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Edel pretty much bellowed this time.

"I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT CHRISTMASTOWN, PLEASE."

Perhaps it was that the relationship between ChristmasTown and HalloweenTown was never really good to begin with, and that this entire staff exchange programme was the most sadistic and ill-advised attempt at diplomacy. And that the bottomline was that they were never, ever, ever getting back together.

Edel was certain that that was a look of contempt on Santa's face as he swatted her away again.

This time, Serafina was determined.

... Even more determined than she was last time she was determined, Jackdammit. At this point, getting up to the lap was something of a personal goal--she had to get up there, especially after all of that ... insanity. She had to!

Serafina cracked her knuckles.

No more giving up on the boot!

So she climbed.

And she climbed.

And she climbed until her ghostly arms ached!

When she stood on the precipice, she decided that she had to have gotten further than she ever had before, right? It was then when she looked around and realized that this scenery was, in fact, all too familiar. She was still on the boot. She had not made it any further than she had before. She was still on that damned boot.

The gargantuan Santa seemed to feel bad, and passed her down another heavy box of coal. With a dejected sigh, Serafina took her box of coal, blinked her way down, and sulked home.

Physical things really were not her strong point...

She really was getting tired... it was evident! But today was the last day, her last chance to get something from that evil old geezer! So hauling herself up, Verusha made it to the top again! ...only to get knocked down by another student, AGAIN.

Lihua went back on Santas lap.

"Ok this is what I want old man."

She shouted it out. This time she didn't care.

"I want more friends, candy, and to pass all my classes. You got that."

She started to protest when Santa tried to slap her away.

"Oh no I'm not going no where...."

She found herself on the floor with a lump of coal in her hands.

Ixel was going to get on top again. He made sure to be dressed for the cold, having a giant ragged cloak surround him as he climbed. Footwear was also preferable, with large boots.

"YO SANTA I WANT XXXXXX"

Alright, so he would be giving it one last go. He wasn't sure he could last through too many more climbing attempts, anyway. Arrakis already had a hot bath with his name on it when he got back home, which was sounding more and more appealing the more he thought about it. Especially the longer he sat out here in the snow and cold. He was not necessarily a big fan of either one.

So, one more time, up he went, pausing to catch his breath when he reached the top of the boot. Arrakis couldn't pause too long, however, or he risked his grip slipping, so he grit his teeth and continued on. He began to hum quietly to himself to distract from the angry warmth spreading through his overused arms and legs, some of his wincing being from accidentally slipping off-key on occasion.

And then. The lap. He'd made it. No time to flop gratefully down, this time. He needed to just shout out what he'd been trying to communicate this whole time. He'd finally remembered what it was and, perched awkwardly on his heels, Arrakis took a deep breath and opened his mouth.

"I wish fo-!"

Oh. Hello again, snow. It took Arrakis a moment to move from where he'd been knocked to, trying to regain the breath that'd been knocked out of him. Knocked off again. Again. Alright. That was it. He could take a hint. He was done. He lifted his head in time to be tossed another box by another reindeer, but was somehow unsurprised when it turned out to be empty, like the other one had.

Well, he could at least use it to hold the lollipop and candy cane he'd gotten from this endeavour. Sticking said sweets in it and getting to his feet, he brushed the snow off of himself and set back out for home.

[[ OOC : FINALLY OMG YESS ]]

Amarus was going to actually put forth the effort to climb to the top again. She didn't really need to, she supposed, because she already had not one but two never-ending giant suckers and a lollipop that made her inexplicably happy.

However she resented the fact that Santa had come to Halloweentown, intruded, and was now acting as a large bitter red deity in her hallowed home. In fact, his boots were so shiny she considered smearing things on them, but then she'd just hit it on the way back down.

After a slow, bored climb and with her final ascension, she managed to make it all the way to his lap, only to be swatted off.

As she fell, she went intangible, thinking: To Jack with the jolly fat man, I hope Christmastown's flooded with a wave of peppermint and gingerbread that keeps their citizens busy eating for a thousand years.