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OPERATION: GIFTS AND COAL

But. Instead of traditional gifts and nasty coal in your stocking, there will be a different type of present for you this year.

➜ On the 13th, along with your possible StuCo letter and Secret Santa card, you will receive a little coloured box! Depending on the box, it will contain a gift but...opening the box there won't be anything in there. Because the gift is definitely not tangible.

➜ If you sign up for them, your character can receive both a gift and/or a loss. The possible gifts and losses are down below:
➜ The gift of gaiety will be given to a couple and will secure their love with forever taut heartstrings. In non crappy purple prose speak: this gift will make two people fall in sick, nasty, gross love with each other. This will involve two people so in order to sign up, one person must sign up and the other must confirm by replying to that comment. NOTE: Having people suddenly speak Shakespearean and suddenly fall into each others arms might be temping, but please remember that this only makes emotions rise and does not change the personality, so to speak, of the recipients. So however your character acts in love, that will be what happens. A PINK BOX.

➜ The gift of communication undoes the spell that makes sure characters understand each other. Suddenly, your character will revert to their mother tongue, or perhaps a whole different language altogether! This only works one way, however, to add to the frustration: they can understand everyone, but no one can understand them! Writing and typing will also not work for these people. Have fun reverting to hand signs and charades for a week plus. A BLUE BOX.

➜ The gift of remembrance will give your character a chance to participate again in an applicable past event. For example, your character might receive a robot baby to care for or mode altering Valentine's roses. Some events won't count (such as community meal events, the horrible bird event, the snow ball war) since they were more communal events and not something tangible to give one person. You may pick an event from the event tag and it won't fly, then I will tell you! Once you respond with your event, I will give you the need to know information, such as choosing the Valentine's rose event, I will randomize a rose set for you. Choosing the baby event, I will randomize a baby name and gender for you. Get the picture? NOTE:If you're like to go through the body swap, like the gift of gaiety, must involve two people and a confirmation. Once you've opened your gift box, your mailbox will again be filled with what the event entailed you having. A GREEN BOX.

➜ The loss of sense is what it says on the tin. One sense will be taken from your character, whether sight or hearing or touch or taste or feeling. It will only be one, not two or more. Unlike how characters who are blind or disabled in this area have special accommodations when it comes to their house or devices, this will not happen for event victims. A RED BOX.

➜ The loss of self will change one thing about your character. Maybe they wake up and their hair is totally different. Their personality. Their eyes. You can be very creative with this one! Perhaps their gender/sex is different, but if you chose this one, please do so sensitively. A PURPLE BOX.

➜ The loss of memory effects the memory of one person and can be in relation to multiple people, one person, or a situation in general. They may also forget who they are if you so choose! Forgetting skills is also possible. Forgetting multiple options is completely okay (such as forgetting they knew Character X and also forgetting how to cook). A YELLOW BOX.

➜ You may sign up for both a gift and a loss but do not have to and only pick one or the other. You may not, though, sign up for two gifts and two losses. So, for example, you may sign up for the gift of communication and the loss of memory, but you may not sign up for the loss of memory AND loss of sense. If you are part of the duo in either the remembrance or gaiety gift/loss, then you may only sign up for one.

➜ Some take effect immediately upon opening the box such as: the loss of memory, gift of remembrance, gift of gaiety. The other three gifts/losses will take effect the next day.

➜ You have one week to choose and sign up! After the 17th sign ups will close. The event and the effects last through the 24th, so on Christmas they will disappear!

➜ As always, any possible questions go here! Writing up three different event posts, I'm sure I left something out/made something too confusing.

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