Video: DON'T blow out all the candles

[servantnotserving]

Who: Lumière and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Wonderduck
When: December 27th

[Christmas is always something of a bittersweet experience for Lumière. He loves the holiday, yes- but it's also the anniversary of the curse. The fact he has experienced an 11th Christmas stuck in this form is not a comforting one. Were he back home, that would have meant it was permanent.

Still, he's managed to keep his usual upbeat attitude- and then today happened. The video opens to him in the cargo hold of the Wonderduck. A footstool snuffles around him, occasionally letting out an excited yap before bounding off to explore other parts of the hold back end (or what you'd ASSUME is the back end) wagging. See, Sultan was a NICE gift, Atroma. This. This is bullshit.

Lumière is staring at a cake. It's his cake. And, of course, it wouldn't be Atroma if it wasn't mildly offensive. There's also a shitton of candles on it- 42, if you care to count. ]

Oh...wow. Atroma. You....shouldn't have. No. Really. You shouldn't. [He gives the offending cake a prod.] I am not sure if I should offer this to anyone or not. I dread to think what is inside of it and I'd hate to give any of you food poisoning before New Year.

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[english_dignity]

...there was a dog transformed too?

[Completely distracted from the cake. It doesn't look like a dog, but it sure acts like one.]

It doesn't chase cats, does it?

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[servantnotserving]

There was. His name is Sultan.

...And you know, he does. We had a cat, she turned into a cushion- he chases her quite a lot.

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[english_dignity]

Well. At least he doesn't seem to have teeth. I'm sure Crumpet will be able to handle him.

[Finally notices the cake. Whoops.]

And a happy birthday is due too, I see.

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[servantnotserving]

I am sure too, he's just a little rambunctious, he'd never mean any harm.

Oh... merci. It was...an unexpected gift from them. [The cake. ]

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[tempredmental]

Your footstool is sniffing you.

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[servantnotserving]

Qui, that is because he is a dog.

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[tempredmental]

[Give him a second, Lumière... Okay, now he got it.]

Oh, right... he was affected by the curse, too, huh?

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[unbridles]

Oh! Joyeux anniversaire! Why didn't you say somethin', man?

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[servantnotserving]

Merci becoup, mon ami! And honestly, we have not really done anything with our birthdays since the curse. It did not feel like it counted.

[Because who needs a reminder that you're an immortal piece of furniture forever? ]

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[unbridles]

Well, I guess it counts here? Maybe? For people who ain't dead, anyway.

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[dreamvour]

[dog!! She might be eyeing it just like a cat would as it bounds off]

How do you say happy birthday in French?

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[servantnotserving]

[A GLORIOUS DOG. ]

Joyeux anniversaire! Which is...apparently something Atroma cannot spell.

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[dreamvour]

That's incredibly rude of them.

Joyeux anniversaire, Lumiere.

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[edwinjarvis]

Ah-ha! You've been struck ne—

[edwinjarvis]

—is that a barking footstool?

[where are my spectacles]

[servantnotserving]

It is! [The footstool is snuffling around because everything is new and EXCITING!!! ]

His name is Sultan, he is the castle pet, back home. Atroma sent him here.

[samahl]

They keep giving our ship pets and I'm liable to feel even more annoyed I'm down one hand and can't pet them all at once....

As for the cake, we could always save it to feed it to our enemies. Seeing as I doubt we'll be free of new ones for long.

[servantnotserving]

Honestly, I think Sultan would appreciate even one hand, Mon lutin. He has not had many of those in a long time.

Of course, I appreciate the quiet so far, but we know it won't last. Though I could only guess what flavour it is.

[Probably something bland and awful. ]

[samahl]

Then I say we freeze it and save it as a surprise. The trick will just be to convince our enemies to take a bite...

[goldkiss]

[The cake says 'in French' but Victor actually speaks it and so does now. He might be making sure to practice his pronunciation or he might be trying to offer some comfort to Lumiere given how stupid the cake is.]

Is it your birthday, my friend?

It was mine two days ago.

[servantnotserving]

[Victor is the best, the greatest.]

Thank you, my friend. And happy belated birthday to you! I hope Atroma weren't 'generous' with you, too. Perhaps you were fortunate and escaped it?

[goldkiss]

I celebrated it the way I wanted to, with Yuri. I ignored anything else.

Perhaps that would be considered a bit rude? But I've never really cared about the day. Not for my birthday or for Christmas. It's not as big of a deal to me as it is to others.

Yuri might eventually convince me to change my views on it though.

I hope the day is treating you well?

[passingthrough]

Everything in this feed is extremely normal [wtf?] and I can't come up with a single thing to comment on.

Hi.

[servantnotserving]

Like everything else in my life for the past decade, no? Extremely normal.

[The MOST normal. He flashes her a smile. ]

<>Bonjour, mon chaton.

[passingthrough]

Mine too. That's why we get each other.

[She nods over to the footstool.] Friend of yours?