The night wasn't quiet though, as there were still nocturnal creatures about.
There were brawls outside the newly opened inn, caused by those who'd been kicked out. The planets arboreal predators were stalking the forests, looking for fresh victims. Even the skies weren't empty, as a closer black mass than the planet above glided through the night sky.
This black mass was the dragon called Furnace, and though the cool air irritated scales used to heat and earth, he was enjoying the dark.
Furnaces sensitive ears first picked up the sound of... was that bells? Lots and lots of constantly, annoyingly, irritatingly cheerful jingling bells. Yup, that's what they were alright, the small ones he'd seen some of the soft-skins hanging inside and outside their dwellings recently. A slight breeze brought the scent of, well, deer, to his nostrils. The animals were the main scent, but there others mixed in as well: wood, leather, metal, something almost human, and a myriad of others that he couldn't quite make out. The mythical beast bared his sharp fangs and flattened his ears onto the back of his head. He knew who this was, had heard of him before, but he'd never realised the noise was so annoying.
He tried to ignore it, but, every second of that happy noise beating into his eardrums just made the evil reptilian angrier and angrier. Until "I can't take it anymore!" Furnace roared before pivoting on his wingtips, heading straight for the source of the sound.
His infernal eyes soon picked up the culprit. Many reindeer harnessed to a sled, with a sack full of things and a humanoid wearing a ridiculous red and white outfit driving them all through the sky, probably by some kind of magic.
The enraged reptilian and the magical transport collided in short order. The force of Furnaces impact sent the sleigh spinning, spilling all the gifts that had been sitting safely inside the sack mere moments and dislodging the humanoid too. Santa Claus fell from the sky to the ground that night, as did all the presents and the sleigh, scattering them about the world.
The dragon really didn't care about the mans screaming, as he'd got his jaw and horns caught in the terrified reindeers harness, writhing and twisting until it snapped, setting loose reindeer and dragon alike. Furnace didn't halt his madness for long at his freedom, as the dragon soon set off in pursuit of the loose reindeer.
((Heh, hope you guys didn't think you were getting away without a Christmas RP this year, even if it is a little late
. I haven't killed Santa, before anyone asks XD.Apart from that though, the rest of this is entirely up to you))
((EDIT: Ok, after chatting with CP about this he's made me realise there are a few things I should probably point out, since I want this to be a totally free RP. You can find the presents of anyones chars, they don't even have to be involved with the RP, or even just find ones for your own chars [I see Jodie's already got this part though ^_^]. You guys also get to pick who the presents are for and what's in them, if you like. Or maybe you can come across an opened one, it's entirely up to you.
You can also even find Santa if you want to, just bare in mind he'll probably be injured after that sort of fall. You can even RP as Santa or the raindeer if you really want to, as again, this is meant to be a totally free RP.
I hope that clears everything up and I haven't missed anything.
Oh, I'll also only be playing Furnace, unless someone else feels like dragging any of my other chars in here for... whatever reason
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