it's the most wonderful time of the year

[innocentloveholic]

[ Today's invitations are stupidly glittery. Like, there is an obscene amount of glitter? It is going to get everywhere and also on you and there is almost nothing you can do, so enjoy it. They are also obnoxiously colored, because Aligula has missed having the option of adding colors to all of her creations, and she has decided to rectify this.

Anyway, the message itself is blessedly simple, and written in her usual curly-cute script:

Christmas party in the ballroom at 5pm!!
Don't be late!!!
Lots of treats!!!!
also bring whatever you don't want from whatever you got out of that crappy vending machine because we're doing a
~SUPER SANTA SWAP MEET~
and a super special contest!!!

~ Aligula ♥

...The ballroom is likewise obnoxiously decorated, with cut-out Christmas trees and ornaments and chains of colorful streamers and... and look, we got an art studio. Aligula's determined to make up for lost time here. Her treats are all sorts of sweets, like cookies and cakes and a small parfait bar, but she actually does have some other things available: peanut butter and jelly finger sandwiches, an attempt at curry that's pretty bland, salad. The usual refreshments are there too—water, hot chocolate, milk with various syrups so you can make your own, some tea that's been steeped way too long sorry tea drinkers!!!

The swap meet is more or less relegated to the space by the piano; go dump your unwanted things and trade with other people, or just take it off their hands. Or, if you want to be more Santa-like, go gift someone something you don't want!!! Either to get it off your hands or because you think they'd actually like it, whatever. As for the contest...

There's a table marked "COORDY-J CONTEST" off to the side, with plenty of paper and supplies from the art storage—the rules are there too and also very simple: Draw what you think Jericho looks like, and the winner gets to throw the first doll into the fire. ]

Comments

[firstaid]

[Yeah those... are a lot of sleeping bags, aren't there?]

It seems almost every time I go to the machine, one of these sleeping bags come out.

[At least they make it easy to take her stuff back to her room? So that's nice. But she also has no need for them.]

[paralogical]

[ Sure are. ]

Maybe someone wants you to have a slumber party.

[ This is a joke. Don't do this. ]

[firstaid]

[Estelle ponders this for a moment as if taking this seriously. But because she's learned to think things through...]

Aren't slumber parties a bad idea right now?

[She should get an award for this. Really, she should, for not being naive for once.]

[paralogical]

[ ... ]

... probably. [ Well, he's not gonna make her feel dumb for not getting it so he carries on. ] Any other repeats?

[firstaid]

[Yeah, she doesn't get the connotation of his joke, unfortunately. She doesn't get a lot of jokes...]

Um, I've gotten a couple of rosaries, these barrette things-- [She means the interface headsets.] --posters, amber, ribbons, and other trinkets that I haven't any idea what they do.

[paralogical]

[ He doesn't want to explain what headsets are so he doesn't chime in when she mentions them. Sorry, Estelle. ]

Might mean they do nothing. [ They almost certainly do something. Maybe. ] Think someone around here is willing to trade for the amber though, or other gems if you've got some.

[firstaid]

Would someone trade for the amber? I don't need it, but if they had something I liked, then it's best I hold on to it to trade, correct?

[Makes sense. Doesn't sound like how Christmas works according to Susan and Kyrie, but trading is something she can do.]

[paralogical]

Think so. Dunno what they'd be willing to give away, but you could always ask them questions about shit.

[firstaid]

You're right, it wouldn't hurt to ask questions...

[Even if she's told 'no' she can move on...!]