brightly shone the moon that night ( open )

[onevice]

Who: Sam Winchester, Snow White, Ellie, Robyn Cousland, and YOU
Where: Various.
When: December 12th - December 26th
Rating: PG-R for language and likely violence, potential for character death.
Summary: See various character top levels below! Basically, Wonderland Christmas is as fun as always...
The Story: ( though the frost was cruel )

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[oversight]

[ Cue some serious shock at that. Blake has never been a fan of guns (for good reason), but this actually makes him shudder a bit. Who could do that to a person? ]

That's... I-it sounds like remarkable odds. Is it—? Is it like that with everything? Or were you lucky?

[ Maybe more importantly, was that what happened to her instead of the poison apple? Blake is morbidly curious. ]

[onevice]

I don't think anyone could be that lucky. [ There's a humorless chuckle. ] No, it's just as I said. Fables are very, very... hardy. Some more than others.

[ She's had more than one fight with her sister, Rose Red, who has announced her jealousy over Snow's own "popularity" with the mundies. ]

[oversight]

[ It's hard to tell if that's a pro or a con. He supposed it might at least be a benefit when getting used to the way things work in Wonderland. ]

We don't have anything like that where I come from. Kinda forget that sometimes, though. On account of bein' here so long.

[onevice]

Wonderland isn't so different from Fabletown. [ Snow states as they enter the kitchen, feeling warmer already. ] But I can imagine how strange it would be coming from other parts of the world.

[ The mundy parts, anyway. ]

[oversight]

Strange for a little while, yeah.

[ He immediately begins gathering what he needs to make them both a little coffee. ]

Pretty sure someone'd think the same of where I come from, though. We're not exactly normal in Gotham, near as I can figure.

[onevice]

Is that so? [ She smiles, watching him sideways, retrieving cups for the pair of them. Already, she's feeling a little warmer, and the visions haven't appeared... yet. ] Why do you say that?

[oversight]

Well, for one, we've got a vigilante crime fighter that dresses like a bat. Not to mention the kinda people that take cues from that.

[ The escalation in Gotham is extraordinary. Even if Blake is part of the problem, he knows that there's something about the way Gotham operates that means everyone is a little more apt to be extreme than one might normally expect from average citizens. ]

It's a diff'rent kinda strange. Not awful. Just... [ A small laugh. ] Strange.

[onevice]

Oh. [ And she actually laughs, but genially, surprised. ] I have to say, I wasn't expecting that. Is there any reason he chose a bat?

[ It's an interesting choice, but there have been weirder superheroes in history. ]

I can see what you mean now, I think. At least a little.

[ They don't have anything like that in Fabletown, but there's more than enough weirdness in their city to make up for it. ]

Where I live, there are some Fables whose natural forms are animals. Like... you might know the story of the three little pigs? One of them lived with Bigby, but if you live in the city, you can't keep that form. People start to ask questions, obviously, if they see a giant, talking pig. So, our laws require that those Fables use spells called glamours to make themselves look human. We avoid attention that way.

[oversight]

[ Blake doesn't quite know why Bruce chose a bat — the eccentric man hadn't really been entirely forthright about the legacy he'd been passing on — but he suspects he knows the reason he became a bat at one point.

He pours the prepared coffee for each of them and places the cream and sugar out in front of her. ]

That's interestin'. We kind has somethin' like that happen here. Opposite, though — turned the humans into animals.

[ John remembers life as a massive fruit bat. It has been... interesting. Not quite what he was expecting. ]

The events here come from the people that are here, you know. We might all be fairy tales... again. Or maybe you'll wake up as a vigilante bat.

[onevice]

I'm not surprised. Wonderland seems to change everything it can about us.

[ To see how they're react? Or is it just random spurts of magic beyond anyone's power?

Snow takes no cream, but does add two to three scoops of sugar. ]

I can't begin to imagine. [ She laughs again, trying to picture it, to imagine what that might feel like... and just shakes her head. ] I can only hope that it chooses more mild transformations for us, particularly if it's already turned people into animals. I haven't noticed if it repeats those things or not...

[oversight]

From what I've seen, we've had some similar stuff happenin', but I dunno 'bout repeats. I hope not.

[ If the event he was responsible for rolls around again, John's going to put his head in the sand and never pull it up again. ]