33 Apocalypse Ave, Sunday Afternoon

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From the minute the calendar had flipped from November to December, Kathy had been getting ready for the holidays. Quite literally--at midnight exactly she'd hung up the first decoration over her bed so she could fall asleep under it. By the tenth day of December, the public spaces in 33 apocalypse were starting to resemble a gingerbread house, lacking only a Christmas tree to hit maximum Christmas spirit.

So it was entirely possible that when the magic strings of Christmas lights appeared (in very unusual places, like inside closets and around the fridge and festively illuminating the shower since most other places already had strings of lights put up), it was entirely possible that it would have shorted the power even without the island's impetus behind it. Kathy tried flipping the breakers three times before just giving up and lighting a bunch of candles instead.

Though she'd just finished mixing up a batch of cookie dough which required an oven to bake. Maybe one last attempt to get the power working before giving up on electricity entirely?

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"It's sticky," Raven said with a pout. Because yes, that was in fact a big reason why she'd come back home. "Also, the alots looked creepy in those hats."

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"...Tell me there wasn't an alot of heads," Kathy said, suddenly picturing it and shuddering. "Why did I do that to myself? That's an image that's going to linger."

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"There's an alot of everything," Raven said, in the tone of one who had seen too much. "Anyway. Cookies!"

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Suddenly there were other alots that Kathy was imagining, like something out of the creepiest hentai movie ever and was laughing and crying "Ew! Ew!" at the same time.

"Yes! Cookies! I was making gingerbread, but the chocolate chip dough is probably chilled enough we can take it out of the fridge!"

And just eat it unbaked because, fuck you, they were grownups.

[tigerundercover]

"Ooo, nice!" Raven reached to snag another little bit of the gingerbread. "To eat, right? It's not like the oven's working."

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"Well, yeah," Kathy said. "I mean, it's that or admire it and, while I make a damn good cookie dough, it's not that entertaining. And...hang on a sec."

She dashed to her room, snagging her phone and laptop, and then back to the kitchen for the bowl of dough.

"Who's your best friend on the entire planet?" she asked proudly, as she strode back into the living room, juggling cookie dough and electronics.

[tigerundercover]

"On this planet, orrrr. . . ." Raven teased. "Girlie blackout movie time?"

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"Doesn't matter, the answer is the same on every planet!" Kathy informed her. "And yes! Though I can also set up my phone to be a mobile hot spot, which means if you'd rather keep watching Doctor Sexy--" she knew you, Raven "--we can do that instead."

She set the dough down on the table, carefully avoiding the big cinnamon-scented pillar candle that was currently providing their light and the decorative runner it was sitting on. "Movies, refreshments, and bestie bonding time."

[tigerundercover]

"The ridiculous sexual misadventures of medical interns will still be there when the power comes back on," Raven decided. "And, like, forever after. I hear the new season just got yet another fresh batch of interns. That show will never die." And she loved it. "Bestie bonding time sounds great to me."

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"Oooh, I'll have to catch up then. I stopped watching after the episode where the hot blonde nurse was diagnosed with lupus and his girlfriend died when her car went over the pier, remember that one?"

This show was so ridiculous.

"So what should we watch instead? We got a bunch of movies I downloaded in a totally legal fashion, including pretty much every movie to ever make it onto a holiday movie list. Which includes Slay Hard--Eliot loves that movie--and the third Ferrite Man flick."

[tigerundercover]

"Oh man, that was forever ago. Now his sister is getting a brain tumor removed that's probably been compromising her ability to make rational decisions for her entire career as a neurosurgeon. You haven't even gotten as far as the bus crashing into the emergency room yet."

The ridiculousness was what made it so compelling.

"They'll count anything that takes place in December as a holiday movie, won't they." Raven shook her head. "Let's skip the superhero movies. They're too unrealistic." Though Kathy referencing them so casually was nice to see. "How about one where monsters chase teenagers around in the snow?"

Holiday horror movies were awesome.

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Kathy had loved the Revengers movies long before she died, she even still had a pair of leggings with images from the comics. She would be damned if she let her own stupidity take that from her.

Not that she'd watched any of the movies since they'd come back, but she was clinging to that.

"Oooh, I think there's a whole series about angry snowmen who kill!"

[tigerundercover]

"Angry snowmen, huh? I'm in." Raven went to the fridge to start untangling the lights so they could grab their snacks and beverages. "What are they angry about, do you think?"

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"Probably being cold!" Kathy called, wrapping a blanket around her shoulders. "God knows being made of snow would drive me to murder."

[tigerundercover]

"But if cold is how you naturally are, you wouldn't notice," Raven pointed out. "So it's more likely they're pissed off about being too hot. Or because people make them wear stupid clothes."

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"Do you know, I've never made one?" Kathy asked. "Or had a snowball fight or anything like that? So I should be spared any snowy wrath from murderous snowmen."

[tigerundercover]

"Be sure to tell them that when they attack," Raven said. "I'm sure they'll be very understanding."

Also, she was totally going to have to throw a snow ball at Kathy this winter.

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How dare Raven suggest Kathy would be going outside. Rude.

"You're totally going to shift into a snowman and leave me to their frigid mercy, aren't you?" Kathy accused, cackling.

[tigerundercover]

Who said Kathy needed to go outside to get hit with a snowball?

"I mean, obviously. That way I can infiltrate their troops. Get the inside scoop."

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RAVEN DON'T YOU DARE BRING SNOW INSIDE THIS HOUSE!

"On what? Their plans to destroy humanity via carrots and pointy sticks?" she asked, starting the movie.

Cheesy horror and B-rated sci-fi, her two favorite genres.

[tigerundercover]

"Don't forget the weaponized icicles. Frozen and deadly."

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"Okay, yeah, icicles are pretty legit as far as weapons go," Kathy said with a solemn nod. "Though any enemy that can be overcome by a thermostat kind of lacks a bit of...panache."

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"I think it depends on how big they are," Raven said. "I mean, it can take ages for a decent sized snowman to melt."

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"Uggggghhhhhhh," Kathy said, wrapping the blanket around her even tighter. "I just assumed that time when they're all creepy and melted was because it wasn't really warm enough to melt them all away."

[tigerundercover]

"I mean if it's warmer it melts faster, but it's never going to be instantaneous. Maybe you just need to carry a flame thrower. '