NTWF White Elephant Gift Exchange!

[Fraze]

For those who missed it, there's an explanation here. You can sign up there if you haven't already, but only the people who have already signed up can participate in this round. If there's enough interest, maybe we can do more!

There are TWO Neopets groups, and one art group. All of these groups will be running simultaneously on this thread. The game begins by each player from each group selecting the package they want to open.

First Neopets group:
The move order for this group is: Fraze, Kristykimmy, Selm, Ginz ❤, Coaster, Mostly Harmless (flufflepuff)

The gift pile for this group contains:
A crystalline box resembling an ice cube, cloaked in a fine layer of glittering snow.
A gift wrapped in eye-stabbingly neon pink paper, reading "PERISHABLE!" in haphazardly painted red letters and smelling strongly of lemon.
A box wrapped with shiny paper that keep humming.
A foot-length cubical box, decorated with empty toilet-paper rolls (halves, cut lengthwise) which are in turn painted blue and covered in yellow star-shaped stickers.
An amorphous package covered in brown paper, that seems to be slowly changing shape.
An odd-shaped lumpy package, wrapped in heart patterned paper, with a huge pink ribbon on top. Someone should tell the gift-giver it's not Valentine's Day yet.


Second Neopets group:
The move order for this group is: Huntress, Ziporen, Kozma, Pixie, tttxyv, Celestial

The gift pile for this group contains:
A hastily-wrapped rectangular present with shiny teal wrapping paper and a lovely lace bow atop it.
A ball of green paper excessively wrapped in tape.
A plain white box wrapped up with red ribbon.
A rather large cylinder wrapped in brilliant rainbow-colored paper.
A silver and gold package with a blue ribbon that would be pretty if it did not look so beaten up.
A tear-shaped, crinkly package wrapped in blue and gold paper, smelling faintly of chocolate and cinnamon.


Art group:
The move order for this group is: Kristykimmy, Selm, Kozma, Pixie, Ginz ❤, Coaster

The gift pile for this group contains:
A cylindrical container wrapped in white paper covered with colorful ink stains all over.
A pixellated 8-bit box with a holographic shimmer.
A thin package wrapped in silver, metallic paper and bound with a thick blue ribbon.
A set of several really small packages each wrapped up in a different colour of the rainbow.
A lumpy and oblong, mummy-wrapped package with several rolls of mint green-painted, paper maché'd toilet paper in order to mask its shape.
A triangle shaped package wrapped with a blue bow.

[Fraze]

I'm going first for the first Neopets group, so I pick the box with shiny paper that keeps humming.

Packages remaining:
A crystalline box resembling an ice cube, cloaked in a fine layer of glittering snow.
A gift wrapped in eye-stabbingly neon pink paper, reading "PERISHABLE!" in haphazardly painted red letters and smelling strongly of lemon.
A foot-length cubical box, decorated with empty toilet-paper rolls (halves, cut lengthwise) which are in turn painted blue and covered in yellow star-shaped stickers.
An amorphous package covered in brown paper, that seems to be slowly changing shape.
An odd-shaped lumpy package, wrapped in heart patterned paper, with a huge pink ribbon on top. Someone should tell the gift-giver it's not Valentine's Day yet.

(Note, in this stage, we're just picking gifts from the pile, NOT taking them from each other. That bit comes later!)

[Huntress]

Akay, I'll take the plain white box wrapped up with red ribbon.

Remaining are
A hastily-wrapped rectangular present with shiny teal wrapping paper and a lovely lace bow atop it.
A ball of green paper excessively wrapped in tape.
A rather large cylinder wrapped in brilliant rainbow-colored paper.
A silver and gold package with a blue ribbon that would be pretty if it did not look so beaten up.
A tear-shaped, crinkly package wrapped in blue and gold paper, smelling faintly of chocolate and cinnamon.

[Kristykimmy]

Okay, for the Neopets group, I'll take:

An odd-shaped lumpy package, wrapped in heart patterned paper, with a huge pink ribbon on top. Someone should tell the gift-giver it's not Valentine's Day yet.


Packages remaining:
A crystalline box resembling an ice cube, cloaked in a fine layer of glittering snow.
A gift wrapped in eye-stabbingly neon pink paper, reading "PERISHABLE!" in haphazardly painted red letters and smelling strongly of lemon.
A foot-length cubical box, decorated with empty toilet-paper rolls (halves, cut lengthwise) which are in turn painted blue and covered in yellow star-shaped stickers.
An amorphous package covered in brown paper, that seems to be slowly changing shape.

For the art group I'll take:
A thin package wrapped in silver, metallic paper and bound with a thick blue ribbon.

The remain gifts are:
A cylindrical container wrapped in white paper covered with colorful ink stains all over.
A pixellated 8-bit box with a holographic shimmer.
A set of several really small packages each wrapped up in a different colour of the rainbow.
A lumpy and oblong, mummy-wrapped package with several rolls of mint green-painted, paper maché'd toilet paper in order to mask its shape.
A triangle shaped package wrapped with a blue bow.

[Ziporen]

From the second Neopets group, I'll take:
A silver and gold package with a blue ribbon that would be pretty if it did not look so beaten up.

Packages remaining:
A hastily-wrapped rectangular present with shiny teal wrapping paper and a lovely lace bow atop it.
A ball of green paper excessively wrapped in tape.
A rather large cylinder wrapped in brilliant rainbow-colored paper.
A tear-shaped, crinkly package wrapped in blue and gold paper, smelling faintly of chocolate and cinnamon.

[Kozma]

From the second Neopets group, I'll take:
A rather large cylinder wrapped in brilliant rainbow-colored paper.

Packages remaining:
A hastily-wrapped rectangular present with shiny teal wrapping paper and a lovely lace bow atop it.
A ball of green paper excessively wrapped in tape.
A tear-shaped, crinkly package wrapped in blue and gold paper, smelling faintly of chocolate and cinnamon.

[Pixie]

From the second Neopets group, I'll take:

A hastily-wrapped rectangular present with shiny teal wrapping paper and a lovely lace bow atop it.

And so there remains:
A ball of green paper excessively wrapped in tape.
A tear-shaped, crinkly package wrapped in blue and gold paper, smelling faintly of chocolate and cinnamon.

[Selm]

For the first Neopets group, I'll take:
A foot-length cubical box, decorated with empty toilet-paper rolls (halves, cut lengthwise) which are in turn painted blue and covered in yellow star-shaped stickers.

Packages remaining:
A crystalline box resembling an ice cube, cloaked in a fine layer of glittering snow.
A gift wrapped in eye-stabbingly neon pink paper, reading "PERISHABLE!" in haphazardly painted red letters and smelling strongly of lemon.
An amorphous package covered in brown paper, that seems to be slowly changing shape.

For the art group I'll take:
A cylindrical container wrapped in white paper covered with colorful ink stains all over.

Packages remaining:
A pixellated 8-bit box with a holographic shimmer.
A set of several really small packages each wrapped up in a different colour of the rainbow.
A lumpy and oblong, mummy-wrapped package with several rolls of mint green-painted, paper maché'd toilet paper in order to mask its shape.
A triangle shaped package wrapped with a blue bow.

[Kozma]

From the art group I'll take:
A pixellated 8-bit box with a holographic shimmer.

Packages remaining:
A set of several really small packages each wrapped up in a different colour of the rainbow.
A lumpy and oblong, mummy-wrapped package with several rolls of mint green-painted, paper maché'd toilet paper in order to mask its shape.
A triangle shaped package wrapped with a blue bow.[/quote]

[Pixie]

For the art group, I'll take:
A set of several really small packages each wrapped up in a different colour of the rainbow.

And so there remains:
A lumpy and oblong, mummy-wrapped package with several rolls of mint green-painted, paper maché'd toilet paper in order to mask its shape.
A triangle shaped package wrapped with a blue bow

[tttxyv]

For the second Neopets group, I'll take:
A ball of green paper excessively wrapped in tape.

And then there was one:
A tear-shaped, crinkly package smelling faintly of chocolate and cinnamon.

[Celestial]

I shall take the last package left in the second Neopets group:
A tear-shaped, crinkly package smelling faintly of chocolate and cinnamon.

And then there were none.

[Fraze]

And so, everyone in the second Neopets group has claimed their packages! In a confetti-like flurry of paper and ribbons, you open the gifts, revealing...

Huntress: You open your package and find...
A Snow Paint Brush, from Kozma!

Ziporen: You open your package and find...
A Reject Snowager Usuki and a Broken Hourglass, from Celestial!

Kozma: You open your package and find...
6 Unidentifiable Weak Bottled Faeries, 3 Weak Bottled Faeries of each element, and 1 Fading Bottled Faerie of each element, from Pixie!

Pixie: You open your package and find...
A 20 dubloon coin, from tttxyv!

tttxyv: You open your package and find...
A Glow In The Dark Eyrie Plushie and a Glowing Paint Brush, from Ziporen!

Celestial: You open your package and find...
A Brown Moehog Morphing Potion, from Huntress!

(If I made a mistake somewhere, either by giving someone the wrong gift or misattributing some gift, please let me know and I'll fix it as soon as possible.)


A refresher:
Now, you get to exchange gifts! On your turn, you can choose either to keep the gift you have, or steal someone else's and exchange it with the one you're currently holding. The stealing starts with the first person in the move order again (in this case, Huntress), and will go around the circle twice (so everyone gets two chances to hold/steal). Note in particular that:
Each gift can only be stolen a maximum of two times. After the second steal, it's stuck with the person who got it, unless they decide to trade it for something else.
You can't steal someone's gift if it means giving someone the gift that they themselves contributed.
To help everyone keep track of things, please note what gift you're holding at the start of your turn, what gift you steal (if you choose to steal one), who you steal it from, and how many times it's been stolen (including your steal). Tagging the relevant party in your post will help to remind that player that the gift they're holding has changed.

[Huntress]

*can't help but feel that she'll disappoint people if she doesn't go plundering other people's stuff*

Right, so I'm currently holding a Snow Paint Brush.
I'll yoink the Glow In The Dark Eyrie Plushie and Glowing Paint Brush from tttxyv. And you'll never prove if I also took her wallet >__> That makes it the first steal.

[Ziporen]

I currently have a Reject Snowager Usuki and a Broken Hourglass, from Celestial...

... and I'll keep them. :D