attempt number nine ♓ (written) (forward-dated to ~10 am)

[autophoenix]

So, now that everyone's out of their literal sugar comas and had some time to recover, I feel like I should ask … did anyone else wake up to a gift from Santa Claus? And by Santa Claus, I mean the castle's weird version of Santa Claus

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( claire )

[brbfisting]

Alright... sure.

( akihiko )

[autophoenix]

I've been thinking a lot about what you told me at the ball, and I

I think I owe you an apology.

( claire )

[brbfisting]

I'm not mad at all.

( akihiko )

[autophoenix]

Maybe not, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be sorry for what I said.

( claire )

[batfail]

I'll make sure to drink coffee out of the jacket and wear the mug.

Thanks, Claire.

( stephanie )

[autophoenix]

Maybe I'm just being crazy, but I think you'll probably get more mileage out of them both the other way around.

How was your Christmas?

( claire )

[batfail]

I guess I'll try it your way.

Christmas was good. [Everything after sucked. It's probably a little evident in her voice.] How about yours? Christmas ranging from fancy ball to toy castle to dreams to... now.

( stephanie )

[autophoenix]

It ... gave me a lot to think about.

By the sound of it, though, I'm not the only one. Wanna talk about it?

[spongetastic]

Good question. I guess the best thing to do is just call out their name and see if they answer, or contact their friends.

..By the way, thanks for the book. Did you... like the bear? [he remembered she liked teddy bears, and it was really all he could think of to get her D:]

[autophoenix]

Guess that's what I'll have to try, then. Thanks.

And yeah! It's really cute. He'll be the first one in my new collection, Paradisa edition. Back home, I had --

Well ... I guess you probably know that, huh? Obviously. [ awkward. ] Sorry.

[spongetastic]

I'm glad you liked it. [a bit of an awkward pause]

Paradisa gave me something, and I thought... maybe you'd like to hold onto it while you're here.

[autophoenix]

You want to regift me what the castle left for you? [ obviously confused. ] What is it?

[nurse_boy]

[just sort of smiles a little at Claire's message, but doesn't say anything. He feels it'd be presumptuous, and anyway the card he sent her was goofy anyway. But he hopes she got a bit of a smile out of it too]

[autophoenix]

[ ♥ it was totally cute and she definitely got a smile out of it. even the small stuff makes a big impression with her being away from her family for the holidays. ]

[gotcharm]

[kind of just glancing through the journal, and pauses at this question]

Well, the hard answer is check every floor. Or maybe you could send out a filter, like... 'People who know so and so's room number', and ask them.

[autophoenix]

Do filters that complicated really work?

[gotcharm]

You don't know until you try? I haven't really experimented with them, but I don't see why not.