driftfleet | Video: DON'T blow out all the candles

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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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.

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. ]

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...

You know, that's probably a very good idea! Let's do it.

I can occasionally have decent ones.

Oh, I like to believe it's more than on occasion.

Perhaps. We'll have to wait and see how the cake idea goes.

That's alright. I can be patient.

[No. No he can't. ]

Yes, I believe that about you. If there was one word I would use to describe you, it would be patient.

[The facetiousness is strong today.]

[This is the game they're gonna play.]

Mai oui! I'm practically a saint of it!

Hm-mm. If a spirit of patience appeared right now, I would recognize him by his nose.

I'm glad to know how my very unique nose is something you could recognise instantly.

It is rather impressive.

I'll take that as a compliment.

I meant it as one.

It makes me curious about the rest of your body parts and what they were like.

Charmer~

Tall and lanky, for the most part.

Oh, I love tall men. They're so much fun to climb.

[He really should stop, but he is trying to cheer Lumiere up.]

[He should never stop, in Lumière's opinion. ]

Oh, mon lutin. you can climb me any day~

If we figure out a way to break your curse while you're here, you will have so many promises to keep, Lumiere.

[He is absolutely gonna eyebrow waggle. ]

Ah, but they will be promises I will enjoy keeping.

I almost wish there was a way we could get a head start on them now.

As do I, alas, it will have to be left for our imaginations.

[Just a few more weeks, Cyril~]

I do have a rather wild imagination... So that is a bit dangerous.

[He laughs. ]

Oh, but I do love to live dangerously.

And you make yourself even more attractive with just a few simple words.

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