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4. CHRISTMAS

[Pomni POV]

"It's really cool to see that you guys celebrate holidays here. I've really been loving the vibes.", I said to the others. Apparently it was Christmas week and the circus had a lot of traditions.  Today, I was given the option of wearing an elf hat instead of my usual jester one. I wondered what other little surprises wait in store.

 Morale did seem to be a bit higher than normal. This was quite nice.

"Oh yeah! Christmas week is the best. Caine lets us set up the decorations ourselves. It's what we always do on the first day.", she explained. There indeed were a lot of boxes on the stage. And there was a gigantic bare tree in the middle of the Tent. I also noticed some ladders that went terrifyingly high.

"He 'let's us'? Or makes us?", Zooble groaned. They looked like they would rather be doing anything else.

"Seriously, it takes all day. Only you like it Ragatha.", Jax agreed. As far as intensity goes for Jax, this was quite manageable. 

"That's not true!", she said.

Gaggle popped in, "Yeah! I like it too. We get to create the atmosphere!" Right now was one of the few times she was wearing an intact comedy mask. I felt honestly happy for her.

"Yes. Nothing like an artistic flare!", Kinger chimed. He seemed to really enjoy glitter.

"I don't think I can go on those ladders", I brought up. I know I can't get seriously hurt here but I definitely did not want to take a fall from one of those heights.

"Baby! You're going up there! That's where all the hard work is!", Jax nagged. 

Ragatha fought back, "Hey, be nice! Heights are hard for new members!"

"Well she's gotta get over it. I'm definitely not doing all the work.", Zooble chipped in. She looked over to us and simply shrugged.

"I'll see how high I can go." I offered, hoping I could stop being the subject of their conversation.

Kinger started brainstorming, "Guys, I'm thinking about making the tree white and gold this Christmas.", he said. I didn't know he had an eye for that kind of thing.

"That's classy.", Ragatha said, sounding receptive to the idea.

"I just like the simple white and blue Christmas.", Zooble argued.

Ragatha responded, "But we just did that last year!" She seemed upset at the idea of repeating themes. I guess she really took this part seriously.

Bubble appeared and injected itself into the conversation. "You guys agreed to switch it up every year. We are NOT having another court case about this!", it said. I had so many questions.

"Fine. Whatever.", Zooble settled.

"Oh guys! Since Pomni is new here, should we let her do the cord spin?", Ragatha suggested enthusiastically.

"Yeah! And I can throw knives at her while she jumps!", Jax exclaimed. I watched the holiday cheer explode on his face. What a lunatic.

"I would pay to see that.", Zooble agreed.

"Guys!", Ragatha chided. Even now, she was still trying to make sure I felt welcomed. It was a bit much but still appreciated. I didn't like the thought of me running from knives though.

"What's the cord spin?", I asked.

"It's when you hold a cord and we spin a tree. And you put the lights on the tree! We're doing yellow and white so you gotta do it twice.", Kinger moderately explained. How do you spin a tree?