A demon with vivid red hair walks carelessly into the sorting room.

He walks lightly which contrasts the size of his body which honed a lean physique. His face lit like that of an innocent child, yet eyes hinted just a bit more spark than that. His long thin ears gave a twitch in anticipation.

( Allow me to elucidate. )

Jin frowned, this wasn't his area at all. He didn't own much to begin with, so thinking of what he could part with wasn't so easy... then it hit him. "Oh... well..." he started as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I got this cloak I wore when I was a shinobi. I never wore it much so it SHOULD be good as new!" he said optimistically but in three seconds from when he finished saying that he started to look like he swallowed a toad. "And I swear on my wand, its NOT a Death Eater cloak!" he proclaimed, before letting out a pant of air. It being black with a pointy hood... you never know what people may think.

I have read the [info]hogwarts_hocus faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. -Jin.
I have read the [info]hogwarts_hocus rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. -Jin.
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. -Jin.
One day, marmalade will rule the world. -Jin.

The house elves were arranging presents under the tree, well, what can fit anyway. Some of the bigger and more mobile things were placed nearby. Each gift has a pretty tag saying who it's for.

And where was the dog that arranged all this?

Er...he's sleeping on the table. Lots of yummy treats will do that to you.

[[OOC: Secret Santa gifts are here.

I know, four of you are missing gifts (well, two technically, since two of the characters are mine). Rest assured, you will be taken care of.

People who still haven't posted their gifts, you have until tomorrow to post them. Otherwise, one of the pinch hitters will do so instead.]]

((Continued from here.))

Skwisgaar's broken hands were already showing definite signs of improvement by the time he and Toki and their Shoggies left the Hospital Wing, though they still ached enough that he decided against carrying any of the Shoggies like he normally did. Hopefully within the next day his hands would be healed completely and he could pick up his guitar again...

( Read more... )

To Amaranth, Steff, and Mio, he sends gold heart anklets with a small card to wish them a happy holiday, signed simply with his name. Needless to say, nowhere does he indicate that he's given other people the exact same gift.

To Cathy Dollanganger Marquet Sheffield, he sends a small crystal box which proves to contain a few ounces of candied rose petals. Never mind that the only use for candied rose petals (that he can think of) would be for decorating a cake.

To Oly Binewski, he sends a labeled packet of mineral supplements for her pet eyeball.

To Snape and to Igor, he sends bottles of absinthe.

To Turlough and Primavera, he sends bags of coal.

To Yukimura he sends a bottle of sake, which he very much hopes will not be construed as an invitation.

To Michael Scott he sends a large fruit basket as well as a jar of Boudreax's Butt Paste and a special cushion. These gifts are meant kindly.

To Hagrid, he sends a book called Getting to Know Your Chinchilla.

To the Shoggies, he sends a 12-bird roast.

And to Mystina, he sends a roomful of poinsettias, white and red. Under all the poinsettias is another present: The Elements of Scoring. That's right.

( Gift for Mikami )


( Gift for Coraline )


Rika also sent Matsuda a plain card wishing him a Merry Christmas.

( Gifts from Kurama )

To Wishbone: An easy-open box of gourmet dog biscuits and a set of Leatherbound editions of absurdly rare books.

( Gifts from River )

( Gifts from Mystina )

( Toki's gift from Skwisgaar: )


All the other gifts are collectively from Toki, Skwisgaar, and their Shoggies. The cards included with each feature a photo on the front of the two Scandinavians and their adopted "children": Toki happily grinning in a padded Santa suit, Skwisgaar looking sullen in a reindeer suit (sans antlers, as only girl reindeer have them in winter, of course) with a bell collar, and they're both holding two Shoggies each, who are all wearing black Santa hats and waving with their pseudopods. It's set against a snowy backdrop, and their breath misting in the cold air indicates it was taken on location rather than being a(n even more) cheesy studio family portrait.


( To Nathan, Pickles, Murderface, and their butler: )
( Additional gifts specifically to Ofdensen and Nathan together: )
( Additional gifts specifically to Pickles: )
( Additional gifts specifically to Murderface: )
( To their Shoggies, from Toki and Skwisgaar: )
( To Sweden: )
( To Smaug: )
( To Elric: )
( To Jasper: )
( To the Baron: )
( To the raptor: )
( To A: )
( To Sunflora: )

Having learned about Christmas from Jasper, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen wasn't about to waste a perfectly good opportunity to give lavish presents to all his favorites. He wasn't into the whole 'Peace on Earth' thing, of course, but, as a noble, resisting the chance to hand out extravagant gifts was simply impossible. Vladimir's gifts, for the most part, were all custom-ordered from various Diagon Alley wizarding merchants or purchased through antiques dealers with Jasper's help. Vladimir did, however, handle Jasper's gift on his own, as to not tip off Jasper as to the nature of it.

( For Jasper )( For Valentine )
( For Yukimura )
( For Kuronue )
( For Steff )
( For Skwisgaar, Toki, and their Shoggy children )
( For A )
( For Lord Glorfindel )

( From Matt to L )
( From Matt to Mello and Near )
( From Matt to Kusu and Kurama )
( From Matt to A and the pets (this included Wishbone) )

Wishbone gave books and candy to A, Near, Mello, L, Matt, Professor Snape, and Kusuriyuri.

For all the pets he gave assorted treats (he saved the biggest one for Schro).

( From Ofdensen To Dethklok )
( From Ofdensen To the Shoggies )
( From Ofdensen To Smaug )
( From Sweden to Pippi )
( From Sweden to Skwisgaar )

Turlough, well, he still needed some time to get his gift together.

Just a reminder to everyone that they should get their Secret Santa presents posted by the 27th.

A man stood in the sorting room. Two things were noticeable immediately upon looking at him for the first time.

Firstly, he had a fighter’s physic, visible through his tight clothes and what could only loosely be termed as a ‘shirt’. Second, he was blind. Whether he actually was blind or chose to wear the odd red contraption covering his eyes with a belt in order to make himself blind was open for interpretation.

He didn’t seem at all blind as he walked directly for the application.

Then his shadow seemed to separate from his body and arch above him to read the application. It seemed somewhat like a dragon, with crimson eyes and sharp teeth. It read the questions to the blind man.

( Allow me to elucidate... )

I have read the hogwarts_hocus  faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. ______Zato-1______
I have read the hogwarts_hocus  rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. _____Zato-1______.
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. _____Zato-1______.
One day, marmalade will rule the world. ______Zato-1_______

He knew better than to have gone outside without a coat, but he didn't do it cause it would get in the way of the war game. (And boy was that a fiasco.) Not to mention he was around Nathan, who had caught something before that.

So really, is ANYONE surprised that Ofdensen's come down with something?

Ofdensen, being Ofdensen, wouldn't admit it, though, he soldiered on with his studying, working on his CV (cause now that they put the idea in his head, the prospect of being a professor was tempting, though he hadn't decided on a subject yet), and light reading when he got too bored.

It was during this light reading though (which was in Hufflepuff common room, cause Ofdensen wanted to take advantage of the fire) that Ofdensen's head started to pound from the cold he had. He set aside the book for a second to rub at his temples.

Stop avoiding it, he thought, taking a piece of parchment with an irritated air and scribbling on it. It was getting ridiculous, he was worrying about nothing. He was only human, after all, no matter how strong.

Week's up. Meet me by the lake.

Kuronue.

Calling a house-elf he gave it the crumbled paper and told it to take it to Akabane, then wandered off to find the nearest window for him to squeeze through. He needed to fly around a bit before they did this, nerves wouldn't help.

In Auyantepui, Venezuela, there is a resort near Angel Falls known as Hoturvensa. For reasons unknown to the staff, the locals, and nearly everyone planning a visit there, only one room has been booked this week. Even more mysterious, this strange quiet time has extended also to plane tickets, flights, boat schedules and so on. For one week, Hoturvensa would have two guests. Everyone else could go right to hell.

Kurama, who may or may not have been involved in this sudden dead zone of vacation booking, Sat cross-legged on the bed he shared with Kusuriyuri, a small suitcase open in front of him, and various little things that people (demons included) absolutely need on trips strewn around him. The cats were next to him, pouting. He tried not to notice their downcast demeanor, and tried harder not to ply them with treats to make them stop moping so much.

Okay, so Sweden couldn't find Pippi to go around with candles in her hair. But that didn't mean he couldn't still celebrate Saint Lucia's Day!

He had gotten up early to make plenty of Lussekatt, fresh ginger snaps, coffee, and warm milk.

He then dressed up in a white robe, with a cone shaped hat decorated with stars. Setting the food out, Sweden stood against the wall humming a Lucia song. (He was too shy to actually sing it.

He had also specifically sent an house elf with some of everything to Skwisgaar and Toki's room, with a note from him to enjoy. Must look out for his people, after all.

I'm not going to be available very much this week, if at all. (I should be able to respond to some tags though) Just heads-up.

This will affect Igor, Miranda, Sage/Rat, Admiral Zex (Ravenclaw Prefect), and Grima Wormtongue.