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"Merry Christmas Tamatoa." 'Yea merry cristmas.....' "my muse is shy." *pushes a bag of gold and other shiny things.*
Tamatoa eyed the dragon suspiciously for a moment, but a quick glance at the bag of treasure quickly washed away any concerns. He smiled in greeting and pulled his new trinkets toward him.
“No need to be shy today... Holidays and everything,” he reassured with a chuckle as he sorted through the gold. “Merry Christmas, you two. Hope it’s a good one.”
Mana had a rather small delivery for this visit- a little polished wooden box carved with intricate geometric designs rather than the usual fabric bundle. “Happy holidays, Crabsy. This one’s for you and the kids,” she explained, opening the box to show three delicate orichalcum amulets nested within one another, each bearing similar patterns to those on the box itself. ... They were awfully small, what justified the fancy container? (~TheTheftofMagic AY sorry this came in late today was hectic)
“Happy Holidays, Mana.”
His eyestalks bobbed and twisted to try and examine the box in Mana’s hands, but even though they were small, he seemed intrigued by the amulets.
“Do they do anything?” he asked as he reached for one of them.
*She led them out to what looked like an empty step down ledge. With a snap of her claws the illusion spell that was in place broke to reveal a garden with plants that produced fruit big enough for Tama to enjoy. There were also the special crystal flowers as well as a variety of normal flowers. There were also a number of different healing plants.* I enchanted it so that only the royal family or someone invited by the royal family can enter. Do you like it?
The little crabs chirped in confusion at first, but they squeaked in surprise as the garden suddenly appeared in front of them. Once the initial shock wore off, they screamed in excitement, and practically tackled Dominic.
“We love it!” Huaka exclaimed as she rubbed her cheek against Dominic’s scales.
“It’s so pretty!” Taonga chipped in.
Tamatoa chuckled, and scooped all three onto his back before wandering inside the fenced-off garden. “Gotta hand it to ya, mon guerrier, everything looks amazing.”
He chirped in surprise as they were suddenly in the hammock hanging from his neck, but it quickly turned into a trill of delight.
“Now there’s an idea~” He held his claw over them protectively. “You really are part of my hoard now, aren’t you?” Tamatoa chuckled, and lifted up the hammock so he could give each of his mates a kiss on the forehead. “I love it, babes. And you two are welcome to spend as much time there as you want.”
Don’t say a word, don’t say a word, don’t say a word. “Having a giant king for a mate protecting and loving me? I must be a very good girl this year~” Jess then hid her even redder face. Why did she say that?
“Oh I don’t know~ I can think of a few times you acted... naughty.”
The grin widened, and a deep chuckle rumbled in Tamatoa’s throat. Oh yes, he was going to have fun with this one.
“ yeah it is, this is the first Christmas I’ve actually spent with a family “ Lilly smiled softly “ and I love it “ Lele hugged her dad back the best she could, purring as she continued to smile, she was so happy...
“Me too, kid. Me too.”
Meanwhile, Taonga and Huaka smiled from their perches in the Christmas tree.
“That’s so cute,” Taonga giggled.
Huaka tilted her head and whispered, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen Dad act like that.”
“but it’s cute!”
“Mm-hmm!”
As he tore the paper away he would see a massive sapphire. "Its a shield sapphire. Its has a natural magic that creates a protective shield when the wearer is in distress and I have one more gift for the whole family that I think you are really going to enjoy but its outside."
“Ohohohohooo~”
Tamatoa picked up the gemstone and held it up to the light. His smile only grew as he watched the light shine over the facets, then promptly set it on his shell where it would stand out.
“Another gift? You got me two?”
“She said it was for the whole family, Dad!” Huaka giggled.
Taonga leaned against Dominic’s leg as he hugged his toy tightly. “I wanna see it! I wanna see it!”
The older crab laughed and raised up a claw. “Alright, alright. Everyone out of the lair. Let’s go see it.”
"... Ah." Ombra chewed on his lip, "The gang's not felling very festive. People have been chucking snowballs at them all morning. So I'm glad for a refuge for the day." He smiled a bit at Moepapa's antics with the crablings. "You're doing well with the kids I see. Seems you had nothing to worry about."
“Ha! Serves ‘em right! ... Though a week or two ago, people were throwing snowballs at me too... Still wondering where the hell they got ‘em from, since there’s no snow in thousands of miles.”
Tamatoa shrugged, then smiled. “Yeah, these guys are less of a handful than I thought... and while they’ve got their mother’s shapeshifting abilities, they don’t use them anywhere as often as I was afraid of.”
As if scripted, Taonga giggled, and in a brief flash of light he tried to turn into a spider-bat just like Moepapa. Wasn’t quite right, given it was his first try... bit too much bat over spider, but it was a pretty decent attempt.
He spread his wings and smiled and Moepapa before trying to grab the bells out of her claws.
