December 4
mnkboy was walking down the street - past a beleaguered Nio, GenSag and Ryoko - and stopped when he saw the most festive-looking store of all time. It was brighter than Vegas wrapped in aluminum foil on a hot day but also at night time because that's when all the lights are on, and various fake "presents", wrapped and ribboned, lay in the front window. A sign over the door read: "Emporer's Emporium: Kazbar's Christmas Sale now on!"
mnk liked shiny things. He had often been distracted while talking to someone by the glint of a ring or bracelet, while also enjoying the colour yellow.
Naturally, then, the store was an attractive proposition to him and he entered. It was in the late-evening, so there were not as many people around as there might have been.
Inside was a collection of every Christmas-related item one could imagine. Festive music played over the speaker system softly and the faint smell of mince pies wafted through the air.
The proprietor of the store approached him. "Merry Christmas, sir. I'm Emporer Kazbar. How can I be of service to you today?"
mnkboy smiled at the genial manager. "I'm just browsing, thank you."
"Well F*** YOU THEN."
mnkboy was taken aback, but Emporer said "lol I was just kidding dude chillax"
"Oh, OK," said mnk with a shrug. Emporer left, whistling festively.
mnk walked over to a miniature Gingerbread house, vaguely considering purchasing it for his mother.
Suddenly, though, he broke out in a cold sweat. This place, this epitome of Christmas, suddenly sickened him, physically. He needed to be away from it.
So mnk ran out of the store, collapsing a display of candy canes as he did so. When he got out, he threw up.
Bent over, panting, he was approached by Nio, GenSag and Ryoko. "Are you alright, sir?" asked Ryoko.
"Yeah..." coughed mnk. "...Just...had to get out."
"Why were you in that boarded-up shop anyway?" asked GenSag.
"Uhh..." mnkboy looked back. The shop, which was now utterly grotesque to him, wasn't remotely boarded up. He looked at the three women blankly.
* * *
"Good," said ScareChan, the leader of TNUC's Latverian base. "We should probably get the shop owner too."
"...?" asked Chrono1219.
"He loves making his Christmas customers happy, of course!"
"...!" exclaimed Chrono.
Scare relayed the message to the moonbase, and it was done.
* * *
Emporer was serving a customer who had followed mnkboy in when suddenly he felt the urge to spit in the man's face. An urge he submitted to.
"GET OUT! NOW!" screamed the suddenly-outraged Kazbar. The customer, scared, did so.
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