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Annie. You're a strong young woman and I believe you can take on any challenge. From the day we first met to the person you are today, I believe you've matured. With the monster changes, it can feel as if you need to grow up fast. You don't! :) It's still okay to take chances and make mistakes. You're young. Don't spend your best years rushing to grow up. Being old isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Ask my wife! LOL!

But just know if you ever need help, you can count on me.

[ There's an attached pen-and-ink drawing. With the laptop's B-list cameras, it might not look like more than swoops and squiggles. ]

I'm still getting used to how all of this angel magic works, but if you draw this out along with the words "plaga mortis" and "praesidium," you can summon me.

Use it for emergencies, Annie. Not just to say hi. That's what phones are for, haha!

But in a pinch, I'll be there.

[It's been long enough that Seto Kaiba is absolutely no longer in Ryslig.

But what's worse perhaps is the...cloud over everything. Or maybe not Everything but, well.

There's a cloud on the air, and it's absolutely crushing. Noa, in his cat-state, is suffering under the effects impressively 'well' if 'well' means quietly sobbing on the sidewalk, waiting to get stepped on.

Just leave him here to cry, really...]

My dear, sweetest Annie,

It seems that, because of events in Felfri, I was unable to give you your birthday present on the 31st.
What day and time would work for me to bring it to you?

With love,
Eridanus

Ho ho ho! Your secret Santa gift recipient for this year is jaded on the network.

Her real name is Jade Ellsworth-Hampton-Crowe-Allgood, because she doesn't know when to quit.

Please spend no more than 20 solars on a gift for Jade, and ensure she receives it on or before Christmas Day (December 25). If not, Santa Claus will come to your house and glare disappointedly through the windows until you cough up.

Merry Winter-Holiday-Of-Your-Choice!

[By Annie's workplace, she may notice there is a box with her name on it. Should she look inside, there will be a white sweater with a note inside.

"I tried to make it Archne shaped but I hope you'll like it!"]

[Guess who got Annie for the Secret Santa? Clint! Guess who doesn't know anything about Annie? Clint! So here he is adopting a Super Secret username to do some snooping.]

Hey! I'm trying to interview a bunch of monsters across the peninsula on their experiences since arriving in Ryslig. I was looking through the network and I found your username. I was wondering if you had the time to answer a few questions?

[Yes, he's even varying up his typing style. He still doesn't really know where he's going to go from here.]

[On Christmas morning, Annie will wake to a present box on her bed (creepy?!). It's neatly wrapped and very obviously paid to look at way, with paper that's covered in mini Santa Clauses, and topped with a dramatic, curly bow. Tucked under the bow, Annie will see Eridanus' familiar handwriting:]

𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒜𝓃𝓃𝒾𝑒,

𝒲𝑜𝓇𝒹𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒸𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈.

𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝑅𝓎𝓈𝓁𝒾𝑔, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓎.

𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒,
𝐸𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓃𝓊𝓈 𝒮𝓊𝓃𝑔𝒶𝓏𝑒𝓇

[When Annie unwraps the gift, she will find several presents within. A small box is first, and within it is a modest pair of earrings. Beneath that, is a box of delicious chocolates, and beneath that is a folded dress.]

[It takes some amount of time for Clint to actually find where Annie lives. Come Christmas Day, Annie will have a rather large package delivered to her door, wrapped in brown paper. A note has been attached in messy handwriting.]

sorry about your life back at home

here's to hoping that this helps make your life easier here

- santa (aka goliath)

[Inside the package is a large, folded foam mat--to be spread across a floor to dampen vibrations and make things more comfortable for Annie. Also included is a box of slightly squashed cupcakes and a voucher for a free pizza, of all things.]

[On Christmas morning Annie will find small wrapped present with a card at her door. It simply reads:]

Happy Nattensfest
- Altair

[Inside is a decorative wooden box with an ocean landscape painted on the lid. Inside the box is a pottery tool kit.]

[ Always, it's always the last run of his shift that sends him the furthest out of his way. It's intentional, now that his co-workers can see that he's not human, and not because they dislike him. Rather, they see it as their last chance to shunt any questionable addresses onto someone who's less likely to be eaten.

Him, the rabbit boy. Less likely to be eaten? As if.

They don't care that all he's got to work with is a bike, either. Steve would tolerate it less if not for the fact that these callers usually just turn out to be normal people, who know their properties are a pain in the ass to get to, and who do happen to tip well as a result.

And so, he manages to make it out to Lake Dala without getting stuck in a snow bank. At the door, he brushes his lop ears somewhat out of sight behind his shoulders before knocking, one, two, three. Delivery! ]

Hold on, you're a little snowed in!

[ His careful preening is undone as he stoops to half-kick and half-scoop said snow out of the way with the less occupied side of his body. It's not actually enough powder to be a huge problem, but he's doing this as a courtesy. He wants those tips. ]

Just one second, I'll take care of it!

Hey, it's me. I saw you're going into the baking business and might have to pick up some slack for your downstairs neighbors, too.

I, uh.

I'd be willing to help with that. If you don't want to deal with it.

[ A week or so after the Worst Valentine's Ever has ended, Annie gets a nice little one (1) word message in her inbox. ]

help

Hello Lady Annie, friend of Peace
We talked before and you are very nice
but many events happened, and I failed to make plans with you.
I am shopping in Bavan a bit tomorrow and wanted to know if you would wish to have a tea or coffee?

Thank you,
Souma

Annie are you alright?

Hi. I know you won't recognize this username, but my name's Drake Mallard: my daughter Gosalyn does deliveries for the place downstairs. I was wondering ... do you do catering? Someone on the network is forming a club and they were trying to think of a good place to get snacks. I recommended you and he kind of volunteered me for asking. Hope this isn't too much trouble.

Annie

are you awake? its fine if youre not just answer whenever. its kind of late but like. for me. since i'm a shade

so i thought youd be awake since you are a day monster i think so anyway

atem's not around and i'm lonely and bored and also my body hurts. please advise

[Quality content delivered directly to Annie's laptop, as usual. The context is not necessary. She doesn't need to know that he woke up from a shitty nightmare and he was still very woozy but filled with upsetting emotions. He sleeps with his laptop close though, because moving is awful and inadvisable.]

[Annie was upset and taking away her cigarettes didn't fix it so Maribelle left to get reinforcements!

Altair didn't have a creepy therapy doll so he was destressing with painting when Maribelle interrupted him with a loud cry of "MAMA" right behind him. Altair nearly jumped out of his seat. His tail puffed up and his paintbrush jolted across the canvas ruining his careful brushstroke. He whirled on Maribelle with a furious glare.]

DAMNIT MARIBELLE!

"Let's have a tea party!"

[Altair set down his paintbrush with an irritated sigh. Having a way to know when Annie was upset was nice but why did it have to be a creepy doll that liked to sneak up on him? Still if it helped Annie it was worth it.]

Alright, I'm coming.

[It wasn't a surprise that something on the network had upset Annie and Altair leaned against the door with a suspicious glare directed at her laptop.]

What are you reading?

Ho ho ho! Merry freaking Christmas!

Your Secret Santa recipient this year is Star Butterfly ("~ShOoTiNg~StAr~" on the network). Please buy, make, or otherwise procure her a nice (child-friendly!) gift before December 26! You can give this directly, or label it clearly and drop it off at Crowe Clinic C/O Hawkeye Pierce.

Remember: Saint Nick is watching, and he knows where you live!

Happy Holidays, etcetera, and so forth,
Santa Claus

[On the night of December 24 Annie will find a a neatly wrapped package by her room with a small card that simply reads:]

Happy Nattenfest Annie,
Altair

[Inside is a nice wooden box with a painted chess set inside. The wooden edge of the board has been painted black with a design of white roses stained with red. As the roses circle the board they slowly turn to red roses. Tiny sparkles of red are mixed into the red paint for the roses that are completely red making them shine more, symbolizing that something beautiful can come from pain. The pieces and the board are painted like black and white marble so the roses and their transformation stands out.]

Edited 2021-12-25 03:11 (UTC)

[Niina decides to go through the clinic to deliver her gift. It's a simple enough gift: a black leather bound journal with a lock. Alongside it is a simple golden chain with a key hanging off it.

There's a little more, though. If Annie opens it? The journal is blank, perfect for keeping track of various things but also... there's some stationery tucked inside. Niina doesn't know Annie real well yet she thought that a boring gift wouldn't be fun. The stationery is some dark colored paper with golden spider web filigree around the edges.

Stiffly written on the pages are several different recipes and cocktail mixes perfect for the next party. On the last page is a simple message:

"I hope these give you some ideas for your next party

Your Secret Santa"]

[Just before the new year, a couple of gifts are brought to Annie's place, labeled with her name & Atem's.

One of them is the Ryslig equivalent of a Dala horse, three inches high in red and gold. Its eyes have been painted to resemble wadjet-eyes, and the pattern of the paint motif is of lucky pennies, from the year Annie was born, which he understands is supposed to increase their luck. (He did the math.) It's a mishmash of American, Egyptian, and Ryslig-ish symbols for luck and protection, painted by somebody with small steady hands.

The other was not altered by Atem: it's a crochet shawl that is very precisely made. No errors. All the stitching is perfectly even. It's in soft, feminine colors - pink with some sparkly gold thread woven through the yarn. The pattern looks a little bit like an intricate spiderweb, if you look at it right.

There's a child's hair bow in matching colors with a tag that says for Maribelle.]

[Annie's gift is twofold. Her parcel from Ryou contains a nice dress for Maribelle that Ryou acquired in a local doll and marionette shop. It's on the gothic lolita side of the spectrum, but he hopes it's received well.

The second gift is more detailed. Within a box a little bigger than, say, a shoebox, he's created a diorama with small carved and painted figures of her and Altair sitting atop a building and looking out into a starry night. It's amazing how he's managed to get some detail in while still keeping the figures relatively simple, much like his Monster World figures.

Attached is a note.]

Happy Nattensfest. I hope that this year will prove less difficult, but you and I both know this place does not give breaks. The best I can offer you is a listening ear and helping hand whenever you need it. Never hesitate, Annie. You're an important friend to me.

-Ryou Bakura

[ A few days after Nattenfest, the Ring-Spirit has a gift for Annie: one large-ish box and three tiny ones, each wrapped in plain brown paper, and the four of em tied together with twine. Tucked under the twine is also a note:

Happy Nattenfest to you too~
(the necklace is for Maribelle)
- Richard

Two of the tiny boxes each contain a pair of sparkly earrings, golden with brightly colored gemstones. (He doesn't know if they're real or not, but they sure look real.) The third tiny box contains a golden locket on an oddly short chain.

The large box contains a set of high quality kitchen knives. ]

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[Annie might have been right to get him a cat tuxedo, as apparently he's got his own sense of humor as well. That or he thinks this is genuinely helpful. In addition to some packs of christmas treats and such, she receives a leg warmer for literally every leg she has. They're very thick and durable, and cozy- reversible as well, if she wants to try a different style.

That's also a lot of leg warmers though, so, damn.]

Hey, Annie...?

Is Dolores still over there?

[fun fact: yes, she is. feel free to assume she and Maribelle have been Hanging Out.]

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Merry Christmas Annie! (Forward dated to the 25th)

secret santa gift!

Merry Christmas! (sorry it's so late)

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