[OPEN/CLOSED DEPENDING ON PROMPT] Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Way!

[lonelysmiles]

Who: Alastor and you!
Which: Log, Open/Closed depending on the thread prompt
Where: Around Reverein in general for the open prompt, Alastor's home for the closed one
What: Christmas presents and a private Christmas party!
Warnings: Standard Alastor warning weirdly coupled with some potential sugar and wholesomeness.


Merry Christmas to all!

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[lethechained]

Judging by the look on her face, Naminé was at least somewhat relieved just to be on his short list for providing assistance - or perhaps it was merely the reassurance that he was alright enough not to need it for now. Her faint smile was genuine along with her, "Careful...! I might try to hold you to that."

Better not turn up too tired, Alastor. The blonde's concerns remained somewhat assuaged at his description of his evening, but that last part...

"Oh," she breathed, a little dismayed. "I should have asked how you were feeling. It must be lonely here for you, since you've gotten used to living with someone else...!" Chances were she was already planning on how to manage visiting more often without intruding; introvert she might have been, but friendship duties were friendship duties.

[lonelysmiles]

Alastor laughed. "If you ever see me staggering around town like a drunk but not actually intoxicated, it's for the best if you do! At that point, I'm being so thick-headed that I need someone to keep me in line!"

He chuckled in response to her apology.

"There's no reason to apologize, my dear. I knew that eventually it might happen. Angel was my second roommate here, after all. Perhaps after a couple of weeks of all the quiet, I'll keep these big ears of mine open for anyone else who might be needing a rommate."

[lethechained]

Naminé appeared faintly alarmed at the mere idea, but amused enough just the same. "You can count on me for that...! I'll find some way to bring you back home - maybe with a dance." Or at least a musical number until the poor guy fell asleep on his feet, anyhow.

As for the matter of a roommate, Naminé curled a hand to her face, growing thoughtful. "You're right, but..." That was, people came and went all the time, so of course it was part of the whole experience. Shaking her head, she nudged that thought aside in favor of, "... Well, I suppose there's nothing we can do about it. But if you do decide to look for a roommate, what kind of-- um, qualifications would they have to have? I know people can be picky about that kind of thing."

[lonelysmiles]

"Hmmm..."

Alastor tapped a finger to his chin as he thought it over.

"Hadn't really considered that! I sort of stumbled into my first two!"

[lethechained]

"I guess that makes sense...! That does tend to happen."

She had her face propped in a hand now, though, mulling over what kind of roommate would suit him.

"And it could happen again this time, too. Still... I do wonder. It's hard to picture any one person who would suit you when you're so friendly as it is."

[lonelysmiles]

"I think the primary issue would be tidiness. How they kept their own room was their business, but I don't want to live in a -- Well, 'pigsty' isn't the right word for it. As Fat Nuggets taught me, pigs are quite clean. Regardless, I wouldn't want the common areas to be a mess I had to constantly clean up."

[lethechained]

"Oh-- yes," she agreed, sitting back up a little with a fall of her hand. "That would be awful. You have such a lovely home, after all...!"

It'd be a shame if something mess-related were to happen to it. "What about noise? Do you want a quiet roommate, or one who spends a lot of time with you...?"

GMAIL! /shakes fist

[lonelysmiles]

"I wouldn't mind a little noise. Not someone noisy but something to give proof that there's someone else there. If they were mostly quiet I'd be fine with it. And if they wish to come and go or spend time with me, I'd be fine with either!"

Honestly, what he was really after was just having someone there. He'd been alone for so long already.

It continues its vile crusade against us!!! For shame!!!!

[lethechained]

The lass nodded along, rather as if she were taking mental notes. (She probably was, in fact.)

"In that case, you'll have to get along well...!" For those times when they were in each other's company, of course. A beat passed as she considered it, then-- "Now that I think about it, I've never asked you who your other friends are. The ones here in this world, that is."