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Have you ever wondered what it's like to have Christmas without a real family or serious friends?

Here's the short description: It sucks. If I'm lucky, the foster parents will give me something with a snarky message about getting in less trouble at school attached. If I'm really lucky it will actually be something some teens might want and won't be an ugly sweater or some crap.

On the other hand, I guess I have some things to be thankful for. I'm not a fugitive, I'm still human or at least I look the part, and I'm still able to fight when someone gives me a new plan.

Speaking of! Someone gimme some ideas for kicking... Okay I was going to say patriarchy butt (been reading some feminist webcomics lately), but now I think it we don't know the alien's genders. Alienarchy? Exoarchy? ... Hell if I know the right word.

Ideas for the right word to use there, as well as actual plans for wrecking this conspiracy so we can go off and be superheroes are both appreciated. Thank you.

And merry whatevermas. For those of us who haven't enjoyed cooler holidays like Hanukkah recently.

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Fireballs.

Fireballs? Fireballs. Wow. That's easily the most destructive slash useful power anybody's gotten back. Do you just, like, throw them?

No, I gotta cast it. I have another spell that creates a torrent of water, too. Takes a few seconds per cast, but one cast can do quite a bit.

Spells. So you're a full-on mage? Man, and here I was thinking D&D was just a game. I'm suddenly really, really glad you're on our side! And pretty glad you're my friend, but that's independent of the magic.

Not quite the same as in D&D, but...

Wait. Friends?

Um, yeah? I know we've only talked a couple times, but you seem like you have a really good head on your shoulders, and I don't just invite total strangers to Christmas get-togethers. Unless you're not comfortable with being called friends, I mean.

N-no, just... I haven't really...

[Brooke can guess the end of that sentence: "Had friends before."]

Oh, I get it. First time for everything, though, right? :) Well, hopefully I'm not your FIRST friend, but I'd be glad to be A friend to you. Life dumped all it had on you and you're still standing. You've got a lot under the surface, Brit, and I think you're worth being friends with.

... You mean besides the grades and the number of suspected incidents at the schools across the Locke City School District?

Hah. Definitely. But I'm not going to pry into your personal life, because that stuff is all yours. I just want you to know that I think you're pretty cool. Speaking of, what do you want me to get you for Christmas?

Eh, don't worry about that part. Seriously, one of the things of not having a lot, is I don't want a lot. If I can't fit it into the locker at the mall teen club, I can't rely on keeping it.

Got it. So do you have any objections to cash? I have some money set aside that I was going to spend on gifts, but, well.

Erm. Okay I guess.

All right, cool. I just don't want to shove anything on you that you might not want. Not just because you can throw fireballs at me, either.

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