watch out

[unliminal]

WHO: Santa(??) and you!
WHERE: all around!
WHEN: Christmas Day
WHAT: A new challenger approaches...
WARNINGS: Holiday cheer, maybe coal

[ Are the hotel guests in need of a little more holiday cheer, or are they bah-humbuged out? If they are…then that’s too bad! Because a special visitor is making an appearance on Christmas day. What, you didn’t think Santa would be around on his special day?

He can be found making his way around the hotel, across various floors and hallways, fully suited up, with a bag of gifts slung across his back, and he has one for everyone! The results may vary depending on whether or not Santoru deems you as naughty or nice, but it won’t hurt to see what he has to give you, right…?

Just don’t pull on his beard. It’s definitely super real.

Afterwards, in the hotel lobby he can be found with a tray of peculiar cupcakes, offering them to passersby, as well as any gifts he hasn’t given out yet. ]

Hey-ho-ho! Wanna eat my face? It'll make you 200% jollier and sexier. It's true!


[ Results may vary. ]

Comments

[feyfound]

Santa-sama...?

[ Now where has she heard "Santa" before... Think, Juniper, think... ]

Aaah! Aren't you the powerful archfey, Father Christmas!?

[ ... ]

Why are you so skinny!?

[unliminal]

[ Archfey......

...You know what, he can roll with whatever that is, sure. Close enough.

Without missing a beat: ]

Paleo diet. It's very cleansing.

[feyfound]

Oh...

[ what the heck is a paleo? better not question it... ]

Well! As long as you're dieting in a healthy way! Anyway, what can I do for you, Sir Archfey Santa-sama?

[unliminal]

[ Good thing she doesn't ask, he'd probably say something about dinosaurs. ]

Oh — right! Uhh, ho ho hooo, have you been a good girl this year, Juni-chan?

[ How does he know her name? It's ✨Christmas Magic✨. ]

[feyfound]

[ He's an archfey, so of course he would just know her name without her telling him! ]

Uhhhh...!!

[ uh oh! ]

I kind of ran away from home this year. Does that make me bad? And also I've killed things. Just bad guys, though!

[unliminal]

You ran away from home?

[ ...There's a very severe moment of quiet, as he gazes at her with scrutiny above his bushy, full (real) beard... ]

...Badass. That means you get two presents.

[ Now he's reaching into his big red sack, to pull out two (TWO?!) wrapped parcels for her. ]

[feyfound]

[ TWO!? ]

Two!? Wow! I thought for sure I would be in trouble!

[ Setting her greataxe down by embedding the blade of its head firmly into a nearby tree stump, she holds both hands out! Gimme!! ]

[unliminal]

That's right, ho-ho! Merry Jesus Birthday, Juni-chan!

[ And into each of those hands goes a nicely wrapped gift! The contents within are...a mixed bag. In one package, Juniper will find a disposable camera. Cute! In the other...she will find a blobfish plush.

Hey, maybe she'll enjoy it??? ]

[feyfound]

[ Any confusion Juniper might have expressed at his greeting is immediately replaced by her excitement at receiving presents!! Already she is dropping to the ground to set the second present down so that she can occupy her hands with opening the first. ]

Wow...! I have no idea what this is!

[ Anyway, she's opening the second one, which maybe she'll enjoy. No, she'll absolutely enjoy it. ]

Ahhh! What is this!? It's so round! [ squishing the blobfish plush in between her hands ] I love it!

[unliminal]

[ One out of two ain't bad! Rather than be helpful and explain the camera, he reaches over a hand to pet the blobfish delicately. ]

Isn't he majestic? Doesn't he take your breath away? [ It's one of the most disgusting things Gojo has ever seen, cursed spirits included. It's incredible. ] What will you call him?

[feyfound]

[ Without even missing a beat: ]

Lil' Bertie. Hehe. Naming him after one of my uncles!

[ rip to the resident bumbling comedic relief npc, getting roasted alive from an interdimensional hotel, but at least he's probably used to this kind of thing from the entirety of the Alchemighty. ]

[unliminal]

[ Gojo has never even met this man and even he can tell that poor Uncle Bertie is being dunked on, to have something like that named after him. ]

...He would be overjoyed that you're thinking of him, I bet! Heh...so, you're happy with what you got?

[ He'll be crushed if she doesn't say yes!!! ]

[feyfound]

Golly, am I! [ she lifts Lil' Bertie high up in the air! ] I love them! Thanks, Gogo-sensei!

[ ...yeah. She knew it was him... Her bnuy ears are pretty good at picking up voices!

Anyway, lifting up the disposable camera: ]

I don't know what this thingy is, though.

[unliminal]

[ NO.........HIS CLEVERLY CRAFTED, PERFECTLY IN-CHARACTER DISGUISE RUINED...how will he sustain the magic of Christmas now!

...but just going right along with it. It's not like Gojo can't also be the archfey Santa. ]

Oh! It's a camera. A one-use kind. You...do know what a camera is, right?

[ Maybe she's picked that up during her stay here, maybe not. ]

[feyfound]

[ Miraculously, she has picked it up! ]

Oh, I think I do! It takes... photographs! But this one looks really different from this one!

[ As she plucks her phone out of her pocket. ]

[unliminal]

[ Right...the disposable camera kinda loses some of its novelty when they have cameras in their pockets all the time. These darned Gen Z-ers just don't get it!! ]

Oh, yeah. I'm gonna be straight with you — the disposable one is kind of a pain in the ass. You can't see the pictures after you take them, like you can on your phone, and you gotta go to a specific shop to get them to develop the film for you.

[ ... ]

But, it's a good back-up if you ever need it! Ho-ho-hooooo.