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Lily nodded, a bright smile as Alex agreed to the bat block plan.
[color=fff200]”Alright! But, uhhh…"[/color] She poked her fingers together.
[color=fff200]”I’m not that good with making plans like that."[/color]

Justine gave a faint smile.
[color=bc8dbf]”In that case, please allow me to do the design."[/color]

Justine’s eyes glowed red, as did the tip of her index finger, which she now pointed forward. She then began to swipe it in the air, and Lily quickly realized what she was doing, as blood traced over the space in the air from her swipes.

[color=fff200]”Oh, you’re fingerpainting! That’s neat!"[/color]

When she was done, she snapped her fingers, and the blood froze in place, creating a solid crimson-red statue. The statue depicted three fruit bats huddled together and clinging under a wide palm leaf. Lily was astounded.
[color=fff200]”Oh, using this design, we’ll make the ice sculpture look super good! Thank you, Justine!"[/color]

Justine sighed in relief.
[color=bc8dbf]”My magic may be based on the use of blood, but it admittedly has many applications. Anyway, this alone surely won’t be qualified, so let’s get to work on the sculpture."[/color]

Lily shot her fist up into the air.
[color=fff200]”Let’s do it!"[/color]

And so, time passed as the three of them worked on chiseling away at their block of ice, using Justine’s construct as an easy reference. 

As they were sculpting, Lily rubbed her hands together.
[color=fff200]”Phew! This is harder than I thought. The little bat just keeps turning derpier!"[/color]

She had made a somewhat matching result; the bat Lily sculpted looked off-model, with a slightly oversized snout and eyes that seemed to be placed on its forehead, and the leaf looked a bit like a miniature bonsai tree with the rough texture of the plant stem, but overall it was a good effort.

Justine looked slightly pained as she flexed her own fingers. They looked calloused despite the physical resistance magical girls innately have.
[color=bc8dbf]”It’s certainly not a walk in the park. I’ve never used a tool like this before, so it certainly took its toll on my hands. But at the same time, it is honest work, which is refreshing."[/color]
Lily took a moment to observe Alex’ work, leaning over him with her hands on her knees.
[color=fff200]”Aww, no fair! Your bat looks so much better!"[/color] She exclaimed with a pout.

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Dan nodded, smiling at Betty’s burning determination. “Very good, Betty. As a reward for your passion into the art of snowman building, I shall assist you with gathering snow for your project. However, how you use it is all up to you.” With that said, Dan clapped his fins, and snow began to drift, like a wave of sparkling white liquid, before it began to form up in a swirly pile made of snowballs of various sizes, from palm-sized to large ones. Time passed as Dan helped with gathering materials for Betty.

“There, that should help you get started. I’ll make sure to check it out once it’s done. Bye for now!” He then disappeared in a puff of blue smoke, and appeared at the ice sculpting area.
“Now, let’s see…” He was now dressed in a tuxedo, top hat and a monocle, resembling same kind of bizarre penguin as he waddled through the gallery of arctic art.
He first examined Kimble’s piece.
“Hmm...Very avant-garde. The blocky roughness must symbolize one’s inner struggles. Not bad.”
Then he checked Alicia’s sculpture, and his beak snapped open.
“Whoah! What illumination! What color! It’s like the very essence of ice is being celebrated! Excellent work, Alicia.”

However, the Light girl would realize she would be one-upped by the next art piece, as now Dan’s eyes popped out comically upon seeing Tullia’s piece.

“Oh, and this is clearly the ideal magical girl, standing proud and poised for battle! The strength, the ferocity!” He bounced around the statue. “The flowing hair is so life-like too. You have impressed me, Tullia!”

Dan then noticed the ice statue of a girl wearing a swimsuit, and nodded.
“Hmm...Interesting theme...” He muttered, as he floated up and held his fins vertically up to the sides of his snout, as if measuring size.
“Resembles Oros quite a bit, only without the ponytail. The heat of summer encased in cold ice, perhaps? That’s not a bad idea.”

Next, he moved to the totem pole, and slowly rose up from looking at the bottom piece to the top one.
“A classical statue motif! Simple, but appreciative of nature. I like it!” Next to it was a statue of a popular video game character from a series of bullet hell shooters. “Ah, yes, an ice fairy. It is a fitting theme for an ice sculpture, and cute too! This one gets a score of 9.”
Dan examined the statue made by the witches, visibly chilling Dan.
“Ooih, very spooky! The grasping hand is a strong visual, as is the large witch hat. Very different for sure.”

It was then that Dan noticed how Tullia continued making a bigger display around her ice sculpture, eliciting a surprised squeak at the splendor of the dancing statues.
“Ohh, you’ve been hard at work making beautiful art, both magical and non-magical!”
He complimented the ice girl with a pat on her head. “Most girls here settle on a single statue, but you went beyond that. That’s a good work ethic!”

Then she went over to see what Miko and ronin were working on, and he nodded.
“Expressing your bond by creating your friend is an excellent theme. It simply warms my heart...But hopefully not these statues,” he said, squeaking a bit in laughter.

He then approached the bat statue, and Lily sweated profusely.
[color=fff200]”So, do you like it?"[/color]

“Like it? Yeah, I actually do,” Dan answered with a smile. “One of the bats looks a bit different, but it brings life to the piece with the diversity. It has personality, which I like! Nicely done.”

Lily fist--pumped.
[color=fff200]”Yesss!"[/color]

Dan clapped his fins. “Next up, ice skating! Thanks to Melissa’s fine work petting the Harebringer, the lake is now available for use!” A portal then appeared, leading to the next link in the winter event chain. And once again, Lily was the first one through the portal...And ended up tripping on the ice in her haste, sliding around in a silly circle.
[color=fff200]”Watch your footing!"[/color] She put on a pair of ice skates that were handed out on a nearby bench, and got to the ice, sliding around.

[color=fff200]”Whee!"[/color]

Justine however was having a harder time on the skates, wobbling as she held on to the fence with her hands, before she also slowly got the hang of it.
[color=bc8dbf]"This is most unusual, yet surprisingly relaxing,"[/color] she stated as she approached Lily.
[color=bc8dbf]"Interesting how a Harebringer decided to make this lake its lair, though. I expected them to hole up deeper in the forest."[/color]

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Kimble giggled as Alicia ruffled her hair, and afterwards put her red cap back on and listened to her diverse answer, giggling at the Rachel-pranking bit. That was when Dan arrived to look at her and Alicia’s statues. Kimble bit her thumbnail, worried for the evaluation, but then sighed in relief as Dan was less harsh than she assumed.
[color=8dc73f]“Yes! Thank you, Dan!”[/color]
Kimble clapped her hands together after Dan complimented her badly made statue, finding even the little praise to be worth the effort put into making it. She then took Alicia’s hand upon being asked on where to go.
[color=8dc73f]“Let’s take a sleigh ride back to the lodge. I think that would be lovely.”[/color]
The two hopped on board one of the empty sleighs, and the straw goats pulling it slowly took to a steady gait, allowing the two to marvel at the scenery passing by them.
[color=8dc73f]“You know, I participated in the White Elephant,”[/color] she mentioned to Alicia.
[color=8dc73f]“I think it’s a lot of fun. How about you?”[/color]

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Sakura bowed as Tetrad passed, and then followed his gaze after her rear, only to be ran into by Oros as he was distracted, falling down and hitting his head. Fortunately, as a magical girl it hardly hurt, but he was also stomped on by accident, which was enough to knock him out.
He was now down on the floor as the girls talked, seemingly ignoring him until Tetrad finally brought up his “disappearance” followed by Oros pointing out how he was down. 

With Emily’s help getting back up and Eliza’s help with sitting down, he was now on a bench, still concussed.
His head hung back and forth as he was shaken by the girls, having missed both Emily’s and Eliza’s questions. This should have been heaven for him, with so many pretty girls giving attention to him. However, with the way the girls argued about what to do with him and his pain, it turned out to resemble hell more.
Then, he felt someone’s lips enclose over his. If he was fully conscious, he may have enjoyed Tetrad’s CPR more, but right now all he could think about was the headache pounding his skull.
However, it seemed to revive him enough to cause him to open his eyes slowly again...Only to be knocked back out as Oros slung him carelessly over her shoulder and hit his jaw.

He was out there in the snow, having fun with the beautiful girls...Weekend at Bernie’s-style.

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Rachel shook her head at Eliza’s assessment. “Far too interesting if you ask me. It’s a miracle this hasn’t devolved into anarchy with all the corrupted running around unchecked.” She then smiled lightly, and nodded.
“Thank you for helping to bring order to this place, Eliza.”
She then adjusted her glasses as Eliza asked about what she mentioned earlier.
“I am of course referring to the Nativity of Jesus in Christianity, upon which the name of Christmas is based on. The worship of Jesus’ birth has a long and interesting history dating back thousands of years. Earliest records mention how-”
She then began on a long tirade about the history of Christmas. It was so boring that even Violette attempted to interrupt, only to be swept up in the conversation. However, this provided Eliza an opportunity to escape while the two didn’t notice.