Hmm...

[glitchinprincess]

So you say you've got plans, huh?

You could get my opinion on 'em, yanno! I mean, yeesh, I'm not too sure I like the idea of going somewhere I can't race!

I just got a real kart and everything! And Stinkbrain's gonna wonder where I went!

If you're making plans I'm gonna make plans too!

Just you wait, they'll be the best plans ever!! And yours'll be like the clearance candy that nobody wants to eat! Or gum stuck under a desk!

Heh, heh...

Or gum that Ralph chewed! No one would want that, his breath's so stinky!

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[glitchinprincess]

Noooope. We don't have stuff like that where I come from, buster.

This Easter Bunny guy must be getting pretty lazy on the job if he's supposed to give eggs to everyone.

...since when do bunnies lay eggs?

[morethanamyth]

Well they don't lay eggs, he... makes them! Paints 'em, delivers 'em-- to everyone, not just one place. It's, kinda part of the job or something.

Just what kind of place are you from, anyway? If you've never heard of the Easter Bunny....

[Wait.]

Wait... you've never heard of the Easter Bunny... [He's squinting and looking veeeeery carefully now.] Then you don't believe in him so... can you...see me?

[glitchinprincess]

Uh, ga-doi. I'm talking to you. Can't talk to you if I don't see you, right?

[She shoves her hands into the pockets of her hoodie and leans back on her heels]

Hey, how come your hair's all white? I thought only old people had white hair.

[morethanamyth]

She sees me... you can see me! Haha!!

[He's actually hopping around a bit with his staff he's so excited! Oh yes, he likes this place!

Give him a moment he'll chill out-- stop hopping around, and go back to leaning against his staff.]

Oh-- well yeah, I am old, actually. 300 years to be exact.

[glitchinprincess]

...uhhhh, what's the big whoop about me seeing you?

[She just doesn't get it]

Whoa, three hundred years? And not a wrinkle on you! What's your secret, Gramps?

[morethanamyth]

Heh... it's... don't worry about it. It's nothing.

[Though there's really no fighting that grin on his face.]

Well you know, a little ice, a little wind-- a few snowballs, here and there. Trust me, I'm not the oldest guy out there. You should see North without his beauty sleep.

[glitchinprincess]

Pretty big grin for something that's "nothing".

How old's the oldest guy? Is North the oldest? Why's he need beauty sleep? Who is he, anyway?

[morethanamyth]

Yeah, that's... usually how it goes. For nothing.

He's-- well, he's Santa Claus! Come on, you've heard of Christmas, haven't you? Got a big ol' workshop up in the North Pole, keeps a list of Nice kids that get presents?

[glitchinprincess]

I've heard kids talk about it...

[Never gotten a Christmas gift, herself. A lot of the kids came to the arcade using their Christmas money though, so she knows Christmas is something that means their games get played a lot.]

How's he know what kids are nice and what kids aren't?

[morethanamyth]

Huh... I'm, not really sure. [Wow why didn't he think to find THAT when he was at the workshop?]

He's got like this, big globe in the middle of his workshop-- it can show him every child that believes, but I sure couldn't tell if they were good or bad just by looking at them.

...You've really never celebrated Christmas?

[glitchinprincess]

Not really. Sometimes the others would get together and do things but I'm not sure if it was for Christmas. It was around the time when the kids started talking about it, though.

So how big a globe are we talking, here? Because if it's one mark on it for every one kid, that's gonna get real crowded, real fast! Do you have to use magnifying glasses when you look at it?

[morethanamyth]

Aw man... a kid that hasn't celebrated Christmas? That's just wrong! Christmas is all about giving you a break so you can play in the snow and have some real fun! None of that school stuff.

Eh, it was pretty big. Probably at least three or four times my height. Gotta say, it was pretty bright when it was lit up right.

[glitchinprincess]

Pffff. School? I don't go to school, silly!

...wow... that sounds neat! Who made it?

[morethanamyth]

Whoa-- really? [On the one hand, a place where kids don't have to go to school....on the other hand, a place where they didn't have holidays? Eugh...]

North, I guess. Some of the other... [...] Some of the others I know have one too. It does the same sort of thing. I don't have one myself.

[glitchinprincess]

Yeah, really! Hard to go to school when you're racing all day, yanno?

Where can someone get a globe like that?

[morethanamyth]

Oooh, racing, huh? [Oh he likes the sound of that.]

Sorry, preeeetty sure that's a Guardians-only thing. What's a kid like you gonna do with a globe like that anyway? It's not exactly mobile enough for a race car.

[glitchinprincess]

Yeah! It's great!

Hmmm, well... I could keep it where I sleep and look at it to see when kids are coming to the arcade! ...wait, do the lights move when the kids do?

[morethanamyth]

I guess? They'd have to move if a kid went to another area, buuut I don't think it's gonna fit in your bedroom, kiddo.

Besides, kids should be outside messing around, enjoying the snow, not inside some dingy arcade all day! What kind of fun is that?

[Not that he'd ever been in an arcade.]

[glitchinprincess]

It's lots of fun, mister! Besides, when kids don't come to the arcade we don't get played with, and what kind of fun is that?

Also it's not dingy. The owner's kind of old but he still knows what he's doing.

[He hasn't gone out to pasture like his Nana, yet.]

[morethanamyth]

Wait wait wait-- [He waves his free hand a bit in front of him.] What, you're telling me that you're from a video game? Like an actual arcade game character?

[glitchinprincess]

Uh...

[She shrugs, flashing him the cutest grin she can manage.]

Yes?

[morethanamyth]

...Alright, this is just getting ridiculous. How does that even work? I mean I've seen a lot of crazy stuff before, but-- talking to a video game? Is this some of Sandy's stuff? Come on, I'm not the one messing with his dreams.

[It uh, looks like he's just kind of talking to himself. And is gonna keep going with that. Yeah.]

[glitchinprincess]

Uh, HEY!

[She puts her hands on her hips, her cheeks puffed out. He seemed to be paying more attention to himself than to her, which she thought was a little rude. A moment later, in a blur of pixels, she vanishes from her spot and reappears right in front of him.]

I'm right here! You could talk to me, yanno.

[morethanamyth]

Whoah--!

[OK THEN there's a not-so-subtle jump of surprise as he grips his staff with both hands and holds across in front of him defensively and takes a step back.]

What did you just do...?!

[glitchinprincess]

What do you think I just did? I glitched. It happens sometimes, ga-doi.