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 It has been two years since you, Jingleterry the elf, took over responsibility of preparing the Sleigh and getting Today, so far, has passed much like last year before all the unpleasantness. The sleigh is all polished wood and shining chrome, laden with an uncountable number of presents, awaiting merely its pilot and nine flying reindeer engines. On the stove in the kitchen bubbles away the Big Man's inflight meal of French Onion soup. From the bedroom you hear the Big Man snoring, deep in restful slumber, two hours until his wake-up time. In the stables, the only other elf currently in the Workshop Complex and working, your friend...ly-ish acquaintance, Rudelf is tending to his charges. And you, Jingleterry, are in the Complex's office, at your computer, refreshing the same five websites over and over again. Everything is under control. Nothing can go wrong, nothing will go wrong. As the office clock behind you strikes the hour, you feel a shiver run down your spine. From a distant room you hear something go whumf. There's four hours left to get everything ready for Christmas. Looks like you'll have to Do It You ----- Welcome back to Do It You Elf! A Christmassy CYOA about being an elf, getting the Sleigh and the Big Man (there's a superstition against saying the S**** C**** name before He's ready.) prepared for the Big Day. You have four hours, i.e. 24 10-minute increments.  For every post, please post what you'd like our character to spend the next 10 minutes doing, as well as your guess as to what's behind tomorrow's Advent Calendar door. The correct guess will have their choice of action happen. If there are no correct guesses, I'll pick an action at random, and something bad might happen. The current high score is year two, with thirteen correct guesses. If more than one person guesses the same calendar item, I go with the first person's chosen action. Guesses have to be reasonably specific, no more just saying "plant" or "animal". My decision is final. Have fun!
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Dec 1, 2021 01:23
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Investigate the Whumpf. Guess: A bird with largely dark back plumage
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Dec 1, 2021 01:26
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Slap Santa right in the face A bear!
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Dec 1, 2021 01:27
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We need to Call Rudelf to check on the sleigh and team It'll be a tree ornament
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Dec 1, 2021 01:32
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Google the top 5 most-wanted toys of the year A present.
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Dec 1, 2021 02:00
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Chant Santa's name over and over in defiance of superstition A festive pinecone
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Dec 1, 2021 14:03
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Have a "getting armed and ready" action movie montage. ("Guns. Lots of guns.") A candy cane.
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Dec 1, 2021 18:13
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quote:And you, Jingleterry, are in the Complex's office, at your computer, refreshing the same five websites over and over again. Misclick, and then watch in horror as this year's Naughty or Nice list gets deleted before your eyes. A teddy bear
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Dec 1, 2021 20:20
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Guess: snowflake Action: a scary noise, at this latitude, at this time of year, at this hour, localized entirely within the Big Man's base? Slam the big red alarm button.
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Dec 1, 2021 20:28
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Guess: No guess this time, think might just enjoy the show this year  Action: Uhhhh roll for a different action? 
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Dec 1, 2021 23:04
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 Image is of a deer! No correct guesses. Current score: 0-1. Random action chosen: 1d9 1 AJ_Impy's Investigate the Whumf action chosen. You get up from your computer and look around. Everything in the office looks fine. You leave and head down the corridor, in the direction of the noise, poking your head into various rooms. All seem as still as when you last checked on them. A frown appears on your face. You did hear something, right? You head upstairs, looking in the empty bedrooms of other elves. Still nothing. Finally, you check your own room. It's exactly as you left it, unmade bed, half-drunk water bottle, phone charger, book. Wait, a book? That wasn't there last night. You pick it up: The Amourous Admiral, by Annabelle Southern. Another whumf, much closer, just outside the room. You look down and see another book seeming dropping in the middle of the corridor: Winter Celebrations Of The European Nations, 1812-1914: A Study, ed. JA Harris. Three hours, fifty minutes remain.
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Dec 2, 2021 01:35
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A chipmunk or other tree rodent. Grab phone and/or flashlight and investigate windows and maybe roof.
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Dec 2, 2021 02:15
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At least two children Scan the books with the present identification and location scanner
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Dec 2, 2021 02:32
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Mistletoe Put out a yellow alert for potential intruders
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Dec 2, 2021 02:34
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A sleigh Mix a whole mess of methamphetamines into the reigndeer's feed.
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Dec 2, 2021 14:57
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A Snowman Take out your paranormal activity detection & response kit. There'd better not be some ghost messing about on the Big Night itself (they're supposed to be hanging out with rich dudes), but if there is you are so ready for it. No, you still haven't watched Ghostbusters enough. No, this has nothing to do with That Night. (it totally has)
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Dec 2, 2021 17:02
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A Wreath Switch all the names on the naughty and nice list
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Dec 2, 2021 17:48
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 Image is of a squirrel! Lux Animus's tree rodent is close enough! Current score: 1-1. Grab phone and/or flashlight and investigate windows and maybe roof. You pick up the second book and then, holding both books next to your body with your left arm, somewhat awkwardly pull your mobile phone out of your right pocket and activate the torch. You retrace your steps, this time looking out the window with your beam of light. All the windows are closed; the snow surrounding this side of the complex is undisturbed. Sighing, you clamber up the central stairwell, grab your keys, unlock the door and look out onto the bitterly cold roof, your searchlight scanning for any signs of activity. You see a thick layer of undisturbed snow, the brilliant shine of the stars over the North Pole, and some air-conditioner fans-in-boxes spinning their eternal dance. Nothing unusual. Something below you goes w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-whumf! You rush downstairs, back to your office. You kick your chair out of the doorway and look at your desk. Where your chair was mere moments ago is a stack of books, reaching from the floor almost all the way to the ceiling. A thought runs through your head: "Symmetrical stacking." Now that you think of it, the stack does resemble the one from that film you all watched at Hallowe'en. Three hours, forty minutes remain. The roof door is unlocked.
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Dec 3, 2021 01:23
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Dog Kisser posted:A Wreath Still saying this, got a good feeling this time
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Dec 3, 2021 01:35
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A Robin. Read all the books.
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Dec 3, 2021 02:09
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A bear Call Rudelf and have him send out the anti magic defense toy patrol
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Dec 3, 2021 02:48
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Candy Cane Enlist a few other elves to booby trap the entire building, especially Santa's quarters. And not some home alone bullshit; crossbows and punji sticks and swinging logs filled with spikes. We're gonna get whoever this is.
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Dec 3, 2021 06:37
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 Image is of a bird! No correct guesses. Current score: 1-2. Random action chosen: 1d4 2 AJ_Impy's Read all the books action chosen. Putting the two books you were already carrying down on someone else's desk, you clamber onto your desk and grab the topmost book from the pile. It's A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. You settle back into your office chair and start to read... Charles Dickens posted:Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Three hours, thirty minutes remain. The roof door remains unlocked.
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Dec 4, 2021 01:51
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A rabbit Resolve all to most of your pre-santa waking tasks in a highly optimized manner, using your experience from the previous two christmasses to speed you along. That way you'll have more time to resolve whatever book-based shenanigans are going on.
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Dec 4, 2021 02:05
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Bear Call Rudelf to get reindeer CAP/CAS going
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Dec 4, 2021 02:12
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A snowman Take a page from old Scrooge's book and steal all of Santa's coal
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Dec 4, 2021 03:12
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At least one child. Check for a library stamp or sale sticker. Source these tomes.
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Dec 4, 2021 13:18
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 Image is of a rabbit! Scribbleykins guesses correctly! Current score: 2-2. Resolve pre-waking-Big Man tasks action chosen. Enough, you think. You take a post-it note off your desk and use it as a bookmark, then set A Christmas Carol atop the other two books you've collected so far. Time to do some work. Your first stop is the kitchen. The smell of French Onion soup pervades the air with a lovely scent, along with that of this morning's coffee.. You give the pot a quick stir, pop the lid back on and continue your rounds. Next stop is the sleigh room. You've been avoiding this place as much as possible the past few months; the memory of it stretching and rising and devouring that snowmobile last year has haunted your nightmares. It's sat in its usual pre-flight position, all shining chrome and polished wood. Reins, whip, presents, coal, empty coffee bottles, empty pee bottles, all accounted for. The only thing it needs is the finished soup, fresh coffee, some reindeers and the Big Man himself. As you turn to leave you notice a couple of book-shaped presents scattered on the floor behind the sleigh. Must've fallen out when loading. You chuck them atop the rest of the gifts. Finally, back to the office. You turn your monitor a bit to the right so you can work without disturbing the large stack of books in front of it. The Naughty and Nice lists have been updated with the latest reports from all the Elves upon Shelves throughout the globe. It all looks good to you; besides, the Big Man'll check it twice himself in a few hours. Three hours, twenty minutes remain. The roof door remains unlocked.
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Dec 5, 2021 01:32
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A quadruped mammal with at least partly brown fur Track the books to their source.
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Dec 5, 2021 02:16
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Bear So we can radio the SWAT elf team to prepare for a magical assault on the north pole
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Dec 5, 2021 03:52
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A tree Lace all the big man's food and drink with unreasonable amounts of LSD
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Dec 5, 2021 04:31
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A candy cane Inspect Santa’s time and space manipulating equipment for any damage or defect.
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Dec 5, 2021 04:50
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An owl. Take a smoke break. You've earned it.
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Dec 5, 2021 09:54
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A mouse Fix Santa's shoes because that's what elves do - stick with what you know
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Dec 5, 2021 17:20
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A hedgehog. Begin your investigation into why these book-based inclusion-intrusions somehow don't trigger every alarm known (and made) by elfkind. Maybe one of the shelf elves based out of a library will know something about this whumphenomena. You should have their contact numbers for last-minute N-or-N clarification emergencies...
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Dec 5, 2021 17:34
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 Image is of some animals chilling in a tree! Apologies to AJ_Impy but I have to give this one to Outrail. Current score: 3-2. Lace all the big man's food and drink with unreasonable amounts of LSD action chosen. Aw, beans! A thought - a compulsion - suddenly pops into your head. A wicked, unChristmassy grin spreads across your face. You head towards the small first aid station next to the kitchen, to the bottom-left cupboard with a keycode lock. Dr. Button's Private Reserve. You enter the access code 1-2-2-5 and giggle softly to yourself as the door swings open. It is not outside the realm of possibility that an older child has the three qualities of very good behaviour, a still-strong sincere belief in the Big Man, and a small bottle of lysergic acid diethylamide on their present list; and the Big Man believes in being prepared for almost all eventualities. Hence, the elves' medical expert has contingencies securely locked away. You swipe the phial labeled "Aceeeed!  !" and head to the kitchen. Two-thirds of it go into the French Onion soup on the stove; the rest into the coffee brewer. Stir, stir, stir. He's gonna trip balls tonight! Hee, hee, hee!Behind you, something goes whumf. You turn around and see Delia Smith's How To Cook Volume 1 has fallen from its place on the kitchen bookshelves. As you bend down to pick it up, you don't see Volume 2 land straight on your head. WHUMF! Three hours, ten minutes remain. The roof door remains unlocked. The soup and the coffee brewer are laced with LSD.
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Dec 6, 2021 02:08
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A dog Use the tainted food and drink to trap the book source.
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Dec 6, 2021 02:13
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A bear We need to break out the 451 degree flamethrower to start burning books
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Dec 6, 2021 03:12
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A candy cane Inspect Santa’s time and space manipulating equipment for any damage or defect.
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Dec 6, 2021 05:24
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Noice An ornament Set the time space manipulator to 1939, Berghof.
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