Have you Been Naughty or Nice?
Swiped from @lil-kissy
“Serafina, you’re new here. You should go first!”
“Okay. Who’s next?”
“Estrella said we’re going to be going from newest muse to oldest this year.”
“Oh, that’d be me!”
There's a reason Santa created a Naughty List. And you're just one of those reasons, Serafina.
“Seriously?!”
“This thing isn’t always right. It put Ghost on the naughty list for slacking off at work last year... And it doesn’t have a job.”
Annabelle, you must have been EXTRA nice this year. Santa has a smiley face next to your name on the Nice List!
“Hooray! I want a doll.”
Way to help that old lady, Valeriya. Santa will certainly add you to the Nice List this year.
I must say, Ekaterina. You've really improved last year's performance and made the cut on the Nice List!
“Yay!”
Wow Dmitri, rescuing those Orphans from that burning building got you a free ride on Santa's Nice List for years to come!
“That’s nice... But I haven’t saved anyone from a burning building.”
“See what I mean by this not always being right?”
Little ghost, you must have been EXTRA nice this year. Santa has a smiley face next to your name on the Nice List!
Aleksei, you REALLY put ex-lax in Santa's cookies?! Don't expect to see your name on the Nice List anytime soon.
“No I didn’t!”
“Press the button again.”
Ho ho ho! Nice try, Aleksei. Thought you could slip one past the Big Guy, huh? Naughty.
“I didn’t, really!”
Aleksei, do you really think Santa is unaware of your inappropriate Facebook posts? Naughty.
“WHAT THE HELL IS ‘FACEBOOK’?”
*Snickering*
“It’s just a game, Aleksei. Don’t worry about it.”
“And don’t laugh at him, Ekaterina.”
“My turn!”
Dyanna, shouldn’t you be working, instead of surfing the web during office hours…?
NAUGHTY LIST FOR YOU!
“I’m only eleven, I don’t have a job!”
Hmmmm... you've got a couple weeks left to redeem yourself, Elias. Right now, you are on the Naughty List!
“Alrighty... Will do.”
... 👀
“Can I try?”
“Have at it, little guy.”
In the words of Larry David, you've been "pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good" this year.
🎉
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Whenever Dmitri dozed off on the couch, Sergei would carry him to bed. Being as light a sleeper as he is, Dima always woke up, but he pretended to be asleep because Sergei, who usually doesn’t give physical affection to anyone but Gennadiya, will tuck him in, and, if he’s lucky, give him a kiss on the head
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What Type of Dad are You Based on What You Wear to the Barbecue?
My dad :D
You are my dad, you're my dad! Boogie woogie woogie. Congratulations, you're my dad! You might not have the best style at the barbecue but you sure know how to fix stuff and you bring good food every time. You make good conversation and you're third in line for the chef position but you're probably making and/or eating appetizers.
The stylish dad
Congratulations, you're the best dressed at the barbecue! Maybe a little overdressed but hey, no one's complaining. Just be careful not to get any hot sauce on that fancy shirt of yours. You probably have an office job or something to be able to afford all those fancy clothes and bring expensive foods to the barbecue.
My dad :D
You are my dad, you're my dad! Boogie woogie woogie. Congratulations, you're my dad! You might not have the best style at the barbecue but you sure know how to fix stuff and you bring good food every time. You make good conversation and you're third in line for the chef position but you're probably making and/or eating appetizers.
The classic dad
Congratulations! You're the classic dad. You're the guy that pops into everyone's head when they hear the word "dad". You're the most prolific of the dads. You love steak, you love barbecues and you love sitting around sleeping on a lawn chair. You probably organized this barbecue in the first place and made sure you're the one on chef duty.
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Ghostly Guardian
Dmitri couldn’t ignore the vibrations of heavy footsteps walking around in the front room. Heavy, steady, purposeful. Like Papa’s had been.
He slipped out of bed, pulled on the sweater he’d dumped on the footboard, and crept out of the room, glancing back at Ekaterina to make sure he hadn’t woken her.
Someone was definitely in the house. He was moving back and forth, the swinging lantern light moving with him.
It was difficult to tell from where he was, but Dmitri could make out that the man was tall and broad, and that he had a dog with him.
He crept closer.
It was Papa and Pakhta! But it couldn’t be. Papa and Pakhta were dead...
He opened his mouth to call out, but Papa pulled the front door open and stepped out, the lantern vanishing with him as he closed it behind him.
Before he could think, Dmitri darted after him, not bothering to close the door as he left.
Papa had reached the tree line by the time Dmitri spotted him again.
Papa! He called, dashing towards him.
The word was familiar. He could shape it in his lips easily, even if he couldn’t hear what he said.
Papa!
The brambles and branches tore at his skin and clothes. For every step he took, it seemed Papa took two.
Papa!
Papa had vanished between the trees. Dmitri cursed his deafness. If he could hear, he could have followed the sound of Papa’s footsteps through the forest.
Papa! He called again, darting in the direction he thought Papa might have gone.
He burst into a clearing. The snow was undisturbed. A dead tree leaned precariously to one side, and a line of stones as black as the sky above him jutted from the snow.
The clearing was unfamiliar; if he had ever seen a place like this, he surely would have remembered.
He was lost.
His socks were soaked through. In his haste, he hadn’t thought to put on his shoes or even a coat. He shivered, reigning in the icy, biting wind to barely a light breeze.
He had to get home. The wolves would surely tear him apart if he stayed in the woods; an unarmed, freezing child would be laughably easy prey to them.
He scanned his surroundings, but nothing looked familiar or distinctive. It was just trees, trees, and even more trees. His best bet was to turn back the way he came.
But the further he wandered, the more lost he got. Eventually, with frost forming in his lashes and barely-restrained tears freezing on his face, he found an outcropping of rock, and he huddled under it.
The wind began to pick up, even as he tried to hinder it.
He soon gave up. He’d try to fall asleep, and find his way back home in the morning.
Just as he was about to drift off, he heard something. A voice. Deep, warm, familiar.
He heard it!
“Straight past the dead tree.”
He looked around. A fallen tree lay nearby, its trunk and branches blackened as if burned. The wind picked up again, almost a gale, pushing him in the direction the tree pointed.
But its bite was gone. Its sharp chill was dulled, and it seemed to be insisting he go the way it blew.
So he followed. Time passed by in a blur of trees and snow, and Dmitri only kept his eyes ahead.
It wasn’t long before home came into view. The gale died down, and Dmitri broke into a run.
As his hand wrapped around the doorknob, an invisible hand caressed his cheek, and ghostly lips pressed to his forehead, along with the familiar scratchiness of a thick beard.
“The living can’t go where I’m going. Stay here for your mother and Ekaterina.”
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