(side note that where I live we call the anonymous exchange of Christmas gifts a Kris Kringle)
The Game:
Your character opens the previous poster’s present. What do they do with it?
They then give something to the next person.
The Rules:
- You can give universe-specific presents, but if it’s not something we earthbound writers would know of, please provide a description of the thing or a link to what it is. Pictures are fine. :)
- No double posting. As fun as it would be to write your character B’s response to getting your character A’s present, let someone else have a turn. Once someone else has posted, you can jump in again.
- Let’s keep it PG. It’s Christmas after all. :)
- Don’t forget to choose a gift for the next person!
Ben has - rather messily - wrapped his present. It’s a dagger with a gilt handle, and the scabbard seems to have gotten lost in transit somewhere. But that’s okay - several layers of woollen socks make a good scabbard replacement.
Despite the messy packaging, Kirin is excited for what’s inside the present. He almost laughs out loud when he sees the socks wrapped around the blade of a fine dagger, a stark contrast to each other. The package he passes on isn’t wrapped, just tucked into a cardboard box with straw for padding. It’s a book of fairytales, bound in blue leather with gilded letters and beautifully sketched artwork.
The only thing greater than Cassandra's joy at finding an ornately decorated, expensively dyed, painstakingly illustrated book (written in a language she can read!) is her guilty conscience. She really should have taken this gift exchange seriously.
Her little bag of kuneskin powder with the little note tied to the pouch ("it's not poisonous, it cleans your teeth") looks pretty pathetic. She scans her pack for anything else she could possibly add to bulk the gift up a bit - it turns out there are, in fact, downsides to traveling lightly.
In the end, there are two things lying in the same cardboard box she received the book in - the small powder pouch and a small sapphire pendant hanging from a leather cord. At least no one will ever trace this miserable gift back to her.
Kaliyah grinned when she saw the little bag. "Perfect! I needed kuneskin powder for my next remedy." She picked it up and read the small note hanging from it. She smiled and then looked inside the box to find a small sapphire pendant as well. She trailed a finger across the the stone and smiled. Kaliyah set the box aside to look st the gift she prepared.
It was a small box bUt in her opinion, it was filled with joy. She had put small bags of treats from her fathers bakery, a small book that had a few sketches of plants on the front page, and a handmade art set with crayons, paintbrushes, a small watercolour box, and pencils. She wrapped it in a simple brown paper then drew a snowflake on the edge. Kaliyah set it down and hoped that whoever got the kit would be happy to use it.
Teddy tore open brown paper on a small box and gave a small sound of happiness. "Oooh! Nice, I need a new art set. And the cookies, I really need to learn to bake…" Teddy said with a smile, setting the box into his large bag as he pulled out his gift. It was a polished silver and gold necklace he had made, it was originally going to be for Lex, but they had sent him here instead.
Meg opens the necklace from Teddy.
"Woah!" She gasps, and holds it up to her neck. "I love it!"
She puts it on and smiles.
Meg puts her gift in the circle. It's a red jacket that she made, complete with golden stitching. It's immaculately wrapped, but with far too much tape.
Jordan struggled to open the heavily wrapped package.
Eventually they asked Avannah for some scissors, which she gave them.
"Woah!" Jordan held up the jacket. "This is so cool!"
They pulled out a Walmart bag that had both a bag of sour cream and onion chips and some chocolate.
"I hope whoever gets this enjoys them!"
Yamatsu takes the food out of the bag, ponders them for a moment, then digs in. He's had chocolate before, but these potato chips with the strange flavoring were new. They felt weird on his tongue, maybe his dog would like them.
Yama hadn't much time to prepare his gift, but he had a nice set of silverware that his friends hadn't needed. Sharla was rich, and Aqua ate with his hands anyway. He figured someone else would appreciate the sentiment if not the craftsmanship. On the bottom where the utensils widened, there was his insignia stamped into the metal (it's the "Yama" Kanji).
Aria took the present excitedly. It was going to be so nice to have a bit of civilization on their travels. She tucks them into her pack and pulls out a small hunting knife. She smiles as she wraps it in a scrap of deerskin and sets it down for the next person.
It doesn’t take long for Dana to find the present. His eyes light up with joy when he sees what it is. It might not be carved of ivory or inlaid with rubies, but it’s a knife - one with a decent blade, too, not one of those spreading-butter ones - and his father has never let him own something this dangerous before. Fingers crossed his father lets him keep it. He hides it under the overhang of his tunic just in case.
He leaves behind a basket of pastries from the castle kitchens - he’s quite proud of his success in sweet-talking the cook out of those. And in an effort of sheer self-control, he has only eaten one of the apricot creams.
Reyna poked through the basket of pastries semi-suspiciously before tearing off a bit and offering it to Ace. The card ate it happily and all but snatched the rest of the pastry, which led Reyna to smile softly and try one of her own. She grinned and set the basket off to the side, pushing a blanket-wrapped object to the next person.
Inside was a full chessboard, made of polished wood and silvery ornaments. The pieces seemed to be sleeping, and started moving when revealed to the light.
Lux happily took the chess set with a small grin on his face, and admired the craftsmanship of every single piece. "Beuatifuly made. These will be a treat to play with in my spare time!" He looks at Reyna. "Thank you deeply, young one." He gingerly sets the chessboard aside, and pulls out an ornately carved dragon, which he whittled himself. The carving is inlaid with gold. Leaning over the dragon, Lux whispers a simple spell, and the object springs to life. Lux lets out a quiet huff of air as he smiles, satified with his work, and hands the dragon to it's recipient.
Joan picks up the tiny dragon and holds it in her hands, looking at the intricate gold design.
"Ace power," she whispers, and then looks up "This is amazing!"
She hands her gift to the next recipient, a small knife with a silvery handle.
Jason picks the knife up, looking for any flaws. Not finding any, he slides the knife into his pocket after checking how well it cuts. Removing a large block of coal from his bag, Jason squeezes it, lighting his hands on fire, and gradually applies pressure and heat at the same time until a rather large sparkling diamond is formed. Once finished, Jason passes the newly formed diamond to the next person.
Alena gasps when her fingers come into contact with the diamond. This would do wonders to help start her business. She pocketed the diamond then passed a small enchanted arrow to the next person.
(Think of the arrow from the trials of apollo)
Gerard panics, nearly dropping the arrow upon receiving it. It's a nice sentiment, but he's never liked the idea of hurting people. Weapons just aren't for him. He doesn't want to appear rude though, so he forces a smile and says, "Thank you. This is quite…. lovely." He tries to sound genuine, but he starts to worry that maybe it was too obvious that he didn't really like the gift. "I'll be sure to make use of this," he adds, hoping that he sounded a little more sincere this time. He knows that most likely the arrow will end up collecting dust in his study. Or maybe he'll give it to Caleb. Yes, that's a much better idea. Caleb would actually use this.
Gerard takes out an envelope. Inside is a detailed portrait of the next person. "I don't normally share my stuff with other people," he says as he hands the envelope over, "But I thought you'd like to have this."
"Woahhh," Cara gasped. "It's so accurate! Nice job!"
She focused for a moment then conjured up a little puppy.
"I adopted him yesterday; I know people tend to love dogs." She sneezed.
William is suddenly attacked with puppy kisses. Pulling the dog off of himself, he laughs. "Hmmm…. I think that I shall call him Cujo." He sits still, silent in thought. "I have to admit that I didn't actually bring anything to give in return…. However, I can give you a unnaturally long life; bare in mind that this doesn't make you immortal."
“Well, uh, thank you?” Valerie said hesitantly. She quickly turned away to her present to pass it on. She held out a poorly wrapped scythe, a bright red bow stuck on the hilt. “Um… yeah.”
Willow gave a devilish smile, but one that was not unkind. "This is wicked! I can add it to my weapons collection and hold it over my cousins head!" She said as she grabbed a box out of her satchel. Inside the box, was a bottle of booze and some rainbow fishscales.
Zahara reached out for the box so quickly she almost knocked it off the table on which it had been placed. Though she caught it at the last moment, she felt her face growing warm (though not like anyone would would notice). She, more gingerly, opened the box and badly concealed a squeal of delight. "Fish scales? That's so cool! And– what is that?" She held up the bottle. "Gross. I'm totally gonna prank someone with this. All right, where's my gift?" Her head whirled from side to side as she searched for her bag. Once she had found it, she pulled out a tiny, blue box, which contained necklace made from a shard of the Crystal she had found in the cave. The shard dangled delicately from a silver chain.
Mutaro had arrived, a bit late, but he was there nonetheless. He was in his human form, seeing as if he had been in his full/true dragon form, he would have most likely destroyed the place by complete accident. Either way, this was a rather interesting area to investigate, as well as what was happening.
He tilted his head as a box was handed towards him. The male bowed his head slightly in respect towards the female, removing the cover to find a necklace with a crystal attached. A small smile appeared on his face, "Ah, very nice indeed."
Mutaro chuckled, "Well, this should entertain the little ones."
Seeming to pick up on what was happening, the male removed a cloth from a pocket. Wrapped within the cloth was a beautiful, dark purple scale, one of his very own. Now, due to his species of dragon, whoever possessed the scale would have minor protection against fire and some arcane magic/spells. The draconic male set the present down on the table for the next, turning to leave out the door.
He needed to return back home, his mate and the chicks were waiting…
Blake rushed up to Mutaro and grabbed the shiny dragon scale. He stared at it with big eyes.
"It's… It's so cool…" He tilted it around to see it shift colours. He was yet to know what abilities it possesed, but he was sured it would come in handy. He couldn't wait to show it to everyone else, especially Cameron, They loved everything collectible.
Looking around,he realized he had to give something too. He digged around his pockets but found nothing. He took a small gun out of his belt and loaded it before handing it to the next person.
