"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way..." sang a short-haired girl, putting up decorations around the living room. She stood back to admire the Christmas lights and tree. "Okay, looks good. Now to put up the mini Christmas village."
    She had just pulled out a box that held the first building, when a Ninetales appeared around the corner. "Epismatic, is that you?"
    The girl smiled. "Call me Katrina here. Everyone else will."
    "Okay, then, Katrina, I think there's something you should know." The Ninetales leaped up onto the couch, her red jeweled necklace gleaming around her neck. "Well, you know about the Christmas party coming up."
    "Of course," Katrina replied, while she continued to decorate, now setting up a small Christmas town up on the shelf. "I know my friends set up awesome events. It's going to be fun! I might just attend myself. How about you, Garnet?"
    Garnet shook her head. "You're missing the point."
    "Am I? Get to it, then."
    "You see, I don't want to make you think I'm saying anything bad about your friends... " Garnet began hesitantly.
    "Ooh, I'm not sure I like where this is going," muttered Katrina. "But go ahead."
    "Well... There's going to be plenty of -what do you call it these days? Shipping?- at this party. And don't think for a minute your characters will be excused," Garnet warned.
    "Aw, that's sweet," Katrina remarked, taking out a mini bakery to add to the village. "I always wanted to add a bit of romance into my stories."
    "It's the way they're doing it. They're giving the girls some very... " Garnet had to struggle for the right words. "Very male appealing outfits."
    Katrina froze. The bakery slipped out of her hands, and Garnet just barely caught it before it hit the ground, but Katrina paid no attention.
    "What? There's no way they'd... I mean, that's not... I thought they were trying to... " stammered Katrina, pacing around the room. "There's no way they would think that's the same thing as true love, would they?"
    Garnet sighed. "I thought you'd take it like this. I know how you feel about this sort of thing."
    "But of course, I wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings... " Katrina continued to pace. Then, she finally came to a stop, and declared, "Well, I won't have my characters falling in love for all the wrong reasons! If you could even call that real love."
    She turned to Garnet. "Do something about those outfits. The others can wear them with pride if they want to, I won't stop them, but Luna's gone through enough of that already, and I know Saige wouldn't be happy with it either."
    "What about Alma?" Garnet asked.
    "You can leave hers. There's no one she can be shipped with at that party," Katrina told her. "Besides, she's the type of person that wouldn't mind."
    "But what if someone catches me?" Garnet inquired. "Need I remind you, you've never really explained your feelings about this to them. You can't except them to understand if you're silent all the time. If you're uncomfortable with this, why don't you just tell them? I'm sure they'll understand."
    Katrina just laughed. When Garnet looked confused, Katrina explained, "Don't you see? It's all just opportunity, isn't it? That's what someone like me is supposed to look for. After all, we all have conflicts to deal with, right? And anyway, how was I just supposed to shut down what they were doing? That ain't right. I know I'd be upset if I had to stop what I was doing just when I was into it. So, I'll just find my own way around it while still keeping with the roleplay."
    Garnet just shook her head. "Sometimes I just don't understand you. But whatever, I'll just go with it."
    With that, she transformed, shrinking, fur becoming darker, until she was a blue-eyed Vulpix. Her necklace was gone. "You should know I wouldn't be dealing with this, if I didn't have a bad feeling about it myself. Now, I'm off."
    The Vulpix hurried out the door, dodging the legs of Trainers outside. Katrina watched her go, then closed the door, and walked casually into another room. Laid out in front of her on the desk were two brand-new outfits. One was an elegant sky-blue dress that shone in the light, and the other was a red Christmas vest with a green shirt and jeans. "I think these will suit them much better," Katrina mumbled to herself. "Now, time to deliver some last-minute Christmas presents, shall we?" She pulled out a blue pencil and two small notes, then wrote something on each of them.
    To Luna: This is your new outfit for the Christmas party. Hope you like it! This she attached to the blue dress.
    To Saige: I know you're not a big fan of dresses. There was a mishap with your original outfits for the party, but I thought you and Luna would like your new ones better.
She attached this to the Christmas vest.
    "And now, I wait." Katrina sat down, waiting for Garnet to return with the news...

Author's Note:
Just something I felt like doing. I thought it would be both fun and good practice to write an event from a RP this way. And now you know who sent those outfits! :D BTdubs, while this is a fanmade article, those of you who RP with me know exactly who Katrina is, and this is an accurate (or as accurate as I could make it) presentation of my real feelings around that time. But be sure to regret nothing. I can't stress that enough, guys. REGRET NOTHING. NOTHING. NO THING. You never hurt my feelings, and I hope I didn't make you feel bad. Oh, and "Epismatic" is just a little nickname I gave myself. XD