(Alex is out!)

(She's not huge on holidays, considering she's barely had Time to celebrate, but... she's getting some people some things!)

(Yes! She is only in a different chamber of doom and it's called last minute christmas shopping in public. She has the patience for it thankfully.) (Well ... most of her gifts were odd treasures she had found around. But she bought some general stuff too!)

i know. i know. the past haunts you. i know. let me kiss your fears away.

i  see  through  the  darkness,  yet  i  cannot  escape  the  net  of  death.

( She thought all the copies had already been burned??? )

(Hey aerobics is important! She's doin em right now)

Uh. Um. Good morning?

They'll be unhappy if I stray too far, but Claydol will ... [ Latias trills, of worry. Alex, meanwhile, continuing to make up as many excuses as possible to get out of the village without drawing too much attention. The pressure still trickles — time still ticks. ]