So This is Christmas?

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The “Secret-Santa” was a strange concept. Two total strangers, randomly paired together and tasked with acquiring appropriate offerings for each other. People volunteered themselves to participate in the endeavor. They gathered intel about each other before meeting (in secret) and bestowing the (secret) offerings. Such an absurd custom…it would be the perfect research project.

The second stage was already commencing: The meetup. The location was the park. Khlu bundled up for the occasion in a long trench coat and scarf. Despite the cold, some people still seemed to be enjoying the layer of snow on the ground. They rolled in it, tossed it around, and even built small structures from it. Khlu leaned down to take a look at the white ice himself. He scooped up a handful. It must have some sort of separate function for people to be so obsessed with it. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a plastic bag and deposited the snow sample. He would have to experiment on it later.

Many others were also here for their Secret-Santaing. A lot of them seemed to be gathering around the gigantic monument in the center of the park. The monument in question was tall, green, and sparkling with an assortment of figurines hanging from its prickly spines. Khlu sniffed it. Pine. Of course. He could only assume that this was part of the sacred human ritual, Christmas, when people payed tribute to the god Bublé in hopes that he wouldn’t lay siege upon their homes, relentlessly robbing children of their milk and cookies. Khlu shook his head at the thought of it. Oh, how silly humans were.

The eldritch creature took a seat on one of the benches surrounding the monument. He set the wrapped box he was carrying down beside him. On his lap, he scribbled something down before taping the sticky note to his forehead. It read “KHLU” in large lettering. Hopefully his partner would recognize him when they came.
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It was that time of the year again.

It was his favorite time of the year again. Where everyone was out and about, where people could dash around in the frozen rain that fell from the sky and seemed to just radiate joy. He found it entertaining how people behaved; how people would pat it down into densely compact ball and then throw it as hard as they can at the head of an unsuspecting target. Where sometimes people met up and gave gifts based upon the personality or favors of one another. Where people worked extra harder at their jobs until their joints ached just for a little more cash to buy something of decent value for their loved ones.

Ruari Dunn had always found it rather entertaining how they behaved. Humans had been a good amount of entertainment but the supernatural? They were his favorites. Now he figured it was time to get in on the action, as they say. There was only so much he could gain from standing upon the sidelines, so he found something that he could do that would not swallow him in responsibilities; Manta Carlos' Secret Santa.

With some careful research on the internet and talking to some of the patrons who frequented his place of work, Ruari managed to find out something; his partner seemed to just love everything this world had to offer. A box laid in his hands, carefully wrapped in vibrant red wrapping paper and a golden ribbon wrapped to make a bow upon the top. Right now his task was finding his partner. Now this seemed easy, given that his partner was a Eldritch Creature but with how packed the park had become with the variety of Secret Santa participants and delighted youth or just supernatural visitors coming back for the holidays... with all those factors, it was difficult to find him.

Finally, after approximately ten minutes of searching, he found the other sitting down on a bench with a sticky-note attached. The Underworld Nymph laughed at the concept but carefully navigated his way through, coming to a stop a few feet away from the other.

"Khlu, right? I'm Ruari Dunn." Introducted the nymph, offering a hand out to the creature.
 

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“Yes, I am Khlu. It is nice to meet you, Ruari,” The Eldritch Abomination said as he stood up. He eyed the man’s outstretched hand for a split-second before giving it a small pat. Looking up, Khlu continued to assess the man in front of him. Ruari would have looked like an average human if not for the dark markings on his forehead and the horns protruding from behind his ears. These specific characteristics reminded Khlu of other human variants he had seen before on the island. Most likely, he was some sort of demon. Khlu wondered if it was alright for the horned one to be out in the sun. It was probably dangerous in some way, perhaps even life-threatening.

“I apologize for the sun,” Khlu said. He held out the gift. “Hopefully, this can make up for it.”

The gift was so terribly wrapped that the shape of it was indistinguishable. The shiny red paper was hardly visible behind the tremendous amount of duct tape applied. Regardless of its outward appearance, it was the contents of the box that really mattered. Though he wouldn’t admit it, finding the gift gave him some trouble. After conducting some research and light-stalking, Khlu settled on what he thought was an appropriate gift. He managed to locate a fine pinot noir and a dog plushie. The plushie was a strange-looking dog, with pointy ears, a long tail, and whiskers. Apparently it was of the breed “Cat”. Khlu was confident that his gift would make the demon’s dangerous trek worth it.
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