The snow fell in a wall of fat flakes. The outside world was utterly lost to the blizzard. Akko and Diana were alone in the student union, cuddling under a thick blanket on a nice chair facing a tall window giving them an excellent view of the white-out.

"What's today's schtick?" Akko said.

"Show hospitality to visitors," Diana said, "and ask no undue questions. Anyone could be Nyarlat Hotep, and nothing he has to teach is good to know, but when he's in a good mood, he may be giving."

"Hm. Alright. Anything else?"

"No m'am," Diana said, huddling closer to Akko. "It's all ours."

"Wonderful," Akko said, resting her head on Diana's shoulder.

The two soon dozed off.


Constanze held up a sign: "Who here has seen The Thing?"

Amanda and Sucy raised their hands. Lotte, Jasminka, whatever-their-faces-were who followed Diana around, Wangari, Wangari's options, plus that Avery chick who the what's-their-faces knew, kept theirs down. They were spread around the Constanze Cave, sharing snacks and drinks and readying for their first Christmas movie to play.

Cons grinned and waved her wand. The lights went down low, the projector clattered to life, and a good way to spend a day snowed in to a remote location unspooled before them.


Today no visitors came to Luna Nova, and for one night in December, there was peace.

Other than the brief scare about someone being a Thing From Another World, but that was just Lotte's imagination running away with her.
Probably.

Statistically, anyway.