Creation 13

[dodo_master]

Hmph. Well. I-If this is your idea of a joke, Mayfield, I don't like it! Christmas is no time for cruel pranks. And I don't believe this for a second, anyway. Of course my sons would want to see me. They would never say such things!

I'm sure of this.

[He doesn't sound so confident. But Cynric hangs up the phone, and sits down near the

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[befriendthewolf]

[Ringo is blessed with the gift of coal, which bothers her until she stumbles on Cynric by the tree and realises he isn't doing so well.]

I... I take it your present was worse than coal?

[dodo_master]

[He gets in between you in the box.]

Indeed. Another of Mayfield's awful tricks. Still, it's nothing a young lady should be witness to. I'll... I'll take care of it somehow.

[befriendthewolf]

[She doesn't make a move to get closer to the box.]

It's fine... Is there anything I can do to help?

[dodo_master]

I don't think there's much anyone can do, but I appreciate the offer. I feel like I should bury it, but the ground is frozen now.