'Twas the night before Christmas...

[sleepybuster]

WHO: All Secret Santa participants! And anyone else who wants to stop by
WHAT: Gift-giving and general Christmas festivities hurrah
WHEN: Evening of the 24th
WHERE: Boys' dorm lobby
WARNINGS: excessive holiday cheer
SUMMARY: The lobby of the boys' dorms has been decorated top-to-bottom with holiday decorations! Lights, a tree, you name it. Though at the beginning of the night, the tree actually has no ornaments! But there's a box full of them sitting beside it for any and all characters to help decorate it. Likewise, there's a growing pile of gift boxes beneath the tree with everyone's Secret Santa gifts. For any characters who did not participate in the event but do want to join in on the festivities, they may do so! And if they have any gifts, those may go under the tree along with everyone else's.

There's also a long table nearby with loads of various foods, ranging from cookies to cakes or even sandwiches and soups. Hot chocolate too, of course! Besides the usual couches and chairs in the lobby, there really aren't any additional chairs. But the floor is clean. Sitting on the floor isn't a big deal, you know...!

For reference, the Secret Santa list is here and there is a thread below for stating what gifts characters got one another. Feel free to join in with non-Secret Santa participants, but be sure to note in your comment that the gift is not of that variety. It is up to characters as to whether or not they want to reveal themselves as people's gift givers. If a character has decided not to give their assigned person a gift, make sure to either PM me at sleepybuster or poke me on plurk (peachdango), because Riki will be supplying those people with gifts himself!

And now, have fun, and happy holidays, everyone!

Comments

BERTHOLDT TO UMI

[toobig]

[When Bertholdt had been given Umi's name for "secret santa," whatever that meant, he'd had to first find out who Umi was (after realizing Umi was a name of a person,) and had since worried endlessly over what to get the girl he didn't know. Bertholdt had no idea about what girls liked or wanted, and he definitely didn't know what to get someone he'd never met. So he'd ended up going the practical approach of spending hours in the store in town looking for things a girl might like that would be useful to her.]

[So a present ends up there for the young woman, wrapped carefully in plain paper and tied with a ribbon. It's a journal, plain and simple, with a small card tucked under the ribbon that says "for Umi, from Bertholdt". He doesn't think much of his gift, so he turns to leave as soon as he's set it down on the presents table.]

[safevoyages]

[Not so fast there Bertholdt, you're not getting away that easily. While leaving her own secret santa present, Umi comes across the journal and the card with her name on. She wonders if whoever left the gift might still be around, and so quickly looks up and tries to see who it might have been.

That's when she spots Bertholdt starting to leave.]

Excuse me! Is your name... Bertholdt?

[It's not a name Umi is familiar with, so she's hoping she managed to pronounce it right!]

[toobig]

[Bertholdt's used to people pronouncing his name wrong, especially in the Afterlife, so he doesn't bother to correct her when he turns and looks down at the girl, looking a little nervous.]

U-uhm... yeah. It is.

[e can see the gift in her hands, and only hopes she's not here to tell him she hates it...]

[safevoyages]

I wanted to thank you for the present before you left.

[He seems a little nervous, so Umi quickly offers him a smile. Don't worry, she doesn't hate it! She takes the journal and turns it over a few times in her hands as though she's inspecting the gift.]

It's very pretty, and I really like the design on the front of it, so thank you very much.

[With that she bows her head forward slightly out of thanks before straightening up again, still smiling.]