>Kanaya: Produce Colorful And Wearable Presentry

[chastesaw]

[Voice]It's my understanding that the human equivalent of 12th Perigees Eve also involves the reception and distribution of items as a display of affection or acknowledgment of an existent relationship, yes

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[crusthatecean]

[He'll open the door for her!]

...Hey. What's going on?

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[chastesaw]

*Oh. Crap. She didn't expect people to actually answer her doorbell before she could abscond, but it happens that extracting and leaving three different packages at the doorstep takes time. She has two packages out already with the third in her hands... and she freezes.*

--Ah. Karkat. Hello.

Strictly speaking, there isn't anything "going on." I was merely... stopping by. For no precise reason. It was thoroughly unplanned. And now that I have visited and assuaged my curiosity about nothing in particular, I should perhaps take my leave.

*Kanaya, you are a terrible liar.*

[crusthatecean]

...Okay. So you're coming to dump some shit at our door suspiciously.

Should I be afraid right now? Is the package going to murder me in my sleep?

[chastesaw]

Yes, Karkat, I have arrived to dispense naught but indiscriminate destruction and carnage in the form of colorful and carefully wrapped packages.

action, later

[dreambubbly]

[Oh, this is good timing! Feferi just finished a present for Kanaya - she's not the best at sewing, but she's really tried hard on the plushies for her friends, each one in their color, meant to look like their lusus.]

Hi, Kanaya!

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[chastesaw]

*Double crap. Why do people have to be home when she rings the doorbell, instead of letting her leave the present and abscond?* Salutations, Feferi.

[dreambubbly]

How are you?

[hey, not her fault she's been out all afternoon and got back just in time.]

Actually, this is pretty good timing. I have something for you! One minute.

[She dashes upstairs. Advance or abscond???]

[chastesaw]

*Abscond! Abscond!

No, that would be rude. So she just puts the package down inside the house to the side of the door where Feferi might notice it later.*

[Voice]

[noluckduck]

You talkin' about Christmas? Lemme guess, are you another alien? Or maybe a robot, with the way ya speak...

[Voice]

[chastesaw]

Respectively: Yes, yes, and no.

[Voice]

[noluckduck]

... 'Kay then. Anyway, yeah, that's our Earth Christmas for ya. They can be anythin' at all.

[Voice]

[chastesaw]

Very well. So you have no traditions regarding it?

Phone

[bread_goes_bip]

It can be anything at all that you think the recipient would like. And it's always more fun to keep things a surprise!

Phone

[chastesaw]

And if I think it's something not that they are scrambling to possess but that would suit them well anyway, is that also acceptable?

Re: Phone

[bread_goes_bip]

Of course! It might turn out to be something they never even realized they wanted.

Phone

[chastesaw]

That is certainly my hope, yes.

Around town

[grimmdark]

[Oh hey Kanaya, there's that girl that was Rose until she died and apparently didn't come back. Or did she? Maybe if the troll girl had cehcked Rose's room she would have noticed her wands are back there, so that could only mean Rose wasn't gone for good right?

Well the girl that waved as she came closer was most definitely a drone.]

Ｈｅｌｌｏ　Ｋａｎａｙａ，　ｌｏｖｅｌｙ　ｄａｙ　ｉｓｎ’ｔ　ｉｓ？

Around town

[chastesaw]

*One day, seeing Rose droned and unresponsive to any of their traditional inquiries would stop making Kanaya feel like a knife had been shoved between her ribs.

This was not that day.

She averts her eyes as the human approaches.* ...hello, Rose.

Around town

[grimmdark]

Ｏｈ！　Ｉ　ｓｅｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｈａｖｅ　ｂｅｅｎ　ｒａｔｈｅｒ　ｂｕｓｙ　ｙｏｕｒｓｅｌｆ　ａｓ　ｏｆ　ｌａｔｅ．

[Her attention diverts to the bag, peeking for a moment before a tiny little silly smile creeps up on her lips.]

Ｔｈｅ　ｓｐｉｒｉｔ　ｏｆ　Ｃｈｒｉｓｔｍａｓ　ｓｕｒｅ　ｉｔ’ｓ　ａ　ｗｏｎｄｅrful...thing.

[Rose blinks, suddenly confused. Why was she so cheerful a moment ago? More importantly, what the hell is she wearing?

Wait a minute. Rising a hand to her face, Rose slowly passes a hand over her hair, eyes wide as she finally looks back at Kanaya.]

How long...

Around town

[chastesaw]

*She's trying to ignore the drone as best as she can, because if she doesn't think about it it doesn't hurt as much, but it's hard when she's so close, and then--

--and then her voice changes, and her posture changes, and Kanaya freezes. The gaze in the human's eyes is familiar instead of uncanny.* ...Rose?