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Good afternoon, Naegi. I need to know your and your sister's favorite colors so I can properly spoil you both with souvenirs.

[At least he's direct.]

Onii-chaaaaaan...

[ She sounds sad. MAKE HER FEEL BETTER, NAEGI. ]

[ Hisanta Hajime is coming to town (or well, he already is in town) and is going to find out where you live and HUNT YOU DOWN

or something like that he's knocking on the door and ringing the doorbell and what Naegi will hear is the voice of a rather old man (Santa??) saying: ]

Ho, ho, ho! Naegi Makoto, I have come to give you your Christmas gift! Usually I would do this while you were sleeping, but since you've been a good boy this year, I decided to come visit in person! [ HINATA PLEASE ]

[Sometime while Naegi is undoubtedly going about his business as usual, he receives a sudden mental image of a chattering plant.

This is presented without comment.]

[There's a delivery of sorts for Naegi on this day, with a relatively nondescript box on his doorstep. Except possibly for its size, as it's big enough to contain a casserole, and an enclosed letter.]

Dear Makoto Naegi,

Merry Christmas. We do not celebrate this occasion back in my world, but I thought it would be interesting to engage in this act called "the spirit of giving", and thus, present to you one of your requested items. I've cooked some spicy tofu curry, a specialty of mine. Feel free to keep the casserole, as I will not be needing it back.

Your Secret Santa,

Jade Curtiss

Edited (Naegi's innocence has been saved... for now) 2016-12-25 15:36 (UTC)

[ Wherever Naegi is, Makoto (the bird) has a message from Kirigiri for him. Her handwriting looks rushed, fitting with the urgent tone of her message ]

Naegi, come to my office immediately.

[ The very second it becomes the 5th, Naegi can hear a voice suddenly yelling: ]

ONII-CHAAAAN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

[On Naegi's birthday he can expect a mysterious box! It's given anonymously, but don't worry, all that's inside is...a cake. A pretty nice one too. No doubt he's already going to have some sort of birthday cake, but since when is more cake ever a bad thing?

But back to how nice it is. It's got some fairly elegant red and blue icing that somebody's taken the care to intertwine carefully around the edges, creating a really nice look (and certainly not reminiscent of anyone's hair back home. No, not at all). There's a different shade of blue for the frosting on top (Similar to a certain tracksuit that was a key piece of evidence, maybe. You know, if someone stops to think about these things.), along with some gold mixed in (like the designs on the back of somebody else's jacket). And while we're describing said cake, the frosting is of course buttercream.

As far as the inside goes, it's surprisingly...coffee flavored? That's weird. Why would someone make a coffee flavored cake with all the other stuff? Was there anyone he knows that likes coffee? Maybe a certain someone back home who favored the kind with protein in it?

But that person's not here, so maybe our baker's just weird. That has to be it. That would also explain why it's perfectly uniform and looks like if there were some sort of exact specifications for making the cake, it would follow them to the letter. Like say, if there was an Ultimate Moral Compass for cake making, this is the kind of thing he'd allow.

And as far as the presentation goes, it's on a lovely lace doily. Made from the real thing, not paper. The sort of thing that a certain gambler would've probably loved if she'd seen it. Or at least told people she did to maintain her image.

Though you know, that's all very subtle, and sure, there's a lot of emotions put into the cake. Love, friendship, but also bitterness and of course, despair. Then again, that requires eating it and not checking the card. Because there is a card!

It's not signed, but it features lovingly drawn, if not very good, caricatures of everybody who our cake sender thought about while making it. Sure, she's not exactly on part with Yamada, but it's the thought that counts. And what do you know, it's all his dead friends minus...whatsherface. You know the one. The disappointment.

And while it's not signed, there is a message enclosed:

”Happy birthday, Naegi-kun. We might not be here, but we're all thinking about you on your special day!”]

[At around noon, there's a gentle nudge to his crystal and when he accepts Komaeda's voice bright and light backed by a radiant smile greets him.] Naegi-kun!

Have you had lunch yet?

[Ding dong, Naegi, please open up your apartment door to find Cherryblod holding a box!

You can tell it's Cherryblod because his antenna are sticking up over top, but otherwise the box is tall enough to block view of his face.]

[Naegi's gift from Hizumi lacks a tag or any kind of identifier. On the other hand, it isn't difficult to guess who would send him a flower after... certain conversations.

Its head doubles as a speaker. When a certain button is pressed, or if he happens to be near it while feeling particularly irate, it will cycle through one of three recordings:

1. The "Happy Birthday" song, except so cracked and staticky and generally out of tune that it sounds more like a hymn to the elder gods unless you're listening really hard for the melody.
2. A similarly creaked "Good niiiiiiiiiight." Oddly, this seems to come up on the cycle more often in the evening, or when the room is otherwise dark (and/or foreboding).
3. A "Helloooooo sunshine!" that could have been spoken by a gremlin over a failing radio.

ENJOY, FRIEND.]

Edited 2017-02-08 02:20 (UTC)

[ It's Naegi's birthday! Which means that there is a special delivery, in a rather large, but plain green box. When he opens it, he'll find a crown of four leaf clovers surrounding the edges of the inside and it comes with a folded hoodie - the kind that zips all the way so he can cover his face if he really wanted to - along with a rather ornate shield shaped like the Chinese yin and yang symbol, along with a written note, all in Japanese instead of whatever Weird Language Empatheias Has (probably a form of English). ]

Naegi:
I heard it was your birthday, so I decided to make you something nice. Hopefully you like all of it. By the way, the shield utilizes a balance of emotions to protect you better. I crafted it using my Dunamis, so it's strong and sturdy; it's also a prototype, so if anything goes wrong with it, let me know and I'll make any adjustments. And as always, if you need anything, feel free to drop by, I'm willing to help anytime.
- Hinata Hajime.

[HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, NAEGI MAKOTO. Today you're receiving a flat box, the sort chocolates might come in, wrapped in cute froofy pink and red wrapping paper. It's labeled with For Naegi-kun, with no indication of who it's from . . .

Unfortunately, tearing open the wrapping paper covering the box to get at the sweet sweet chocolate inside will only unleash a hellstorm of pink glitter everywhere, tucked into every crevice of the paper, only visible once the box is tampered with. Happy choco day, chump!

Also, if Naegi goes so far as to brave Glitter Hell and get the box open anyway, there's no actual chocolate in it—it's just weighted down with pencil erasers. Someone else ate all that chocolate themselves. What a fucking prick.

Enjoy your holiday!]

crystal message

voice; 11/25

12/25; you know what no messenger bird for this one he's coming for u

12/20

[12/25]

12/25 Messenger Bird

voice; 2/5

2/5, birthday delivery

2/5 [Image]

2/5

backdated to the 5th!

2/5 delivery

2/14; delivery