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[angewiesen]

Alright, I give up, I need help.

How the hell am I supposed to figure out a present for my Secret Santa without totally giving it away?

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[dramatic]

You rang?

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[angewiesen]

MJ, perfect. You have any ideas? How do I say their name to you without them figuring it out?

text.

[dramatic]

I always do.

You wanna do this in person to make it a little easier?

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[angewiesen]

Sure. What floor are you on again? I'll go to the tearoom.

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[dramatic]

Sixth! I can meet you there in ten.

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[angewiesen]

[Hey, Jean is nothing if not punctual. Military style. He's already sipping at a mug of black coffee when she gets there.]

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[dramatic]

( and mj shows up a bit later, licking her way through a sparkly candy cane. (there are two kinds of people in this world.) )

Hey! So you really can't give anything away, huh?

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[noreason]

I guess you could give them something generic. Like food.

Whatever you get, don't trade a puppy for it. That doesn't come across well.

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[angewiesen]

I guess. Like... Candy? Girls like sweets, right?

...That's awfully specific, Lightning Bug.

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[noreason]

Everyone likes sweets. If it's a girl though, that does make it a little easier.

It's a long story.

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[angewiesen]

Are there any special ones that girls like more than others?

We both know that we both have nothing but time here. Spill it.

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[noreason]

Well chocolate is kind of traditional. But now that I think about it, with all the candy around already, maybe something else would be better.

Fine fine. I was trying to find a good gift at the vendors and I found a puppy. So I traded for it.
But then I thought not everyone would want a pet, so I traded the puppy for something else that might be cooler and didn't involve a full time commitment.

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[angewiesen]

That's true. didn't think of it... Maybe some nice clothes? A scarf? Mittens?

What'd'you trade for the puppy in the first place? That's a tall order for the vendors from what I've heard.

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[jivitadana]

Maybe something just generally useful. But it depends on what you want to convey.

[Like how useful? And what did he want to say or mean when he gave it to this person?]

[text]

[angewiesen]

I thought about that too, but isn't that kind of lame? The Mansion give us everything we need, so it has to be more special than that.

[text]

[jivitadana]

You could make something? If not food, but maybe build or create something?

[text]

[angewiesen]

Make something... That's not a half bad idea.

I have a picture of her, so I could draw a portrait. Is that enough of a gift?

[text]

[jivitadana]

I think she'd like that. Anything personalized like that should work out. It's unique.

[text]

[angewiesen]

It doesn't feel like much though. I'm always sketching these days.

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[nomorules]

Dude, this is totally my area. You gotta go stealth, man! Find out who they are and do some research on 'em. Figure out what they're about.

_{[Worked for guessing Meta-Nav keywords.]}

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[angewiesen]

That's what I'm trying to figure out how to do. I've never been a recon man before.

[nomorules]

_{[Finally something he can do that Jean can't...! As if he didn't already have the unique advantage of being a twenty first century kid and a Persona user.]}

Well, that's what you got me for. Let's do some spying!

_{[Somewhere Jean's Secret Santa recipient has just gotten a chill.]}

[angewiesen]

[Ryuji, there are far more things that you can do than Jean can, Jean's just good at making it look like he always knows what he's doing.]

And how do we do that without her noticing?

[nomorules]

When you're doing it right, they're not supposed to see you coming.

Do you know who she is? We know she's a "she," that's a start.

[angewiesen]

I've got a name and a picture of her, but I can't say it here where she could see it. We'll have to meet up somewhere.