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[Well, while Riku waits for Ven to get his act together so they can go grab Sora, Sasuke, and the others, he'll pop open the PokéGear.

After all, it's December. The perfect time of month for what he has in store. And oh, the chance to prove his best friend wrong is too much to pass up.]

So, Johto, Kanto. It's December again, and that means Christmas is right around the corner. And if you're a kid, that usually means waiting for presents under the tree-- supposedly from Santa Claus.

So, here's a question. Do you believe in Santa?

I'm trying to get some statistical data here. And believe me, I've got my reasons.

[With that message outta the way, Riku can be found over by the Department store, buying gratuitous amounts of TMs, swinging by the Breeding Center just to see how things are going, and dropping by one of the cafes later on for a bite to eat.

And maybe he'll stop by Route 34 for good measure in order to spar with his team. Because, while watching his Pokémon fight each other is nice and all, nothing beats getting in on the action. He'll be accompanied by his big ol' Charizard regardless of where he is.]

[ooc: Just gonna make a note here since I realize his icons are misleading-- but Riku is actually 17 in Route-- almost 18 and about 6' tall now. Minor detail, but I'll probably pin that somewhere later. There was just some confusion during 4th wall about his age.

Also, Sora will possibly be threadjacking!]

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Santa?

[Give him a moment to think about this.]

...Oh, right, that human myth.

No, obviously I don't. Only wigglers could possibly believe something as dumb as that.

Thank you. That's two points for me and zero for Sora.

[He snickers.]

I mean, there's plenty I can believe. Other worlds with talking ponies, ducks, mice, and magic? Sure. This place proves that different worlds follow some pretty loose rules.

But Santa's just pushing it.

Humans don't have powers, right?

Unless they do in this world, there's no way he can do all the things everyone says he does.

Actually, they do where I'm from. Or they can get them, anyway.

Sora knows some magic back home, and he's got a weapon called a Keyblade that materializes out of thin air. And I wind up with both of those in the future.

[Heck, his future self is pretty badass, from what he remembers of him.]

Obviously, that doesn't apply here, though, so it's not like I expect flying reindeer to pop up.

Well, yeah, I know they do in other places. My humans could get them, too.

Though considering I lost all of my powers and my alien skin when I dropped into Johto, you're right about that.

[He rolls his eyes beneath the tinted lenses.]

I dunno, the flying reindeer are actually not as far a cry, since there are Pokemon who can do that sort of thing. They'd have to have a hell of a buffer on their Trainer if he had to be Santa, though.

They'd have to break the speed of light, for one. And they, the sleigh, and Santa would have to be able to withstand that kind of speed.

It just seems completely improbable, no matter how you slice it.

Eh, yeah, I guess. But since when have Pokémon been "probable"?

...Point. It's hard to top living ice cream, at any rate.

So... what's this 'statistical data' for? Looks like your friend Sora [thank you Pokégear name function] is having a field day with messing up the results.

We took a bet. Loser has to embarrass themselves over the network, simple as that.

[And yes, Sora's totally messing with the results, darn it!]

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[He laughs out loud at Riku.]

Got anything in mind yet?

Sure do.

[He snickers.]

Loser has to sing Christmas songs for everybody.

[Public karaoke! What could go wrong?]

...oh god, are those like Twelfth Perigee's carols?

[Sollux fakes a look of horror.]

Those are dangerous forces, dude. You could kill a guy if you're not careful.

...Or make them faint, as the specific case may be. [He still doesn't want to admit that people cannot die here.]

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But I've met him!

...What are you, three?

Fifteen.

[...Dude, you're a year older than him.]

And you still think you met Santa.

I don't think I met him. I know I met him.

When?

When I visited Halloween Town last.

...Halloween Town.

[Oh my fucking god.]

You've never met Jack, huh?

Nope.

Does he live in Halloween Town?

Yeah, he does. He's in charge of Halloween.

Oh my god.

[Face, meet palm.]

You're actually serious about this, aren't you.

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