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[color=darkorange]CENTENNIAL PARK[/color]
[color=green]Manhattan, New York City[/color]
[color=darkred]Christmas Eve[/color]
Mention: [sub][@ThatDeercat] [@Azure Bubbles] [@King Kindred][/sub]

J'onn stepped through Centennial Park, letting out a long sigh as he buried his hands further into his trench coat pockets. It was, fascinating, how humans could seem to value such a holiday like Christmas and yet crime didn't stop in it's tracks. It just, kept on. He supposed he should be glad that he was being allowed this breather, before going back into the office Christmas Day so that other detectives could celebrate their festivities and before he'd likely need to take over investigating the potential murder Santa committed (and no, he would not take off-work hours to even imagine if they could even legally arrest an international saint). And he was, it was peaceful in a sense. But he also couldn't shake the melancholy. Mars didn't really have a holiday like this (at least none that could be legally celebrated). The closest he could think of was the United Government's birthday and the New Year's celebration. And yet, watching people as they went, he could picture how it could have been...M'gann meticulously shaping the perfect Snow Martian, J'onat'onn preparing his snowball stashes for an 'epic showdown', M'yri'ah...M'yri'ah laughing at all their antics while she laid out the Christmas lights around the roof...Giggling as he let himself be overwhelmed by the snowballs then had to fix M'gann's sculpture after it got caught in the crossfire. Then they'd all go inside for hot cocoa and chicos and-

He bit his lip. He would not allow the thoughts to overwhelm him. He would enjoy this park, away from landladies that got too curious about their lonely renters. And the fresh snowfall was definitely something to enjoy-

Then he startled, narrowing his eyes. What were Thor and, the new arrival, what was she called...Starfire, doing out here? As he watched, he could see Thor's hammer causing the snowfall and a young man joining them as well. A young man who seemed to know a little about illusions...

Well, if they were about to be in the midst of something...Should he go ahead and change now or see if he could somehow act without changing forms? He'd gotten far too much attention the last time and he didn't really want to draw more. However...

He spread his mental awareness out, locating a place to keep a watch over the proceedings but not be seen until he wished to be. If there was trouble coming, it would be best if he could see what he was up against. Perhaps it would be something the other three could handle on their own. Or perhaps not...