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Hopped up on JOY, (and starting to feel a bit of withdrawl) Marcus had teamed up with Ariane to go and hang out at the jungle outpost. Granted by ‘hang out’ is was supposedly a duty where they were to keep an eye out for halloween creatures but with his mind stuck on ‘PRESENTS’ and ‘COOKIES’ and ‘PRESENTS OF COOKIES’ Marcus wasn’t going to be observing much, if at all. The closest he’d get to that would be watching the sky for santa. Or watching his bag off confectionery delights.

The cookies were helping to minimize the lack of JOY and distinct lack of presents being showered down upon them. A travesty to be sure. Leaning against the wall, Dis was in his head blabbering about just why he should stop playing with the tinsel he found and focus, (Marcus was able to do that for like… 3 minutes). Still, the tindle was pretty interesting. Very festive, which this outpost was seriously lacking. “Hey Ariane.” He looked around. It was almost night and there weren't even christmas lights on anywhere. Not to mention that there were not many placed to decorate and not have it look all pathetic and alone. “Why didn’t they decorate out here?”

That was basically the jist of it. They would be stuck here alone, unfound, with no gifts or anything. Santa would have trouble finding them and this was a travesty and needed to be corrected. But- "We don't have any lights!" Oh god they were doomed.

A bite of his cookie. "Hrm..." Well. They would have to improvise. "We can turn on all the lights. Or sing Christmas carols! I bet that will make Santa notice us. Or tinsel." He set the scrap he had on the windowsill. "Tinsel is always fun."

They could decorate it and light it up. WITH FIRE. Wait no that was a terrible idea, Santa might land and catch himself on fire! Or the present might catch on fire. Also bad. Ariane was right though, they didn't have milk. "We will have to make due. Think Santa will be okay with water? That isn't insulting right? I mean, milk is mostly water...isn't it?"

Marcus was clearly thinking hard about this. Flipping on the search lights and lights in general. Somewhere a hunter might b***h about the electric bill but it was all in the name of CHRISTMAS. "OPH shoot we need to hide. Or sleep. How can we sing in our sleep ARIANE WHAT DO WE DO?"

She was so collected. So pro. Unlike him, who was worried that Santa would put them on the naughty list if they tried to pull a fast one. "Sleep singing?" He asked, genuinely thinking it totally logical even as Dis was telling him no, that was not logical. Not in the slightest. Too bad Dis, Marcus was ignoring your Grinch spirit.

"OH well, it might work. Yes let us try that!" He was looking for a place to lay down in seconds. "Do you want the chair or the floor? I am good either way." At least he was being somewhat polite.

SIGH Okay Ariane. he';d take the floor. This time. Next time it would be your turn and he'd get the chair. But you were a lady and since this was the first time he'd let you have it. Just this time. Going over to the other side, he sat down before trying to lay down. Sadly? It was very uncomfortable. It took a bit of rolling around before he finally stopped, and closed his eyes. Staying silent for all of 30 seconds, he began to belt out 'Santa clause is coming to town'


Only to stop at 'He's knows when you're awake' and then looking Ariane. PLAN FAILED.

Slumping his shoulders, it was right. A whole other year of waiting. Why was it so lonnggggg? Couldn't they just, go into a pod and sleep until then? Or was that naughty since they they would be lazy? Oh well, they had a year to figure it all out thankfully. Nodding, marcus couldn't think of any other things to do. Plus he was sure the shift was over. Time flew when waiting for Santa and fake sleeping.

"Hot chocolate would be good. But-" He looked at the lights they had on, wasting electricity. "We should leave them on. In the spirit of the holidays."