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(WSS 12/25 Copper)

Tacie counted the day's copper coins, pleased. She'd finally be able to afford the repairs to her hands, as soon as the town's mechanic had time to work on them.

As they were, they stuck and scraped and kept her from the finest work she used to be able to do. She'd been made for delicate things but that had been decades before. Maintenance on her model had gotten too costly and she'd been released from service.

But she was still functional and aware. Her fingers still moved. And they would move and make more delicate things.

Soon.

#FanPrompt (12/26 Snap Fire Emblem: Fates)

"It's traditional," Xander told their Hoshidan guests as their eyes went wide at the bright blue flames in front of them.

"I'll show you!" Elise reached into the flame and pulled out a raisin before popping it into her mouth still alight. Each sibling followed in turn, with Xander going last and then nodding across the table.

It was Hinoka who silently reached first, hesitating before succeeding.

Snap-dragon never caught on in Hoshido; but it remained a tradition in Nohr until the country passed into legend.

(MastoPrompt, 12/24 Evening)

The angel and the demon looked at each other from behind the curious crowd that had gathered at the park that evening.

"I guess even one move a day was too much," the angel said quietly while gazing at the stone chessboard and its pieces at the center of the group.

"It's not my fault you don't have time to play whole games," the demon replied.

"You don't, either..."

The demon shrugged.

"Well, as we agreed..."

A moment later, two cats jumped onto the board and knocked the pieces askew before curling up together to nap.

(WSS 12/26 Resume)

"Sixty seconds," Viveka said as she took a deep breath and hit the Pause button.

She had sixty seconds- Not even, really, but she didn't think she'd need more than thirty or forty. She'd practiced for this and knew exactly what to do.

And she did it, almost surprised with herself. Now to see how everything would spin out after...

With ten seconds left, she was a safe distance away and hit the button again, feeling time resume with force. She exhaled, and smiled wide, and after a few more seconds, walked away as the screaming began.

(MastoPrompt, 12/25 Complicated)

Orlan didn't like complicated requests and he hadn't thought this job would be difficult back when he'd taken it.

But that was three months, two dragons, a small but troublesome legion of undead, and a small litter of kittens ago.

The pay would be worth it in the end, Orlan knew, but every now and then he wished he could go back and take the job guarding the spooky abandoned tower instead.

Though, as he made sure everyone was tucked in for the night, he supposed the spooky abandoned tower probably didn't have kittens.

(MastoPrompt, 12/26 Aftermath)

Renzi took a deep breath. This could be explained. It could all be explained. The explanation was going to be terrible but it could all be explained...

Well, Renzi didn't exactly remember the entire evening or basically anything after Rodney had poured them that fourth glass of whatever that was but that was not helping...

Renzi took another deep breath and looked down from the ceiling, where they'd woken up, with the aftermath of the party strewn across the unreachable floor.

They'd need a really good explanation...