Procy: S'up. Weird seeing you two together.
Crowne: Hey, long time no see. And yeah, it's always about work when I come here.
Procy's bar, Hero's Guild Earth Camp. MC and Crowne are here together.
MC: Hi Procy / Wow feels like forever ago / FLUFF
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(B) Procy: Huh, yeah it has, hasn't it?
(C) Procy: No touching!
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Procy: Hey Crowne, when WAS the last time you were here?
Crowne: Well I AM a Parallel Flight hero, but I've been busy with my day job that I haven't done hero work much lately. I can finally take some time off, so I figured I should come by.
Procy: Yeah, lots of spacecraft work near the end of the year with people going home. Wanna drink? I'll give it to you cheap.
Crowne: Haha, thanks but I'll have to pass. I'm here for work now and Huckle is gonna bug me if I do drink.
MC: So you do want to drink... / Your secret's safe with me~ / I want a drink too
(A) Crowne: It's a bar, I can't help it. It's fine, that's not why I came here today.
(BC) Crowne: You're supposed to be keeping it together.
Crowne: Sooo why'd you ask us here?
Procy: I wanted to talk to you about a job.
MC: What?
Procy: There's this job being passed around my agency...
Door opens.
Gomeisa: Oh! MC, Crowne! Hello!
Gomeisa is carrying some small boxes under his arms.
MC: Hi Gomeisa / Long time no see! / Hug!
(A) Gomeisa: Hi! Feel free relax!
(B) Gomeisa: Yes, been long time!
(C) Gomeisa: Oh no, arms full! Can't hug back!
Procy: Hey Gomeisa. What's that?
Gomeisa: Christmas decorations!
Crowne: Oh is it that time of year already?
Gomeisa: Yes!
Procy: He's weirdly into this and asked to decorate. C'mon, make it quick, it's business time.
Gomeisa: Oh, right! Excuse!
Gomeisa walks further into the bar where there's an undecorated tree.
Gomeisa: Hmm hmm hmm~ (starts decorating)
MC: Well he's having fun. Christmas, huh?
Procy: Speaking of, this job's related to Christmas.
Crowne: Huh. Is it a holiday party security detail?
Procy: Close enough. But it ain't on Earth. It's a colony planet's Christmas party.
MC: An Earth holiday on some other planet? Really?
Procy: Well they're having their version of winter this time of year and have their own festivities around this time, and Christmas got mixed in with it.
Crowne: Oh. Cultural exchange? That's how Christmas in Orient City was done too, before.
Procy: Yeah, it's meant to remind of connections with connected planets or something? But there's been a lot of villain activity in that star system lately, so they're asking hero agencies for help in case they attack during the party and the request came to me and Gomeisa.
Crowne: Huh. Sooo why do you wanna talk to us about a job you guys got?
Procy: ...I can't take it. I'm already booked at another Christmas event, but I can't go and say no to this one.
MC: Don't you have to? Why can't you?
Procy looks at Gomeisa.
Gomeisa: And pretty star top!
Procy: He's been really excited for this job once he heard about it. It's some sort of music festival kinda thing, so he wants to go come high tide or hell. (scratches head in embarrassment)
Procy: Well, it's good money. I don't have to go myself, but I can send someone else for a finder's fee...also I want him to get some experiences outside my shop and to take his feelings into consideration.
Crowne: D'awww.
Procy: Shaddup. ANYWAYS, I want you guys to go with him. Every other agency's already booked for Christmas, and I can't ask anyone else. (clasps hands) Pleeeease?
Later
MC: And that's what happened.
Huckle: Huh. Well I looked at the details and it seems okay. You can go, but I'm worried about the number of people available for dispatch. *(puts tablet down and sighs)*
Huckle: Ryekie, Akashi, and I are going to be on a business trip.
Akashi: We're gonna see the agencies we're usually in touch with, right?
Huckle: Yes, I wanted them to see you, and it's a good time to get known.
Ryekie: You're used to hero work now, so now's the time for you to try out the business side of things! Market yourself and maybe you'll get more work!
Akashi: I'm getting nervous now...
Ryekie: Just be yourself! Sure there'll be VIPs, but we'll be there to help!
Akashi: oh
Huckle: Ryekie, stop making it worse!
Huckle: Anyways, can anyone else go?
Mokdai: Hmm. I'm interested, but it's on Christmas Day, right? I have a video to edit...
Sui: I'm booked for a fashion show on the moon with Master. This music festival thing sounds fun though. I wonder what it's like?
Akashi: Christmas stuff I guess?
Mokdai: It's a huge event, so think of all the food! I wish I could go...
Sui: I bet their stage outfits must be nice. It sounds interesting...what about you and the others, Exio? Melide might like this.
Exio: Sorry, Yoshiori and I have to pass. Can't let ourselves be seen in public much. I'd like Monomasa and Melide to go if possible though.
Huckle: Well if we can't send anyone, we can just turn Procy down...
Crowne: Hey wait, there's still me and MC. I can go. It's been a while since I did hero stuff anyways, and I wanna help.
Huckle: Aren't you busy with space mechanic work?
Crowne: We're on Christmas break now, and I need to use my leave. I don't have plans though, so spending my break on this sounds good. How about you, MC?
MC: Well not like I have plans / I'd love to go with you, Crowne! / Christmas with Gomeisa!
Crowne: Cool, let's go take that job then.
Huckle: Thanks. We owe Procy a lot, so I want us to do whatever we can for him when he asks. Take care on the trip!
And that's how MC, Crowne, and Gomeisa went on a trip to this other planet on Christmas Eve.
Title Card: A White Christmas on Another Planet
Later on Planet Whatever It Is
Worker A: Lower that sign! Slowly!
Worker B: Is that thing slanted? ...oh, now it's good. Move that star to the left!
Christmas decorations in space! Stars, snows, candles! Giant stage! Everything's coming together.
Crowne: Wow. Even on Earth, Christmas events usually aren't this big.
Guide: This is the biggest tourist spot of the year and the whole city becomes part of the event area.
The guide from the client organization board is pointing out and explaining things to the party.
Guide: We got four other stages too, each with stalls and restaurants around them. And they're big enough areas that we have shuttle buses going to each one.
MC: Seems like a lot to guard... / I wanna see everything!
Crowne: ...where's Gomeisa? Wasn't he just with us?
Gomeisa: Oh! There you are!
Gomeisa has several cups of sweets in his arms.
Crowne: Oh, were you shopping around?
Gomeisa: Hehe. Saw nice caramel almond store. Big tree, merry music! Wow! (starts eating caramel almonds)
MC: Well he's enjoying himself.
Gomeisa: Christmas! Still work, but need fun! Sing! Dance! Eat candy together! Because Christmas!
Crowne: It's supposed to be more dignified, but I guess all that other stuff is what Christmas is to you, huh?
Gomeisa: Christmas birthday for...someone, yes? Wow, so many people say happy birthday!
MC: I guess?
Gomeisa: Love Christmas mood! Decorate tree, celebrate together...just like home planet festival.
Crowne: Well there's all sizes of trees. But yeah, this festival is hopping. Wouldn't some snowfall make it perfect?
Guide: We got a fortune saying it'd snow tomorrow, so we'll have what Earth calls a white Christmas?
MC: Fortune? What?
Guide: What? Oh! On this planet we get weather reports through a weather fortune and not a weather forecast from spirits in the Crystal Tower. The crystals tell us, and they're always right.
Crowne: And suddenly we're in a fantasy zone. What's this crystal thing?
Guide: Uhh...oh, here's a crystal! (picks up a shining, transparent rock the size of his palm)
Gomeisa: Pretty...look like Ether Crystal.
Crowne: Hmm...well whatever. How's it work?
Guide: We ask the crystals which link to the Crystal Tower and bring back a fortune.
The guide points to some big building off in the distance in some wasteland.
Guide: That's the Crystal Tower. It rules our planet's weather and is like a protector god. In the past there wasn't anywhere safe to live because we had terrible heat waves. Stories say we gathered up crystals to make the tower and wish for peace. Then boom! It started raining, and plants grew where crystals were. And then we started praying to the tower. It's never been wrong, and lots of people believe in it. Earth scientists were surprised their weather forecast machines weren't as accurate.
MC: Huh. How's it work...?
Crowne: Hmm...
Guide: (puts crystal away) Okay, let me show you to your hotel. Thanks for being our security tomorrow.
That night
MC looks out the window. It's starting to snow.
MC: Nice. I wonder what the event's like?
Something occurs to MC.
MC: Don't fortunes turn out wrong sometimes too, though?
Whatever. Bedtime!
End of Episode
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