[Location tags, in MY trog's?!]

That sure is the guy at the center of all of this!

But there doesn't seem to be anyone here named Nicholas right now.

Not even someone named Nick!

Maybe he just likes showing up fashionably late?

Lapis, meanwhile, looks over at the Thanksmas tree followed by a funny look at Anika.

"No that's just the Thanksmas tree Anika, that would be weird," she says. "I'm the best at being a tree but you could tell if I was being a tree."

The child understands that her tree impression is passable at best.

Only dumb birds mistake her for a normal tree.


[Floofbegon]

"I can understand that. A warm drink is better when it's cold," Lucas agrees. Then looks quizzically at Gara. "Wait, they aren't? I thought they were just like... sugar covered plums or something?"

"NOPE!" announces Zee, who's just sort of there all of a sudden holding a bowl. "Here you go! Sugar plums! I might not be a faerie but I male them myself each year! The white ones are plum, the red ones are strawberry, and the green ones are apricot! They're dried, spiced fruit with a candy shell. Sort of like M&Ms, just with fruit instead of chocolate!"

She jiggles the bowl at the various people milling about, offering them some candies.