❆ 1st Present ❆ [public video post] [BACKDATED to September 2]

[saltysanta]

[Have a young man in a monocle and top hat, complete with a sprig of mistletoe decorating the band, (which seems to be nothing but a belt wrapped around it) squinting dubiously into the mirror.]

She said this is some kind of..... magical intelligent telegraph, right.....? You just talk to it?

[It's a little hard to use, even after Fumiko had showed him the basics, but he's working on it--and his uncertainty is quickly covered with an irritated, impatient look.]

Right, then. Anyone who can see this, listen up! I'm looking for a reindeer with a red nose or a tall guy with long silver hair! They--he answers to Rudolph. You can probably get the idiot's attention with candy or cakes, okay? He belongs with me, and he's going to be in big trouble if he's here but hasn't tried to find me yet. You hear me, Rudolph? You'd better have a good explanation, or I'm cutting you off from sweets for a whole week!

.....Now, how do I make it go.....?

[There's a long beat of silence between his message and his realization that he's not sure how to send it. Noël's scowl softens a little in confusion as he starts poking at the mirror with a gloved hand; a few seconds later, the message ends.]

Comments

[saltysanta]

If he turns up, sure. Just keep an eye out for him.

1/2

[gottastaycalm]

.....

[ A tired sigh. Does he have too? ]

2/2

[gottastaycalm]

How do you even know him?

Re: 2/2

[saltysanta]

He bel--

[No, that's not quite right. Rudolph doesn't belong to him, not the same way he might have to Lord Klaus. Noël shakes his head a little and tries again.]

He's my reindeer partner. I formed a contract with him years ago.

1/3

[gottastaycalm]

.......

2/3

[gottastaycalm]

[ What does that even mean? It almost sounds like he... ]

3/3

[gottastaycalm]

Is he some kind of box animal?

[ And you named him Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer? Wow, even he didn't give his box animal such a ridiculous name and he was 5. ]

[saltysanta]

What's a box animal?

[Give him a break, the guy came named already.....]

[gottastaycalm]

Yare, yare.

You don't know how to answer questions simply, do you?

[saltysanta]

You don't ask simple questions, either.

He's a magical reindeer who also has a human form, that's as simple as I can make it.

[gottastaycalm]

Human?! You mean, he's a man?!

[saltysanta]

Didn't you listen? When he's a reindeer, he has a red nose, and when he's a human, he has long silver hair! He's about a head taller than I am when he's a man.

[gottastaycalm]

Never mind. I don't want to meet him anymore.

[saltysanta]

.....Huh? Why not?

[gottastaycalm]

I don't really like meeting guys.

[saltysanta]

Tch. If you don't want to meet him, then you don't have to. Even if he's a reindeer, he's still a guy anyway, you know.

[gottastaycalm]

It's not the same, at all.

[saltysanta]

Geez..... What, do you have a phobia of human men or something?

[gottastaycalm]

They're not cute, and I only like being introduced to cute girls.

[saltysanta]

You must live in your own little world, if you think you can go through life only meeting cute girls.....

[gottastaycalm]

[ A wink. ]

You're just don't try hard enough.

[ By age 5, he'd already seen so many boobies, it's really unfair that things aren't so simple as they were back then. ]

[saltysanta]

Idiot..... I have more important things to worry about than girls.

[Translation: He hasn't tried at all. His boobies counter is a big fat 0; he probably didn't even have any female friends growing up. Gender segregation was alive and well in Victorian England.]

[gottastaycalm]

[ A quiet grin. ]

Like delivering presents on Christmas eve?

[saltysanta]

Exactly.

[Arms folded, totally serious.]

[gottastaycalm]

Eehhh?!!

[ He was kidding! ]