Community [Isekai Hell] The White Elephant of Hyroth

[saxon]

Hello everyone, this RP is set in the world of Isekai Hell; you can find information about the world here.

This follows a group of adventurers who have come to visit the village of Hyroth many know this village for the Velstar festival which celebrates peace but recently, the new social sensation called a White Elephant has taken the village by storm. As the weather from the north is rolling in and the snow covers the grounds many are celebrating in their homes and in public gatherings.

Setting:
Location: The Village of Hyroth
Time of Day: 8 pm
Weather: Snow covered ground, cold, windy, nighttime
OOC: Please include links to your character sheet in your first post!

Eris Granstone
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The snow was covered in snow, and the moonlight on this clear night reflected off the snow covering the ground. Many of the townspeople gathered outside of homes wrapped in warm clothes, singing songs of joy about the changing seasons. In this town, there sat a tavern. Not a dirty, country bumkin tavern, but a warm, clean, and festive tavern. Many of the townspeople who were not out singing were at the many tables enjoying a drink or two.

Along with this new sensation, a new drink had been made in this tavern called eggnog with brandy added to it. Many of the townspeople enjoyed the drink so much that many were drunk. Several of them in the tavern even started singing drunk songs that echoed through the tavern. The incidents with the fae and the eastern empire were seemingly unknown to the people; that or word just hadn't reached them yet.

a gentle cold breeze blew through the village as many people made their way to the tavern, the snow kicked up and lifted off into the air. Children threw balls mad of snow at one another chasing the other throughout the town. A few of them even got ambushed by another group of kids doing the same thing. So started the great snowball fight of Hyroth which was talked about for several months afterwards.

In this tavern, a private room had been reserved and there was plenty of food on a large table at the center of the room. Against the far was was a grand stone fireplace which kept the room warm along with some logs to add to the fire when it started to dim down. Between the fire place and the table was another long table which various boxes on it and a top hat.

Eris stood at the side of the long table with all the boxes. Inside the boxes were gifts that the people attending had brought for the event. There were various colors, such as red, yellow, blue, magenta, black, brown, green, orange, pink, tan, sky blue, red orange, and royal blue.

Eris smiled as the many people were seated at the table, a large keg of eggnog was placed at the end of the large feast table. The keg was filled to the brim and more could be brought out if ordered. The priestess cleared her throat as she picked up the top hat that was on the table. "Greetings friends and strangers! Or well you really all are strangers to me but who really cares?" Eris inquired with that child-like smile on her face as she paused for a second. Welcome to the White Elephant, you all have brought your gifts up to the table and now that the food has arrived, we shall begin with the main event!" Eris exclaimed as she raised her voice she let out a small giggle as she realized her mistake.

"So let me tell you how this new social gathering works, I will draw a piece of paper out of this hat with each of our names on it. That person will then come up here and select a gift from one of the box and they will then show it to the group. I will then draw another person, the second person has the option to pick a gift from one of the boxes or steal the a gift from someone else." Eris explained as she looked around at the group for a moment.

"That is the name of the game! Pretty simple right? Well the people in this village think so! Well without further to do shall we begin?" Eris Inquired as she shook the hat around a few times mixing up the names. "Very well the first person up is......drum roll please." Eris paused for a moment to see if anyone would do it before continuing. "Rowan!" She called out as she pulled the paper out of the hat showing it to the group.

 

[slifer37]

Rowan Thorn





Fantasy - [Isekai Hell] Characters - Current
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Personally, Rowan loved the idea of exchanging gifts, seeing what people would give you, along with the anticipation of someone opening the gift you bought them, hoping they would like it. So when she heard of this event she jumped on the chance to join, contributing a gift to the decently sized stack.

When Eris called her name first she froze for a second, internally groaning at being called first- which meant her gift had the highest chance of being taken first, especially if it was a good gift. She stood up from the table, walking up to the present pile, surveying it. She knew what color her gift was, having presented it to Eris secretly pre-wrapped, especially so she wouldn't accidentally pick her own gift.

Three gifts in the colors she preffered stood out to her- the green, the sky blue, and the royal blue. Contemplating the gifts, she took a few moments to decide, going for the green gift in the end. She took it with her back to the table, carefully setting it down in front of her, taking a seat herself before starting to unwrap the gift carefully, revealing what was inside. Then she would start to nibble on her plate of food while ordering a mug of eggnog, knowing what happened next would be out of her hands, and now all she had to do was watch.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched as Rowan came up and selected the green box as the gift was shown it was a source sever. "Huh, well I can't say I'm surprised that there was a weapon on one of the boxes. But anyway onwards on to the next person!" Eris cheered as she shook the top hat for a few moments to mix up the names.

"The next person is.....Regula! You may pick a gift from the table or you mean steal a previously selected gift. The boxes remaining are red, yellow, blue, magenta, black, brown, orange, pink, tan, sky blue, red orange, and royal blue." Eris stated as she waited for Regula to decide what to do.

 

[Elvario]

Regula
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Regula yawned. It'd been a long day, so despite it only being early evening, she'd grown tired. Besides, she didn't like the cold too much, so she wrapped her wings further around her body. She wasn't sure what had ended up with her joining this odd tradition in this village, but the moment she realised it was warmer inside, she was glad she had done so. Allowing herself a royal amount of eggnog to warm up, she sat down as the 'game' they were supposed to play started. She was a little surprised when she was the second one up to chose to steal or pick a gift. Well, she could make weapons of her own, so whatever type of weapon-thing Rowan had, she wasn't too interested in it. It's why she stood up to go grab a new box from the pile. Out of all those colours, one stood out quite easily. After all, how could she not go for royal blue? That gift was practically made for her! Although she first expected they'd all just pick and chose to steal, then only open all boxes at the end, Rowan's example had shown her that this game wasn't as much of a guessing game after all, so she figured she'd open up the box as well. Certainly royal blue would contain a royal gift, right? She'd only have to worry someone would steal it.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched as it was Regula who came up and selected the green box as the gift was shown it was a sash of some kind. "Huh, well that certainly is a pretty sash I suppose," Eris stated as she shook the top hat for a few moments to mix up the names.

"The next person is.....Stella! You may pick a gift from the table or you mean steal a previously selected gift. The boxes remaining are red, yellow, blue, magenta, black, brown, orange, pink, tan, sky blue, and red orange." Eris stated as she waited for Regula to decide what to do.

 

[Blackrose7]

Stella Solis​

Stella was happy to be at this event, because they got free food and drinks. In fact, she was stuffing her face with the yummy food on the table, and drinking a nice cup of sweet tea.
While she did that, Ms. Priest Lady called her name out, and that caused Stella to stare at them for a bit. They weren’t expecting to be the third person to get to pick their gift for the White Elephant event. Not wanting to make them wait; she got up from her seat, and walked over to where the gifts were at. Stella picked up the magenta gift and walked back to the table. Upon getting there, she was putting her arms around the gift, since she didn’t want it to be stolen. They couldn’t use their pocket dimension skill to protect it from the gift thief, since it can only fit something that is the same size as her foot.
“Hey, Ms. Priest Lady. Are people allowed to use their pocket dimension skill to protect their gift from being stolen? I am just saying that, because some of us would try to do that.” Stella was curious as to what they would say about people doing that kind of stunt, because it was both smart and unfair at the same time.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Stella come up and selected the Magenta box as the gift was opened; it revealed a map with a location that said a cottage. "Wait, what?! You guys added assets in here?" Eris gasped as she shook the top hat for a few moments to mix up the names. "Also no you cannot do anything to hide the gift you picked!" Eris explained.

"The next person is.....Mitsunari! You may pick a gift from the table or you mean steal a previously selected gift. The boxes remaining are red, yellow, blue, black, brown, orange, pink, tan, sky blue, and red orange." Eris stated as she waited for Mitsunari to decide what to do.

 

[LadyOfStars]

Seikatsu Mitsunari
The kitsune loved the idea of. Playing White Elephant in this new world and had eagerly joined the other participants as the presents were being chosen. So far the only one that truly interested him was the gift of property. It was surely a lavish gift to give, but he didn’t think that it was worth stealing and wasting his turn on.

With his sights set in his chosen gift, Mitsunari rose from his seat and approached the table with his tails swaying behind him excitedly. “Red Orange.” He declared as he picked the gift from the table and opened it to reveal what it was he had just chosen.

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[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Mitsunari come up and select the red orange as the gift was opened; it a breakable stick. "Wait? Who brought a stick? Oh well I suppose it doesn't matter really." Eris sighed as she shook the top hat for a few moments to mix up the names.

"The next person is.....Cleo! You may pick a gift from the table or you mean steal a previously selected gift. The boxes remaining are red, yellow, blue, black, brown, orange, pink, tan, and sky blue." Eris stated as she waited for Cleo to decide what to do.

 

[Shatter Shard]

Cleo Rom
"Blue Quill Merchant"

Strength
Precision
Intelligence
Vitality
Speed

{ F }
{ D }
{ A }
{ E }
{ F }

D

Active Titles:
Human | Trader | Merchant | Stouthearted | Closer

Hyroth Village

Code by: Shatter Shard

Cleo stepped up when his name was finally called. He could use his ability to gauge which gift he should get, but that would go against the spirit of festivity. He was still a man with a heart for little gatherings like this, quaint moments of giving and receiving. Cleo's time dealing with snakes and foxes had weathered his weary soul, and a little bit of gift exchange would lift his spirits up. It was even more fun that a person can "steal" other people's gift, which added a little bit more of spice to this event. Though he wouldn't steal a gift. Regardless of context, stealing was still a bit iffy for him.

There was no need to deliberate with himself on what gift to pick. "Then if you'll excuse me." He spoke. He took the Sky Blue gift, the same color that his company uses. There was a small but genuine smile on his expression as he carefully but excitedly started unwrapping the gift.

Spoiler: Invoked Abilities

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Mentions: saxon

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Cleo come up and selected the Sky Blue the gift was opened; it revealed a cooking set. "Well that's sure to be the envy of any cook here." Eris giggled as she shook the top hat to mix up the names for a few moments.

"The next person is.....Cayde! You may pick a gift from the table or you mean steal a previously selected gift. The boxes remaining are red, yellow, blue, black, brown, orange, pink, and tan." Eris stated as she waited for Cayde to decide what to do.

 

[The Last Curse]

Cayde Whitinger

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From the moment Cayde sat down, he knew this was all a big mistake. First, because the present he brought was supposed to be delivered to a special client. And secondly, because he was completely plastered. He didn't even know how it happened. He and Zane always shared a bottle of quintessence around Yule, but this year, he must've distilled it eight times instead of seven. Now Zane was off making snow angels somewhere, and he'd stumbled into a tavern, eager to see this white elephant everyone was talking about. Except there wasn't an elephant. It must've gone home the second he got here. He'd been completely bamboozled!

But that was neither here nor there. What mattered now was that he needed to pick a present. Hopefully, one the elephant left behind. "Y-yeah, I-I'll 'ave a lil' look-see on yeller!" Cayde stammered, shuffling over to the yellow box. He reached out and slowly unraveled the wrapping paper, pulling out whatever object awaited inside.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Cayde come up and select the yellow gift and opened it revealing a tail. "A mechanical tail? Huh kinda reminds me of a certain dog priest that I ran into before." Eris stated as she shook the top hat to mix up the names for a few moments.

"The next person is.....Retilli! You may pick a gift from the table or you mean steal a previously selected gift. The boxes remaining are red, blue, black, brown, orange, pink, and tan." Eris stated as she waited for Retilli to decide what to do.

 

[conman2163]

Retili​

Retili was uncharacteristically excited about the events transpiring around him. When he had learned that there was going to be a big party and he was going to be dragged along he wasn't exactly thrilled, but the idea of a white elephant exchange had turned him a little cheery. He had even managed to procure a more holiday themed outfit. Who knew full body cloaks came in ugly Christmas sweater patterns? He had spent his time making pleasant conversation and drinking warm apple cider. He smiled when his name was called and, swaying just a tad (Turns out the slight burn from the cider was alcohol.), he made his way to the front and selected the black box from the table. It was excellent. The color reminded him of home! He wasted no time in unwrapping the present.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Retilli come up and select the black gift and opened it revealing a tail. "A hello kitty doll? Huh kinda reminds me of another life time ago." Eris stated as she shook the top hat to mix up the names for a few moments.

"The next person is.....Orchid! You may pick a gift from the table or you mean steal a previously selected gift. The boxes remaining are red, blue, brown, orange, pink, and tan." Eris stated as she waited for Orchid to decide what to do.

 

[Lucius Cypher]

Tags: Cleo ( Shatter Shard )​

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Truth be told, this was the first time Orchid every truly celebrated Christmas. Sure, she knew of the holiday, and sure, in her old life they celebrated it in her hometown. But she never had the friends nor family to actually celebrate the holiday. It was, at best, a day off from a tedious grind. But it was no different from a weekend to her. She even remembers a few notable Christmas where all she did was sleep, eat, and go back to sleep again. And when she arrived to this world well, she was often either working the winter or just not somewhere where they celebrated the season of giving. So this was nice.

After dropping off her present Orchid had to figure out what she could get. She could either choose a box or steal. Most folks have been picking presents this whole time, but Orchid decided to change things up and steal a gift. "Any Cleo! Gimme them cooking stuff. I could use a fresh set of tools to replace my old kit. I'll let the rest of y'all pick over the rest of the loot." Orchid felt this was the most practical option for her. She hasn't really been keeping up with her domestic skills but now was a good time to brush up on them.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Orchid come up and then did the most unlikely thing ever steal a gift. "Well now that is truly in the spirit of this event! Well Cleo you are free to pick another gift or steal from someone else!" Eris stated as she shook the top hat to mix up the names for a few moments.

"If you steal a gift however that person you steal from will go again. But, if you don't want to steal then by all mean pick another box!" Eris stated as she waited for Cleo to decide what to do.

 

[Shatter Shard]

Cleo Rom
"Blue Quill Merchant"

Strength
Precision
Intelligence
Vitality
Speed

{ F }
{ D }
{ A }
{ E }
{ F }

D

Active Titles:
Human | Trader | Merchant | Stouthearted | Closer

Hyroth Village

Code by: Shatter Shard

Despite it being a humble cooking set, Cleo was still brightly examining the gift. He had thought of many business opportunities this gift could've brought him, but a certain declaration froze him on the spot. His gaze went to Orchid who just declared her steal, then back at Eris. His shoulders stooped when Eris herself had announced the reassignment of his gift.

Crestfallen, he handed the set over towards the orc. "Then I would like the red gift." He went over to pick his gift but had become less spirited as he gently unwrapped it.

Spoiler: Invoked Abilities

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Mentions: saxon Lucius Cypher

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Cleo came up and selected the red box. Inside the red box was a ring. "Well you went from a cooking set to a ring, though I wonder what it does but oh well." Eris stated as she shook the top hat to mix up the names for a few moments.

"Alright the next person is........Leviticus! Please come on up and select a gift or steal from another person! The boxes remaining are blue, brown, orange, pink, and tan."" Eris stated as she waited for Leviticus to decide what to do.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Leviticus came up and selected the pink box. Inside the pink box was a sword. "Well that blade there looks like it could do some damage, hey you aren't planning on using that thing right?" Eris inquired as she shook the top hat to mix up the names for a few moments.

"Alright the next person is........Vanta! Please come on up and select a gift or steal from another person! The boxes remaining are blue, brown, orange, and tan."" Eris stated as she waited for Vanta to decide what to do.

 

[gmimperfecti]

Vanta detached from one of the dark corners. A season of giving was so foreign to him that his head hurt from watching the whole interaction.

He smiled when his name was called and, swaying just a tad (Turns out the slight burn from the cider was alcohol.), he made his way to the front and selected the black box from the table. It was excellent. The color reminded him of home! He wasted no time in unwrapping the present.

The black present matched his soul. Besides Blue, Black was his favorite color. What was more, he was very comfortable taking things away from people. It made him calm and filled him with holiday joy to give the gift of loss and grief. All things were impermanent.

"Alright the next person is........Vanta! Please come on up and select a gift or steal from another person! The boxes remaining are blue, brown, orange, and tan."" Eris stated as she waited for Vanta to decide what to do.

Walking over to the black wrapping and the doll within, he was reminded of wanting to get a doll in the desert but not being allowed to kill the shopkeeper nor steal them. It was nice to be back on comfortable ground.

Reaching over, Vanta takes everything from the black wrapping, the box and the doll within from Retili. “Happy Holidays.” He said expressionlessly. He walked back towards the shadows, nursing his hunger and thirst.

 

[conman2163]

Retili Loxinofican
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The mildly innebriated Zentail was slightly confused, shocked, and horrified when the ominous and slightly depressive looking man sidled over and plucked the adorable cat doll and the wrapping from his hands. It probably looked like a man just plucking a plush toy from a child simply due to how small the scribe was. He turned and looked back at the table. The rule were clear and he had no intention of breaking them. He'd just have to get a new present. He walked up to the table and selected the orange package. It's warm color reminded him of lazy afternoon days. Returning to his previous spot he carefully unwrapped the present.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Vanta came up and not walk towards the table but instead walked over to Retilli. Taking the plushie that Retilli had gotten out of the box. . "Well uh....who invited that shadow guy that was kinda creepy how he just came out of a wall. But anyway besides the points and I right?" Eris inquired as she shook the top hat to mix up the names for a few moments.

"Alright Retilli you can select another box or steal from someone," Eris explained as she waited to see what he was going to do. When he came up and selected the orange box, inside was an equipment E grade coupon. "Wait someone put a coupon in here?" She inquired scratching the top of her head before shaking the hat again a few more times for good measure. "The next person is........Michael! Please come on up and select a gift or steal from another person! The boxes remaining are blue, brown, and tan." Eris stated as she waited for Michael to decide what to do.

As Michael came up and picked the blue box and opened it revealing an omni-bottle. "Huh you can fill those up with just about any drink." Eris stated with a nod of her head as Michael took a drink of the liquid inside and spit it out.

"......Gross." Eris stated with a twitch of her lip and then shook the hat not loosing eye contact with Michael until she drew the next name. "The next person is........Yukan! Please come on up and select a gift or steal from another person! The boxes remaining are brown, and tan."

 

[TheTimePiece]

Yukan
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Yukan was curious about all the other individuals who had gathered there, nevertheless, there didn't seem to be anyone who he would feel the need to swap with, no one here had wronged him as far as he knew, so why do the same to them, even if it was a game of sorts. He nodded towards Eris, with a slight bow. Before making his way over to the gifts that were wrapped, surely there had to be something else that was useful around these parts.
He also wasn't keen on the idea on drawing unnecessary attention on himself or making enemies that he didn't need to make. He didn't speak, keeping his default somewhat serious resting face as he picked up the tan gift, and made his way back over to where he had been before he started to unwrap the gift with great focus, not wanting to harm whatever was inside incase it was delicate or something of value.

 

[saxon]

Eris Granstone
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Eris watched Yukan came up and selected the tan gift and opened it to reveal a pen. "Wait someone put a pen in here? Well that's just cheap, or well I guess we did have the coupon from earlier." Eris states as she shook the top hat to mix up the names for a few moments as she looked down she saw there was only one paper left in the hat.

"Alright Well it looks likes its my turn to go," Eris chuckled as she went up and picked the last gift. When she opened the brown box there was a party popper in it. "Uh a party popper what?" Scraching her head for a moment she cleared her throat.

"Alright, well now its time for the final round, Rowan will get the chance to steal a final gift. Who ever rowan chooses will trade their gift with her and the game will end," Eris stated as she looked toward rowan.