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[thavnairian]

WHO: Amal and you
WHERE: Kami State Park.
WHEN: Mid-December
WHAT: Amal finds out firsthand that Santa is basically a demigod.
WARNINGS: n/a

[video;]

[The camera is pointed at Kaisou's golden aurora borealis and the beautiful blanket of stars in the sky.

Then Amal's face comes into view. He's panting and a little beat-up but somehow still alive. There are twigs in his hair and leaves stuck to his outfit, but he doesn't seem to mind.]

Holy hells. My friends, you won't believe this...

Santa Claus is RIPPED. And he hit me so hard I flew out of the portal...? I don't remember the impact, but he gave me a nice coat to land on.

Still! That was awesome! I'm going to have to get stronger if I want to duel him again next year.

[HUH]

Comments

[thaumewturge]

Interesting. I wonder how this saint became...well, a gift-giver to children and apparently those with the stones to challenge him to a duel.

[whiteshroud]

Well according to the Professor, St. Nicholas said to have revived some boys that had been murdered and shoved into pickle barrels. So maybe that earned him the job of being patron saint of children.

[....]

Of course, saint stories have a way of getting embellished over the centuries, so I'd take that with a grain of salt.

[thaumewturge]

...the only question I have about that is why pickle barrels, honestly. That doesn't sound any more absurd than anything I've dealt with back home.

[whiteshroud]

Haha, your guess is as good as mine! I wonder about that too.

Amal's little meeting does make me more curious to meet him though...