Dawson's gift was rather small, wrapped in a clothing box with a card attached.
Maebe bought, and then had them custom alter, this. It apparently came with proof of authenticity or something, but she just ended up writing smooches and smutty things on the back of it.
Then she wrote out a check, for one thousand dollars, payable to Dawson Grace. That was slid into a card with a slutty elf on the front, and written in the card was the following advice. Have your big group thing if you want. Just don't mention me when you do it. This is all on you.
In fact, don't ever mention this at all. It never happened.
Merry Christmas, sweetheart.
Love, Maebe Grace
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America's gift took longer, as it had a long way to go, and there was little Maebe could do to expedite the process save for delivering it herself - and that would sort of ruin the point of the gift.
So, she made sure the gift and card had a label to let her know it had been received, and sent it on it's way. The card was just a Christmas card, as traditional and cheesy as any other. It was covered in snowmen, and glitter, and trees, and more glitter, and screamed MERRY CHRISTMAS in all caps over the top.
Inside, more caps screamed AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR at her, but Maebe's handwriting took up very little of the space underneath. it said, quite simply;
"Krysha Mira. 8pm, Saturday. Don't stand me up. I'll be sad."
In the soft package was a dress. It was nothing spectacular, but she sent it in case Russia did not have much in the way of shopping malls for her to find appropriate dresswear to a fancy dinner nightclub.
Lawrence left some gifts for various unfortunate people as it was Christmas after all. He had come back to base long enough to drop the relevant things off, collect his own and check in on Melvin and Rodney before heading back off again.
Mikael was gifted a selection of clothes he needed in his size, cleaning materials, bath sets and some paints, paper and books.
Rodney would find a very neatly lettered piece of sheet music titled "Saint", it was several pages long and embellished in gold. It came with a note which stated simply "I will play it for you or one day teach you how to play it. Your choice."
Along with this came a carefully selected necklace with a very neat and small marble angel seemingly modeled after the Dore etching which he favoured so heavily.
Melvin would find a very fancy and expensive set of cleaning products containing probably dubiously legal ingredients, along with a few other small objects which had turned up wanting around the place in the day to day. Along with them was a note which said - "If you wish to purchase a memorial for Rin, I will foot the bill." Horace Would find the necklace he had returned to Lawrence hung back on the doorknob of his room along with the note - Din farväl är inte bra nog.
America in her grand room in Russia would find a very strange hand-crafted lamp, set with phoenix wings and small carved bones akin to finger bones, twisted together in a treble clef motif. It did not work and deliberately never would.
Harrison got a voucher for a discount on spirit medium counseling. A low low rate of $300 per half hour.
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 7:11 pm
Max had always been astonishingly horrible at choosing presents for those he was close to, so horrible that he had eventually demanded wishlists for birthdays and Christmases from friends and family so that he wouldn't make any more gifting faux pas. He didn't have that luxury now, and on top of that, he knew little about the pair of people he had met here, even after informative games of Truth or Truth.
Still, he felt compelled to try to celebrate, and though it took him a whole day of scouring some American mall to find anything, Max was pleased enough with his purchases in the end.
Diana
Diana would find a red bag outside her door that contained a pet rock, a small hoard of shiny but unfinished gems, and a pack of Walking Dead themed playing cards.
Noemi didn't have much time on the Island so she left little gifts for everyone and then moved back her stationed outpost.
Chiickadee
Wrapped in a pink bag, when pulled out was a small pink pendant because Noemi thought that Chelsea deserved all the pink pretty things.
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Lex's package was filled with so much food that it was almost all smooshed in there. Noemi had spared no expense in making the man treats.
Meegane
Shu was delievered the largest Alpaca plush that Noemi could find.
Chirigami
Milo's gift was specially wrapped in green paper and when reveled was one of the green rangers jackets. Noemi didn't know which one but she thought he might like it for normal wear too. She also left him a small card.
Milo, I hope your christmas is good! I miss you very much. I hope to see you on the island soon! Noemi
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:41 am
Zachariah was, at best, confused when he actually got a gift for the holidays. He kept away from people and so they ignored them on their day of merriment, and honestly he was fine with that. Gifts created a sense of expected return obligation that he was naturally uncomfortable with, and he made a quiet groan when he realized he would have to do something, right?
< Someone cares about you in Christmastival and you're whining? You're hopeless! >
Zachariah sighed.
He sighed all the way to Max's door a day late, where he would find a gift. It wasn't wrapped, but it did have a note on it that was just an illegible scribble of some sort and a name, " - Zachariah" in particular.
Maxwell
The gift, if it could be called that, is more like a newbie hunter supply kit than anything else. There's soap, shampoo, and conditioner, semifancy kinds too, shower flipflops, various (albeit healthy) snacks that will stay fresh for a while, a warmer blanket, some sort of manual for some basic decorating, and ... an elf hat. Mostly because Saraswati told him to include it.
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Al felt like he was the absolute worst at this gift giving thing, but he did it anyway; Noah would awaken to find a freshly cooked slice of potato casserole with cornbread and a chicken fried steak laid out on a tray with a red rose and a frosty glass of milk (Al personally didn't understand it but Noah would talk about that sort of meal all the time). There is a big shiny gift box where Al would normally be sleeping that has "Open me after you eat" written on it in sharpie. Inside is a note that states, "Now that I've had my head start, I dare you to find me." along with a shirt and a small light chain gold necklace with a leaf charm clearly intended for the chain but not attached yet and a small note attached to that which states, "we can work on it together". Later, after Noah found Al and they made their way back to the room, Noah would find a much bigger bed where the old one was standing.
Melvin would also find several plants bloomed all over the greenhouse. Those plants have been there for over a year now and this was the first time they ever flowered. The timing may just be a coincidence.
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Dawson (pt 1)
Because a big heart meant a bleeding wallet.
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Felicia received a deck of cards (each card having one of several programming languages on it, ranging from new to obscure), reusable keyboard cleaning gel, and a giant jar of Cheetos puffs. The card read: To: NERD, From: HAN FREAKIN SOLO YEAH MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Taped to Kostya's door was a candy cane, a new set of gloves, and a card: I watch her place now if you ever want some company. Hope you take this new chance and new year seriously. Merry Christmas dude. - Daws
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Harley received a set of nightlights, a hefty bag of assorted candy, and a Christmas Card: To Ariel, From Consuela : D Merry Christmas! that sang "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!" (Albeit warbling somewhat; his runicing skills weren't up to par with experts, but he had insisted on doing the card.)
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Chance received a set of 3 shot glasses themed after the Earth, Moon, and Sun; each had a bag of different candy or chocolate inside. The card read: To: Chance, From: The Moon 2 Ur Sun, The Shaggy 2 Ur Freddy, MERRY XMAS!
Seussi
Lydia received a number of sweaters and several mugs to enjoy warm drinks in for the cooler weather. Inside the mugs were Kit Kats, apparently for a pun. The card read: To: Velma, From: Shaggy - May 2016 Be Purrfect!
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:19 pm
It had been easy coming up with gift ideas, though Liam had had to be creative when it came to budgeting what little money he had. If it'd been within his resources, everyone would have gotten a lot more, but he hoped the gifts he had managed to get, and the thought behind them, would be enough.
Harper
For his lovely girlfriend, Liam had gotten a pack of headbands(like the one he still used to hold his own hair back.) in bright colors, replacing the one she'd given him at some point in the week they couldn't remember. He also got her a pair of Really colorful Chuck Taylors, because everyone needed a pair, and anything Harper wore had to be as bright as she was.
There was also a stocking hanging on her door knob Christmas morning, stuffed to the brim with candy.
You make me smile every single day. With love, Liam.
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Caroline
Come Christmas morning, Caroline would arrive at her work station to find a brand new coffee mug sitting directly in the middle of it. Inside was exactly nine individually wrapped mini Twix candy bars, and a not.
I don't know what we would have done with out you. Thank you for always being there, and for taking care of us.
You mean the world.
Love, Liam.
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Austin
Upon returning to his room Christmas eve, Austin would find an antique looking rosery looped around the handle of his door.
There wasn't a note, but he could probably figure out who it was from pretty easily.
And be blue
Harvard
Harvard has been the hardest, mostly because Liam didn't know all that much about the man's interests other than languages, and...well...
He'd settled on book he'd found in an old book store. It had leather binding, and the contents, he'd been told, were written in Latin. The owner of the store hadn't known what was inside, but Liam figured Harvard would be able to figure it out, and would hopefully enjoy it regardless.
It had been placed on the Doctor's work station, with a small slip of paper tucked inside that read:
Merry Christmas, Liam
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:38 pm
Peyton (Pt. 2)
Because There were a lot of people on the island she cared an awful lot about.
Otto
How she'd gotten into Otto's room was a bit of a mystery. Maybe she'd picked the lock, or maybe she'd asked Chance to let her in while Otto was away for the afternoon, but regardless, upon return to his room one evening Otto would find a giant plate of handmade cookies and brownies on his counter, and a package sitting beside it, note tied on with a blue ribbon.
Let's get manicures some time. Merry Christmas. Love, Pey
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Roland
Ro had been hard to shop for. Peyton had spent a long time muling over what to get him, and finally had settled on a few solid colored t-shirts in earth tones. The material was soft, the shirts a high quality, and the colors were meant to compliment his hair and eyes. There was also a small slip of paper inside that read:
Good for one day-long outing of your choosing. No ifs, ands, or buts allowed.
Her name was scrawled in small, neat writing at the bottom.
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Caroline Placed just outside of the threshold of B91's ever-open door was a plain envelope marked 'mother'. Inside was an unsigned Christmas card which pictured a family she wasn't a part of.
Mimsy The 'gift' was more strategically abandoned than delivered. Left sitting near an entrance to the labs, it wasn't wrapped, and bore only a tag that indicated it was meant for M. Morris. The name had very clearly been erased and rewritten many times.
Though not identical, it strongly resembled the stuffed rabbit that had accompanied her from the hospital after her extended stay as a newborn - the only stuffed toy she'd ever been 'allowed' to own, the rights to which were revoked by her father when she was found dissecting it.
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:59 pm
A festive bag contained an assortment of Christmas sugar cookies, in standard Christmas shapes...as well as some lesstraditionalshapes, but all were decorated in white, green, and red icing. Some were meticulously decorated, as close to perfection as possible; others were heavily iced, overburdened with embellishments and exaggerated faces; others seemed to have been decorated by an actual toddler.
In an envelope attached to the bag was a standard family Christmas card, bearing a holiday picture of the three of them. Mimsy clung tightly and contentedly to Robert in the picture, watching as he proudly held a baby up to the top of their Christmas tree, while the boy beamed through his efforts to place the star at the very top. The brunette, blue-eyed child was wearing a combination of clothing that was best described as 'reindeer dinosaur'. Some would recognize him as 17-month-old Peter Sinclaire Morris; to others, his presence in the picture might have been much more confusing.
The fancy script on it read: Merry Christmas from the Morrises! Robert, Mimsy, Peter 2015
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Mimsy insisted. Then fed them to him.
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Otto
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The card was left in the graveyard, signed with only a 'Thank you.'
