melodiesofkupo | [Text] I give up

the entire practice has become nearly farcical in the face of rampant commercialism. don't overthink it. take a stand.

[Obviously, that didn't sound like Red.]

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Hello, Mocha.

Ugh. It's a complete pain and I am far too busy to be dealing with this right now but what am i supposed to do? Insult the scant few alliances I've managed to forge since I arrived on this godsforsaken rock which has NO PRINTERS AVAILABLE IN YUN'ASHIA ON SHORT NOTICE

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Anyway

what does red like

Edited 2018-11-30 00:58 (UTC)

exactly my point. it's become little more than a social obligation to conspicuously spend. as if it was an expression of personal attachment as opposed to a blind obedience to consumerist expectations. stay woke.

that said, i might be able to help anyway. i'm a participant in an underground dominoes league, and one of my teammates is a calligrapher operating out of an artist's commune in hisan. i'll pass your name along to him. he's got a two-month waiting list otherwise.

as for red, i do know one thing he's after.

apparently they made a rookie trading card for him when he was first signed on to the dragons. he hasn't stopped trying to get his hands on one ever since he first heard about it. unfortunately, since he's been the dragons' rising star, they're becoming increasingly hard to find.

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As much as I would love the opportunity for a good calligrapher, I fancy myself the owner of a very delicate hand

What I require is quanity, numerous copies of something produced and preferably bound

Also, trading cards. And here I thought I was quit of them. Very well, I'm sure it can't be too difficult to find one, but then I thought that about the godsdamned oglop cards

oglop cards?

do you play tetra master?

how-

how the hell do you know about tetra master

anyway no, I don't, but oglop cards became very high in demand after a well-publicized young lady from Lindblum won several tournaments with an oglop-only deck and I attempted to corner the market

I worked my tail off trying to find as many of them as I possibly could and then the printers released a commemorative run of six-path oglops the day I put them on the market

another casualty to the unchecked greed of feudal commercialism.

if you can't find red's rookie card, i'm sure you could just give him a basket full of some sort of meat or another and he'd be wagging for days.

For you to get a haircut. Every time we have a verbal jousting match outside, the wind always manages to blow my direction and I get a mouth full of the damn stuff.

No, but seriously, you're overthinking things. Midwinter's not about putting up appearances. It's a reminder to care about people you care about, to show that you think of them and hold their memories dearly. If people are shallow, the gift-giving bit about it is just demonstrating that you can give financial support, which is how this whole thing became a unstoppable torrent of bad decisions in the first place.

But if you actually care about them, and they about you, then you already know what they might need, and it doesn't need to be expensive because it actually is the thought that counts.

Although you need a haircut.

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For your own safety, Conway, do not insult the hair.

[Yes, just going to neatly sidestep that highly uncomfortable topic.]

Oh dear, was it something I said?

Although I would at least ask that you switch out your shampoo. Something that uses tea leaf oil should keep split ends from forming. And it would be a nice change of pace from sandalwood.

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At least I wash my hair, Richard.

What do you want for Midwinter.

Edited 2018-11-30 01:40 (UTC)

That would be cheating!

Your gift is already in the post. Merry Midwinter.

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kuja. just

...alright, look, i'll help you out. who are you getting presents for?

[Bless this child]

One or two people
Mojito refuses to tell me who is actually buying anything or what sort of budget is appropriate so I'm having to err on the side of caution here I don't actually know what I'm doing the only gift-giving rituals I'm familiar with is passive-agressive one-upmanship among nobility and I highly doubt a contest to determine who is capable of offering the most inconvenient present without actually being rude would be appreciated

okay, yeah first off doing

that

is deffo a bad idea. second, here's some tips: go for something sentimental first. spirit of christmas/starlight/whatever and all of that. think of something that's important between the two of you embodies your relationship yadda yadda yadda

but that's advanced gift giving so only do that if you know for sure you won't f screw it up. failing that just get something useful that they know they need. job gear works as a last resort, just get some awesome equipment if you're out of ideas. the apocalypse is coming in just a few months, i'm pretty sure everyone would appreciate some sweet new gear.

Why would you even bother?

I wouldn't, but according to Mojito it is a 'big deal', and he tells me several people have already purchased items for me which is incredibly annoying because I don't recall signing up for this.

But, alas, the coffers of my social capital are running a bit dry of late and it always pays to maintain a network of socially-connected acquaintances. You never know when a favor may come in handy.

Well, apparently your moogle did already sign you up. I find they tend to have a habit of such things.

Perhaps, though I hardly think favors are going to solve our predicament here.

We're going to have a tree, right? At home?

what, like the ones I've seen in shops all done up with baubles and such

We don't have to get one of those, specifically. We could decorate it ourselves however we like.

I could do it, if you don't want to.

I suppose it is a strange tradition if you aren't used to it. But it's surprisingly similar to Weihnachten from my world.

Well if you want one I'm not opposed to it. I suppose any tradition's unusual to an outsider.

What would you like as a gift, Kuja?

[Snow, it seems, is quite serious about this 'Starlight' business.]

I don't honestly know. This isn't something I spend much time thinking about.

I've never actually celebrated before, myself. I knew about it, of course, I just never did it.

Well, anyway, I was thinking about what I might want -- and I never wanted anything that could be purchased before, really, so it was strange. But I was thinking -- I'd like to spend the day with you. Maybe we could go to one of the cities and try a new cafe or something.

That sounds perfectly acceptable to me. I can't imagine people will want to spend the holiday in rehearsals and it's not as though I've got any blood relations to celebrate with

none I haven't attempted murder on, anyway

in hindsight that was likely in poor taste

I poisoned and nearly killed my first friend. I'm not one to judge.

You needn't trouble yourself over a gift for me, however, in the interest of saving what little seems to be left of your sanity, a good bottle of wine never goes amiss.

[ That is literally her go-to gift, after all. Everyone loves expensive wine. ]

Hah.
Bold of you to assume there is anything left. Thank you, however.

KUJA! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE A GIFT FROM THE HEART!!!

LET YOUR HEART GUIDE YOU TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HOLIDAY BLISS!

ALSO, WHEN IN DOUBT, I GUESS THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY OR GIFT CARDS?

Kuja, you're adorable.

what

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I respect that you're branching out of your comfort zone with this; it tells me Vaikuntha's been good to you so far.

Also I could've sworn I heard you huff before demanding everyone to tell you what they want. That's a big part of it.

I do not huff

You so huff, you can't lie to me.

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