[YOU. IN THE MESSHALL. WITH CHOCOLATE.]

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[As you come into the mess hall this morning, you will find a very large tree in a corner AWAY from the fireplaces. It is sparkling with lights and tinsel, and hung with a TON of ornaments. Ornaments all made from chocolate. White chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, cinnamon chocolate, mint chocolate, orange chocolate -- just about every

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[hermajestree]

[Gasping and then marching over from across the room]

What have you done to that tree?!

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Decorated it?

[hermajestree]

You-- You're making a mockery of it! Taking it out of the earth and putting frivolous things all over it without even asking its' permission! The poor thing! How would you like it if I put you in a pot and had everyone come gawk?

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B-but it's not for gawking. It's a Christmas tree.

[hermajestree]

What? That's not its' name! Don't you know anything?

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It's not a name. It's a holiday. The tree is an important part of it!

[hermajestree]

Oh be quiet, can't you see I'm trying to talk to someone else?

[Yeah, she's ignoring you for the tree now. She seems intently focused on it, as if an exchange is occurring.]

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...

[goes back to hanging a few more decorations on it]

[hermajestree]

[Turning back to Kazahaya after a bit, looking slightly mollified]

He says that this sort of thing is his purpose, so he doesn't mind doing it, but that a little appreciation would be nice all the same.

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You'd think bringing happiness to hundreds of people would be appreciation enough.

[hermajestree]

There's a difference between making someone happy and someone saying "thank you". Trees don't require much, but a little thanks goes a long way, you know.

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Fine. I'll thank him sometime when you aren't here.

[hermajestree]

[Airily] It doesn't make one whit of difference to me whether I'm here or not. It's the tree I'm asking for, after all.

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Good then go away.

[hermajestree]

... No, actually, now I don't feel like it. I think I'll stay here a bit longer. [Settles herself down on a chair nearby]

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