Sanity Clause

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The phone rings loudly, echoing through the tiny apartment.

"Cheeks, can you get that?" comes the shouted response from the green-suited figure in the kitchen, busily folding dishtowels into the shapes of various superhero insignias.

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"Oh, sure! Anything I can do, just ask! What is it, some horrible assault against the Yuletide from a multi-dimensional threat? An Infinite, or perhaps Final, Christmas?"

Ambush Bug's gaze drifts upward as he puffs out his chest, envisioning himself as the champion of Christmas.

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Santa waves his hands to try and prevent Ambush Bug from raising his hopes any higher.

"No, no. Nothing like that. I .. I just need some bail money. I can pay you back once I get back to the South Pole*."

* Editor's note : unlike the Santa Claus of Earth One, the Santa of Earth Two built his toy factory of Solitude in the Antarctic!

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Ambush Bug is immediately and visibly crestfallen.

"Seriously, that's it? Bail money? Well, sure, I guess. What'd they nail you for, anyways?"

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Santa shrugs his shoulders, the sad gesture merely causing his belly to shake like a cupful of jelly.

"Apparently, the RIAA really, really frowns on music sharing across dimensional or vibrational boundaries."

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"Wow. Well, I'll go bail you out - but hey, one thing. Even though its March, if anybody asks - tell them I saved Christmas."