The Thirty-Third Day

[stalkershiki]

[Now that they are back in the castle, and Shiki is no longer running around Paris exploring the city as much as she possibly could and being a slightly pretentious-looking teenage designer girl (seriously... she had a long, thin, sparkly scarf and an iced drink and everything else you could possibly associate with that stereotype) she's free to

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[scourgeof8seas]

[A troll pirate who essentially has no concept of holidays walks by, then stops, turns, and raises an eyebrow.]

That seems terribly inefficient.

[Not that she's going to do anything to help.]

[stalkershiki]

Huh?

[Shiki turns to see who spoke, and her sudden movement means the presents she was carrying? They are now everywhere.

Whoops.

She begins to pick them up as she looks at Mindfang.]

Well, yeah, I guess it's not the most efficient of ways to give out my presents to everyone, but... I mean, I didn't want to deal with wishing up a cart from the castle or anything, you know?

[scourgeof8seas]

[Mindfang looks at the packages all over the ground, but still does nothing to help. And she may be grinning just a little bit at the human's misfortune.

But only a little.]

What sort of purpose do all of those "presents" serve? Are you attempting to appease someone?

[stalkershiki]

[Shiki's not so surprised at this response that she drops all of the presents she'd just picked up, but she is surprised enough that she pauses to look at her.]

N-No... they're for my close friends... because it's the holidays! Don't you have anything like this on Alternia?

dictated;

[daddyhost]

P-Princess... this is for me?

[If he sounds like he's crying, it's because HE IS!]

dictated;

[stalkershiki]

[Oh man. And she still has just enough self doubt left to, as she hears him crying, assume that she did something wrong. Crap. What if he didn't want something like that? What if reminding him of home just hurt him since he can't go back. Oh crap crap crap.]

Y-Yeah... is it okay, Tamaki?

[daddyhost]

It's... the most beautiful present I have ever received, my princess...

[stalkershiki]

[Shiki exhales, and smiles broadly... even though he can't see it, he may be able to hear the pleasure in her voice.]

...I'm glad you like it, Tamaki.