Ink City/Recap/S3/E7 Santa and Other Secrets: Difference between revisions

As winter creeps into ''[[Ink City (Roleplay)|Ink City]]'', the spike in the [[Transformers|giant robot population]] makes it easy for ''other'' new arrivals to go somewhat overlooked. Among those is a lanky young fellow named [[Arthur Christmas (Animation)|Arthur]], who's extremely anxious. An understandable reaction, though in his case, it seems there's something ''very important'' he needs to tend to back home... But like all residents, he learns there's no readily apparent way back.

Someone else who's quite disturbed by this is [[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Doctor Norrington]]. While initially confused as to the nature of his summoning, the elderly man quickly proves himself quite perceptive, immediately picking up on [[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Belldandy's divine nature]]. After learning that the city has a Mayor, he extends a personal invitation to him via holding a holiday celebration in the Museum. Naturally, all other residents are ''also'' invited.

{{quote| '''{{color|red|Ho}} {{color|green|ho}} {{color|red|ho,}} {{color|green|Merry}} {{color|red|Christmas,}} {{color|green|Ink}} {{color|red|City}}{{color|green|!}}'''}}

But Santa needs a helper, so he recruits one very excited [[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Larry the Cucumber]], who's downright ''amazed'' to learn who's running the operation. With his knowledge of the city and willingness to help however he can, Arthur has a much better chance of making sure everyone gets what they want.

On the day of Doctor Norrington's celebration, as everyone interested is making their way to the party, a mysterious masked figure emerges from the well. Though he attempts to move stealthily, several others immediately notice his presence: [[Aeon Flux|Trevor]], who passive-aggressively stalks and questions him, then attempts to knock him out despite being warned against it. [[One Over Zero1/0|Petitius]], who demands to know what ''he's'' doing there. [[Erfworld|Parson]], [[Little Einsteins|Rocket]], [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Twilight Sparkle]] and [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Yakko]]... everyone who notices him seems to detect something special about him. But most questions are brushed off with a simple "Spoilers".

However, it's [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Pinkie Pie]] who makes a dramatic entrance, still covered in ink as she bursts through the doors... only to shake it off and start celebrating, because yay, ''PARTY!'' For Ponyville's resident party pony, the timing simply couldn't be better!

By contrast, Oscar Mayor enters quietly, a bit put off by the thought of actively ''trying'' to be social. Still, it doesn't seem ''that'' bad... Most of the people who approach him are actually quite friendly, and Crmsn has a proposal to make. He's more than a little concerned about the way Bass has been acting, and is willing to help the Mayor reclaim [[Ink City (Roleplay)/Recap|what he stole]]... so long as that actually ''helps'' Bass recover and become a little less [[Ax Crazy]].

After a certain amount of self-reflection, [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Cave Johnson]] also decides to get in the holiday spirit by donning a santa hat and taking presents to some of the residents he'd managed to offend recently. Of course, Cave being ''Cave'', he ''keeps'' offending everyone even while handing out gifts, mainly due to [[Brutal Honesty|having no self-censor]].

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Cave remains dickish even while trying to be nice, but to his credit, he's still ''trying''...

* [[You Fool!]]:

{{quote| '''Dr. Norrington:''' YOU FOOL! I only wish to ''prevent'' such calamaties!!}}