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[schoolingfish]

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Action; Backdated to Christmas

[survivalthroughhate]

[Maul's fiendish delight in the holiday means he's once again broken into people's houses and used all the stealth he possesses to leave those he likes a gift or two. Sometimes, he even goes right down the chimney like a demented version of Santa Claus. Fortunately, since Maul has had experience with the Disaster House before, he leaves Luca's present on the doorstep with everyone else. Hope he likes a creepy stuffed fish for a present! He also leaves a brief note.]

<I hope you find this gift to your tastes. Merry Christmas. ~Maul

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[schoolingfish]

[He did find it a bit creepy, but it's the thought that counts and he is able to find something nice to say about it!]

thanks. it looks kind of like my uncle, only with more color and no see through flesh or visible organs. his teeth are like that, though, but not as big.

[survivalthroughhate]

Your uncle possesses see through flesh and visible organs?

[Not the first time Maul has heard of such a species given the wide variety in his galaxy but that does provoke a follow-up question.]

Why are you not the same way?

[schoolingfish]

he lives in the deep. our bodies change and adapt if we stay there too long.

[survivalthroughhate]

What a fascinating adaptation. I have never heard of a species being able to adapt to so many places in which it lives.

[schoolingfish]

i guess we're just adaptable!

[survivalthroughhate]

You will do well if you ever end up colonizing other planets. You'll survive no matter what the environment is like.

[schoolingfish]

wow, i hope we do. space is amazing.

[survivalthroughhate]

Human beings are woefully primitive but perhaps they'll get there eventually.

I didn't know you liked space.

[schoolingfish]

oh, i do! i didn't even know about stars until i came to the surface for the first time, but it's amazing knowing there's giant balls of gas and fire, each with their own planets going around them! i just wonder what's out there, on all those different planets.

delivery — late December

[possessum]

( While Peter isn't one to... Do Holiday Things, there is technically a part of him that reaches out. Not because the ancient demon king of Hell has much interest in holiday celebrations, but Paimon has learned that it's a time when many people Gift Things, and connection with others is of a special importance to his spirit. The energy is right for it, and so, towards the end of the month, he bestows little gifts to people.

Left on Luca's doorstep, wrapped carefully in thin cloth, is a little doll in the likeness of a turtle, meticulously hand-crafted with an assortment of random bits and bobbles collected over time.

Set next to the doll, like a calling card, is a leaf — bearing Paimon's sigil delicately burned into it like filigree. )

Gift Delivery - December 25th

[onebadapple]

[Delivered in a basket with a Merry Christmas tag written in beautiful handwriting is a mixed berry custard tart.]

Gift Delivery - December 25th

[survivalthroughhate]

[This year, Maul had decided to behave himself when it came to giving gifts, unlike in years past where he broke into people's houses rather like Santa himself did. All gifts are left on the porch or front step of the recipient's home for them to find in the morning.

He left Luca some fish jerky and, as he did last year, a slightly creepy stuffed animal. Accompanying it was a note in blocky handwriting wishing him a Merry Christmas signed from Darth Maul.]

Re: delivery — late December

[schoolingfish]

[Peter and Paimon will also get a gift. It's a small pile of sea glass and trinkets he'd gathered from the ocean in a tiny basket, with a note that says 'from Luca'.]

Re: Gift Delivery - December 25th

[schoolingfish]

[Luca attempts to return the favor with a much less pretty pie and a note in the handwriting one would expect from your average teenage boy.]

[schoolingfish]

[Luca loves both gifts and thinks the stuffed animal is much cuter than last year's. He also takes these stuffed animals as a clue as to what kind of aesthetic Maul likes and gets him a creey figurine.]

[survivalthroughhate]

[Maul appreciated his gift as well! It definitely fit the rest of the decor he had around the house and would find a place on a side table or countertop.]