happilyeverbeginning | It brings out the best in most everyone / But it brings out the devil in me (DW x Morgana)

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It brings out the best in most everyone / But it brings out the devil in me (DW x Morgana)

[ Ah, Christmastime. A time of merriment, of wishes coming true, and all that other nonsense children's specials yammer on about. Unfortunately, villainy never takes a holiday! In St. Canard's largest mall, two villains are taking over tinsel-town, but one of them isn't aware of the other. Morgana and the Ghoulies crashed a choir contest, and are now taking to the stores to rock and rob.

As usual, Morgana strikes out on her own, because she doesn't need her band-mates holding her back! ... And also because she wants to see if she can grab a quick gift for Drake Mallard. But what do you get for the man who has everything? Still oblivious that the man in the shadowy disguise and the adorable father of the year were one and the same, Morgana skated down an escalator, never noticing the unusual amounts of greenery here and there in the shopping insanity. ]

Outta the way! Rockstar, coming through! And there sure won't be a Silent Night!

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[The mall is currently going green in the worst way possible. Somehow Bushroot has leaked back into this world for the evil equivalent of a Christmas miracle! Right now, Darkwing Duck is in the middle of a battle against various holiday greenery. Wreaths try to bind him, while trees battle with him. He's being stretched thin by everything Bushroot's throwing at him!]

I heard shopping malls can be like battlegrounds this time of year... but this is ridiculous! [He groans while a wreath wraps around his arms. He rolls around, trying to shake it off. But while he's looking up, he sees someone familiar coming down the escalator.]

Morgana? [A hopeful gasp.] Y-you're here! For... our team-up? Is it finally time?!

[ Morgana skids to a halt, startled! What the ho ho heck is going on here?! She props her guitar down for a moment, hands and chin atop it as she thinks this situation over. ]

Aaactually, I'm here to rob the mall. I didn't expect the weather here to be so frightful.

[ Hm. On the one hand, with him clearly distracted, it'd make her current crime a cinch. On the other hand, those darn feelings of her don't want him to be tied up by anyone else but her! It's a mental war of naughty versus nice! ]

But your fire is so delightful!!

[He cries out while stretching his body out, pushing the wreath to its limits before snapping it loose.]

Wait! Rob the mall...? Please tell me that's just your way of referring to a legal shopping spree! I don't want to put you on the naughty list!

[ She tries not to give him A Look. He remembers she's a villain, right? ]

I wouldn't mind a lump of coal - press them hard enough, and you get diamonds.

[ But at this rate, those trees and wreaths will press Darkwing hard enough to snap his spine. Hmmm.

Well! She can do two things at once, she supposes - he'll be too busy saving the day to notice her swiping some loot. So she stands up straight, lifting up her guitar. ]

But... Darkwing, with your smile so bright, I'll help you out just this once, all right?

[ With that, she strolls up to those troublesome trees, and TIMBER - smacks them off with a hard swing of her guitar! ]

[He tries not to remember! In fact, he feels confident at the end of every encounter that he's inspiring her to turn over a new leaf!

....Well at the very least, she's not leaving him to die! He grins as she comes to his aid. And he collects himself while preparing to fight by her side.]

I'd love that! After all, I'm dreaming of a fight Christmas. Now, let's deck the halls with butts of baddies! [With that, he throws himself at another tree and tries to take it down!]

[ They put up a good fight, but one particularly bitter branch sends Morgana flying into one of the stores! Oof. She sits up, then pauses, noting that she landed next to a rack of neckties. She picks one up, trying to imagine Drake in one, then tosses it over her shoulder. ]

Nah. Ugh, and I thought buying eight matching pairs of booties for Archie was hard!

[ She gets back up to resume some tree-trimming, and some treat-taking. Curiously, instead of robbing jewelry stores or anything else up her usual ally, she seems to be hitting up men's warehouses, tool shops, anything for dudes. ]

[Darkwing winces as she's sent flying!]

That's not the kind of branching out I wanted you to do! [He then tries to make his current leafy opponent slam into the one that had attacked Morgana. And he tries calling out to her.]

Morgy! Are you okay over there?! I don't know what I'd do if you were hurt! Honestly, I don't know, because that kind of story is just so overdone and predictable!

[ She sighs as she strolls out, smacking aside some particularly nasty foliage with her guitar. Maybe she can vent her frustrations with violence! ]

If you must know, I'm having a terrible time trying to find the right gift for a special someone. First I thought about getting him some Darkwing merchandise, but I'm pretty sure he owns every single one in existence.

[ A wrathful wreath has her attention, and it's getting clobbered left and right! ]

Then I thought about helping him re-meet his hero, but a lot of people frown about necromancy. I also thought about making myself the gift, but I'm pretty sure he'd faint dead from shock.

[ Sigh! How do you solve a problem like Drake Mallard? ]

[Darkwing almost stops in his tracks as he hears that! But he still swats away some pesky flying boughs of holly as he speaks to her.]

W-wow! Are you sure it's okay to talk about gift ideas with the guy who it's...

[Wait, secret identity! He quickly clears his throat!]

... the guy who it's not for! I mean, I'm sure whoever that person is you're shopping for, he must feel elated just that you're putting that much thought into a gift for him...!

[ They wind up back to back, with her back playfully nudging his as she takes his hesitation and word-change as something else... ]

My my, I don't think these plants are the only things that's green. Don't tell me, Dark Darling, that you're jealous~?

[He giggles slightly as she nudges him, while he kicks back some more branches.]

Jealousy? I- I don't even know the meaning of the word! [He says, practically mock-offended.] Of course, I'm sure you're looking for gifts for... others, as well!

May~be.

[ She had been toying with the idea of getting Darkwing something as well, but he's not exactly someone you can call up to drop off a present. Plus... ]

What could the daring duck of mystery possibly want from me?

[ ... She has a feeling that the answer would be something terribly ~~adorable~~ FRUSTRATING like her turning over to the side of good or something similarly ~~sweet~~ NONSENSICAL. ]

[He practically vibrates with excitement.]

Oh boy, y'know there's a few upcoming collector's intems I've been eying...

[But then he pauses as he looks towards her.]

But of course, all I really want for Christmas is you!

[ Dang it, that was even sweeter than she'd been expecting! If they weren't trying to be living lawnmowers to freakish foliage, she wouldn't need mistletoe to give him some smooches. Alas! Crime calls, and if she can't steal a gift, she can always steal some cash. The best present of all!

She manages to grab a particularly wry wrath, snapping it open, and then playfully uses it to loop around Darkwing and pull him in. ]

And all I want is you... to stay out of my way.

[ She then whips the wreath back to send her hero spinning while she makes a quick escape, intending to go through any abandoned registers. The chime when they open sound sweeter than any jingle bells! ]

[He's really prefer some sort of non-stolen gift!

Once she's reeled it, he just looks at her with a gooey smile before he's whipped around, left confused for a moment.]

Is that the name of some kind of punk album, or...? [Then it clicks as he watches her retreat.]

W-wait! Where are you going? [He rushes after her!]

[ Now that there's less plants to fight, he can fight them off on his own, so she can commit some fa la la la felonies! ]

Our alliance was like disco - only temporary!

[ She has to pick up the pace to try and lose him, and besides, it's not like whatever weird sentient plant zombie monster from another world has any interest in her! ]

Now that's unfair! Disco had a much longer life than people assume! [He tries dodging some of the remaining wreaths and plants to continue pursuing her.]

You can't just leave me here feeling the Saturday Night Fever! ...These references aren't even seasonal!

[Everything that's happening is being related to Bushroot through his plants. Watching these two argue like that... it reminds him of his own lost love. And no one should be alone this holiday season... so he thinks maybe he should help them out....]

If it helps, I can steal five golden rings!

[ Mwahaha! All part of her evil plan! All this cheerful holiday stuff has been ticking her off anyway! What's so good about this sappy, pastel-colored holiday? It's always trying to crash on Halloween's turf! She wants nothing to do with this candy-coated stuff of sweetness! She's a villain down to her core! She's going to get away with her stolen goods, and there's nothing that can stop her!

... But something apparently has, as she suddenly skids to a halt, then backs up a few steps to make sure she saw what she thought she saw.

All right, maybe there's one good thing about this holiday.

Sure, this certain plant is very suspiciously placed, right above where the Mall Santa previously was (no doubt spooked away and deciding maybe the Easter Bunny has a better gig) and probably couldn't be a more obvious trap if it tried. But Morgana and Darkwing are alike in many ways, one being that her I.Q. points plummet around her paramour. Sure, she's evil, but who is she to defy tradition?

That's why she calmly moves to take the abandoned throne, props her legs up over the armrest, and strum a few bars. ]

Merry Christmas, I wrapped it up and sent it,
With a note saying "I love you", I meant it,
Now I know what a fool I've been,
But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me again~.

[ And if that's not a big enough hint, she's going to point upwards to the mistletoe. ]

[As for Darkwing, visions of of sugary Christmas dates dance through his head!

But he slows down when he sees her seated upon her throne ~~of lies~~ and hears that voice so sweetly singing. His eyes trail up... and then he sees it. The most devious and deadly of Bushroot's plants! The mistletoe.

He instantly freezes up for a moment. And then he starts his approach while humming sheepishly.]

Once bitten and twice shy...
I kept my distance, but you still catch my eye.
Tell me, baby, do you recognize me?
Well, it's been only like a minute, so that would surprise me?

[He smiles meekly while coming up close to the throne!]

[ No thoughts, head empty, save for the chance to get some seasonal smooches. Once he's close enough, she casually places her guitar aside so she can wrap her arms around his neck. Sure, this is traditionally a sad song about heart-break, but that's what remixes are for! ]

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart,
A man under cover, yet I tore him apart
Oh, oh now I've found a real love
I'll never fool you again~.

[ Granted, she might fool him again once this holiday special is over and they're back to saturday morning shenanigans. But right now, it'd actually be nice to have a kiss where she wasn't trying to distract him or trap him or lie to him or etc. etc. etc... ]

[Her arms have a more secure hold on him than any of Bushroot's plants! He looks at her, getting lost in her eyes as she continues to sing, his heart rate accelerating once he realizes she's using the 'man uncover' part for him. He clears his throat as he prepares for his part.]

Laaast Christmas, I-
Wait, we haven't known each other that long. Last... month? No, that doesn't work right. ...Oh forget it. Mistletoe!!

[Without further ado, he comes in for the kissing!]

[ Atta boy. And it's so nice for him to take the initiative for once! She is more than happy to deliver this Christmas kiss!

And to think she put up such a fuss when she would have had a Blue Christmas without him! Now she's simply having a wonderful Christmas time! And at this rate with how often the word is repeated, the word Christmas is going to lose all meaning.

... Also, any roses that bloom nearby are probably for once not a part of Darkwing's delusions. ]

[Sweet Christmas! Darkwing feels like he's in a daze as she smooches her pretty beak and feels the emotional high. It's like he's soaring in the sled of Santa himself! He keeps that up for a good long bit before pulling back, hand braced on her shoulder.]

See now, I kinda feel like that was better than any present I can think of. ...You think the mistletoe's satisfied with that? [Or maybe it needs some more smooching!]

[ Who cares if the mistletoe is satisfied with that? She isn't! Then again, her problem (one of many) is that she can never get enough of him. She can't even remember why she was in the mall in the first place. If this was some sappy cartoon, there'd be a dozen hearts floating around her head instead of sugar plums.

Just don't tell her that, she's got an image to maintain.

She nuzzles his cheek affectionately, all but purring. ]

Just one kiss? Oh, but I thought I'd been such a good girl~.

Think of all the fun I've missed,
Think of all the fella's that I haven't kissed,
Next year I could be just as good,
If you check off my Christmas list~.

Wow, we're practically putting together our own Christmas album here... [He mutters as an aside, realizing that this was the sort of thing he should have had on his relationship bucket list all along!]

I don't know, Morgana. I heard you might have had a place on the Naughty List! But at the same time... [He remains close to her, ready to smooch again at any moment. Nuzzling her back, relishing all of this.] This could turn out to be the first day of kiss-mas!

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