Early Christmas morning:

Himemiya: Hello there...
Eric: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

 


Later:

Ash: He's driving me crazy! I just may kill him before the new year!


Obsidian: Why Don'tcha? What did you ever see in him, anyway?
Ash: He used to be nice. When I was little he'd always play with me. My brother and sister never played with me unless they were trying to kill me. Magma wasn't like that. He only got crazy about the family bloodline creed after he survived his brothers.


Obsidian: He was always an idiot. He would never have been able to become an only child without our help.


Obsidian: You could marry him and then kill him. Then you can become the family head!
Ash: I only kill people if they try to kill me first.

 

Elsewhere:

Himemiya: I have to apologize again. I really thought you'd be happy to be surprised like that.
Eric: It's ok. I've just had a bad few days.


Eric: It's very nice of you to come and see me on the night Valentine gives you off.


Himemiya: Oh, nice is my middle name. If I had one. I don't know many mortals, and I wanted to see how it was agreeing with you. Maybe see if there were any other...desires... you wanted fulfilled.


Eric: I thought you could only grant the wishes of the person who has your lamp?


Himemiya: Oh no. I only have to grant their wishes. I can grant any wishes I want if I feel like it. Would you like me to fix your arm?


Eric: Really? That would be great!

 

 

 


Ravish: Miss Nightshade? Are you here?

Nightshade: It's done already?
Ravish: Yeah, last night she-


Ravish: Er.
Nightshade: What, you've never seen a girl riding a roboraptor attack unit before?
Ravish: ....no?


Nightshade: It's what all the cool countries got their militaries for Christmas! Kim Jong Il put in an order for 100 units, but Ash won't give him any and he threw a tantrum.
Ravish :...good?


Ravish: Ah, anyway, last night Miss Penny dumped me. She'll probably talk to Miss Valentine, so what do I do now so that Miss Valentine won't think I'm gay?


Nightshade: I have no idea. I sort of figured you already thought of that when you agreed to my plan.


Commentary:
It seems like everyone's trying to molest poor Eric in his sleep, isn't it? Poor guy.

You find a little bit more about the Nero family in this fic, as well as Ash's past. I think there will be a very plain explanation about Ash's family background coming up in a future pic-fic, but it's not quite time yet.

Himemiya drops hints like bricks, but as a former love-doll, Eric doesn't really appreciate subtlety.

And lastly... we find out what Nightshade got for Christmas, while a new complication arises for Ravish on his way to winning Valentine's heart.