[open] that other ho ho ho job

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Who: Alec Hardison, Sophie Devereaux, and OPEN
When: this morning
Where: Starting in the Leverage Tower and all over the castle
What: Santa and Mrs. Claus are coming to town...
Rating: G-PG

[They may have been put off schedule a bit by castle shenanigans, but Sophie and Hardison haven't forgotten those Santa letters. They have bought the gifts and wrapped them, and even though Christmas is over, it's time to hand them out...]


Hardison: [looks at the wrapped presents] Damn castle gettin' in the way of our plan... [a sigh] We don't even have a Santa.

Sophie: What do you mean we don't have a Santa?

Hardison: We never got to hold auditions.

Sophie: So?

Hardison: So we don't have a Santa.

Sophie: Hardison. Just because we didn't have auditions, doesn't mean we can't have a Santa.

Hardison: Who's gonna be Santa? And don't say Eliot, we already went over that.

Sophie: [moves closer, and places her hands on his shoulders before giving him a look]

Hardison: [raises a brow] What? ....me?

Sophie: Do you see anyone else stepping up to the plate?

Hardison: [a slow smile] Well...I do know what we got for everyone.

Sophie: [smiles back] And it was your idea in the first place.

Hardison: ...so I'll be Santa. [a laugh] I'll be the best Santa this place has seen!

Sophie: That's the spirit!

Hardison: Time to suit up!

Sophie: [smiles and goes to get changed herself]

Hardison: [quietly to himself, with a grin] Ho ho ho.

[and before long, Santa and Mrs. Claus are roaming the castle grounds...]



{ooc: Feel free to tag in! They'll be going to knock on doors of the kids that wrote letters, so catch them around the castle and such. And if yours wrote a letter...well, someone's knocking on their door. If they didn't write a letter...there might be something in Santa's sack for them anyway...}

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By some miraculous turn of events, Edward is actually in her room on this fine morning!

It takes her a minute to register that someone's knocking. And another to realize that they're knocking on her door. She sits bolt upright where she was sleeping on the floor "A visitor for Edward?" Racing over, she throws open the door, eyes as big as saucers.

"Santa?"

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Santa couldn't help but grin at that. He waved and peered down at Edward.

"Merry Christmas, Edward! I'm sorry I'm so late, but...well, time got away from me. I was playin' a new game that Mrs. Claus gave me."

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Edward grins, hopping up and down excitedly. "Santa, Saantaaaa!" Then a thought occurs to her and she stops, a confused look on her face. "But... it's not Christmas."

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He nodded. "Yeah, I know. Everyone was sleepin' pretty hard here, I didn't wanna disturb." He knelt down and started to go through his bag.

"Don't want your gift?"

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"Edward gets a gift! Yaaaaaaaaay!" She cheered and hopped up and down, clapping.

"Edward never got a gift from Santa before!"

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He laughed. "Well, you were good weren't ya? And you wrote to me. Figure I gotta come through on my end."

And he lifted out a small bouquet of tigerlillies (http://unity-farmington.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/tiger-lillies.jpg) and held it out to her.

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Her eyes get as big as dinner plates as she reaches out to take those beautiful flowers. She'd never seen anything like those outside of the internet.

"Thank you!"

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Hardison was bursting with warm fuzzies in his heart at the look on the young girl. He nodded, as his voice went gentle.

"You're welcome." Then Mrs. Claus elbowed him and he remembered something. "Oh! Well....Mrs. Claus thought you should have somethin' that will last a little longer, too, so she picked this one out."

He lifted a small wrapped box from his bag and held it out to Edward as well. Inside the box was a necklace (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2072/2398711082_8939e4856c.jpg).

Awww!!

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It didn't seem possible, but Ed's eyes get even bigger as she takes the box. Setting the flowers aside, she rips the wrapping paper to shreds and opens the box, staring for a second before taking out the necklace.

"Edward's never had anything like this before."

had to!

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He beamed. "Well...now you do. Just promise you'll take good care of it, okay?"

<3<3

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She nodded, still staring at it. "Edward will!" Turning it over in her hands, she undid the clasp and started to put it on.

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He reached out to help her, taking the clasp from her fingers.

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She let him take it, leaning over so he could clasp it behind her neck. When she stood up again she quickly wished up a mirror and looked at herself, wide eyed. "It's pretty!"

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"Glad you like it. Now...you be good, okay? I gotta take these presents to other kids, then Ms. Claus and I have some egg nog to get back to."

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Edward nods with a smile, "Okay! Edward will be good! Merry Merry Christmas, Santa!"

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And with a wave, Santa turns and continues on.