"Hey, Sackboy and Sackgirl, do you know where the boss is?"
Both shook their heads.
"Seems like she left without telling anyone, huh."
The sackpersons simply wobbled a bit.
"Ah, I forgot you can't talk. Hey, but while I'm here... Wanna come to our Christmas party? You guys are always so funny and I missed you on Halloween."
Sackboy grinned so broadly that his tongue hung out, but that was par for the course.
"Alright. See you then. Bye!"

"Won't we get in trouble if we use the PS3?" Nareen asked while punching buttons at Eternias command.
The redhead steered their digital character gracefully around all obstacles. "Pah! We're waiting for the boss here. She can't get mad at us for bridging time due to her absence."
"If you say so. Oh no, another life lost!"

"Hey, what's that? A new challenger?!" Eternia shrieked. "That's a tough opponent. Who..."
She noticed movement from the corner of her eyes and took a quick peak. "What the... !"

Two other dolls had climbed on the sofa and busily pressed buttons on their own gamepad.
"More to the right, Sui!" commanded one.
"Try hard kick instead of medium, Sou!" said the other.

"Hey! You Rozen Maiden! Who do you think you are, spoiling our march to victory! I demand you lose to us at once!" Eternia yelled and shook her fist.

The answer was a giggle from Suiseiseki.

Souseiseki blew a raspberry. "You must be joking! We definitely won't lose on purpose against no names like you!"

"Hey. I'm not a no name. I'm a famous webcomic character!" said Nareen grumpily.

Eternia ignored that and kept talking to Sou. "Ooooh, is that so? Then I figure you two don't want to come to our Christmas party either, eh!"

"Of course we don't want to..."
"Shhh, Sou! Stop it!" hissed Suiseiseki.
"Why, what is it?"
"I recognize them now. Those two are from the dollhouse. They say they live with the best cook in this realm."
"The best cook? Really?"
"I'm 100% sure!"

"Fine, okay! You win!" Sou and Sui let go of their gamepad simultaneously.
"But we want an invitation to your party now!"

"Alright, you're in! Bring Shinku too!"

"He he he!" Eternia grinned like a devil. "The game is ours again!"
"Hm." said Nareen. "Now the gamepad is empty."
"Oh no! Fate is so cruel!"

"Phew... it's been hours and she's still not home." Nareen said tiredly.
"Yeah, and we're almost out of cookies."
"Maybe we should go home and try again tomorrow."
"You're right, Giselda is probably worried about us anyway."

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