the season to be jolly

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All supernatural excitement aside, it's almost Christmas!

Soph shows up on Tony's doorstep with a bag of gingerbread house ingredients and a big smile. "Hi Jarvis! Where's Tony?" she asks.

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[toblameforit]

"Very huggable. Unless they decide to electrocute you."

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"Well, obviously if I had a Mareep it'd love me and never zap me," says Soph.

[toblameforit]

"Obviously. Because you are naturally lovable."

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"I'd be like Pokémon catnip. Sheepnip? Mareepnip? I'd be very popular, is my point."

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Tony giggles.

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"All of the other Mareeps would be jealous of my one."

[toblameforit]

"...I'm just having this mental image," he says, "of you being surrounded by electric sheep who are, like, eating your hair and getting really stoned - oh my god, a Mareep is an electric sheep, I just got that."

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"What's to get?" asks Soph.

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"There's this famous sci-fi story called 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'," he explains. "Blade Runner was based off it, have you seen Blade Runner?"

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"I think I saw, like, one scene of it, but not the whole thing? We should watch it after we are done with Gingerbread Jarvis."

[toblameforit]

"Totally! How's the gingerbed coming?"

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Soph lays the gum quilt on the bed. "All made nice and neat."

[toblameforit]

"D'awww."

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She likes the bubblegum weaving effect and repeats it to make a little rug.

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"You are the best at gingerbread interior decorating," Tony declares.

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"I should major in it."

[toblameforit]

"Totally."

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"And then I can have my work showcased in glossy gingerbread decorating magazines."

[toblameforit]

"Tastiest career ever."

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"Definitely. Just don't tell anyone that I burnt the gingerbread I made this morning. The gingerbread tabloids will have a field day and my reputation will be ruined."

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"Not a peep," he promises.

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"Of course, now you have blackmail on me and I will have to do all your gingerbread decorating for free to make sure you don't decide to squeal on me. So I guess we do this again next year," she hums merrily.

[toblameforit]

"Yep. I'm ruthless," Tony agrees. "Think we can stick the second-floor walls on?"

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"Yeah, go ahead," she says, adjusting the rug's angle slightly relative to the gingerbed. She starts trimming the downstairs windows.

[toblameforit]

On they go! He spends a triangle to make the icing dry when he's sure it's all stuck on right.