Nexus Advent :: DAY FIVE & DAY SIX

[advent_tree]

Again, the tree is sitting serenely in the Nexus, still decked quite beautifully and shimmering prettily with its lights and the glow of the multicolored orbs surrounding it. Today, the game it started on the fourth is continuing and the tree is waiting in anticipation. (Because trees do that, really.) This time, there are red and green cards

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[save_us_alice]

Alice arrives at the tree with a gaily wrapped box in bright blue and yellow. Inside is a piece of homemade fruitcake, courtesy of Aunt Susan's recent efforts in baking. "I hope you appreciate this," she tells the tree as she gently tucks it under the branches. "I went without dessert last night to bring you a slice." Then she grins a little, to show that she's more or less teasing -- she's not precisely a fan of fruitcake.

[advent_tree]

Oh, the tree is terribly appreciative. And that's such a prettily wrapped box that Alice will discover an ornament hanging from the branch nearest her next clue card in the shape of a blue and yellow wrapped present. The tree likes those colors, young miss!

When she opens the card, she will discover her next clue as the fresh ink pulls together to form words:
On the fifth day of Christmas, the Nexus found for me ...
The finishing touch on any wrapped gift (tell this one from that, that one from this).

[save_us_alice]

Alice giggles at the sight of the ornament. "I'm glad you approve of the packaging. I thought it was nice and bright."

She opens up the card and studies the request. Hmm, rhyme scheme's changed a little. "Oh, this should be simple -- I'm pretty sure Aunt Susan has these around too. And if not, I could make them myself out of the sketchbook." Might be a bit tiring on her hand, but that's okay. She heads off to fulfill this latest request -- back shortly, tree.

[advent_tree]

The tree sits oh so serenely while Alice is gone, simply rife with anticipation!

[save_us_alice]

Alice returns with a small stack of little tags printed on heavy cardstock, with an image of a holly leaf in the corner. She gives the tree a bit of an odd look. "I do believe my Aunt Susan collects these -- when I told her I needed a few for gifts, she pulled out a whole drawer full of them. Perhaps she has them printed by the gross. . . ." She shakes her head. "Well, anyway, she certainly had enough to share with you." She finds a good spot to place them, where nobody can accidentally step on them or kick them over.

[advent_tree]

Well, aren't they lovely! The tree thinks they're terribly festive and greatly appreciates the gesture. As much as a tree can express gratitude, this tree does.

And, in exchange, the tree offers Alice the last clue in the scavenger hunt, unfurling a scroll of paper on the nearest branch to her with a neat scrawling note:
You've put up with my many requests,
Here's one last to go with the rest,
Tomorrow sing a Christmas song that will uplift,
And upon completion choose your gift!

[ OOC: A post for the 7th is now up on the main comm for the end of the scavenger hunt and the tree's gift-giving. :D ]

[save_us_alice]

They are indeed lovely! Hence the care with which Alice places them.

The scroll takes her a bit by surprise at first, but she grins again when she reads it over. "I don't know how well my singing voice is, but if that's what you want. . . . I'll see you tomorrow, then." She pats the branch with the scroll, then heads back home. She knows a few carols -- she just needs to find the full lyrics to one.