ho ho ho happy holidays 🎅🎅🎅 here's your gift young one 🎁🎁🎁
(blood, warnings for implied death and violence)
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Murder doesn’t know how long he’s been standing outside in the winter snow, across from the bustling bar that promises so many inebriated people tonight. It’s not like he can feel the cold, but habits force him to take quite a few smoke breaks as he watches group after group of drunk partygoers leave the establishment. A normal person would feel like a creep at this point, but Murder is nothing but a persistent hunter, trained by the time back in his home universe. Staying at one spot and waiting like this is nothing to him – patience is his strongest suite anyway.
Soon, he spots it – his victim of the night. A lone human man stumbling out of the door, with no companion on his own. Extinguishing his half-smoked cigarette, Murder moves quickly, blocking the way the drunk man is going. He bumps into the guy, hearing the man curse in surprise. Judging by the way he’s dressed, the human must be relatively well-off. He smells of wood, citrus, sweat, and overwhelmingly alcohol. Murder has no idea what will happen if he drinks a drunk man’s blood, but he’s about to find out soon.
“excuse me,” Murder says with the most polite tone he could muster. He hunches into himself just in case, making himself seem smaller than he already is. “can you help me with something? i’m new here and don’t know the ways around the city just yet.”
It isn’t difficult to lure his prey right where he wants them to be, what with him looking like a harmless small monster and all. After ten minutes, Murder walks out of a dark alleyway, wiping the blood on his face and feeling a little bit drunk himself. He wanders the streets, leisurely looking at the sights of the city, with all its light displays and Christmas trees everywhere. It’s past midnight, so the streets are sparse of people.
Suddenly, his phone buzzes with a notification.
found a place for us tonight. The message to him from Horror says. come to this address.
Murder stares at the text, then at the closed shops in the shopping district he’s in, decorated with festive stuff. He doesn’t celebrate Christmas, but still… This year is the first one he’s been with Horror and Killer, and he wonders if they do. The holiday cheer is unmissable.
Not fully knowing what has taken over him, he teleports inside the shops and swipes some pastries along with some winter clothes in his size. He spots some small trinkets – snow globes, ceramic statues (of cats), and leftover Halloween decorations.
When he arrives at the address given to him, it’s a surprisingly lavish house a bit separated from the other properties in the neighborhood. The door is unlocked so he just waltzes in.
“surprise!!” Killer yells and surprise-tackles him to the ground, smiling widely. On his head sports a cheap Santa hat. Murder is immediately met with the scent of rose soap and charred bones. His teeth ache, but he controls himself.
“get off me, killer,” he says, half-heartedly pushing Killer away, but the other skeleton stubbornly stays where he is.
“nah, i have to sit on you til horror finishes his job.”
Murder pauses, squinting suspiciously at Killer. “what job?”
“you’ll see,” Killer replies, ominous as always, his grin ever-present.
When Horror finally comes to the hallway to see the duo bickering at each other with Killer sitting on top of Murder, who has resigned to his fate. Murder perks up at the sight of their third, picking up a distinctly coppery smell that leaves him swallowing back the drool in his mouth.
Horror doesn’t comment on the sight, only quirking an eye ridge. “it’s done. you can let go of him now, killer.”
“oh, it’s time then?” Killer jumps up, looking all excited.
“would any of you bother to tell me what this is about?” Murder grumbles as he gets off the floor. Killer only grins back.
“it’s not a surprise if we tell you, dusty~”
Wary, Murder follows the other two to the living room, which is easily the most extravagant living room he’s ever seen, bigger than his old house even. He stops at the entryway, looking at the decorations around the place, with lights all strewn up and stockings and candy canes at every corner. It looks warm and inviting – homey. In the middle of the room is a Christmas tree with all its ornaments and string lights, a pretty star on top. And underneath the tree-
Murder does a double-take. There are four blindfolded humans underneath the tree, all gagged and wrapped up with ropes and ribbons. Some of them look beaten up – that must explain where the blood smell is coming from. Despite having eaten his fill tonight, Murder can’t help but salivate, his eyelights flickering between his normal white and an intense blood red.
“happy holidays, little fang,” Killer says to him from behind, a smile evident in his voice. “it’s not a christmas feast without some good food, is it?” He gives a fake sigh and shakes his head. “unfortunately, our lovely guests here don’t have any vegetarian option for dear horror. how inconsiderate of them.”
The bound humans only struggle in response, their voices muffled behind their gags. Murder moves towards them, and he can the gazes of Killer and Horror on his back, savoring his every movement. They always like it when he gets to eat, unabashedly interested in the way his teeth tear apart his prey and the little sounds he always makes when the meal just hits right.
“I have some pastries if you like them, horror,” Murder says, almost a murmur, though he’s not facing the skeleton.
“heh, that’s nice of you, muffin,” Horror says, leaning on a sofa as he settles in to watch the bloody spectacle. Killer seats himself on a bar stool, grinning wide as he watches Murder grabs the first unfortunate victim.
“maybe after dinner, we can get to the gift exchange part,” he hums happily, propping his skull on his fist. “how does that sound, darlings?”
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