GWJ Secret Stan 2019: The Trichy Claus Affair

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Kiri wrote:

Dear Stanee, I had surgery a few days ago and continue to work on your present. Please forgive me if I don't get it shipped fast enough

Kiri - giving an organ to a Stanee seems way too generous.

(I hope you are healing well)

Dear Stanta,
Imagine my surprise to see packages on my doorstep when arriving home from work. When I asked the Mrs if she had purchased anything, she said no. I looked at the label and it was addressed to Rainsmercy, so thank you! I have not opened them yet. We will see how much will power I have, but might hold off till Thanksgiving night or the day after.

Much love,
Rainsmercy

Stanta: I am out of town for Thanksgiving, and won’t be back until the Monday after. If you have sent stuff, the cat sitter will take it in and keep it safe. If not, feel free to stalk, strategize, or do whatever you need to do

I came home to two suspicious packages today. I’m going to try and hold off on opening until tomorrow after my wife gets back from a trip but since I didn’t order them I thought I’d mention it here in case they came from one of you lot.

Stanta, I have received your letter. I'm not half the codebreaker you think I am, and this is embarrassing. But I'm working on it.

So those mysterious packages did turn out to be from someone mysterious.

Paleocon,

Thank you so much for the gifts! They are perfect. I thought briefly about leaving them unopened a bit longer but I'm glad I didn't.
We're heading out of town this week not just for Thanksgiving but for my father-in-law who's having surgery so the game will be great as we hang out during the recovery period.

I'm also really excited about the portable photo studio. I actually built a really poor one as an experiment a while ago but this is going to work so much better. And the crystal ball will be great for divining the future and experimenting.

Thanks again and wow did you set a bar for early delivery. I sadly still have to finish stalking.

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Dear Stanta, I have received your second letter, and this one was definitely more up my street! I have deciphered it nearly entirely, only the last letter is keeping me in suspense. Guess I have to go back "where it all began"...

Spoiler:

I think I got it! CHARACTER CREATOR!

So, I guess I am week willed, wanted to wait till after Thanksgiving, decided to open them today instead! Oh, and spoilered the pics to save people on their phones

Spoiler:

So 3 of the 4 packages were on my doorstep when I got home this past Friday. The 4th showed up later Friday night.
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I'm a big fan of Dresden Files, and this is one of the graphic novels I haven't gotten around to reading yet, so awesome!
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So package 2, I wonder what this could be?
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Awesome, I mostly put this on here for fun, as I like a lot of the people he is doing duets with like Henry Rollins and Iggy Pop!
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Awesome, package 3, Hound was my favorite character as a kid and I wore my g1 Hound out as a kid. I had no interest in the one from the bad live action movie, but this looks like the Hound I rememer!
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And this was totally not what I was expecting from package 4 but still cool, a Lego hat! My wife says I should put all my minifigs on it, lol.
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Thank you Stanta whoever you are, much appreciated for all the cool gifts! Knife added in pic for size
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Rahmen wrote:

So those mysterious packages did turn out to be from someone mysterious.

Paleocon,

Thank you so much for the gifts! They are perfect. I thought briefly about leaving them unopened a bit longer but I'm glad I didn't.
We're heading out of town this week not just for Thanksgiving but for my father-in-law who's having surgery so the game will be great as we hang out during the recovery period.

I'm also really excited about the portable photo studio. I actually built a really poor one as an experiment a while ago but this is going to work so much better. And the crystal ball will be great for divining the future and experimenting.

Thanks again and wow did you set a bar for early delivery. I sadly still have to finish stalking.

IMAGE(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49117380623_c9018d0c23_z.jpg)

The hint that you were into photography made two of the choices pretty easy. In case you were unaware, the crystal ball is for doing stuff like this.

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I had some other ideas about the crystal ball but that certainly looks cool and I’ll give it a try

Dear other Stantas, please stop setting the bar this high. It's rather annoying.

Uh, i think you'll find crystal balls are explicitly for mystical hand-swishing...

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it's the law!

Apologies for the delays in responses over the last few days. It's been a rough week, but things are leveling off, and we should be good to go. Thanks for your patience.

Please cover your crystal balls when not at home, if sunlight moves through the window and hits it at some point it could set your house on fire.

Amoebic wrote:

Please cover your crystal balls when not at home, if sunlight moves through the window and hits it at some point it could set your house on fire.

Or at least get a picture.

lunchbox12682 wrote:
Amoebic wrote:

Please cover your crystal balls when not at home, if sunlight moves through the window and hits it at some point it could set your house on fire.

Or at least get a picture.

Or let Saruman know what your bedroom looks like.

Fortunately it came in a lovely bag to protect against all of these scenarios

Amoebic wrote:

Please cover your crystal balls when not at home, if sunlight moves through the window and hits it at some point it could set your house on fire.

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(twitter link)

ActualDragon wrote:
Amoebic wrote:

Please cover your crystal balls when not at home, if sunlight moves through the window and hits it at some point it could set your house on fire.

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(twitter link)

And saruman will case your house.

Paleocon wrote:
ActualDragon wrote:
Amoebic wrote:

Please cover your crystal balls when not at home, if sunlight moves through the window and hits it at some point it could set your house on fire.

IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/N558Tbj.png)

(twitter link)

And saruman will case your house.

Saruman the White? surely not, that guy is a paragon of goodly virtue!

Stan, I'm going to be on a work trip to Columbus next week, so if your gift comes, my sister-in-law and a neighbor will be on the lookout for any packages and bring them in, but I won't be back until the 7th, late.

Victim, I'm still working on yours.

I received my gifts, my son was excited and opened it. He said "Sharpies for a Christmas present!?" I showed him what else was in there and he said "Cool at least you got something." My son doesn't understand my obsession with Sharpies. Neither do I but it's my writing utensil of choice.

Can't wait to get into Wreckfest!

Dear Stantee,
Phase 1 is underway. Muahahahaha! Oh and happy Thanksgiving.
Your Stanta

Dear Stanta,
I still haven't figured out the first one, because directions feel ambiguous (is it one than two, or two then one?). I'm fairly certain I figured out your second letter, but the key didn't to unlock anything, as far as I can tell.
Clearly, I'm not nearly as bright as you think I am.
Your Stantee

MaxShrek wrote:

I received my gifts, my son was excited and opened it. He said "Sharpies for a Christmas present!?" I showed him what else was in there and he said "Cool at least you got something." My son doesn't understand my obsession with Sharpies. Neither do I but it's my writing utensil of choice.

I share your obsession. You gave me a glorious set of Sharpies last Christmas and I use them all the time. I'm glad someone gave you some Sharpies too!

Victim - Your first set of goodies is on the way to somewhere on the east coast of North America.

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Thrawn,

Thank you so much for Rimworld, MvC Infinite, and The Disney Afternoon Collection!

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What a wonderful post-thanksgiving surprise! These will certainly keep us all entertained. My daughter instantly saw Megaman on the MvC image and wants me to play it just for him, and I can't wait to introduce both my kids to Rescue Ranges and Ducktales. As for Rimworld, I'll name someone after you, but no promises on their fate.

As for a physical gift incoming, thank you so much in advance! I'll tell my wife to keep an eye out for it. Thank you so much again!

To my Stantee,

I think I've found something perfect *hopeful* but when I asked about it, it may take longer than Christmas to arrive. I shipped it direct to you *crosses fingers* so it will be as speedy as possible. But it means I won't be able to examine and sign off on it first, so *grinning by necessity* I hope it turns out like I asked and planned for. If not, well, you can ask later and I'll tell you what it was supposed to be...

Antichulius wrote:

To my Stantee,

I think I've found something perfect *hopeful* but when I asked about it, it may take longer than Christmas to arrive. I shipped it direct to you *crosses fingers* so it will be as speedy as possible. But it means I won't be able to examine and sign off on it first, so *grinning by necessity* I hope it turns out like I asked and planned for. If not, well, you can ask later and I'll tell you what it was supposed to be...

Just put holes in the box and the Tribbles will be fine.

Gifts are away.

I apologize for just picking items off your Amazon list. I sometimes feel it lacks originality but I really want people do to that for me so I will fallow the axiom - "do unto others as you would have them do onto you."