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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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).
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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.
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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 ]
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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.
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