met a mean elf, after all.]

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[betweenpaths.livejournal.com]

[Do you hear that sound Sora?

It is the sound of Riku's palm meeting his forehead.]

...Seriously, Sora? Santa?

[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

[well, yes, of course Santa! his logic is not unfounded if he were back home; there are no new pathways that he knows of that he's personally unlocked. can't get to new worlds without the aforementioned, so this must be a world he's been to already! right? right!]

[but that's entirely unimportant. there's a brief silence before Sora tentatively speaks-- it's a desperately hopeful tone, one that's been clinging on the edge of optimism for a while now.]

Riku?

[Voice]

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[She knows that voice.]

[She met Vanitas earlier and she does briefly wonder if her ears are fooling her, but no-- she knows the difference all too well. Simultaneously she wants to and doesn't want to believe that she's heard right, because it would be wonderful to see Sora again, but she doesn't wish this confinement on him, especially not when he was about to finally get home. Either way, she's already moving to start a post of her own and it's entirely too late to stop now. ...Not even when she realizes she doesn't know what to say, other than,]

Hello, Sora.

[Voice]

[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

[she might recognize his voice, but Sora can't exactly say the same about hers. that won't stop him from greeting Naminé cheerfully-- he'll remember her in a minute! right?]

Hello!

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[stayinghere.livejournal.com]

Have you tried asking one of the Servants? ...I don't think I've heard the name "Santa" as one of the patrons here.

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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

He's gotta be around here somewhere; he runs the place! But I could look for some of his workers, too-- have you seen any elves around?

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[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

... Santa's workshop?

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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You know the way there?

[persistantsong.livejournal.com]

Eh? Santa's workshop is here?!

[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

I'm... pretty sure it is! This is Christmas Town, right?

[miiracles]

...I'm not sure if Santa's workshop or Santa Claus is here.

[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm starting to gather... I don't think rude snowmen would exist in Christmas Town, anyway.

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[magicamente.livejournal.com]

What? Santa’s workshop is here?! No one told me about that! If that’s the truth, we have to find it!

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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

I know where it is! I just don't know how to get there from here.

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[waypastcool.livejournal.com]

Santa?

[Huh, that's an odd thing to-- oh, wait.

Sonic blinks, and then he smirks.]

Think you're pretty far from the North Pole.

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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm figuring that out now, I think. Still doesn't explain a few things, though.

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[clearwater]

...Dude.

[honestly seth doesn't even know what to say in response to this. santa's workshop??? excuse him]

Is this a code question? Like the black hawk flies at midnight or something?

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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

No. Why would it be?

[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

[He's not actually attempting to reply. In fact, Sora will get a lovely view of Roxas' mouth hanging open before he's fumbling with his bracelet and cutting the feed off.]

[...Merry Christmas?]

[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

[-- it's that-- Sora was just holding a photograph of him, wasn't he? who knows where it got off to now, but...]

[for all the times that he'd had to, with a high note of irritation, correct Organization 13 whenever they'd called him by the wrong name to supposedly mess with him, Sora had no problem attaching that same name to that photo. he'd never seen Roxas before in his life, as far as he remembered, but instinct guided him to knowing. he doesn't understand, but he doesn't dwell on it, either. all Sora knows is that he finally has a chance to talk to the person everybody keeps trying to call him.]

Hey, wait!!-- [but the feed cuts off before he gets anywhere else.]

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[youlazybum]

[ There's something strangely familiar about the voice she hears from her bracelet. A tone that's direct yet mild... and maybe there's a mix of mild confusion there, too, but that's nothing unusual here. But what is... is that request.

Yeah, she might be giggling. ]

I haven't heard anything about his workshop being around here. [ But it would be pretty cool if it was, wouldn't it? Given he's real and all. ]

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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

[... never mind Santa, is that who he thinks it is on the other end?]

Kairi??

[voice]

[classifidol]

... I don't believe Santa's workshop resides in Asgard.

[ not that Santa doesn't exist.

Because WHO KNOWS-- ]

[voice]

[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

Yeah... Now I'm really lost.

[voice]

[powerforfriends.livejournal.com]

[For just a moment he wonders, what kind of game Vanitas is playing... except that Vanitas had posted not even five minutes earlier to show off his cold and the thought of that guy asking about Santa of all people is just too ridiculous to be considered for long.

In the end, he can't help but smile.]

I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure you won't find Santa around here.

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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

I might not have found Santa, but I did find a lot of my friends-- that's just as good, if you ask me.

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[couragechosen.livejournal.com]

... Santa's workshop? [He has no idea what Santa's workshop is, he's never heard of it before. Is it here... ? What is it.]

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[hearthotel.livejournal.com]

Yeah! You know what I'm talking about, right?