[ 02 ] ✯ [ Video ⋆ Intro 2.0?? ]

[abmoemination]

[ Hey folks, who remembers this girl? Even if you don't, she's ready to introduce herself in the best of ways possible: by completely ignoring the fact she was missing in the first place and diving right into the holidays. But wait, how does an alien lifeform know anything about human holidays? ]

'tis the season to be ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!! [ Spoilers: she doesn't. ]

That's the human tradition I researched desperately before my arrival to the planet Earth! You think if they were to come up with something memetic that it would at least make sense. Heed my advice, whimpering mortals. Translate something first before putting it on display for everyone to see. A translation error with so many notes, geez...

[ A gasp. ] Oh, but that's not why I'm contacting everyone. I wanted to show off my own bit of holiday spirit. Are you ready?

[ Without even waiting for an answer, she'll turn the watch around to show off a corner of her apartment. Oh look, it's a Christmas tree. Sorta.



It stands stationary in place although it might appear the tentacles are wriggling every so often. That's just a trick of the mind though, isn't it? ]

Doesn't this earn your favor, imouto? Oh, Mahiro, you should come by too♥ [ She pauses after that for a brief moment. ] Wait, do you even celebrate that holiday in this part of the world?

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[Video]

[second_destiny]

W...wh...wha...

...What the hell is that thing?!

[abmoemination]

A tree.

[ Looking at you weirdly because how do you not know what a tree is? ]

[Action]

[forkmylife]

['Twas the eleventh day before Christmas, and all through the town,
Mahiro's suddenly feeling hella down.

Rhyming is dead. Anyways, that's the reaction he would normally have, but he's actually reacting with... is it relief? Something similar, anyways. Not since the season finale has he really realized how much he missed Nyaruko. Not that he'll say it out loud. He decides to look for her, since he figures the trail of collateral should make it easy enough. More importantly, he has to confirm two things, the first being Nyaruko's presence, and the second being...]

You... really built it...

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[greatergone]

Is this the human tradition of Christmas, the worship of the son of the gue'la God-Emperor? I didn't realize he had so many...tentacles.

[abmoemination]

[ Just for you, Mahiro. Just for you. ]

You found me♥ [ Not that it's any challenge what with her apartment door wide open and covered in various posters of different eroges. Complete with a sign that says HUMANS BEWARE. ] Oh how I've waited for this day for...

[ Wait, he's surprised? ]

Yes, I decorated it. Our children can't grow up in a house without a Christmas tree, right?

[abmoemination]

No way, humanity's God-Emperor can't be as cool as this. In fact, they should all switch to worshiping this tree themselves. It'd earn them my favor at least♥

[ This human's dorkier than the others. How surprising. NOT. ]

[video]

[hadronknight]

...pardon me if this offends you, ma'am, but is that tree... wriggling?

[How does he even respond to this...!]

[abmoemination]

[ Looking beyond the COMP towards the tree. ]

It shouldn't be, but these sort of malfunctions can't be helped.

[ A pause. ] Hey tree, are you alive?

[ It wriggles in response!! ]

[hadronknight]

...I suppose I shouldn't be that surprised at a living, moving tree after everything.

[SIGH.]

[abmoemination]

[ The tree is now advancing towards her at the sound of his voice. ]

Hey, quit antagonizing my tree. It's not that surprising! Trees are living things on this planet!

[second_destiny]

Trees don't have tentacles!

[Surely she should know that by now.]

[abmoemination]

Now that's just racist.

[ Er. ] Pinocest! Yeah, that sounds about right.

[second_destiny]

...That doesn't even make any sense.

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[ineedthemforanalyzing]

[Wait, a plant with tentacles?]

Something about that tree looks familiar...

[hadronknight]

Well, yes.

[...Still...! A tree shouldn't even move like that!]

As long as it doesn't harm anyone, I guess.

[greatergone]

[....no fitting translation for the word 'cool' here.]

Seeing that humans are warm in nature, I doubt they would be as cool as a sea creature.

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[forkmylife]

[Mahiro actually blushes and seems a little taken aback by that. This is all catching him off-guard.]

2/2

[forkmylife]

[But he quickly regains his composure.]

Not even a 0.00001% chance of that.

Are you sure you know how Christmas works? I don't think C'thulhu has anything to do with it here... Probably.

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[threadspinner]

Oh, beautiful. Do tell me how you achieved such a nice tree.

[ The voice may not be familiar, but she sounds sincere and interested at the very least. ]

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[all_wound_up]

That's a very creative tree. What is that on the top...?

[video]

[greatseal]

Is that... a Mara tree? I didn't expect them to even sell things like that there...

[no it's not, but it's close enough for a reasonable mistake, right?]

[kagami_arrow]

[Hmm, the girl from the bookstore.]

I may not be familiar with 'Christmas', but I don't think that's normal for it.

That said, I'm... not surprised.

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[primordial]

That's...an interesting choice of tree decorating. Um.

[But there's something more interesting here.]

You're not human?

[abmoemination]

[ Listen, it has green in it and green is one of the primary Christmas colors. It fits. In her mind at least. ]

That's right. I was just to this planet to watch over a single human, so the rest of them can just... I don't know, go do humany things.

[abmoemination]

It isn't normal? But there's green and lights.

[ Hm. Looking it over, she gives a nod (as shown by the bobbing of the video, of course) ]

I know what it's missing. Tinsel.