You better watch out, you better watch out- [OPEN]

[lupusxylem]

Who: Nicholas D. Wolfwood and YOU!
What: It's December and it's time for Saint Nick to deliver presents(tm)
When: Mid-December, not like ON Christmas but around it yk, it'll probably take him a day or two to deliver everything
Where: Various places in the Grove
Warnings: Wolfwood's mouth probably, will tag as necessary

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GIFT LIST PLACEHOLDER

[lupusxylem]

Placed in a Dropdown cause it's long

Ain: Travelling Garden
Aira: His Sending Love Outfit
Akaza: His Master's Gi
Corbeau: A book on native mushrooms/plants
Cy: Silver bullets
Elsword: A terrarium for Ain...but he will also find a second present with a very red, warm winter scarf inside. GOTTEM.
Ezell: Bug Net
Faust: Spectacular! Spices
Flamebringer: A bottle of aged Gaulish Liquor
Genya: A small Bonzai starter kit
Joshua: A Spirit Lantern
Kiera: Dad's walking cane
Kyojuro: A small glass wind chime, made with a bowl shape and a singular chime
Luca: A jar of Dad's ashes
Mafuyu: A CD of her unit's music up to the current canon
Mephisto: A Record Player
Min-Gi: A photo album containing pictures from the lives of himself and his parents. There are a few pictures of Akagi as well.
Mizuki: Wolfwood will play games with Mizuki as long as he wants this is his present. (Mizuki also gets gifted a fuzzy blue and purple winter scarf)
Muichiro: A small potted plant that bears fruits of various varieties all year round. These fruits can be common earth fruits, or less common ones from home (if they exist). It cannot be harmed by harsh heat or cold, but will produce more if cared for well.
Mystery: Amulets of Shared Strength [Ametrine Gemstone]
Pavlova: A pastel pink rubber duck with rosy red cheeks and a red bow. It seems like a regular bath toy at a glance, but is enchanted to quack and dispense bubble-soap from its mouth when squeezed. The scent is different for each use. The duck will continue to quack bubbles for 15 minutes until stopping.
Ras: A book of traceable letters for writing practice
Ryan: A working cassette player with a couple of tapes. One of them is YMO (yellow magic orchestra)'s self-titled album, while the others include tracks from other bands popular in that era: Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and AC/DC
Senjuro: A Drain Punch TM
Shinobu: A Goldish and a tank + all the amenities you'd need for caring for a Goldfish
Silent Salt: Silent Salt will receive an interesting figure that looks like a teenage horse with an affinity for racing...it seems familiar somehow.
Stan: A golden pocket watch that grants the wearer a temporary boost in strength for one hour when the hands are wound. When the clock hits the hour, a little compartment opens up and a bird pops out to whistle a jaunty little tune.
Till:A hand-carved violin
Urbain: A GUN A polaroid camera and some film
Vildred: A poem collection from various poets around Orbis
White Lily Cookie: Tea from the Fairy Kingdom
Wolfwood: A bottle of Bride whiskey
Zoey: A golden Maneki-neko statue that, when the paw is pulled down, will grant you a fortune once per day. This fortune can manifest as one of the following:

-A verbal fortune for the day that is incredibly cryptic (super common)
-A fortune cookie with a regular paper fortune inside (common)
-A small number of coins from the river (uncommon)
-Nothing (very rare)
-A fortune slip that will turn the holder invisible for one hour when torn, one time use (extremely rare)

Additional attempts to pull the paw and get more fortunes will result in the statue slapping you with its paw.

DELIVERIES PLACEHOLDER

[lupusxylem]

Christ it's fucking cold...

[How many years has he been doing this now? This is the third one, he's pretty sure...and yet here he remains, dressed up in a thick black jacket with furry white ruffs, carrying a huge sack over his shoulder akin to the way he might lug around the Punisher. It's hard to miss Wolfwood wandering the Grove as he goes to deliver presents to each person currently living here, with the ever-present aid of Moder herself who is happy to carry him from place to place on her back.

Once he makes it to your house, or whatever is your usual place or residence, Wolfwood will let her carefully lower him to the ground (he would jump but she's very tall okay) so he can rummage around in his bag and produce a cutely wrapped package for you to open.]

Here. You can open it now or later, don't matter t'me.

:3 :3 :3

[eidxiety]

[The good news about living in the same house as Ezell and Elsword and Flamebringer is that this will make Wolfwood's first trip really short before he has to brave the cold. Ain is in his bedroom decorating, as Ain tends to be. The room has to be ✨festive✨ okay.]

Is that two boxes? [Why does he gets... two boxes...] Are they meant to go together?

[lupusxylem]

[Wolfwood's left the big bag on the floor for the time being so he isn't just holding it up as they talk, and when Ain asks him that, he shrugs one shoulder.]

I dunno. Just know they're both addressed to you. I don't actually know what's in most of these...just know that everybody gets one. I think maybe somebody asked for something for you?

Wanna open 'em up and see?

🍷🍾

[thebladebringstheflame]

[Meanwhile Flamebringer is in the living room tending the plants that he argues with Ain about every week—]

Are you doing your saint thing again this year? [He will set his trimmers down near the pot.] Give it here, I'll open it in front of you. I hope you got shit for yourself too.

[lupusxylem]

I'm pretty sure I'm contractually obligated to do it every year I'm still alive.

[It's a joke, because everybody knows Wolfwood will always do this, even if he acts super bothered about it. He likes helping...he likes giving people gifts, especially since it's not something he could easily do back home.

To put a finer point on it, he'll bend down and reach back into the bag to pull out a square-ish shaped bottle of his own with a cross emblazoned on the front before he hands Flamebringer the Gaulish liquor bottle.]

Would you believe me if I said I asked for booze too?

you'll be done w me soon i think

[justacityboy]

[Urbain lives at the inn and will be there for the foreseeable future, but at least the inn is warm. If he looks out his window, he can see Moder... what a strange Pokemon.]

Hey man! Wolfwood, wasn't it? [please tell him he got this name right] Are you the mailman?

[lupusxylem]

Yeah, it's Wolfwood. And as far as you're concerned, maybe.

[He hefts his bag onto the floor so he can grab Urbain's gift and hand it to him more easily.]

I'm voluntold to go 'round passing out gifts to people every year. Everybody gets one, and this is yours. Welcome to the Grove.

okay harassment campaign ended

[bladeascent]

[Poor Wolfwood and Moder have to cross the river for this one to get to Vildred and Ras' house, so this might be one of his last stops. That only means it's an excuse to have company over though! Moder does not fit in the dojo upstairs but Wolfwood does, so come in, we're having stew.]

I'll open it soon. Did you want to stay for dinner? It's almost done.

[Clawde, the duo's dande-lion cub, paws at Wolfwood's pantleg. OwO what this]

[lupusxylem]

[By now, Wolfwood is definitely exhausted from all the back and forth he's been doing. He's cold, his joints are stiff, but the bag is more or less empty with the last presents he's dropping off here for Ras and Vildred. He honestly was expecting to just drop them off and then head back to the bakery, but...]

Dinner? Uh...sure, I guess. If there's enough for one more.

[He's not about to take what isn't there, but he also won't complain about a free meal.

He looks down at the little cub, bending carefully at his good knee so he can offer it his hand to sniff.]

[chonomai]

( she's still at the clinic, but she's looking better than she had upon arrival! she can even sit up without assistance or pain! this is

not a man she recognizes. one of the villagers? still, the entire situation is surprising as all hell. but she still smiles cheerfully, closing her book and accepting the present, though she doesn't open it yet... )

I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm new here. What's the occasion?

[lupusxylem]

It's for a holiday. It's annual...around this time every year, when it gets cold and starts to snow, people give each other presents like this. And everybody always gets at least one. It's been my job to deliver 'em for years now.

[Well, three...but it certainly feels longer than that by now.]

[unheiring]

[Luca’s gifts are delivered without too much pomp and circumstance. He finds you wherever you’re staying or working, and gives it over without any fuss. Trying to deny it will only result in a scowl from him.]

I worked hard on these. Surely you won’t reject my efforts just like that.

[Surely you won't say no to that!]

Luca’s Gifts:

+Kiera: An enchanted feather attached to the hook of an earring. The feather possess two enchantments: immunity from flame both basic or magical, and the ability to play a memory at will. The memory produced is of Kiera, Luca, Cyrus, and Giselle around the fire, one cold winter. Cyrus tells an old legend in the Aurelius family, while the children rambunctiously attempt to act it out.
+Pavlova: An enchanted feather meant to be worn as a brooch. It contains two enchantments: one will elicit warmth on contact, at will; the other will elicit the feeling of freedom, something similar to flying through the sky on unbroken wings, whenever the wearer wishes
+Joshua: An enchanted feather meant to be worn as an earring. It contains two enchantments: one evokes warmth on contact, at will. The second creates a moderate healing effect that can be used either on himself or on someone else, once per month.
+Zahliya: An enchanted feather, attached to a chain and meant to hang off of the blade. Touching it produces a memory of Zahliya finding his flame once more. The memory deliberately obfuscates Luca’s presence, and is instead meant to be a reminder of finding his own strength.
+Ain: An enchanted feather meant to be worn as a hairpin. It contains an enchantment for long distance communication. Luca is already wearing its pair. The gossip antenna is activated.
+Astrid: An enchanted feather meant to be worn as a brooch. It contains two enchantments: one of warmth, elicited on contact at will; one of standard flame protection for a brief period, once per month.
+Mafuyu: A collection of hand pies. These are made with apples.
+Ryan: A collection of hand pies. These are made with starfruit.
+Till: A collection of hand pies. These are made with strawberry.
+Aira: A collection of hand pies. These are made with raspberry.
+Min-Gi: A collection of hand pies. These are made with oranges.
+Wolfwood: A collection of hand pies. These are made with pineapple. Fix your taste, nasty man.
+Beiwe: A collection of hand pies. These are made with cranberry.
+Ourania: A collection of hand pies. These are made with pomelo.

[tempurahair]

[For the most part, Kyojuro hands out his gifts with a broad smile. Certain parties, though, may be handed them with a much more reserved demeanor. Who could that be! Don’t worry about it!]

Kyojuro’s Gifts:

+Akaza: A beaded circle meant to go around his ankle. While he tried to match the color of the original for most beads, the center most one features a warm blue sky with a sun painted in the middle. It is enchanted, so that Akaza may walk in the sun.
+Senjuro: A small bead on a strip of leather, meant to be worn as a necklace. It is painted with a flame. There are two enchantments on this necklace: a shield meant to last a short time, which can be recast once a month; a memory that plays on contact, at will. It contains the two of them, as boys, nestled together with their mother and father.
+Puckjuro: A replica of his haori, but in Mimikyu size!
+Muichiro: A bead on leather, meant to be worn as a necklace. It is teal, with an attempt at mist painted on. It contains two enchantments: one of swiftness (AKA D&D haste); one of a memory, played on contact, at will. The memory is of Muichiro and Kyojuro, training together back home.
+Genya: A hand painted training target. Please stop stealing his dummies, dummy.
+Shinobu: A purple bead on a bracelet, possessing two enchantments. The first is a brief shield, which can be recast once a month. The second is a memory, from Kyojuro’s perspective but very clearly obfuscating his presence. It contains Shinobu with Kanao, Aoi, and the rest of the butterfly girls, sharing a quiet moment as a family.
+Aira: A bracelet with a hand molded microphone. It is enchanted with a moderate heal that can be either on himself, or someone else. This can be recast once a month.
+Cy: A leather collar with a bead at the center. It is painted to look like a snowflake.
+Koyuki: A sachet of dried flower petals, containing Zinnia, Aloe, and Forget Me Not. It is placed at her shrine when they return home.
+Zoey: A ceramic pair of chopsticks, with little shrimps painted on them.
+Mystery: A hair tie for his bangs. There is a ceramic moon that’s painted purple attached to it.
+Beiwe: A nichirin sword with a sun as the hilt, to add to her collection.
+Ourania: A ceramic tea cup with a moon painted on it. It’s a little wobbly and might not hold up the best, but it looks pretty!

[chonomai]

( she hadn't expected even more gifts, let alone one from the man she's been spurning so. he's quiet and reserved in his giving, and she is in her acceptance. )

... I'm sorry. I hadn't even thought about anything like this. It was still warm at the time of... ... It didn't occur to me.

[tempurahair]

[Well, the good news is that he's able to manage something of a laugh at her response. It's a gentle noise, far from mocking, just... gently amused.]

Time is very strange here, I know. [He shakes his head.] I am not bothered, to not receive something in kind. You have far more important things to consider right now.

But I could not, in good conscience, gather gifts for so many people and not once think of you. No matter where we stand, you are dear to me. And you deserve something kind.

[itisa]

[He blinks a bit owlishly at the gift, not that, you know, that can be SEEN (which is, apparently, a problem-). Luckily there's also a doglike headtilt to go with it.]

For... me? Why?

[bluebasketballed]

[akaza stares and stares and stares at his gift for, like, a stupid long time. even without knowing it's enchanted, he can tell it's handmade, and --

yeah, he's lifting his foot up to yoink one of his existing anklets off and yeet it. the thing he could just. will out of existence, yes. he will put the kyojuro one on now, thank you.]

[namuthing]

[Genya leaves his gifts at the doors of other people (except for Morrigan, who receives theirs at the ball). Still, if you’ve seen him around, you probably have an idea of what he’s been working on. Everything is hand carved and painted.]

Genya’s Gifts:

+Muichiro: A wooden bangle that’s been painted with ginkgo leaves.
+Senjuro: A wooden bangle painted to look like flames
+Shinobu: A butterfly bangle with a moderate healing enchantment, to be used on either herself or someone else. It is able to be recast once a month.
+Shadow Milk: A wooden bangle painted with creepy eyes
+White Lily: A wooden bangle painted with lilies.
+Elder Faerie: A wooden walking stick,
+Till: A slightly out of tune Kalimba. Even if Till can’t play it himself, it’s been enchanted to play a little tune on contact, whenever he wills it.
+Morrigan: A carved bunny for her to always carry with her, to help her calm down.

[chonomai]

--Oh! How lovely! Did you make this yourself?

( she's wearing it forever. )

[lilyberation]

( lily bursts into a radiant grin immediately as he presents the gift. )

Thank you so much! Its beautiful!

[argentry]

[Genya made him a gift? A GIFT FOR EF?]

This is quite exquisite! Did... Did you make this yourself?

[yourtomb]

[Silent Salt only has two gifts to give. He approaches White Lily and Elder Faerie separately, and… hands them over a little sheepishly. He has worked very hard on them, but now that he’s face to face, it feels a little… awkward. Oops.]

Silent Salt’s Gifts:

+White Lily: A flower crown made up of Belladonna, Aster, and Iris. It is tucked alongside a few pre-made packets of chamomile tea.
+: A flower crown made of Belladonna, Gladiolus, and Violet. It is tucked alongside a few packets of lavender tea.

[lilyberation]

( it's almost a little endearing how he approaches, and she can't help but smile.

and then he presents a gift and who the what. what? she looks at the offering for a moment before she just- beams, as she carefully accepts. )

Thank you very much. I'll ensure nothing happens to it.

[argentry]

[when Silent Salt approaches him, Elder Faerie believes he wants to speak with him about something else. he was... not expecting a gift! his eyes brighten as he takes the delicate flower crown and tea]

Thank you. This is beautiful.