songerein | [Open] Nipping at Your Nose

Who: G'raha Tia & You
Which: Open log with some closed threads
Where: Various
What: A December catch-all log.
Warnings: Likely Shadowbringers & Endwalker spoilers, but I will mark those as needed.

Bundle Up;

[While G'raha is not as gun-ho about Starlight season as his wife, he has plenty to be cheerful about. His relationship with Madhuri blossomed the most around this time of year, so he owed the gumdrops a lot in the end. Not only that, he had plenty of great friends he'd met since coming here. So it was no wonder when a snowman appeared before him, holding out a hat customized just for him and some mittens. Looking confused, he looked towards the snowman before looking to the items it was offering once more.]

Is that... for me?

[The snowman wasn't budging, so that had to be it's answer.]

Ah, that's very kind of you, but I'm okay. I don't need it.

[Someone tell this dumb nerd to cover his poor ears. He wears a scarf while it's warm, but won't wear a hat when it's cold?]

Gift on the Shift;

[G'raha had noticed a present he hadn't seen before on a random shelf at the start of the month but wasn't sure what to make of it. Did Madhuri already start wrapping presents? Well, even if she had, she wouldn't have put it in such an obvious place. After reading the note, he realized it was just another Reverein ploy. Well, surely he could play along. Staring at it for too long made it disappear, so he learned not to give it much thought as it made its way around the house periodically. It was fairly easy to ignore until it started to pop up in more inconveniant locations. Whenever it would pop on top of some of his research papers, he forced himself to get up and get some more coffee instead. Other times it would appear on the table in front of him as he ate, causing him to just look away and move his dinner.

Eventually, it got to be tiring as it appeared in the way of doors or when the carbuncles decided to try to play with it, causing a ruckus. There was no damage done, but the sounds of their pattering feet across the floor got a bit old after a while. Surely, if he left for fresh air, it would not follow him out, right?
... Right?

But plopped in the way of the direction he was going, it appeared. He let out a groan and turned towards the closest person near him. Pointing back to the present but not looking...]

Has this been happening to you too?

[Maybe he should be more specific...]

Gumdrops;

[G'raha didn't particularly mind the gumdrops, but he also did not go out of his way to find them either. At some point though, it was bound to happen. After all, the month was still young. Noticing the little white slug, he watched as it danced around him. It seems he had been caught, but the next question was this. Did he miss someone who could be nearby? Turning to whomever caught the gumdrop's attention...]

It seems we've been noticed. I hope you don't mind. They mean well, normally.

[OOC: There will be a few closed threads in the comments, but feel free to poke me if you'd like to do something besides these. I would be happy to do a different prompt if desired. There are no spoilers in the prompts, but I will tag them as they come up. If you don't want to be spoiled, I do have an opt-out post you can fill out as well. Even just telling me where you are in the story will help to avoid spoiling anything.]

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TBA

[ Apparently they like to catch attention, and not only that, they like to make sure people talk to one another. ]

I guess not, I mean. Hi.

[ Demyx offers a warm smile, at least. He's very sociable when the time calls for it. ]

[ Zelda is just the sort of person who will tell her friends to bundle up when it's cold outside. (She's also the sort of person who gives advice that she doesn't always take for herself.) So when the snowman stops them and offers G'raha the hat and mittens, Zelda immediately takes its side. ]

Nonsense. It's terribly cold out here today. Look at how red your ears have become!

[Open] Nipping at Your Nose

Closed to Emet-Selch

Closed to Estinien

Closed to Madhuri

Gumdrops

Bundle up