Slayers: X Generation

Season's Greetings: Off The Slayers' Sets

"Well, time to get back to work, eh?" Slaal walked out into the open air Howler Studio. He promptly sank to his waist with a 'whophf' sound. "What the.....?"

Not too far away, Sean's legs stuck out from a few feet of snow. "This was not included in my contract in any way...."

"You don't have one. Go figure." Zantos floated over to them with Yume perched atop his shoulders. He reached down and pulled Sean out by the right leg. "Need a hand?"

"No. I need my sense of balance." Sean grunted. "Cast a Raywing, will you?"

Zantos shrugged and complied.

Erin suddenly appeared in the far right corner with a loud 'poff'. "Has anyone seen my sword?"

"How about my poetry collection? Has anyone seen a little pink book?" Sarito called from a tree he had wisely chosen to stand upon. He stared back at all the others who were giving him strange looks. "What? My parents were the ones who bought it!"

A black hollow tube peeked out of the snow as it moved along in random zigzags and squiggly lines.

Curiously, Kiru stuck his finger down the tube.

There was a muffled gagging sound. Another 'poff' was heard as a slightly pale Rezaru appeared, wearing a black snorkel. He jerked off the mouthpiece and glared at Kiru. "Don't *do* that!"

"Sorry, man."

Rezaru pulled off the shock-proof bag from his back and zipped it open. "Okay, who wants to claim this little pink book that I found?"

"That'll be my poetry collection!" Sarito caught the book as Rezaru tossed it up. "Thanks!"

"This sword with a red-blue jewel?"

"Over here, Rez!" Erin held out her hands to meet the sword that flew over. "Grats!"

"How about this...." Rezaru raised an eyebrow. "Oversized dumbbell?"

"Mine, thanks!"

Rezaru decided against throwing it and instead passed it to its owner.

"Elayne, what were you planning to do with an oversized dumbbell?" Donal asked warily.

"This." Elayne drew back the dumbbell as far as she could before whacking it at the tree. Sarito promptly plummeted into the snow. Elayne smirked evilly. "Dang, that felt good."

"I think I lost my poetry collection again!"

"Crikey! Look what I found!" Kiru was half buried in snow and chipping away at something.

"What did you find?"

Kiru reappeared, proudly displaying his frozen prize. "A flatfish."

"In the Howler Studio? Where did the Chief get it?" Sean wondered.

Sarito righted himself and pulled out something wooden carefully. "Probably the same place she got this guitar. All who want to sing, say 'Aye'!"

"AYE!!!" All the males (plus Yume) hollered.

Sarito scurried back up to the top of the tree and strummed the guitar. "All together now: We started singing....."

"BYE, BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE!!!!" A loud chorus of voices chimed, not in tune but in sync.

"Sheesh, Men." Ren shook her head.

"Give them fifteen minutes waist deep in snow, and they go legally insane on you." Sophia agreed.

"Come on. Let's get back indoors." Kyoko turned and led the way back to the door, brushing past the singing Slaal who was still just outside the doorway.

Aymes and Xelloss were inside, sipping hot chocolate. Xelloss smiled upon noticing the snow-drenched girls. "Oh, hello ladies. Care to join us?"

Erin blinked. "What are the two of you doing inside?"

"We listened in on the weather forecast before coming. Yume wanted to play in the snow, so she went out with Zantos." Aymes explained. She looked up at the clock. "Judging that traffic was a killer, and that filming is way past due, Howling WereWolf should arrive...just...about...now."

The door knob clicked as the door slid open, revealing a pissed Howling WereWolf. "What happened to everyone else?"

"Out singing in the snow." Kyoko answered.

"Snow?!" Howling WereWolf frowned. "This is Singapore! Singapore doesn't have snow!"

"Well, take a look for yourself."

Howling WereWolf trudged to the other side of the room and pulled open the door. There was a loud 'thunk' as her jaw hit the floor. "This. Can't. Be. Happening." Now she was severely pissed.

"AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!" The chorus ended their fifth song, all ready to start their sixth.

"ALL OF YOU!! SHUT UP, OR I'M TAKING YOU OFF MY CHRISTMAS LIST!!"

Silence sudden ensued. Sean looked up. "Chief? You don't have a Christmas list."

"So BITE ME!!"

"Howling WereWolf cutlets?" Zantos and Yume looked at each other and grimaced. "Ewwwww..........."

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Ah well. Sorry about how unrelated this chapter is to the actual story, but my plot bunnies have frozen over and I'm still thawing the poor little guys out. *stokes fire below large ice block containing plot bunnies*

Merry Christmas 2003, all!

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