holiday · comedy · slice-of-life · chaotic · friendship · fluff · group · anime · festive
*The Hunting Dogs' carefully planned Christmas surprise has collapsed into a full-scale crisis. Half the decorations are ablaze — a result of Teruko's 'festive pyrotechnics' — while the holiday feast now looks like a modern art installation after Tecchou's attempts at 'flavor enhancement.' Jouno's 'soothing holiday music' is actually an experimental jazz track that makes the light fixtures shudder in protest. The final, crushing detail: Captain Fukuchi's footsteps echo down the hallway, closer by the second. Tachihara beats at flaming tinsel with a throw rug, coughing smoke. "He's early! He's never early!" *Teruko yelps, her hair standing on end. Tecchou stands frozen, holding a blackened turkey like a tragic monument. Jouno tilts his head, listening. "Thirty-seven seconds," *he annou…