So here we go! Not fluff but it isn't angst? Also this was a one-sitting thing, so it's rushed, but I proofread it and fixed some mistakes! (Which I maybe sorta still definitely have a lot of-) Anyways, how was y'all a Christmas? Did ya get anything cool?? Also Merry Christmas!!!

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This was supposed to be easy.

Suh-posed to be a simple, fun, easy and enjoyable thing for the hermits to do.

What is this 'thing' you ask? Well, it's gingerbread house making. Which, in hindsight, wasn't the best decision. Especially since it was unanimous.

Mumbo and Xisuma were hiding with Joe, away from everyone else. The first two had combined their houses and the rest of the gingerbread to make a huge house. The other was helping them decorate.

Impulse was working with Tango to keep the thing intact, while Zed was set on baking brownies to fill the inside with.

Wels grinned, knowing his best words would land him a solo gingerbread project. "Ya know Iskall, the white icing looks like diorite." He commented.

Iskall paused a moment, before gasping. "How dare you!" He huffed, threw down the icing and went to join Etho, Bdubs, and Doc, who were eating the leftovers.

They had finished their cat shooting lasers a while ago.

Wels smiled, continuing on.

Stress, however, was annoying Cleo to death. "C'mon," Cleo argued, "Let's make a grave! Or a pirate ship!"

False nodded in agreement, placing assorted sugars onto pretzel sticks to make swords. Stress shook her head. "No! We gotta make a happiness lil' ol' happiness gingerbread family!"

Cleo groaned and Stress sighed. "No family is perfect, Stress."

Stress waved a finger around a spot on their land-plot. "Fine. Dead cat can be over there, a car or whatever killed it can be crashed."

"What if it was killed by an animal?"

"Then you can make a bunch of trees yourself, do the work, and make a blood trail." Stress smiled, placing the last dab of icing onto the arranged candy cane fence. "Done!" She pronounced.

Scar looked up from him and Cubs' work of art. "Very nice Stress!"

"Thanks!" She hollered, bracelets clattering in a lovely manner. Cub scoffed and muttered something about theirs being worth good money and hers not.

Scar elbowed him, causing Cub to yelp. "Scar!" He scolded, "If you want this pyramid to stay sturdy, you won't elbow me! Might I remind you it would hurt the Jellie statues."

Scar bickered something back, as they drew out their petty fight.

Keralis just let it become white noise though, as him and Ren were having loads of fun just messing around.

Ren laughed at Keralis's most recent joke. "You're a funny man, Keralis."

"Mm yeah I know. I'm also really really humble! I mean, really humble! Which compliments these good looks!" Said the shorter, placing a hand on his hip.

Ren laughed again, receiving a glare from Zed. "Hush, you're scaring the brownies! They won't rise up if you don't shut up!"

Ren rolled his eyes and gave Keralis a look, muttering. "Oh yeah, well according to your plans, pretty soon they're gonna be falling out of your-"

Keralis put a hand over Rens' mouth, adding on even more icing. He laughed, causing Ren to laugh too.

Zed grumbled, pulling out an oven mitt as he opened oven. The brownies were perfect, albeit that wouldn't be the case in a very short amount of upcoming time. He examined them closer, lightly tapping a small clump of flour.

Eh. Won't kill anyone.

He set it on the counter, taking off the oven mitts, when Grian came running over, screaming. "I lit the thing on fire! I lit it on fire!Mov- AHH!"

He fell over the opened oven door, sending the bowl of flaming gummy bears flying.

One landed on the brownies.

Flour is also very explosive.

The flame lit the flour, lighting up into Zeds face. Zed screamed, throwing the pan away from him.

It slid into the "Jellie Temple," breaking the foundation and setting pieces on fire.

Scar yelped. "Not a sign from the gods, not a sign from the gooooooods!!" He shoved the table, causing it to crash and spread the heat towards the ground, littered with paper drawings, candies, and other now-burnt items. There was enough items to raise the flame up higher too!

It was also near the laser-shooting cat by Bdubs, Etho, Doc, and a still ticked Iskall.

Doc whipped around, glaring daggers at Scar. "You idiot! Why would you do tha- Ah god my arms on fire!" Doc waved his metal arm around, slamming it into Wels and Stresses recently combined houses. Cleo just laughed, yelling out, "Yes! Burn! Die!" As things did indeed, die and burn. False frowned, shoving a (candy) sword in her mouth. "I still had a good few weapons from that..!"

Tango looked around at the destruction, then at him, Zed, and Impulses' perfectly untouched house. Impulse looked at him, recognizing the crazed look.

"Tango, no.." He warned, slowly stepping forward.

Tango just nodded, smiling and giggling Hey . He raised his fists up high and Impulse shook his head. "Tango, no!"

"YES!" Tango slammed his hands down, smashing the house and laughing like a crazed manic. "Smash! Smash! Smash smash smash!"

Impulse groaned and slumped forward, head banging on a table as Tango carried out his actions, pieces flying everywhere.

Zed and Grian both looked at each other from the kitchen, every gaze slowly lifting towards them.

The two made eye contact, Grian the first one to crack with a snicker.

Zed snickered.

Grian snorted.

Zed laughed and then slammed a hand on the table.

Grian fell down laughing.

Zed went down in pursuit.

They both began laughing at the mess the dead fire had caused.

"Oh you think this is funny huh?!" Doc threatened.

Zed and Grian nodded, but got interrupted by Cleo talking- With a surprisingly actually innocent, interested tone in her voice. "Woah.. That's so cool Biffa!"

"I know." He said, smiling. "See over here is the blood, here's the candy cane that fell down, smashing the house and murdering the family."

Cleo laughed and nodded, happily clapping along. "And here's the body," Biffa pointed to a headless Santa, "And here's the head!" He pronounced, indeed pointing to the head. "Blood is visible from all angles! Any questions?" He clapped his hands together, seeming oblivious to everything that happened. Cleo nodded, but Iskall cut her off.

"Is there diorite in that?"

"No."

Wels took his turn. "And that hasn't been destroyed??"

"No, why would it-" He looked around, then looked down. "Oh.. Mines the.. only.. one..." He looked around at the hungry looks everyone else was giving his house, his voice slowly decreasing in volume. "...left.."

They all nodded as he slowly picked it up. "Now now you guys.. Let's all be nice about this okay...? Good hermits, good, good hermits.."

"GET HIM!" Someone yelled, sending a stampede after him as he ran away, screaming for mercy.

Joe looked at Xisuma and Mumbo, laughing under his breath as in fact, not only had their creation been untouched, but had gone unnoticed too. "See, if you just stay calm, they won't notice you." Mumbo and Xisuma both nodded, laughing with him.