Other than getting impaled by a rabbit and getting puked on by a bird, its been quite jolly so far

Following the festive mood, we decide to go up the mountain where it's snowing,

it's a different mountain, one I didn't shave the top off

trekking up the mountain took quite the effort,

the wind is quite harsh too so I had to tie a rope connecting me and side giving the image of a kid flying a kite

not like im any better as the wind blew me away a few times too

We reach the upper section of the mountain and the snowfall increases

I've wrapped myself in layers upon layers of different hide to stove off the cold making me look like a ball,

even under all my 'clothes' im still shivering in my 'boots'

side is apparently unaffected by the cold as she is a golem that cannot feel temperature,

the reality is that she is frozen solid and I'm carrying her over my head as a shield against the snow,

We continue climbing the mountain, the snow and wind combining together to create a blizzard that chills me to the bones,

the snow piled up high enough to reach my chest, the only reason my clothes are still on is that they have frozen together and in using suck to keep them in place,

wait, why didn’t I just use suck to push away the snow?

DUCK IT I use suck around me in a bubble to repel all the snow,

the snow nudges a little,

ugh ‘’sucksucksuck…’’ the snow now avoiding us as I walk along leaves a trail behind me, how neat,

I trudge forward, snotsickles stuck to my face, teeth chattering and side still frozen solid

the snowstorm intensifies to the degree that I feel like I'm buried alive even under my safety succ bubble

Endurance up Cheat skill: Succ levelled up

I squint my eyes to see if what I'm seeing is really real

breaking out from the pure white is a plume of thick black smoke

is - is this real? is this shelter?!

I hide behind side and push forward against the raging winds to the source of the smoke

before me is a large log cabin with slanted roofs and many offshoots making some sort of wooden complex

I walk up to what I presume to be the door and knock,

side has entered hibernation or something as she stopped responding a while ago, is she dead?

It’s a wonder how none of her limbs broke off while frozen like that,

the door creaks open, a dashing reindeer type Beastkin butler opens the door

a heavenly warmth assaults my face and livens my spirits

‘’guests? What is your purpose is jolly productions Co?’’ he inquires looking down on us, or, well, me

he is quite tall with thick, tree-like antlers branching out of his human head, wavy brown hair and a goatee. or should I call it a reindeeree?

‘’we got lost on this mountain and came looking for shelter, is there a problem?’’ I hope he lets us in.

the butler puts a hand on his chin and thinks for a bit,

‘’I suppose you can stay until this blizzard dies down, let me inform the master as you come in’’

oh, so that was a blizzard and not the usual for this place?

I follow the butler inside and cancel all my active sucks,

inside is a neat receptionist area made out wood with a fireplace giving it a homely vibe,

the butler gestures me to take a seat on a nearby chair

I plop down with enough force to shed two layers of my 'winter clothes' and place side on a chair next to me,

we wait a while as I gradually scoot further away from the fireplace

the ice thaws so I unwrap myself letting the soggy leather drop on the floor and shake myself like a dog to get all the water off

side starts to move again and inspects the surroundings

‘’where is this?’’ she asks looking both worried and relieved somehow

‘’a company I think by the name of jolly productions or something I found in the mountains’’

side jumps ‘’jolly productions company? The company that creates virtually every toy in the market? The one where no one can find the headquarters of? You mean that jolly productions company?’’

wow side, I've never seen you this exited before

‘’I think?’’

at that moment the reindeer butler enters the room followed by an overweight old man with a long white beard and wearing a bright red hat

‘’hoo ho ho.. a Traveler I see? You’ve done well to find this place, but staying here will cost you, I'm not asking for much, just 500 copper’’ he chuckles rubbing his fingers together

oh, so this must be the CEO of the company, truly a merchant, I hand over 5 iron coins. this is the right currency. right?

‘’a pleasure doing business with you, now do you have any questions? A drink perhaps?’’ he replies

‘’ooh, I'm a big fan of your products! Can we have a tour of your workshop?’’ side is practically jumping now,

the CEO looks surprised at first, he probably thought she was a decoration or something

‘’why of course, but that would cost you 1000 copper’’ he says while stroking his bushy white beard,

he truly is milking us dry, do you want cookies as well?

Side produces a silver coin and hands it to him, where did she get that? She had money?

Oh, right I need to identify these people first,

I whisper ‘’hey identify, tell me about those two people’’

santonio claus, level 65 toy merchant threat 59%, a toy merchant, very elusive in his whereabouts, likes to travel comet donner, level 78 combat butler threat 66%, a faithful butler to mister claus for a long time, does all the dirty work

hey, Santa claus and comet donner? Just what is this place? Where is Rudolph? The rest of the cast?

Santa leaves us with the butler comet, closing the door behind him

‘’I will begin the tour, please follow me’’ comet says with a bow almost hitting me with those massive antlers,

oi! Watch it! We follow him as he leads us to another door, through that door we are lead from room after room,

one has a bunch of prototype toys, another has finished products, one place was a storage and finally, we get to the main event,

the workshop

during the whole tour side has been gasping, pointing and jumping like a little kid,

aren’t I supposed to be the kid here? I mean, these toys are pretty cool, but not that cool,

I was amazed at a toy dragon that can fly with wind magic,

or a toy knight that can swing a sword but then there are the generic toys,

such as teddy bears, building blocks and those 'fit the block in the hole' games,

I mean, this is a fantasy world, right?

Everyone is meant to be poor, have low education and no time for kid toys,

is this for nobles or something? I look at the price tag for some of them and, yup, definitely for nobles,

now is the main event, where all the magic happens, the workshop

we enter the workshop, inside are 50 or so elves making a bunch of toys with reindeer watching over them,

the elves are skinny, wearing bright green clothing, pointed hats and metal collars displaying their status as slaves,

these are normal elves mind you, the kind you see in normal fantasy being one with nature and being good at magic,

not the small gnomes you normally see being associated with Santa,

I feel a little bit bad for them but other than being underfed, their treatment doesn't look too inhumane,

there are even some elves off to the side resting and chatting amongst themselves,

the elves skillfully use their magic to shape wood into the desired shape,

one being to make the shape, another to imbue magic, another to add details, another to transport it to the pile,

a nice little system but why don’t they use dwarves instead?

‘’why do you use elves instead of dwarves or other races?’’ I ask our tour guide

side must be curious too, judging from her body language,

‘’we use elves as they have the highest affinity with woodworking and magic related to wood, which is the main material we use, we considered using dwarves at first but they specialize in metals and earth, they also aren’t as good in magic, which is what we need to enchant our toys and give them effects’’ he states matter of factly

why don’t you just have them do their specialized things then, you already divided the labour,

oh well, side seems to enjoy our trip so I guess this is good enough,

we exit the factory and return to the waiting room where we will stay until the snowstorm dies down

Level up

what a weird place

Status, not really festive though Name: Sucksuke Level: 43 Race: Beastkin - Cat Class: Assassin HP: 1413/1413.775 MP: -- Str: 103 (+25.75) Sta: 58 (0) Spd: 48 (+4.8) Agi: 35 (+10.5) End: 48 (+4) Vit: 47 (+6.35) Int: 7 (-4.2) Wis: 4 (-2.4) Unspent points: 20 Skills Cheat skill: Succ lvl 19 Regeneration lvl 17/50 Sharp claws lvl max Item box lvl 6/20 Night vision lvl 4/15 Translate Identify Feline reflexes Mind resistance large Feline intuition Luck down Feline curiosity Accuracy lvl 1/10 Titles Otherworlder Beastkin - Cat Character creator Cheat skill holder Sucker Main character One who stared into the abyss Scaredy cat Black cat Retard MEDIC! I NEED HEALING! cut me some slack Pyrophobia Superhuman strength