deercountry | [Open] The Entertainment Feed -- December

who: Anyone & Everyone
what: Open Post for The Entertainment Feed
when: All month
where: The Entertainment Feed

content warnings: see individual starters. Docu-Lore: being observed/recorded.
Note: This post includes open prompts for The Entertainment Feed. Feel free to write TL's and tag each other.

What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. (Book Club)

This month, the book club meets Tuesdays December 13th and 27th. It is reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, available via written or audio formats.

For 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, looming above the Whos in Whoville. The noisy holiday preparations and infernal singing of the happy little citizens below annoy him to no end. The Grinch decides this frivolous merriment must stop. His "wonderful, awful" idea is to don a Santa outfit, strap heavy antlers on his poor, quivering dog Max, construct a makeshift sleigh, head down to Whoville, and strip the chafingly cheerful Whos of their Yuletide glee once and for all.

the undaunted cheerfulness of the Whos, the transcendent nature of joy, and of course, the growth potential of a heart that's two sizes too small.

What would you do if the grinch broke into your home and stole your presents? Cheer like the Who's? Run away to survive another day like Dorothea? Stand your ground? What if they aren't much of a physical threat? Reconsider your answer when you come across evil versions of the Grinch and the Who's in Trench. Now You See Me starters related to these figures welcome here.

I played my drum for him. I played my best for him. Then he smiled at me. (Silent Disco)

This month, the silent disco happens Fridays December 2nd, 16th, and 30th. Headphones and music are available. Play your own music or listen to DJ's mix. (open)

Each night features a different playlist recorded by Trench's own Hotaru on violin:
1. December 2nd
2. December 16th
3. December 30th

Shocking. Positively shocking. (Movie viewings)

This month, The Entertainment Feed shows double features every Sunday and Thursday featuring up to 18 different holiday movies. Comment below to add them to a list. Yes even on Christmas. Murderbot has only heard of it due to the media, but it's not closing for any holiday. Celebrate here. Then go fight evil versions of the holiday figures pictured around Trench. Now You See Me starters related to these figures welcome here.

1. December 1st: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rankin/Bass) |
2. December 4th: The Muppet Christmas Carol |
3. December 8th:
4. December 11th:
5. December 15th: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 TV special) |
6. December 18th:
7. December 22nd:
8. December 25th:
9. December 29th:

Blink Twice if You Need Help (Docu-Lore)

Murderbot has started filming events in Trench via its drones.

Perhaps a drone sees you acting weirdly. Perhaps one accompanies you on a domestic or far ranging mushroom hunt. Perhaps it films a hunt or a fight against an evil holiday demon. Contribute to the video collection of lore for Trench! (Can be arranged ICly or OOCly)

All I want for Christmas is You. (Run Rabbit Run)

This month Murderbot is hunting Warmbloods & Vilebloods using clips of your choice of popular media or stock footage of D.

A drone projects the image on the wall of nearby buildings or the snow, adjusting the perspective to make it life-size and engaging. Once you start watching, it will slowly guide you toward Cellar Door and The Entertainment Feed. You can come in one by one or in small groups. If need be, Murderbot can come out to finish herding you inside.

At The Entertainment Feed, you will be forced to consume media of your choice and to consume a hot beverage/snacks if that's… you know… a thing you do. If you have previous injuries, Murderbot will provide first aid and possibly summon a person or better emergency care for you. If your character is on the brink of death, contact Sil (

inoctavo or silyara#7604) to plot potential use of its company cubicle to save their life.

Holiday Decor. (Lockjoint)

In or out of The Entertainment, if Murderbot or its drones catch sight of the signs of Lockjoint, it can come to provide transportation to medical aid (Lumenwood) or call for it come to them (Vi or your choice if conscious). In a worst case scenario—it'd rather die but not… you die, it guesses—it will cut out some crystals to make you last long enough for other care. If your character is severely crystallized up to nearly dying, reply to Murderbot's TL below.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Character(s): Darth Maul
Date: December 1st
Movie/Media: Rankin/Bass version of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Now You See Me wanted demons: Giant angry murderous red-nosed reindeer who will gore you to death with his antlers or shoot out a laser at you from his red nose if you so much as breathe wrong in his direction, something he takes as a personal rejection of his appearance. Also has a strange, eerie "stutter-stop" way of moving like he's straight out of a stop-motion animation.
Anything else: Maul discovered of Rudolph's existence from Sharon, so really this was inevitable.

Added!

Character(s): N/A
Date: December 4th
Movie/Media: The Muppet Christmas Carol
Now You See Me wanted demons: Ever wanted to be attacked by murderous Muppets? Now's your chance! Any of the Muppets who appeared in the movie will try to attack and they are hard to get rid of, being resilient since they're mostly made of felt. Gonzo in his role as The Narrator will provide narration during the entire attack, including things about characters he can't possibly know, given he's omniscient in this capacity.
Anything else: N/A

Added and laughing!

Character(s): Darth Maul
Date: December 15th
Movie/Media: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 TV special)
Now You See Me wanted demons: Thanks to Book Club and the Christmas special both talking about the Dr. Seuss book, there's going to the Grinch himself and the Whos all wandering around, seeking to alternately stamp out all Christmas festivities in any way he can or aggressively enforce them with a lot of cacophonic noise designed to burst eardrums. Bonus points if they do this all in rhyme.
Anything else: This is what happens when someone well-meaning at Book Club suggests that there is in fact more media than just the Dr. Seuss book regarding the grumpy Grinch that should be shared with Trench.

Added! Now people can have MULTIPLE versions. Bahahahahahaaha.

CW: major injuries, surgery, potential body horror/gore

"Ew, no, ew," Murderbot mutters under its breath, as its whole face looks down upon a Sleeper in disgust. A trio of drones float above the trio below: the Sleeper, Murderbot, and a large pathfinder drone. Murderbot connects to the large drone on treads via its internal feed, and the things approaches within arms' reach. Murderbot patches the complete footage and scan data to the pathfinder, writes codes to define the careful margins and pulls together the modules on environmental sampling to guide it.

The drone extends three narrow arms. One has a sharp blade (not a scalpel because it isn't originally intended for medical use), one a tiny camera showing large magnification, and one a suction sample collector. A small sample tray sits off the front of the drone waiting for samples. Murderbot sets the suction to light, only enough to hold a crystal to it and mechanically carry it over to the tray.

It's an emergency. It ignores the distaste for bodily fluids and gets going.

Book Club

Maul lounged about in Book Club, having rather liked the book chosen for this month. "The Whos are rather thoughtless of their neighbor," he said, providing a devil's advocate viewpoint for the Grinch's actions. "All the Grinch wants is to be left alone and mind his own business, but every year despite being supposedly "good", they don't take the least bit consideration for their neighbor in the mountains when they start all that noise. He doesn't retaliate until he's finally had enough of their thoughtlessness."

Of course, Maul knew that the point of the story was about appreciating Christmas and spending time with loved ones. But that hardly made for a lively discussion during book club if everyone just agreed on things, didn't it?

A few days later, he was walking down the street when he saw a figure dressed in a Santa suit but a vibrant green color sneaking along one of the nearby rooftops. Really, he wasn't the least bit surprised to see the Grinch moving about as he took down Christmas lights and shiny garlands that had been put up. He was content to just watch, but should the Grinch see him or anyone else who was on the street with him, he would attack in the name of anti-Christmas spirit.

Now You See Me Movies

The first time Maul found himself trying to defend himself against a (supposedly) fictional character, it was just after he'd watched the Rankin-Bass version of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. It had been....interesting. He'd never seen anything quite like it in terms of the animation.

But as he was walking home, he spotted the little reindeer with the red nose. He wasn't surprised, if Santa was real, that definitely meant his reindeer had to be. But apparently he stared at the creature for too long, for it turned on Maul, eyes narrowing. "What are you looking at?" The nose began to glow, long and bright, and fortunately Maul figured out what was happening a second before the laser blast was shot his way.

He dived to the side, watching as the laser struck a mailbox close by, cutting through and melting the piece of metal down as if it were nothing more than hot butter. While Maul knew deer were sacred here in Trench, this one was very dangerous and clearly unhinged! While he didn't want to deprive Santa of his most useful reindeer, he would do what needed to be done to defend himself.

He unleashed his lightsaber with a loud Thruuummmm! and stepped out to face the monstrous reindeer. He hoped this would be the last time that this happened to during the month.

Famous last words right there. Unfortunately a few days later, it happened again!

"Darth Maul was a villainous monster.....or at least that's what he liked people to believe," a voice spoke up as he walked through the frigid streets. Maul looked at around his eye level before going lower, discovering 'Charles Dickens' (really Gonzo) narrating his life nearby. "Still, while he had a pair of hearts beneath his black exterior, he preferred no one be able to see them. Thus was what had led him into his current predicament."

Before Maul could start questioning this turn of events, suddenly the Muppets sprang out of the side streets and snow drifts that were nearby. He would have been laughing if there were not a large number of them, which meant that it would difficult to fight them, since they certainly looked like they meant business. They were lead by 'Emily Crachit' aka Miss Piggy, who announced in a shrill voice: "You think you're going to get away with that kind of attitude this Christmas?! HI-YAH!" Then she tried to attack him with her trademark style of karate.

This was how Maul found himself fighting for his life against the Muppets.

After the middle of the month when Maul encountered the Grinch after watching the TV special on the 15th, he wisely decided to avoid going to see anymore movies at the Entertainment Feed, lest the showings end up with murderous versions being summoned into the real world again after he was done watching them.

[Open] The Entertainment Feed -- December

What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. (Book Club)

I played my drum for him. I played my best for him. Then he smiled at me. (Silent Disco)

Shocking. Positively shocking. (Movie viewings)

Blink Twice if You Need Help (Docu-Lore)

All I want for Christmas is You. (Run Rabbit Run)

Holiday Decor. (Lockjoint)

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