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12 Days of Prompts
Dec. 26th, 2021 10:02 am1. “Hero, put this on!” Hero blinked at the green elf hat. Strangely, it was still less weird than the Santa outfit Villian had on.
“Why?”
Villain adjusted their beard. “Because the real Santa’s leg is broken and we got presents to deliver.”
Hero tilted their head. “You’re..trying to save Christmas?”
Villain rolled their eyes. “I’m evil, but I’m not a jerk. Let’s go!”
2. Villain owes Hero a favour and is stunned when Hero uses it in order to get them to go Christmas carolling together.
3. Villain asks Hero’s help because they’re being haunted by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future and it’s quite inconvenient.
4. “Oh good, you’re here! I’m ready to go, Mister Krampus!”
“.....You are the first child to be happy to see me.”
“Well, I was naughty on purpose so you come to take me.”
“.....Why?”
“Because figured being with you was a better option than staying here.”
“.....Okay, I’m going to drop you off at Nick’s place, but I’m having a word with your folks first.”
5. Hero was ready to pull their hair out. “You got me a hippo?!”Thief rolled their eyes as the creature continue to snore in it’s cage. “You said that’s all you wanted! You kept singing it for an hour!”
Hero’s eyes twitched and took a deep breath. “It’s a Christmas song. I was practicing for the concert.”
Thief blinked, glanced back to the hippo and then back at Hero. “....Christmas songs are weird.”
“That’s hardly the issue right now!”
6. The scientist froze. “Wait, you mean you didn’t want an actual reindeer for the party?”Villain raised an eyebrow. “Of course not. Why are you asking-”
They then paused and slowly turned to the scientist. “You got an actual reindeer?”
The scientist gave a sheepish laugh. “I may have stolen one from the zoo.”
Villain sighed and waved a hand. “Alright, fine just return it.”
The scientist chewed their bottom lip. “That will be tricky.”
Villain tilted their head. “Why?”
The scientist pointed over their shoulder. “I don’t think the zoo can handle a flying reindeer.”
Villain sprang from their chair. “You gave it flight?!”
The scientist held up their hands. “Hey, for Christmas I go all in! Okay?”
7. Normally, children ask Santa for toys, but when a child wishes for a pet it’s time for the elves’ animal shelter to take over.
8. “Hero, how good is Sidekick’s heat vision?”
Hero turned the speaker on as they stirred the cookie batter. “Um they need more practice, but otherwise they’re pretty good-”
“Can they aim?”
Hero paused in their stirring. “...Yes.”
“Then I need you to come to my lair on the double.”
Hero put the bowl down and held up the phone. “I have yet to hear you explain-”
Villain took a deep breath. “Details later, but let’s just say that Frosty is not such a jolly soul as the song claims.”
9. The new elf smiled nervously. “Um..Mrs. Claus what is that?”
Mrs. Claus smiled as she went into the stable. “Those are polar bears, my dear.”
The elf gulped as he watched Mrs. Claus toss the bears some fish. “Why are they here?”
“To pull the sleigh of course,” Mrs. Claus said as she bopped a bear on the nose for trying to hog the fish.
The elf scratched his head. “I thought it was pulled by reindeer.”
Mrs. Claus smirked. “Santa uses reindeer, but I prefer polar bears.”
“Isn’t that dangerous?”
Mrs. Claus waved a finger. “Only if you forget to feed them.”
The elf stepped back as he was sniffed by a bear. “That’s not reassuring.”
10. Villain cackled as they paced around Hero. “I shall ruin Christmas by stealing it!”
Hero sighed as they glanced at their watch. “Look, I got a family dinner to get to can I just save a lot of time by showing you How The Grinch Stole Christmas ended?”
Villain frowned and tilted their head. “Who is the Grinch and why would I want to watch them?”
Hero paused. “The Grinch? You know the Christmas special?”
“What’s a Christmas special?”
Hero blinked and got out their phone to send a text. “Yeah, okay, this is going to take longer than I thought.”
11. Villain never felt this nervous. “Um..thank you for having me?”
The woman patted their shoulder. “Of course! The more the merrier!”
The man laughed as he patted Hero’s shoulder. “When Hero explained you were spending Christmas alone, we couldn’t have that.”
“I wasn’t alone,” Villain replied as the woman served them dinner. “I had my robot minions and I had a grand plan to steal-”
“They’ve never seen the How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” Hero said.
“Oooh,” the woman said and nodded. “We’ll watch that later too.”
“Who is the Grinch?!” Villain said.
Hero just smiled and filled their water glass. “You’ll get it soon enough.”
12. Villain was quiet as the credits rolled. “So, while the Grinch stole the materialist aspect of Christmas it wasn’t truly gone because they were all together and that’s what Christmas is about?”
Hero patted their shoulder. “Now, you’re getting it.”
Villain frowned. “But how could a whole modern civilization live on a snowflake? Also, what is a Grinch? Is he a separate species from the Whos? Are there other towns on that snowflake? What is their economy like-”
“I feel like you’re focusing on the wrong part of the special but I’ll take it,” Hero said as they sipped eggnog. “Merry Christmas, Villain.”
Villain glanced over and blushed as they returned their attention to the screen. “Merry Christmas.”
