The Winter Holiday Event

## Character's Involved

* Fletcher Vireo
* Felicity Vireo
* Chaison
* Alvis
* Felicity Vireo
* Katelyn
* Dolly
* Kiemo
* Summer

## The Event

The event starts with everyone starting to awaken. Fletcher is trying to be careful not to wake up Gagan while Cliff is rushing to get a present put together for the event they planned some time after the Battle Event. Fletcher and Cliff meet Felicity at the cafeteria and the trio begin to have a chat while helping themselves to food. Kiemo and Summer arrive soon after, the latter still being heavily wounded from her fight with Gagan and he is clearly worried about her. Her wounds, though it is not mentioned to anyone but the two of them, have become infected and she's losing strength. Still, she insisted on coming despite Kiemo's quiet fretting. He does seem to still detest Fletcher after everything, probably considering the pain of the fight with Fletcher doing so much damage on his life. He isn't eager to see the boy.

On Kiemo and Summer's way to the cafeteria, he regularly waits up for her, encouraging them to not fall behind too much. He has declared a somewhat truce for the occasion despite his feelings and vents about this to Summer before arriving. She seemingly shares these sentiments. Upon arriving at the cafeteria, they can hear Fletcher, Felicity, and Cliff talking about their holidays they'd experience back home and with their families. Summer goes to approach only to ask Kiemo if he wants them along for real. He is surprised by this and declares that of course he does and needs their sanity to get through this experience. Meanwhile, Chaison and Alvis seem to have started becoming closer following their chats after the Battle Event and meet up to attend themselves. Chaison admits that he tried to draw a picture of Alvis and Cynthia but it didn't work out too well. He gifts it to Alvis regardless as an appetizer gift. Eventually, they attend along with everyone else. At the cafeteria with everyone assembled by Gagan who slept in, they all partake in a meal before heading outside. It is revealed that because of the Battle Event and as a memory of a wound lost to time, Fletcher finds it difficult to swallow and slightly painful even. He tries to keep this to himself knowing more people will fuss over him and he doesn't want that. His friends notice regardless and ask him about it. He tries downplaying it and it seems to work enough though his cousin and friends take a moment to tease him about his priorities and about Gagan.

A short time after these conversations, they all start to go outside and sit by the fire they manage to start. What the group doesn't know is that before this, while Fletcher and Felicity went to talk before, Kiemo swiped the knife Fletcher intended to give Gagan that day. Fletcher has been searching for it, the blade being a special one as it was engraved and had one of Fletcher's feathers from the dance they met at weaved around the handle. Kiemo and Summer confront the trio before they can go outside and Kiemo mocks them. Kiemo chides Fletcher for being weak and needing Gagan to constantly protect him. Kiemo, however, doesn't threaten them and when asked about the present he stole, Kiemo declares that he came to return it. No one believes him but surprisingly, he does give it back to Fletcher and turns to walk away again. Kiemo thinks he did it to keep them confused and not know what he's planning. In reality, he had no plan and is just as confused as they are.

Finally outside, they begin to gift each other the presents they got and only Fletcher is unable to give his. Luckily, Gagan's asleep at the moment and they live together so it isn't a problem. Felicity, while they discuss Gagan not being there and Fletcher gets some closure when it comes to the crush Cliff had on him, teases Fletcher about repeat incidents once they have a tree. Fletcher declared he didn't mean to burn down a tree one year, he was just doing chemistry. He claims he was testing reactions trying to impress his father. He only managed to impress the smoke alarms. Chaison interrupts some of the talk with his present for Alvis. A cat he seemingly found wandering around and took in. He immediately wants to name the cat Dumbo DeVito but Alvis isn't so sure about that name. He settles in for the conversation a bit, trying to debate Alvis on good cat names while also promising an eventual cookie eating contest later. The group settles and rests for awhile before Dolly and Katelyn come into attendance. Katelyn quickly takes note of Fletcher's injuries and he feels embarrassed at how fast news has already travelled. He answers honestly however. Everyone quietly talks about how much they don't like Kiemo because of it and for other reasons. Fletcher still feels worried about the whole situation and just grips the gift he got Kiemo tighter, watching as snow starts to fall. He'll give Gagan his gift soon but right now, he and the others are content just to live in the current moment.