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[ino]

[dictated cheerfully; she'll also be quickly slapping a filter over this a few moments after it's posted]

[Filtered away from Once-ler]

So. It's December! For all of you newbies, that means it's about the time of year where the castle starts playing matchmaker yet again. Every year so far there's been some kind of enchanted decoration around the castle that forces people to kiss each other. Good luck trying to avoid it, that stuff is everywhere. Literally.

With that in mind, things can get a little complicated in your love life during this trying time. Maybe you'll accidentally kiss someone your best friend likes in front of them! Maybe you'll kiss someone and realize you actually had feelings for them after all. Or maybe you'll kiss your worst enemy and realize it wasn't actually that bad.

So, I'll be putting a little box at my door -- that's room 405, for anyone who didn't know -- for anyone who needs some anonymous advice about what to do about their newfound feelings, the awkwardness that ensues, or whatever. Trust me, I'm sure at least one couple will hook up before Christmas rolls around. It's a little bit sad that it takes enchanted ornaments to get the love flowing, really, but what can you do?

Have fun~ ♥

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[Friends]

What do you guys want for Christmas? No non-answers allowed!

[/Friends]

Comments

[yay_heiress]

The castle plays matchmaker?!

Well, that's one less thing I get to do for fun.

[ino]

Hey, nobody said you couldn't help. The castle just takes care of the magical forcing people to make out part.

[yay_heiress]

If it forces people to make out, it's clearly doing a better job than I could!

[ino]

Well, people still need help afterwards. Which is why I set up the advice thing! Just because you kiss once doesn't mean you'll get together, after all.

[yay_heiress]

Huh. I guess that's true.

So why do you have a drop box? Couldn't people just write you private messages in the book thingy?

[ino]

A good matchmaker follows all the way through~!

They could do that too! But it's more fun to have a box full of messages to open up.

[yay_heiress]

Ooooh! You're right! books are overrated anyway.

So, what kind of advice do you give?

[ino]

Well, any, I guess! But I figure people will need the most help with romance since it's the holidays. Over the past few years there's always lots of romantic drama around this time!

[yay_heiress]

Huh. I guess I never thought of Christmas as very... romantic.
I thought it was all about presents!

[ino]

Well, I don't really know a lot about it, we don't celebrate it at home. But the castle seems to think it's a time to get couples together.

[yay_heiress]

That's just weird.

[ino]

Well, the castle in general is pretty weird, wouldn't you agree?

[yay_heiress]

You have a good point.

[ino]

We do still get presents though. Usually the castle will bring you something from your home.

[yay_heiress]

*gasp* Really?!

[ino]

Yep! People usually get stuff like pets or cars or robots or whatever.

[yay_heiress]

Oooh! I want a pony! Or... a mermaid!
But mostly a pony.

[ino]

... Do you have either of those things at home?

[yay_heiress]

Well... no.

But I probably would have gotten them at some point!

[ino]

You would have gotten a mermaid as a present? [poor mermaid ...]

[yay_heiress]

Well, everyone tells me they don't exist, but I see movies about them all the time.

[ino]

[ ... she wants to argue that, and say that usually movies are fake, but .... pretty much everything she's seen in a movie has happened here at some point]

Still, mermaids have brains. It's a little insulting to be given to someone as a present, right?

[yay_heiress]

But I thought all pets had brains.

[ino]

Yes, but -- what I'm saying is that mermaids can actually think like people do.

[yay_heiress]

So it would be like having a person for a pet?

Well, in that case, I'd want to have a mermaid for a friend instead!