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good evening Hinoto-Ri. the oddity of the recent weather aside, i do hope you've been well!

i have a question to ask you; well several questions to be honest. a holiday celebrated by humans is coming up soon, correct? it's called christmas and you're supposed to buy gifts for your friends and loved ones and... put them under a tree. i'm not entirely sure why.

[At least, that's what he thinks it is about. The general gist of it; anyway hey, a chance to show he cares about ~~Minato and Minako~~ people and give them presents for the fun of it. But he needs to make absolutely sure he selects the right gifts! Which he has no experience shopping for. :D]

so, what would someone who enjoys music, spending time with their friends, and eating large amounts of food want for christmas? or someone who is loud, enjoys karaoke and talking about himself like as a present? i would appreciate input from others.

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ryoji what do you think they would like?

[C'mon older self, you've grown up and spent some time as a teenager with them, surely you know about to shop for protags on the holidays. Maybe he should get Ekikichi a bottle of hair gel.

Pharos is also facing the dilemma of not... having any money at all to buy presents with, being a kid who does not have a job! Even if he figures out which things he should get for them. Woe. And if he asks the Arisatos for money, that kinda defeats the purpose of buying them presents to begin with... And no, this post isn't locked from either of them btw. ]

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I'm not sure either. That's possible, too.

... I'm not sure what to get her, though. I don't know her as well as Minato-kun. She's... oddly familiar, though. It's strange.

well, i guess you can buy one of them karaoke machines if they don't have one already. or just buy food/chocolate. you can't go wrong with edible stuff at xmas tbh. so long as you get them something, they can't complain. or you can just give them money.

... perhaps he could use some extras in case they break?

[Oh, that was right... Ryoji didn't know because he was limited to one temporal possibility. Well then it was only fair of him to help his 'brother' out in this department if his memories only included one boy in them. Allow him to explain;]

~~???~~ oh i see.

she's familiar to you because minako and minato share a common destiny between them.

do you remember that night ten years ago? there was a living child standing on that bridge... and there was a dead child. they were brother and sister, the two; which one survives to take death into themselves depends on the whim of fate.

that's what you call it? simply the World?

scarves! or something cute that has to do with small animals.

they would appreciate something to do with music too. someone else on this post suggested adding a card to the gift.

[Will try that later maybe.]

Oh. What is shortbread and gingerbread? [Another kind of food, yes but those don't sound like they were cookies. Weren't they... bread? Is... bread a suitable present? :|a]

[Huh. Both of those ideas actually sound decent.

~~You can't really go wrong with small animals.~~]

You're supposed to add a card and shit. And wrap the damn things.

But I guess those work. Just don't give her anything with a damn rabbit on.

[Good job on that one, Aki.]

Shortbread's a really simple cookie with just flour, sugar and butter. Gingerbread is a little more complicated, and spicier. At CHristmas people will make it in the shape of people or build houses out of it. Or just serve it as plain cookies.

That is what it's called, after all. The World.

Well you could--

--..is that last one me?

[You can buy karaoke? Isn't karaoke something you go to a place to do? ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/ Alright, adding chocolate to the "edible stuff for presents" list.]

is that so? thanks for answering.

i don't want them to complain. i want to ensure i give them the right gifts for this holiday. i don't think money is not a very good way to convey affection?

yes, it is!

[Gosh, are you implying you thought he'd suck at picking out xmas gifts.

~~It's literally impossible, unless you are allergic and didn't know until you see the small animal.~~]

you are? [well then! Good thing someone told him. Pharos didn't want to deliver their presents incorrectly.] why would you wrap them up? wouldn't you have to unwrap them again when you give them the presents?

... very well.

[Dutifully makes note of his advice that rabbits are a bad idea when it comes to gifts for Minako.]

strange.

...well it is a rather good description! If I wasn't me, I'd want me to talk about me!

[Oh my gods, why...]

[~~because narcissist~~ oh Eikichi...]

i'm glad my description of you fit, eikichi-san.

so, what would you like for christmas?

[Pharos can't help but wonder why it's called bread when it's really a cookie. eh, must be people being weird again.]

oh, i get it. but... people build houses out of food? [What if he gave Minato a small house fashioned of food? Hm, that's a thought to ponder. The blue-haired would enjoy that gift certainly.]

will your friends show up in time for christmas?

hm, what would they like as gifts?

that makes sense.

time inevitably changes a great deal of things, doesn't it? to the point where it's hard to recognize them.

Yes. People tend to forget the origins of things as time goes by. It's really quite remarkable they things that get changed into as well.

[Everyone should have a retro karaoke machine in their front room! It is practically the law!]

well i guess if you're stuck money's a good way to go. then they can buy themselves something they want/need and everyone's happy imo. but if you want to make it special, go for the karaoke machine. everyone loves them. srsly.

Miniature ones. They use frosting to stick it all together and decorate it with candy. It's a lot of fun!

[Death's hobby of choice: Baking.]

[~~Trust me, it is still worth it.]~~

That's the point. Keeps it a surprise.

indeed. sometimes they just repeat the motions and replace the meaning behind it with something utterly different.

it is quite remarkable, what becomes of things after enough time passes.

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