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

[ninehundredlives]

I guess so. Normally it would be a little more specific, but it's not like we have a lot of time to plan or...shop in here.

[firstaid]

I suppose there isn't a shop at all. The items we've received via the machine are the only things that suffice as gifts.

[Even if some of them are... questionable.]

[ninehundredlives]

[well, yeah]

It's really random if you'll get anything nice. But they say it's the thought that counts.

[firstaid]

Is that how it goes?

[She can see how thoughts are nice, but she would also want to give an actual meaningful gift...]

[ninehundredlives]

I don't know. I think it's mostly a nice thing to say.

But everyone here knows that we're pretty limited in what gifts we can get? So I guess it probably counts for us.

[firstaid]

That is true. Still, I wouldn't think it right to give someone I wouldn't want due to either not knowing what it is or me classifying it as junk.

[Or having a surplus of shark sleeping bags.]

[ninehundredlives]

That's fair. I'm not really going to give anyone anything - I've a couple nice things I don't need, but not enough.

[She's not going to just pick her two favorite people.]

If someone wants some of this, though, they can feel free.

[firstaid]

[Well, she might peruse through it just because...

Though she doubts she'll find anything of value.]

So in the end this is just a way to see if we can find some way to kindly get rid of our inventory we don't want.

[Without just throwing it away...]

[ninehundredlives]

...I guess if you want to put it like that. Do you want anything?

[firstaid]

Not especially, however thank you for letting me look.