Seventh Post: Video

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[Once more, Engineer is making a video post, but this time he has Imoen's guitar in his hands, strumming away. It's not just random chords, though; it sounds rather familiar. After a moment of playing, he begins to speak.]Now, you folks that celebrate Christmas probably already know about Saint Nick. Yeah, Santa's one heck of a saint all right,

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1/2 - [voice; English] I couldn't help myself. ;;

[bokuwadoctaaa]

[WHAT IS THIS AMAZING STORY THAT I HAVE JUST HAD THE HONOR OF LISTENING TO.]

2/2 - [voice]

[bokuwadoctaaa]

THAT'S THE BEST STORY EVER!!

Where is the North Pole?! Does Rudolph still live there?! Why does his nose glow?! How can he fly?! Are there reindeers with other colored noses?! Do theirs glow too?! Do you think mine could glow?!

[voice; english]

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Easy, lil feller, easy!

The North Pole is the North Pole! You know, it's the northmost tip of the world.

I reckon he lives there still, since Santa's there. His nose glows for the same reason the reindeer can fly: Christmas magic.

No, he's pretty unique; one of a kind, even.

As for your nose glowin', why don't y'all jus' lemme take a looksee?

[voice -> video]

[bokuwadoctaaa]

I have never heard of the North Pole though. I think maybe we don't have it where I'm from, or I just was never told about it.

Uwoooaaa, Rudolph is really lucky that he gets to live with Santa. It must be really fun there. [...] Christmas magic. That's so coool.

Maybe it can glow when I'm older. Or only red noses glow. Mine is only blue. [Yeah, he's too excited to care about how you'll react to what you see, and he turns the video on and there's a close-up of Chopper's curious face. A hoofed hand goes up to point out his blue nose.] What do you think?

[video]

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[Thank God for goggles. Engineer is just grateful for talking to 'countries' and demons here to give him a good point of reference. Talking reindeer isn't any weirder. Instead, he seems to narrow his eyes.]

Ya know, pardner, I reckon I do see a bit of a glow! Y'all might just give Rudy a run fer his money!

[video]

[bokuwadoctaaa]

REALLY?! But how come I don't see it? [He tries looking down at his nose, then tilts his head up so he's sticking his nose up into the air, turns his head from side to side, but still sees nothing. However, this doesn't douse his spirits.] Maybe I need to be in a darker place to see it glow. Maybe it just glows a tiny little bit. I need to check!

[...] D-DO YOU THINK THAT, MAYBE... THIS MEANS, ONE DAY, I COULD MEET SANTA TOO, AND HELP HIM LIKE RUDOLPH?!

[video]

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Way I see it, wouldn't do ya much good if yer glowing nose blinded ya all the time. Maybe y'all can't see it to protect y'all's eyes.

Or, it could just not be that strong yet.

[video]

[bokuwadoctaaa]

Oh. That makes sense! That's really good then.

I gotta try to make it stronger! I wonder how I do that.

[video]

[sentry_down]

Well, if ya keep trying ta make it grow brighter, it won't! That's part o' Christmas magic!

[video]

[bokuwadoctaaa]

Oh. Okay. I get it. Then I should just let it grow brighter if it wants to with the magic.

Since it's Christmas magic, does that mean it would stop glowing, or stop trying to glow after Christmas?

[video]

[sentry_down]

Sorry to say, son, but probably. Ya see, Rudolph's pretty much one of a kind. Then again, that's true of all of us, isn't it?

[video]

[bokuwadoctaaa]

Uh-huh, I know that! Everyone is different, but that's a good thing because that's what makes us who we are. It's what makes us special. And, we wouldn't have it any other way.

...I wouldn't mind if my nose glowed or not, because how I am now, people like that, and I like it too.

But it would still be really cool if my nose could glow all the time.

[video]

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I reckon that would be pretty neat.