Christmas in Gensokyo Dr. Q !4WBwMSuyxE 2009/12/12 (Sat) 15:05 No. 107478 ▼ File 126063034960.png - (595.03KB, 1000x850 , 318f62d248f6f5e5fc37e442b5a34fa3.png)
Unoriginal title.
The Return of Halloween Anon.
Christmas.
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Christmas.
The season of wonder and miracles, an astounding oasis of joy is the cruelness of winter, a jovial jubilee of jollification, a magnificent conviviality blissful rapture, the day that brings forth the blazes of primal excitement and innocent exultation deep within the hearts of children!
You close the dictionary and slip off the chair, pressing your nose up against the cold window glass and staring out over the freshly snow-covered village.
The day of presents!
You skip over to the table and review your list. Last night, the Scarlet Devil Mansion held it's yearly pre-Christmas eve party. In... (three to Tuesday, plus one, skip Thursday, hold the two...) Exactly one week, it will be time for their Christmas eve party.
You have just one week to find eight presents, for eight people. You draw the slips out of your pocket and review the names again.
Pick eight (coded):
[ ] Criss-Cross
[ ] Cross Hatch
[ ] Fire Hatch
[ ] Fire Alarm
[ ] False Alarm
[ ] True or False
[ ] True Blue
[ ] Blue Balloon
[ ] Balloon Animal
[ ] Animal Rights
[ ] Right Turn
[ ] U Turn
[ ] No U
[ ] No Fun Anymore
[ ] Fun Times
[ ] Out of time
[ ] Burma-Shave
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Each one of these corresponds to a different character, who you will get (a) gift(s) for. Then, on Christmas eve, you will deliver them, in person and secret (secret person).
Anonymous 2009/12/12 (Sat) 15:45 No. 107484 [X] Criss-Cross
[X] Fire Alarm
[X] No U
[X] Burma-Shave
[X] Blue Balloon
[X] Animal Rights
[X] True or False
[X] Fun Times
I can only imagine who corresponds to what...
Anonymous 2009/12/12 (Sat) 15:45 No. 107485 [x] No Fun Anymore
[x] Fun Times
[x] Out of time
[x] Blue Balloon
[x] False Alarm
[x] True Blue
[x] Balloon Animal
[x] True or False
just the names that jumped out at me.
Anonymous 2009/12/12 (Sat) 17:07 No. 107491 [ø] Criss-Cross
[ ] Cross Hatch
[ ] Fire Hatch
[ ] Fire Alarm
[ø] False Alarm
[ø] True or False Shiki??
[ ] True Blue
[ ] Blue Balloon
[ ] Balloon Animal
[ø] Animal Rights
[ ] Right Turn
[ø] U Turn
[ø] No U a NEET Kaguya?
[ ] No Fun Anymore
[ø] Fun Times
[ø] Out of time
[ ] Burma-Shave
Anonymous 2009/12/12 (Sat) 17:21 No. 107492 Burma shave is Cirno.
Ice.fairy.is.stongest.lasts.longest.BURMA.SHAVE
Is someone's host mask on IRC, so That's why I assume it's Cirno.
Anonymous 2009/12/12 (Sat) 20:17 No. 107501 [x] Cross Hatch
[x] Fire Alarm
[x] False Alarm
[x] True or False
[x] Right Turn
[x] No Fun Anymore
[x] Fun Times
[x] Burma-Shave
Yay, Halloween Anon. Eggnog and candy-canes?
Anonymous 2009/12/12 (Sat) 20:40 No. 107503 [X] Criss-Cross Yumemi? Oh god please make it so
[X] Cross Hatch Yuuka? (Her dress pattern)
[ ] Fire Hatch Mokou?
[ ] Fire Alarm Orin?
[X] False Alarm Tewi?
[ ] True or False Keine?
[ ] True Blue Murasa?
[ ] Blue Balloon
[X] Balloon Animal
[ ] Animal Rights Yukari or Aya? (from Yukari's Bohemian Archive article)
[ ] Right Turn
[X] U Turn
[X] No U Kaguya?
[X] No Fun Anymore
[ ] Fun Times
[ ] Out of time Sakuya?
[X] Burma-Shave Cirno?
Anonymous 2009/12/12 (Sat) 21:00 No. 107505 [X] Criss-Cross
[X] Cross Hatch
[X] False Alarm
[X] True or False
[X] Animal Rights
[X] Fun Times
[X] Out of time
[X] Burma-Shave
It's still winter
There's lots of snow
That's why I'm hoping
Letty will Show
Burma-Shave
Anonymous 2009/12/12 (Sat) 21:27 No. 107506 [x] No U
[x] Out of time
[X] Cross Hatch
[x] Animal Rights
[X] False Alarm
[x] Burma-Shave
[x] Fire Alarm
[x] No Fun Anymore
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 02:44 No. 107519 [x] Criss-Cross
[x] Fire Hatch
[x] True or False
[x] True Blue
[x] U Turn
[x] No U
[x] Fun Times
[x] Out of time
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 06:18 No. 107537 [x] Criss-Cross
[x] False Alarm
[x] True or False
[x] Balloon Animal
[x] True Blue
[X] Fun Times
[x] Out of time
[x] Burma-Shave
Burma Shave at the end. Always.
Plus you can use it as a fake Santa beard in a pinch.
Dr. Q !4WBwMSuyxE 2009/12/13 (Sun) 18:36 No. 107569 Voting closed, tallied, wrangled, and called. The winners are:
[7] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
[7] True or False (Youmu, Yuyuko, Hakuanon)
[7] Fun Times (Sanae, Ku-chan, Kanako, Suwako)
[6] Criss-Cross (Sakuya & Meiling)
[6] Out of time (Akyuu)
[6] Burma-Shave (Yukari, Ran, Chen, Sousha)
[5] No U (Yuuka & Nemo)
[4] Animal Rights (Reisen, Tewi, KC)
Vote for the one(1) option you would like to shop for first! Thoughts on what to get them welcome.
*one option does not mean one person. It means one collection of people, as they are listed in the winners.
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 18:38 No. 107571 {X} Burma-Shave (Yukari, Ran, Chen, Sousha)
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 18:41 No. 107572 [x] Animal Rights (Reisen, Tewi, KC)
Some of these weren't what we were expecting, and you expected us to vote in a decent fashion.
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 19:16 No. 107580 [ø] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
Letty~
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 19:28 No. 107581 [X] Fun Times (Sanae, Ku-chan, Kanako, Suwako)
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 20:15 No. 107585 [x] Fun Times (Sanae, Ku-chan, Kanako, Suwako)
It's a very Moriya Christmas.
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 20:26 No. 107586 [x] Fun Times (Sanae, Ku-chan, Kanako, Suwako)
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 20:26 No. 107587 [x] Fun Times (Sanae, Ku-chan, Kanako, Suwako)
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 20:46 No. 107588 [x] Animal Rights (Reisen, Tewi, KC)
Anonymous 2009/12/13 (Sun) 23:09 No. 107600 [X] Criss-Cross (Sakuya & Meiling)
> [6] Out of time (Akyuu)
I feel sad now.
Anonymous 2009/12/14 (Mon) 00:17 No. 107601 [X] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
Anonymous 2009/12/14 (Mon) 12:16 No. 107634 [x] Burma-Shave (Yukari, Ran, Chen, Sousha)
Anonymous 2009/12/22 (Tue) 23:45 No. 108549 IRC-goer here.
I think Q died.
Dr. Q !4WBwMSuyxE 2009/12/23 (Wed) 18:21 No. 108590 Terribly, terribly sorry for all this. I got sick, and also had a week-long Christmas coding competition, that, frankly, ranked higher on my list of priorities. It finished yesterday, though, so I'll try to get back in the writing chair.
Dr. Q !4WBwMSuyxE 2009/12/23 (Wed) 19:11 No. 108591 ▼ File 126159549065.jpg - (617.87KB, 806x1139 , ad5a6f1157d750a58a9d9fc35ff76453.jpg)
Still very sorry about how long this took. I'm positive there would have been a better, much less awkward way of setting this up, but I can't (easily) change that now.
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[Q] Fun Times (Sanae, Ku-chan, Moriya gods)
You carefully unfold the paper, and scan the list.
It's those people from the mountain shrine.
Hmmm.
This looks like a job for Kourindou!
Donning your coat lucky red cap (which, due to a rather unfortunate breakdown of communications, is also named "Don"), you leap out into the snow.
Whoosh!
Soon, the shop of your destination lies before you. Within it's warm walls, you shall retrieve the blessed items for the goddesses and their servant.
Now, to get in...
Up-
Over-
and in!
Refolding the coat hanger and discreetly stuffing it back in your jacket, you look around furtively.
In the absence of a chimney, the back window will do.
Keeping low, you browse the shop's lowly wares.
Three miniature robots, two decks of cards, and a lighter.
You spot something else, out of the corner of your eye. Awed, you lift it from the shelf, carefully cradling it's slight, mechanical form.
A 35mm Polaroid Camera. There has never been a faster, less reliable, and more-misused camera held by any but the Tengu themselves.
You let out a low whistle and put it among the other gifts.
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Shopping:
For Sanae:
(1) Miniature Giant Robot (Green), (1) Camera
For Kanako:
(1) New Deck of Cards, (1) Miniature Giant Robot (Blue)
For Suwako:
(1) New Deck of Cards, (1) Miniature Giant Robot (Yellow)
For Ku:
(1) Goddamn Lighter
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Pick another from the winner's list, and let the shopping continue!
Anonymous 2009/12/23 (Wed) 19:15 No. 108592 [x] Animal Rights (Reisen, Tewi, KC)
Anonymous 2009/12/23 (Wed) 19:18 No. 108593 [ø] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
hooray!
Anonymous 2009/12/23 (Wed) 19:24 No. 108594 {X} Animal Rights (Reisen, Tewi, KC)
Anonymous 2009/12/23 (Wed) 19:43 No. 108596 [ℤℯ] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
Hooray, you're back!
Anonymous 2009/12/23 (Wed) 19:44 No. 108597 [ø] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
Anonymous 2009/12/23 (Wed) 22:08 No. 108598 [X] Animal Rights (Reisen, Tewi, KC)
Dr. Q !4WBwMSuyxE 2009/12/24 (Thu) 01:44 No. 108614 Someone asked again on IRC, so here they are. The list of unchosen Christmas giftees:
[ ] Cross Hatch (Satori, Koishi & Pets)
[ ] Fire Hatch (Temple of Myouren)
[ ] Fire Alarm (Taizou, Yuugi, Yamame, Kisume)
[ ] True Blue (Reina)
[ ] Blue Balloon (Nitori, Bill, Takiko, daughter)
[ ] Balloon Animal (Reimu, Suika, Mima)
[ ] Right Turn (Mokou)
[ ] U Turn (Aya, Momizi, Adahn, Mikio)
[ ] No Fun Anymore (Marisa, Alice, David, Sigurd)
Anonymous 2009/12/24 (Thu) 02:10 No. 108621 [x] Animal Rights (Reisen, Tewi, KC)
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[c] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
Cannot resist Letty~
Anonymous 2009/12/25 (Fri) 01:28 No. 108680 [X] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
This holds the possiblity to be funny and adorable.
Anonymous 2009/12/25 (Fri) 01:32 No. 108681 [7] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
Dr. Q !4WBwMSuyxE 2009/12/25 (Fri) 14:00 No. 108697 And, we have a winner!
[Q] False Alarm (Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, Rumia, Letty)
Writing later today, after I finish opening my presents.
Dr. Q !4WBwMSuyxE 2010/02/10 (Wed) 17:29 No. 111870 So, for those of you who haven't already inferred it, this story is officially dead. Not enough ideas, lack of motivation, and it's already February.
It's sad to see it go, but it's gone.