For Henry Townshend: Several packages of UNSCENTED white candles (EMPHASIS ON THE 'UNSCENTED' PART), and a set of cute little Combee "honey spoons" for his tea to go with the usual small hoard of vaguely-festive junk food that she always gets for him. Nothing new there-- he's getting all his usual favorites. The important gift is in a small green box: a Thunderstone, nestled in tissue paper. Accompanying it is a note: "Hey, Henry. I got this for Dad way back, in case he ever wanted to evolve Hazel. It was still with his things when he left, so I've been hanging onto it. Hazel seems pretty happy as she is, but something tells me Rumble would love to have a giant lightning bolt for a tail. Merry Christmas!"
For Envy: You know that joke she made about needing to save the "big guns" for Christmas? Yeah, she said that because she had NO IDEA what to get Envy and was STALLING. It's their first Christmas as an 'item' and while neither of them are the type to go for sap, she still felt like it should be... special? Sort of? Throughout December, Heather was on a Quest (tm) to find the perfect gift. Along the way she picked up a full set of Furfrou-Frou hair-care products (everything from shampoo and conditioner to gel and mousse), a matching Milotic scale-patterned silk skirt and dress shirt, and a pineapple (she was getting desperate, it was right there in the market, bla bla insert hair joke here, SHE'S TIRED). But none of those felt special, ya know? JUST WHEN SHE'D ALMOST GIVEN UP HOPE ON CHRISTMAS EVE and was slogging home dejectedly... she spotted Cleffa's Corner, a tiny hole-in-the-wall jewelry store mostly known for making lovely Moonstone pendants and rings. Those were all fine and good, but what wound up catching her eye was a little make-your-own-charm-bracelet/necklace station where you could follow a pattern and make known constellations with little silver stars. Unfortunately, there were no instructions for Earth constellations, so she kind of had to improvise. The end result (after staying up most of the night trying to get it right) was a little shaky and haphazard-looking, but Envy's final gift is a silver necklace bearing the shapes of Canis Major and Minor.Phew.
For Lust: First things first, Lust is getting some BOOKS, because while a number of the cookbooks Heather originally got for Greed are still around the house, none of them particularly covered baking. The titles include Puffs, Poffins, and More! and Slurpuff Says It All: A Guide to Sweets from the Kalos Region, but the most important one is Cooking with Chemistry, or How to Not Set Your House on Fire by the one and only Magnalton Brown. Because if anything is going to successfully explain cooking to a Homunculus, it'll be a book specifically about the scientific aspect of it all. She's also getting a nice leatherbound journal, ink, and Honchkrow-quill pens for all her script-writing endeavors.
For Alphonse Elric: Several volumes of Combusken Soup For the Soul, featuring as many heartwarming true Pokemon stories as weirdly-upsetting ones, given the title. Holy shit, CSFTS books, no one wants to hear about the baby Cubone that Mr. Fuji couldn't save that one time, even if it did teach him an important lesson about life! Fortunately, Al's also getting a cool pose-able Steelix figurine that you build yourself, as well as some grown-up coloring books and a set of pre-sharpened colored pencils, because idk, it seemed like something he'd like.
For Shiro: It's nothing huge, but Shiro will receive a little box via Pidgey mail from Heather containing a space-themed snowglobe full of pink and blue glitter and a little plastic Elygem floating around in there. He's also getting some candy canes and chocolate coins because why not.
For Dee: A Mismagius-patterned scarf that is approximately twenty feet long when laid out straight, because Heather's pretty sure Dee will find such an impractically long garment hilarious. There's also a tacky, holly-print tie for Billy-Bob the Golurk doll.
For Jack Skellington: HE'S BACK! JACK'S OKAY! To celebrate Jack's first Christmas back in Johto, Heather gathered together what she could remember of the Christmas-y items he used in his 'experiments' in the movie. Candy canes, a Teddiursa doll, a paper snowflake cut into the shape of a Spinarak (because you know that pattern was out there somewhere, goth kids exist in Johto too), a mini-chalkboard, a bag of glitter (she's not going to actually crumble up a glass ornament, sorry), etc. MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU WEIRD OLD SKELETON.
For Wreck-It Ralph: To celebrate his new Good Guy status, Heather went and found a hilariously undersized generic superhero cape and wrote DO-GOOD RALPH on it with a sharpie. But he's also getting a large sampler pack of Potions and Revives, as well as some (Ralph-sized) Timburr-patterned woolen mittens, socks, and hats for his adventures on the road. But that's just the half of it! Heather's not about to forget Steve Buscemi, who she's sent something to almost every year. Steve gets a delightfully-illustrated storybook filled with all kinds of fairytales (the inside-cover is 'signed' by all of Heather's Pokemon-- or, well, at least the ones small enough to actually fit their marks in) and a big jar of sweet candied berries to share with the rest of Ralph's team.
For Jean Kirschtein: HER PROTEGE gets a sampler pack of Potions, Pokeballs, and Revives to help him along on his journey, because newbies can use all the free supplies they can get. He's also getting an Official Pokemon Handbook (not the most comprehensive book on training or anything, but it's got all the basics!) and a Voltorb-shaped stress ball specifically designed for Electric Pokemon to shock and take their anger out on. Blitz can now zap his tiny doppelganger instead of Jean's other Pokemon. But WILL he, is the question.
For Joker: A big fruitbasket with a note reading: SORRY ABOUT THE CONCUSSION.
For Walter Sullivan: Walter will receive a small, completely anonymous box-- no name, no note, no return address, no nothin. But his Pokemon will almost certainly be able to smell the familiar scents of Warden, Kite and Wolf on it. Inside is a package of Lava Cookies, and a tin of PokePuffs. Pretty standard. But nestled below them is something far more meaningful: the Seal of Metatron.
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For Envy: You know that joke she made about needing to save the "big guns" for Christmas? Yeah, she said that because she had NO IDEA what to get Envy and was STALLING. It's their first Christmas as an 'item' and while neither of them are the type to go for sap, she still felt like it should be... special? Sort of? Throughout December, Heather was on a Quest (tm) to find the perfect gift. Along the way she picked up a full set of Furfrou-Frou hair-care products (everything from shampoo and conditioner to gel and mousse), a matching Milotic scale-patterned silk skirt and dress shirt, and a pineapple (she was getting desperate, it was right there in the market, bla bla insert hair joke here, SHE'S TIRED). But none of those felt special, ya know? JUST WHEN SHE'D ALMOST GIVEN UP HOPE ON CHRISTMAS EVE and was slogging home dejectedly... she spotted Cleffa's Corner, a tiny hole-in-the-wall jewelry store mostly known for making lovely Moonstone pendants and rings. Those were all fine and good, but what wound up catching her eye was a little make-your-own-charm-bracelet/necklace station where you could follow a pattern and make known constellations with little silver stars. Unfortunately, there were no instructions for Earth constellations, so she kind of had to improvise. The end result (after staying up most of the night trying to get it right) was a little shaky and haphazard-looking, but Envy's final gift is a silver necklace bearing the shapes of Canis Major and Minor. Phew.
For Lust: First things first, Lust is getting some BOOKS, because while a number of the cookbooks Heather originally got for Greed are still around the house, none of them particularly covered baking. The titles include Puffs, Poffins, and More! and Slurpuff Says It All: A Guide to Sweets from the Kalos Region, but the most important one is Cooking with Chemistry, or How to Not Set Your House on Fire by the one and only Magnalton Brown. Because if anything is going to successfully explain cooking to a Homunculus, it'll be a book specifically about the scientific aspect of it all. She's also getting a nice leatherbound journal, ink, and Honchkrow-quill pens for all her script-writing endeavors.
For Alphonse Elric: Several volumes of Combusken Soup For the Soul, featuring as many heartwarming true Pokemon stories as weirdly-upsetting ones, given the title. Holy shit, CSFTS books, no one wants to hear about the baby Cubone that Mr. Fuji couldn't save that one time, even if it did teach him an important lesson about life! Fortunately, Al's also getting a cool pose-able Steelix figurine that you build yourself, as well as some grown-up coloring books and a set of pre-sharpened colored pencils, because idk, it seemed like something he'd like.
For Shiro: It's nothing huge, but Shiro will receive a little box via Pidgey mail from Heather containing a space-themed snowglobe full of pink and blue glitter and a little plastic Elygem floating around in there. He's also getting some candy canes and chocolate coins because why not.
For Dee: A Mismagius-patterned scarf that is approximately twenty feet long when laid out straight, because Heather's pretty sure Dee will find such an impractically long garment hilarious. There's also a tacky, holly-print tie for Billy-Bob the Golurk doll.
For Jack Skellington: HE'S BACK! JACK'S OKAY! To celebrate Jack's first Christmas back in Johto, Heather gathered together what she could remember of the Christmas-y items he used in his 'experiments' in the movie. Candy canes, a Teddiursa doll, a paper snowflake cut into the shape of a Spinarak (because you know that pattern was out there somewhere, goth kids exist in Johto too), a mini-chalkboard, a bag of glitter (she's not going to actually crumble up a glass ornament, sorry), etc. MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU WEIRD OLD SKELETON.
For Wreck-It Ralph: To celebrate his new Good Guy status, Heather went and found a hilariously undersized generic superhero cape and wrote DO-GOOD RALPH on it with a sharpie. But he's also getting a large sampler pack of Potions and Revives, as well as some (Ralph-sized) Timburr-patterned woolen mittens, socks, and hats for his adventures on the road.
But that's just the half of it! Heather's not about to forget Steve Buscemi, who she's sent something to almost every year. Steve gets a delightfully-illustrated storybook filled with all kinds of fairytales (the inside-cover is 'signed' by all of Heather's Pokemon-- or, well, at least the ones small enough to actually fit their marks in) and a big jar of sweet candied berries to share with the rest of Ralph's team.
For Jean Kirschtein: HER PROTEGE gets a sampler pack of Potions, Pokeballs, and Revives to help him along on his journey, because newbies can use all the free supplies they can get. He's also getting an Official Pokemon Handbook (not the most comprehensive book on training or anything, but it's got all the basics!) and a Voltorb-shaped stress ball specifically designed for Electric Pokemon to shock and take their anger out on. Blitz can now zap his tiny doppelganger instead of Jean's other Pokemon. But WILL he, is the question.
For Joker: A big fruitbasket with a note reading: SORRY ABOUT THE CONCUSSION.
For Walter Sullivan: Walter will receive a small, completely anonymous box-- no name, no note, no return address, no nothin. But his Pokemon will almost certainly be able to smell the familiar scents of Warden, Kite and Wolf on it. Inside is a package of Lava Cookies, and a tin of PokePuffs. Pretty standard. But nestled below them is something far more meaningful: the Seal of Metatron.