O Come, all Ye Faithful... or the hungry, Anna's not particular.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

When; Christmas Day
Rating; Fun for all, except Priestly curses up a storm, so...
Characters; Anna backseatangel and any of her friends, the door's open.
Summary; Anna's hosting Christmas shenanigans, food for all and cup of good cheer.
Log;


Anna was trying not to miss her family too much. It was her first Christmas with out them and it hurt, but she was covering it well. The season had a certain irony to it, too. The memories of her former life tossing up images that would have no doubt surprised the kind Priest who'd run the midnight mass she'd attended.

She'd been making food all day, Priestly helped and had been awesome. The trees were decorated, Anna's in a traditional style, white lights, colored decorations and a star at the top. Priestly's... was trimmed with a painted mohawk.

Everything was ready. The stockings were hung, the guns were all hidden, and hopefully no visions were dancing in anyone's head - there wasn't that much alcohol in the 'nog.


[ooc: Christmas with an Angel? Tag away!]

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[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

Anna wandered around the apartment, humming Christmas carols, talking to people as she moved around, making sure everyone had everything that they needed.

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[only-fell.livejournal.com]

Inara showed up a bit late but she was there in an apricot silk dress and a long, cream wrap sweater thrown over it. It had pockets she could keep her hands tucked into for the most part. Dr. Chase had told her to have a quiet Christmas; no parties. This wasn't exactly following his rules but she was trying to minimize her contact with any germs and people as much as possible. She said hello to Priestly then hung back from everyone, waiting until Anna was somewhat alone to go up and say hello.

"Merry Christmas," she smiled at her, hands still firmly in the pockets of her sweater.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

"Merry Christmas, Inara!"

Anna almost reached out to give her a hug, but remembered she wasn't feeling well.

"I'm so glad you felt well enough to come - can I get you anything? Punch, soda..?"

[only-fell.livejournal.com]

"Everything looks lovely, smells wonderful and appears to be turning out perfectly," Inara smiled at Anna. "Ginger ale? If you've got any."

For the most part, she was feeling better. She was growing accustomed to the fatigue but she'd had an energy drink before she arrived and she'd taken the medication Chase had given her for nausea so overall, she was good. She was even the slightest bit hungry which hadn't really happened for a couple of days.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

"I sure do, gimme a sec, I'll go get it. Please, have a seat - there's one by the tree I think."

Anna, ran over to the kitchen and opened the fridge, grabbing the ginger ale and moving back to Inara.

[only-fell.livejournal.com]

Inara found the chair and curled up into it, back a little less straight than usual. Priestly was bad for her posture. He'd been attempting to teach her the art of 'chillaxing' which apparently required horrible posture. The fatigue didn't help either. She sat the slightest bit straighter when she saw Anna approaching again. After all, strict training on how to appear in front of others didn't disappear over night regardless of circumstances.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

Anna handed over the ginger ale and reached under the tree, pulling out two decent sized packages.

"These are for you - you'll probably need Priestly to help you carry them home, or I can have them sent after the party."

[ooc: Inara is getting a beautiful Asian-inspired tea set (black and silver - I'm lazy and don't have a pic) and a slow-cooker with some easy, no-fuss recipes inside - just cut stuff up and stick 'em in.]

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[freckleddoll]

Doll was missing her family terribly as well, it was the first time since she was a young child that they'd been apart. Not that those first Christmases together had been very pleasant, when they'd even known it was Christmas. But they'd kept each other alive, and that was what mattered.

So now she was doing the best she could, trying to be cheerful with her friends until she was reunited with her siblings. Her puppy - not quite a puppy anymore by now - rushing around her heels as always, but thankfully her tightrope walker's balance kept her from being tripped up. She was just wandering around and admiring the decorations for now, waiting to see if maybe she'd meet any old friends, or make some new ones.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

Anna saw Doll wandering around and made sure to wander in her direction.

"Is this Tiger? It is Tiger, right?"

[freckleddoll]

"Yeah, this is 'im! 'ey Anna." The puppy wags his tail and sits in front of Anna, barking enthusiastically. It made Doll grin and laugh. "Think 'e likes ya!"

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

From one of the bedrooms there was a answering bark and Anna laughed as she crouched down to let the puppy sniff at her. "I think Bobby's jealous. I left him in a room because he's gotten pretty big and I didn't want him to worry anyone."

[freckleddoll]

Tiger sniffs at her hand and then tries licking it, his tail still thumping against the floor. "Can go an' play with 'im a bit so 'e don' get lonely, if ya like? Wouldn't mind!" The puppy barks some more in response to Bobby's barking, excited to hear another dog close by.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

"Oh, sure, I think he'd like that."

Anna led Doll and Tiger over to the bedroom she had shut off and opened the door, ushering both inside to meet the fully-grown Rottweiler inside.

"This is Bobby, he's a softie, but a great watch-dog when I need him to be."

[dresden4hire.livejournal.com]

Anna's was one of several stops on Harry's list of places to visit on the holiday. He liked being able to go around and visit his friends during the holiday, being busy helped take his mind off of the people that he missed. Still, making new friends served to keep that away.

Knocking on the door, Harry waited for it to be answered, a small wrapped package in his hands.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

Anna heard the knock and rushed over, opening the door with a smile.

"Harry! You made it!"

[dresden4hire.livejournal.com]

"Of course I made it," he said, grinning at her. "I punched out a couple of Santa's on my way too. I don't think they were homicidal, but I wanted to be sure. Merry Christmas, by the way."

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

"Harry! That's awful!"

Anna was pretty sure he was kidding as she pulled him inside.

"Just for that, I shouldn't give you your present."

[dresden4hire.livejournal.com]

"Come on, they were really dodgy looking," he said, giving her an innocent look.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

"Dodgy or not, if they weren't wielding an axe, you shouldn't have hit them."

open, come bug the freak!

[notverypriestly.livejournal.com]

Priestly was buzzing around, greeting people he knew and didn't know alike. He took jackets, shoved cookies here and egg nog there and pointed the way to the bathroom while making the rounds. Anna was kind enough to host, he was trying to make sure she didn't have to do all the work as well, which didn't always work out right when he got sidetracked with some good conversation.

[freckleddoll]

Doll was still wandering around the party, keeping Tiger close by so that he didn't bother any of the other guests. She didn't know who their other host was but when she saw Priestly she gave him a smile and a nod anyway.

[notverypriestly.livejournal.com]

Priestly grinned back and headed over to the new girl, offering up a tray of cookies and other goodies as the ice breaker.

"I recommend the bon bons. They're creamylicious."

[freckleddoll]

"Oh...thanks!" She took one with a grin - she really did love sweets, after all. "S'a really nice party," she added. Not that she'd ever been to many parties before, but that only meant she enjoyed it all the more.

[notverypriestly.livejournal.com]

"Welcome," he said before stuffing one into his own mouth and nodding happily. "Oh yeah, Anna's done a fucking awesome job. So, what crazy world are you from? Somewhere where you have pickles for pets and talking penguins?"

[freckleddoll]

"She really 'as! Was nice of 'er t'invite me." His question made her laugh. She knew there were some strange worlds out there, she'd been in the City long enough to discover that, but she'd never heard of anythin' quite like what he'd described. "Nah, nothin' like that! S'normal...well, normal for me, I guess. No magic or any of those device things we use 'ere."