Smolder: Whatcha looking at Silver?

Silverstream: The Weather! The winds are dying down!

Gallus: Oh, neat! We can go flying again soon. It’s been way too windy to go out and soar lately.

Silverstream: Yuh-huh! It’s going to be amazing!

Ocellus: Count me out. I have the library fireplace and my reading list to keep me company.

Yona: Yona don’t mind wind. But Yona too tired to leave Room. Too much sweeties…

Sandbar: Shouldn’t have scarfed them all down when I shared them with you all then! Only yourself to blame.

Ocellus: Isn’t that a little harsh to a… clock?

Silverstream: Yeah! Who knows, maybe your life one day will depend on being awake at certain times on the dot!

Gallus: The day I decide to tie my life down to a… ugh… schedule… is the day I hang up my sketchpad.

Smolder: Besides, you couldn’t wake up on time to save your life.

Gallus: Righ- hey! I can wake up on time If I want to!

Sandbar: Dude, you are impossible to wake up without a loud noise. It’s like you turn off your ear…flap…things.

Silverstream: They’re just called ears, silly!

Yona: Well bird ears look weird compared to Yak ears! Pony ears look alright, but stick in wrong direction.

Smolder: Starting off the year on a tangent… yeah, this will go well.

Ocellus: I have a headache already.

Sandbar: Does this mean we need to do one of these for each celebration?

Ocellus: Well we celebrate Hearthswarming anyway.

Yona: Yona would like to do one for Snilldar Fest!

Smolder: I really doubt it’d make much headway in the Feast of Fire either. It’s a few weeks out regardless.

Silverstream: I’m sure manygriffs know about Hearthswarming at Mount Aris! But the Three Days of Freedom Celebration is pretty crammed as it is! Not that I don’t enjoy doing more songs!

Gallus: Yeeeeah. No. Not even going to try this in Griffonstone. They’ve improved, but still grumpy.

Students will return in the new year on the 6th of January. Happy Hearthswarming! <3

Smolder: No.

Sandbar: …Pretty Please?

Smolder: Let me think ab- No.

Gallus: Aren’t you cold, Silver?

Silverstream: Freezing!

Gallus: So why don’t you put on a scarf or hat… or something?

Silverstream: That ruins the point of the cold! If I’m warm, then the cold I touch will be less cold.And we want it to be cold!

Ocellus: I really doubt you putting on a hat and scarf will contribute to a net increase in temperature.

Yona: But friend Silverstream does not have net

Ocellus: No, I mean-

Smolder: Good idea Yona! Let’s get a net and scoop up this snow! It’ll make a great way to ambush somecreature!

Sandbar: That pun was snow terrible.

Ocellus: *pouts* I tried!

Gallus: I blame the cold.

Smolder: Strange that the most dictionary-like of all of us struggles at word-plays.

SIlverstream: Huh? I thought it was funny!

Yona: So did Yona!

Ocellus: Humph! At least I know who here appreciates me  *throws a snowball at Sandbar*

Smolder: I’ve got an extra pad of post-it notes we can use!

Ocellus: You know, I’m right in front of you. If you need to tell my anything, you can say it.

Silverstream: *giggles* I know! But it’s fun. Your horn is so spiky I just want to poke and prod it.

Gallus: Plus, as demonstrated, makes an amazing note-collection.

Sandbar: Huh, who put the recipe up here? What did it make?

Ocellus: Pancakes.

Yona: Yona wondered where paper went. Yona wasn’t able to finish her baking for ages!

Ocellus: I’m sure it would’ve just ended up on my face as well… *humphs*

Sandbar: I DON’T NEED PREENING PRACTICE!

Yona: So Dragon no want preen?

Smolder: Well you’re welcome to give ‘em a massage if you’re bored. Muscles are muscles.

Yona: Yona gives best massages, Smolder will see!

Gallus: Isn’t preening a sort of…. intimate… thing though? Why would creatures openly ask to preen or be preened?

Silverstream: Wait… really? It’s a normal thing in Hippogriff culture! Everygriff helps each other! Flying is so important! Gotta look after ourselves! What about you ‘Celly?

Ocellus: Changeling wings are quite fragile but they can repair themselves very quickly! We’d still prefer not to damage them to begin with though.

Yona: Yona thought Silverstream grew up as Seasausage.

Ocellus: -Seapony-

Silverstream: I did! Well, that didn’t stop me from sneaking back onto Mount Aris on occasion. I got told off a lot for doing that!

Smolder: You snuck away from your family for cookies?

Silverstream: Well you can’t get cookies underwater! They get all soggy.

Gallus: I quite like soft biscuits.

Sandbar: Myeh. I prefer the crumbly ones myself.

Gallus: Try preening feathers caked in crumbs and you’ll find a whole new appreciation for my preference.

Sandbar: I’ll get right on that with the wings i don’t have. *rolls eyes*

Ocellus: Awww Yona! *hugs the Yak* I didn’t know the blanket was so dear to you.

Gallus: I guess it’s normal for most creatures to have something like that which they value deeply from their cubhood.

Yona: Yes! Always good to have something from when young or when away from home.

Smolder: I didn’t have something like that. Granted - flammable objects weren’t popular in the Dragonlands - at least not in the way you’d think they would be.

Silverstream: Oooooh! *peers closely* Do youuu have a blankey Gaaaallllus?

Gallus: Huh? No! Gerrof’ me.

Sandbar: Hah! You totally do! Quick Silver! Let’s go raid his room!

Sandbar: Hey, isn’t that Yona’s blanket?

Silverstream:: Yuh-huh! Yona lent it to Ocellus. the poor girl looked frozen to bits!

Gallus: I don’t get it. Why don’t you just transform into something warm. Like a Dragon, or a Polar bear?

Ocellus: Cold temperatures, for some reason, mess with Changeling magic. I could change but I can’t get it completely right.

Yona: So changeling would turn into a bald bear?

Ocellus: Not exactly. Just I wouldn’t feel any warmer than I do now!

Smolder: And I guess you’d not feel any better as a Dragon too

Ocellus: No, I just get heartburn from being a Dragon.

Smolder: I cannot tell if you’re joking or not under all that wool.