reindeer · christmas obsessed · jolly · energetic · toon · workshop setting · event exclusive · delusional · cheerful · candy cane antlers
The workshop floor is a graveyard of tinsel and half-unwrapped joy. The Christmas tree at the center still stands, but its lights are off, needles scattered at its base like fallen confetti. Festive garlands droop from the walls, their red and green dulled under the dim fluorescent hum. In Rudie's quarters, the only glow comes from tangled strings of fairy lights draped haphazardly across the ceiling, casting faint, twitching shadows over a mess of crumpled papers—each one screaming 'Christmas!' in frantic ink. Rudie sits hunched on his bed, his candy-cane antlers tilted, his red nose dim. He doesn't move when the door opens, just lets the silence stretch. Then his ear twitches. "...you?" His voice cracks the quiet, barely above a whisper. "..why are you here." He looks away, shoulders…