#winter market ( event )

[drvcxrys]

(¸.• ♛ → she honestly wasn’t in the mood for celebrating christmas, the nightmares were always there and it was haunting her, but she decided to try and for today at least forget about everything and try to distract herself. however, now she really didn’t see and that’s when she bumped into someone. “sorry, sorry...” she quickly apologized, not really looking who that person was.

@wvsteria (beth)

[beck-hartman]

WHO: Beck & @jcksonfields WHEN: A day during Winter Market not already established as JD being sober lmao WHERE: Hideaway Market

Normally one to smoke his weed, Beck had access to a kitchen now so he decided to be festive and bake something, even adding some red and green sprinkles for extra flare. Popping a square into his mouth before opening the door to let JD in, they'd decided to go check out the Winter Holiday Market. He couldn't go with Shosh today because he wanted to get her something to add to her Christmas, which would be hard to do with her standing there.

"Let me grab my wallet," he muttered, leaving his friend alone for a few minutes while he had to grab his wallet and keys from his room and then give Jenna and Ryan Reynolds some pets. Realizing he'd left the container out, even closed, he went back for it. "Shit, can't leave this out." He could have sworn he closed that container, but he didn't think more about it as he pressed the lid closed and took it back to his room and shut the door so the animals couldn't get into it. Not sure what would be worse: the chocolate, the weed, or explaining to Chan he got his pets high. They didn't need that kind of accident today.

Beck didn't have a car, so they took JD's. Which worked out since he was on his way to not being sober anyway, made it perfectly safe. Almost all the way there, his best friend mentioned the brownies.

"--Wait, wait a minute...you didn't eat one, did you?" Oh...to quote the love of his life, ficus.

[cockyhorror]

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[mcrcki]

it’s a starter call !! thaaanks !! finally getting this up and going and will work on these throughout the weekend, but like always, my rules for these are super simple : just SPECIFY characters for the starters or like deadass i will not write it! the cap is four per writer !! i just wanna make sure i get to write with everyone!! please do not just like this unless you intend to come back and reply later on! if you would like to plot, my plotting call is right here !! i will be putting some cliff notes of my characters just to aid in the whole decision making process but !! otherwise, happy holidays hidden, i love y’all a lot, but i’ll save me being sappy for the anniversary :))

daniela dimitrescu || resident evil : village - ( 4 / 5 )

she/they pronouns. will not be attending, but is more than happy to still dunk on this whole thing, complain about the cold, or convince you to leave the market so they can get a bite to eat ;)

riley biers ( mario )

daisy johnson ( cassie )

cassandra dimitrescu ( casey )

gwen blake ( moon )

leia organa || star wars - ( 3 / 5 )

she/her pronouns. not her event but she’s here to get some good pr after the disaster of the halloween gala. very much in president organa mode over being just leia, focusing on her job and ignoring how messed up her family life is 

han solo ( mario )

isabelle lightwood ( swan )

jacen solo ( moon )  

marlene mckinnon || harry potter : marauders era - ( 3 / 5 )

she/her pronouns. just having a great christmas and she’s not letting anything take that away from her. enjoying the market, having a great time, buying presents, chilling in the ice bar !!

emmeline vance ( mario )

albus severus potter ( sam )

james potter ( kasey )

omega archeron || star wars : the bad batch - ( 4 / 5 )

she/they pronouns. not doing great but determined to have something resembling a nice christmas. sneaking into the ice bar, taking photos with hot santa, not having a great time but pls help them 

peter parker ( sam )

yuri plisetsky ( ollie )

hera syndulla ( casey ) 

feyre archeron ( kasey )

pj halliwell || charmed ‘98 - ( 3 / 5 )

she/her pronouns. the fact that she’s not dressed up as an elf is only because it’s the first week of the market. watch out cause she absolutely will be dressed up at some point. loves ! christmas ! you will be stuck caroling !

melinda halliwell ( swan )

willow rosenberg ( casey )

antonia dreykov ( moon )

rosemary winters || resident evil : village - ( 2 / 5 )

she/they pronouns. is finally aware and just looking to have a real, normal, fun christmas with her dad. will hang out with people who need a family for christmas too!!

na ji na ( atlas )

mouse honrada  ( moon )

rowena ravenclaw || harry potter : founders era - ( 1 / 5 )

she/her pronouns. not her favorite thing, but she’s here to spend time with her friends and family, get some nice presents and looking for someone to push her out of her comfort zone

alecto carrow ( casey )

sella palpatine || star wars - ( 1 / 5 )

she/her pronouns. having a hallmark holiday moment , leave her in peace!!! if you get close, you will be dragged into it !!!!

addison wells ( atlas )

sofia ambrosini || goncharov ( 1973 ) - ( 0 / 5 )

she/her pronouns. also not attending, but her apartment is on the other side of the market grounds, so she’s forced to walk through at least once or twice.

starters here

sophie hatter || howl’s moving castle - ( 1 / 5 )

she/they pronouns. is finally aware again so will be reuniting with their husband, enjoying life with their family, running a stall at the market, just finally having a great time !!

xie lian ( ollie )

tatum riley || scream ‘96 - ( 2 / 5 )

she/her pronouns. is having a good time dammit. take photos with sexy santa with them and just having FUN. screw these bad vibes around other parties, she’s enjoying this one.

josh washington ( blue )

sam carpenter ( swan )

victoria sutherland || twilight - ( 1 / 5 )

she/her pronouns. will be enjoying some of the market, she has fun too thank you. will need a bite to eat eventually, but she’s really just trying to have a few moments of peace. might change depending on who she runs into xoxo

bree tanner ( swan )

[papcrrings-arch]

Closed Starter : Caroline & Bonnie ( @mastcrmiind​ )

“Merry Christmas!” Caroline exclaimed as she held out a neatly wrapped gift for her best friend, “I know it’s a bit early but I wasn’t sure what our Christmas day plans were and you know I like to see your face when people open the gifts I give them.”

[irresistiibles]

@mcrcki​ / winter event starter for mob & rosemary

“what’s a good white elephant gift?” mob asked, looking around the shops somewhat helplessly. they weren’t sure if rosemary would actually have an answer in mind, but it was that or going around asking strangers (an idea he hadn’t completely written off). of course the one single club he was a part of wanted to do some sort of gift exchange, and he had no idea what to do about it. “since it could go to anyone doesn’t it have to be something everyone might like? does something like that even exist?”

[aishiteru-kenshin]

Tokyo Christmas Market

December

Tokyo Christmas Market is Tokyo’s biggest Christmas market, and certainly attracts the crowds. There is, however, plenty of seating in the tented area, as well as tables and benches here and there throughout the market.

[o-rbin]

New update of some shows I will be at! Hope to see you there!

[koreangermanium]

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[drvcxrys]

(¸.• ♛ → “well, now this is a surprise...” she began saying when she was able to see lucrecia here. a small sigh escaped from her lips, crossing her arms now and looking at the other one, she didn’t know someone from home was going to be here as well. “i didn’t know you were here.”

@wvsteria (lucecia)

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[mcrcki]

this was the first christmas that she was on her own for, or at least in some capacities. she’d always been in a home, some foster parents doing what they could to make them feel normal. and yet, it was also going to be their first ever christmas with so many friends, with their dad-- they couldn’t deny the excitement they felt. “okay, i don’t think i’ve ever really bought a christmas present for someone... i need some serious help, please.” 

@wvsteria​ for mouse honrada

[papcrrings-arch]

Closed Starter : Mark & Lexie ( @mastcrmiind​ )

“You look beautiful today, have I mentioned that yet?” Mark asked, smiling as he kissed  fiancée sweetly, “Now, what would you like to do first? Games? Food? Drinks?”

[irresistiibles]

@mvsicinthedvrk​ / winter event starter for jin lng & orpheus

“you can pet her if you want. she’s very friendly.” jin ling said, from where he was standing with fairy and his hot chocolate. really, she was having a great time out with everyone but it was too jin ling’s benefit too, having an easy way to speak to people without a fight. “i’ll have to ask if the santa is fine taking a picture with just a dog, but i don’t know why they wouldn’t. it would probably be a nice break.” 

[veritas-scribblings]

stay - @jegulus-microfic - words: 658

The black cat shows up on James’s doorstep one winter’s night. It’s snowing that night. There’s tiny little paw prints interspersed with droplets of blood dotted across James’s lawn, and the black cat is laying in the corner of the veranda shivering, twitching, grey eyes blinking suspiciously at James. It’s a small thing, delicate and lithe in the way that most cats are. No collar to speak of, but too well-kept to be a stray.

So, James supposes, a neglectful owner, perhaps?

James tugs his robe tighter around him and kneels down, and creeps over. The cat’s fur—long and black and silky—is matted with blood, long gashes like claw marks across its body. It’s managed to get itself into a fight, James reckons, with someone bigger and tougher and nastier than itself. The cat (a boy, James notes) meows and swipes at James, disgruntled at being manhandled against his will.

‘Come on,’ James says gently. ‘You’ll catch your death out here. It’s warm inside, I have a fire going.’ 

James calls the cat Dew Claw for his tendency to swipe angrily at James as he walks past. He learns quickly that Dew Claw is a spicy little creature with a nasty attitude and a proclivity for sitting on his makeshift bed, judging James with an intensity that’s almost human. It’s the way he watches James, tracking James’s movements across the room, meowing disparagingly every time James does so much as anything.

Almost two days pass before the Dew Claw is up and about, awkwardly so with healing wounds, and this is where the real problems begin. With the freedom to move comes free-reign of the house, and with free-reign of the house comes a tiny little invader getting into every room, nook and cranny. James starts to find black hair on all of his clothes, t-shirts with holes chewed into them, little glass ornaments and photo frames and figurines shoved off shelves. 

By the second week of Dew Claw’s residence in James Potter’s home, Dew Claw’s wounds have mostly healed. And James finds himself with a nightly companion. True to his nature, Dew Claw sleeps directly in the centre of his bed, forcing James to try and position himself so as to not crush the cat. On the first night, James sleeps so awkwardly he tumbles out of bed (an event Dew Claw peacefully sleeps through). By the second night, James figures out his sleeping position (curved into almost a U-shape), but he wakes up with a sore neck and a sore back that doesn’t go away for days.

They fall into a lovely little rhythm, James and Dew Claw. Though Dew Claw remains a spicy little creature, he seems to come to trust James more. James learns that Dew Claw loves to be stroked, but must instigate it for the contact to be acceptable (he gained many scratches learning this lesson). He learns that Dew Claw loves bread (many loaves were sacrificed to this lesson) but hates jam with a passion. He learns that Dew Claw seems to have this bizarre ability to read. This learning, James cannot seem to explain or reason away. Even for a magical cat.

They have a comfortable little life together. James buys fish from the local market and fries it up, because Dew Claw is suspicious of anything raw. They read together; sometimes novels, sometimes poetry, often the Daily Prophet, particularly the quidditch section. Dew Claw sleeps on his pillow now, by James head, sometimes tucked under the covers by James’s stomach and James fears rolling over and accidentally crushing his little body.

‘You live with me now,’ James whispers to the cat one night while he’s curled up by the fireplace, Dew Claw sleeping on his lap, kneading his thigh and purring almost aggressively.

When James wakes up on the third morning of the fourth week, he wakes up next to one Regulus Black, and suddenly, everything changes.