[IC] The Guild's White Elephant Gift Exchange

[Lance]

It was beautiful.

For in a certain elf's eyes, no other words could properly express the current state of the room and those within it. Such was a grand celebration worthy of all the land's praise and song. And though there were no gaudy flowers flowing gently through the air nor vivid confetti proudly making their presence known, a somber aura had momentarily descended upon the group as they basked in utter brown glory.

"No gaudy flowers those," Lyolf remarked while eyeing his compatriot's now-brown attire. "But it provides refreshment all the same."

"And now it is moist."

"...Truly, such beauty."

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After seeing his latest acquisition leave and fall into young cat-like hands, the elf merely shrugged. It was no bomb; therefore, he had lost much of his interest.

"Aye, such a gift suited me not," Lyolf began, as his speech slowly took form. "An elf must always seek peaceful solutions to his problems."

"Furthermore, an elf must seek not to harm others, but instead be of aid to those around him."

"And last but certainly not least!" The magus shouted out to the assembled audience. "An elf must perform his actions with a smile!"

"Thus, possessing an armor clearly designed for war is very unbecoming of a kindhearted gentleman such as myself."

"Therefore, Serena, dear lady..." Lyolf continued with a wry grin.

"Kindly hand over that chakram."

[Nyuko Nyun]

Lyolf was going to take his chakram? True that the nature of the white elephant gift exchange made the participants almost squabble with the gifts, and it never guaranteed who would obtain the item in the end. But Nyuko was more than glad that it was his mentor, Serena, that managed to get her hands on the chakram that he himself spent his own mission earnings on. He had considered using the weapon himself, proficient was he in the more rarer weapons, but more commonly found in his homeland, but in the end the catboy eventually decided to give up the gift in the exchange.

Nyuko knew he couldn't quite complain, but he was more than just a little bit sad that his chakram wasn't going to Serena.

[Throndir]

First Gift: 0 times stolen. Held by Isaak. Contains boxes and phylactery.
Second Gift: 1 times stolen. Held by Golas. Contains cloak.
Third Gift: 1 times stolen. Held by Katrias. Contains amulet.
Fourth Gift: 0 times stolen. Held by Kin. Contains Traveler's Any-Tool.
Fifth Gift: 1 times stolen. Held by Kryas. Contains crystals.
Sixth Gift
Seventh Gift: 0 times stolen. Held by Callista. Contains various potions.
Eighth Gift: 1 times stolen. Held by Lyolf. Contains chakram.
Ninth Gift: 1 times stolen. Held by Nyuko. Contains armor.
Tenth Gift: 2 times stolen. Held by Vladimir. Contains coupon to Katrias' Enchantment store.
Eleventh Gift: 0 times stolen. Held by Gandin. Contains everlasting dung and a bag.
Twelvth Gift: 1 times stolen. Held by Annia. Contains a lot of dirt and 6 pairs of Aria's masterwork panties.
Thirteenth Gift: 0 times stolen. Held by Grey. Contains gloves.

Order
[spoiler]Callista: 5
Isaak: 6
Gandin: 7
Golas: 8
Kin: 8
Kryas: 8
Serena: 11
Lyolf: 19
Annia: 20
Katrias: 21
Grey: 23
Vladimir: 23
Nyuko: 24[/spoiler]

Gift Descriptions
[spoiler]The first gift was wrapped up with some sheets of pretty gift-wrapping paper with little decorations of holly and red berries all over it. What made it more unique was the fact that it had red sparkles over each of the berries, and instead of a bow like most of the other gifts, had actual holly leaves glued to it as a makeshift bow.

The second gift was completely wrapped in shiny red paper. Though unlike regular paper, small snow flakes drifted across it on its surface, the stylized-snow mimicking the decent of the real thing. The tag stuck to it was special too, in that it looked as if it was stuck frozen in a block of ice.

The third gift was a small satin box. There weren't any other furnishings beside this fact.

The fourth gift was a long rectangular box wrapped up in a pine-green wrapping paper. The ribbon tied to it was white, and it neatly finished, almost a craftsmen's work, though of course, in a gift-box form.

The fifth gift was a small box. It was small enough to fit in one's palm. What made this unique was the golden wrapper paper with a striking maroon ribbon that tied the gift together.

The sixth gift was wrapped in a vivid blue wrapping paper, tied with a set of white ribbon. It wasn't an entirely large gift, but it looked hastily prepared. That said the wrapping was still well done and neatly placed.

The seventh gift was also wrapped in a golden sheet. It had a silver-colored ribbon that spanned the box.

The eighth gift was a flat box. It had equal dimensions on two sides, but the last one was only two inches thick. It was wrapped in a simple brown-colored wrapping paper, and there was no ribbon that held it in place.

The ninth gift was a large one. It was a few feet in length, width, and height. It was wrapped in a crimson-red wrapping paper, however like the previous gift this too did not have any further embellishments, and looked as if it had been quickly thrown together.

The tenth gift looked to be a simple card. It was placed in a purple envelope, though it still had a red ribbon across it, though it acted more as decoration rather than actual use.

The eleventh gift was an extremely large box. The proportions on it were strangely even however, and it looked like great care was done to ensure both the lid and the wrapping paper were just as large. The box itself was around 16 ft. even on all sides.

The twelfth gift was a box just as large as the previous one. Instead of gift wrap, it had various pieces of art on the side, one with a giant egg revealing a sunset, a large ship with butterflies as sails, a mechanical-like horse, and a gorilla eating some strange-looking food.

The thirteenth gift was a smaller package, it was cubic-shaped, wrapped in a paper with a red and green Escher-esque interlocking bird pattern. It had a bright green bow with a tag on it with a simple greeting written in calligraphy.[/spoiler]

Serena to choose new gift.

[Mysticsage]

Seeing that there was one gift yet to be chosen at all it was worth seeing what was inside.

[info]Serena picks up the sixth gift[/info]

[Throndir]

I believe that's from Kin. Kin to describe the gift. (Check your Sent Items for the private message from long ago if you can't remember).

Also everyone, feel free to resolve all the gifts and add them to your inventory.

[Linwelin]

Upon opening the blue wrapping paper, Serena is presented with a small wooden box. Once unlatched and opened, the box revealed 10 potions, sorted by their two colors. One of the two types is a bluish-white mixture that seemed to have some sort of fibrous particles within it, The other you would have guessed to just be bottles of water, except that there was a faint, wispy, white glow swirling through the contents. The rows of potions were labeled respectively. 'Mage Armor' for the first, and 'Doubled Shield of Faith' for the second.

[info]The gift is 5 potions of Mage Armor, and 5 potions of Shield of Faith +2[/info]