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After the brief moment of shock, Sir Mestoph handed me my real swap gift (with the evil glee still evident in his eyes). I look forward to the swap every year, and this year Mestoph went above and beyond my expectations. I received what I can only describe as a pile of Nutella croissant: crescent roll dough filled with the Nutella from the gag gift, topped with cinnamon and sugar. I would have been happy with that alone, but I also received a whole other jar of Nutella (sans Cheez Whiz), a block of delicious fancy truffle cheese, a miniature of my favorite webcomic character, and a wonderful fuzzy mantle that is so comfortable I took a nap in it the following day.
Mestoph sure set the bar high for next year, so whoever gets me better be prepared!"
- Kyntela (Alysha Metcalf
Photo by Casey Lemay |
(Sir Lucas).
Photo by Casey Lemay |
So, the lady Twenaria paired me up with a new adventurer named Misty. I had no idea what she looked like, but thankfully her requests were straight forward. I had a red scarf all set for her, Laurante donated a black cloak with Celtic lining to me for her, and I called in my favor with Mihkail for purple-shafted and red & black fletched arrows.
All in all, my main worry is that she wouldn't appear, as that as happened in the past. But, at some point during the night, she did, and was able to pin me down (not literally) on the stage. She was almost in tears and gushing about how, as a new person, she definitely did not expect this much, if anything at all, and was very, very, grateful.
She was beautiful.
Anyway, what cheered me from the inside was the genuine thankfulness of the receiver. I've done gift swaps since Twenaria has opened them up, and I can never truly remember if anyone has enjoyed their gift or not, so this memory will stay for quite a while.
- Iawen (Xaos) (Janna Oakfellow- Pushee)