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[@Hammerman]

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[i]"And what in the world are we searching for up here?"[/i]

Katherine coughed at the dust kicked up from moving another old box out of the way. The attic was cramped, dusty, and lit by only a swinging bulb that hung from the ceiling. It was only cramped from all the stuff. Al around her she could see things her parents had collected and left up here, some individually through the lines of boxes. She glimpsed a full length mirror, a line of of arcade cabinets, a chest containing all the old toys she was too old for now. But what she was looking for was...there!

She pushed her way forward, hopping over a foosball  table before reaching a big, white, plastic conifer tree taller than she was laying on its side like a logger had just come through here and felled it. Around it were boxes she knew contained spools of lights and delicate old glass orbs. Near the base of the tree was a big wardrobe that she threw open, dust flying off in a cloud.

[i]"I'm not sure its safe for someone who so recently almost lost her lungs to be up here."[/i]

"Stop acting like you're my mom." Kath said, pawing through a bunch of see-through plastic bags containing neatly folded festival outfits hanging within. "I'm looking for something they got Chrissy a while back. It was this gown, big floofy dress, cute snowflake leggings, the whole shebang. Totally not her style. Here!"

She pulled the thing off its hook, pressing the bag to her skin and judging the size. She couldn't have gotten that much bigger since they'd last dressed up for the holidays. Nodding in satisfaction she took it and started back toward the mirror, pulling off her shirt in the process.

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"Ho ho ho ho ho ho!" Katherine laughed as she came down from the attic, the [url=https://i.imgur.com/2mT5Rd2_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium]tail of her new dress trailing down the steps as she descended.[/url] It was a little tighter than she'd anticipated, but a loosening of that corset had put that problem to bed. She twirled the little scepter she'd found in the toy chest, pressing the button that was supposed to make it glow and getting nothing because the batteries had died ages ago. On her face she wore a wide mask, the crown of which was an actual tiara topped with a star that sparkled in the hallway light. "Fear me mortals, for I am the snow queen. Summer days will never come again." She raised a hand to the side of her mouth. "Ho ho ho ho ho ho!"

[i]"You're not doing it right."[/i]

"Eh?" Kath asked.

[i]"Tilt your chin up. Higher. [b]Higher[/b]. Now begin with the oooo sound."[/i]

"Oh, ho ho ho ho ho?"

[i]"We'll practice."[/i]