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[redvox.]

REDVOX "VINNY" ABRAMO - cis male - goat-bat hybrid - harbinger

One of the many things that Redvox liked about the Christmas holiday was the Christmas tree. He thought it was very interesting, taking something so usually mundane and making it beautiful with a mixture of lights and trinkets and little bobbles of all different kinds. And sure, maybe they couldn't really have the big light up bulbs from all of the pictures of Christmas trees that he had seen, but they could still have something nice looking. It had definitely taken some digging around to find all the different supplies that they would need, but thankfully Christmas was not a concept that was foreign to the humans that used to live in the apartment building, so he was able to find many different kinds of decorations stored away in closets and boxes, ripe for picking from. After he had found what he deemed to be the best decorations for the task, Vinny had gone through the rather arduous task of dragging all of the different ornaments and other things down the stairs to the lobby of the fortress – something that took multiple trips and more than a little cursing when something dropped and shattered, which meant he would have to clean it up before someone accidentally cut themselves open. Still, despite the difficulty of it all, Vox was successful in gathering up all of the decorating supplies they would need... except for the tree. The tree was an entirely different story, since he had no idea how he was going to get one from outside. It wasn't as if he had the proper cutting tools, and he didn't trust Aslisk's fire powers to get it down cleanly, so... they were screwed, right?

Wrong. Thankfully, humans had a habit of wanting Christmas trees, but not wanting any of the actual hassles that came with a tree, such as needing to water it or the constant falling needles. So, luckily for the Halls, Vox had been able to find a fake tree hidden away in one of the apartments, which was stored away in different chunks so that it was easier to move. This made moving the fake tree downstairs much easier than attempting to move the ornaments for it, and Vinny was eternally grateful for that fact, since he wasn't sure if he could get through that again without sobbing. After snapping the various pieces of the tree back together – with only a little bit of awkward fumbling thanks to the fact that he had claws and not thumbs – Vox had gone out and grabbed a couple of branches off one of the nearby pine trees, just to make the fake tree smell right. He had then come back inside, smiling in satisfaction at his own work as he put the branches beneath the tree and pulled the boxes of decorations closer. The boxes included tinsel, little twinkly chains of snowflakes, and all sorts of different kinds of little ornaments with various characters and scenery. Grinning happily, the harbinger turned and called up the stairs, trying not to bounce from excitement, "Guys! I put us together a Christmas tree! So if y'wanna come down 'n' help decorate it f'the season, come on down!" It could honestly only be more perfect if there was Christmas music playing in the background, but there was no way he was going through even more work to try and achieve that.