Dear Father Winter,[break][break]

I hope this letter finds you well. I'm much more of a Halloween-head myself, but getting to celebrate Wintertide with friends and family is something nobody should miss out on.[break]

What do I want for Wintertide? I'm tired of being left behind by my peers. Left in the dust. Abandoned, while everyone does all the real fighting, the wars and the uphill battles against nature. I only wish for the strength to protect everyone, even if it kills me to use it.[break]

What do I want to change in my past? I regret not coming to Hoenn sooner. I was stuck in an ugly little exurb of a larger Galarian city. Everyone says they wish they started what they were doing earlier, and it feels like I only really started today.[break]

What do I want to change in my present? I'm so conflicted, and lonely. I have gotten everything I wanted save for what I wished to you for, but I still can't find my place in the world.[break]

What do I want for my future? I want Tempest Quinn to dm me back. I think he's hot.[break]

I know you will be receiving thousands of letters, but I hope that mine finds it way into your hands. This isn't the first Wintertide I've spent by myself, and hopefully next year goes over better.[break]

Enclosed is his mailing address, Mauville, and zip-code. [break]

Sincerely, [break]

Dylan Sayer [break][break]

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Dear Father Winter,[break][break]

Vanilla here! Sorry for not writing you last year. I had just left home and I barely had a moment to really get in contact with you. This year, though, you're all mine! [break]

What do I want for Wintertide? I was thinking it over about what I've wanted the most, but I really can't think of anything. Ever since I left home, I've met so many wonderful people, ad such cool adventures and even started changed my dreams to become a trainer. That's why I want to ask you for something really important. I wanna ask that you help other people instead of me. [break]

There's this guy, Thomas Benoit . He saved me from Rocket this year and took me under his wing. He acts all cool and I wanna be like him, but I can tell something's eating at him. I don't know what he thinks of me, I've never been good at that, but I want him to find some peace for a change. He needs a break and deserves it. Maybe something like a vacation to Alola? Or someplace where he doesn't have to run around all the time.

Next, there's another League official I met named Michael Navidson . He was my first gym leader I fought against and taught me about how life works out of the League. I told him about the nightmares and troubles I have with other kids. He's nice and just like Thomas, I know he could use an extra wish or two. His deputy, Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki , could also use it! I've met her once and she's nice.

Even Elise Calcifet ! She's a royal of Galar and definitely could use some help. I don't know with what, though. Maybe you know since you can see everything! She's probably got too much work to do, or wants to work on something.

I don't know much about her, but Thomas also introduced me to DESIREE BLOOMS . She's a musician in Hoenn and really cool. Pink hair and everything! She was said when we got home from the Swamp thing (you probably already know) but I was hoping you could help let her know that she's brave. It takes a lot to be a singer like her. It would be cool to sing with her one day, even if I barely know how. Maybe next Chrismas, I'll want to be a musician.

Lastly, I'd really want you to let my Dad know that I'm okay. I'm still searching for him and never giving up, but I bet he misses me a lot. Can you maybe tell him that we're all okay back home? One day I'll find him, and then I can go back home.

What do I want to change in my past? If I could redo my past, I'd want to be braver than I was before I left home. I remember using Proxii a lot because I was scared of meeting new people, but now it feels so strange. I can walk and talk for myself that I barely use him anymore. I hope he understands. [break]

What do I want to change in my present? For one, I would want out of this cast. My leg itches like hell and I can't ever scratch it that it's driving me crazy. Other than that, I wanna meet more people and learn a lot more. There's a ton of Pokemon out there that Proxii wants to catalogue and I'm gunna help him see it all. [break]

What do I want for my future? I wish I knew. Hoenn moves so fast it's like every week that I get distracted from knowing what i want to do. I know I love battling and I want to be a Pokémon Master, but is that what I'm made for? I want to help people in need like Dad does. Be somebody that isn't afraid of helping others, but what if I want to be a streamer, a musician or even a chef again? I wish I could make up my mind. [break]

Anyway, thanks for letting me ramble. I don't have a permanent address anymore, being camping most nights, but I'll still leave cookies out for you. Could you send me a Snorlax next year though? I think they're cute and perfect to nap on.[break]

Sincerely, [break]

Vanilla Kingsley [break][break]

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FATHER WINTER THE 2ND
NORTH POLE H0H 0H0
HOENN

Father Winter the 2nd,

Seems funny writing to a holiday figure at my age. I'm not really sure where to go with this, so please bear with me -- it's my first time.

I guess I'll start it off with any normal, casual letter: how are you? I know the holidays can be a stressful time for plenty of folks, and being the mascot of Wintertide can be relentless, I'm sure.

I'm doing well. My acclimation to this region has been a challenge, but not as difficult of one as I thought it to be. It's no Unova, but there's something of intrigue at every corner, that's for sure.

What do I want for Wintertide? That's a rather juvenile question. Growing up, my family didn't really celebrate it. Sure, we did the festivities of hosting dinner parties, but we never did the gift thing. I don't even know the first thing to ask for, really. I suppose a refurbished or new typewriter would be nice. It's an obsolete request, but it would be nice to try and type a manuscript on something a bit old-fashioned. And though this one is a bit more complex, I do wish to find purpose in this region. For now, I am but an outsider, but one day I might feel something for this region and its people that others do.

As for what I want to change with my past, there's not much that comes to mind. The past is just that: the past. It's just a page we've read over and no matter how many times we go back and try to reread it, nothing will change. So no, while I'm not satisfied with the hand I was dealt, it's a hand I'm forced to take, and there's nothing that can be changed about it. Time is absolute to the mortal coil, and the sooner others can realize that, the happier they'll be.

Though what I want to change with my present is a more feasible question. I've been given the opportunity to do something with myself while I'm here, to be of service. Overall, I'm happy with my present state and I'll do what I can to keep working towards a better self.

Though naturally the future always beckons us. Maybe that's where my wish for purpose comes in. I want to prove that I am a worthwhile asset to people who can bring themselves to see some form of potential within me. I want to prove that they saw right, but more importantly, I want to climb the ranks and become someone worthwhile. Someone who can be trusted.

This letter helped me gain a better insight of myself and what I want for myself. For that, I thank you. I imagine my answers to the other questions weren't what you were looking for, and I apologize for that, but I hope the childlike whimsy that comes with the first answer can atone for that.

A Pleasant Wintertide To You,
Schuyler Tate

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Dear Father Winter The Second,

I hope this letter finds you happy and healthy!

For Christmas, I would like a bubble tea cup sealing machine!

If I needed to change something in my past, I would have a happier relationship with my family, as much of a paradox as it sounds. Maybe I wouldn't be here where I am if that were true. I suppose changing the past is as elusive as seeing a Celebi or Dialga, however.

If I could change something in my present, I would be a braver person when it comes to pursuing my goals, like a Lycanroc pursuing its prey.

For my future… I would want my dear friends (especially Aurelie Lefevre and jack wainwright ), my Pokemon companions, and me to be happy, safe, and healthy so that we can spend even more time together.

Sincerely,

Xiura Balfaltin
789 Ocean Avenue
Lilycove City

TO:
FATHER WINTER THE 2ND
NORTH POLE H0H 0H0
HOENN

FROM:
SHRED ZEPPELIN
17 KAINA ROAD APT. 105
SLATEPORT CITY
HOENN

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Hello, fucker.

I know you haven't met me, but I've met you. I saw you in the big Arceus computer. Apparently, you're some important bigshot within some kind of Dark Triad? I don't really get it, but apparently, you also do Christmas here. Or I guess you call it "Wintertide" for some reason? Why do you call it that? Are you stupid?

I'll level with you: I hate Christmas. My family could never afford shit like nice gifts or roast Ducklett or anything like that. We couldn't even afford to turn the heating on. Still, I'm a Rocket Beast now, so I guess I have a little more money to spend. Plus, a bunch of my Pokemon won’t shut up about it, so I guess I might as get in the festive season and write to you.

For Wintertide, I would like more Paradox Pokemon, especially the dinosaur ones. I already have two, but I’d like a few more to really bulk out my collection. I know you’re apparently some kind of an extradimensional being, too, so don’t hold out on me. I know you’ve probably got the really good stuff, like Venom Face (Paradox Arbok) and Moon Claw (Paradox Lycanroc) and Old Money (Paradox Ghol DON’T SEND ME MORE GHOLDENGHO. But you get my point. Give me the rare ones.

What would I change in my past? BUDDY, I don’t have enough paper and you don’t have a big enough mailbox for us to get into that. To cut a long story short, the fun was temperar termp temporal short lived and the regret is long lasting. I think I should have just been born luckier. That would have solved most of my problems.

What would I change in my present? I already told you what I wanted in my present, and now you want me to change it?? Alright FINE. I want one of those “””legendary””” Pokemon that all my coworkers are so enamoured with, like the Bastard Snail or the Big Fish or the Dark Crystal Man That Makes Howard Piss Himself. Between you and me? They’re just normal Pokemon but I think it’ll impress some of them, so hey, whatever, right? Just give me a Dialga or a Kyurem or a Zygarde or something.

What do I want my future to be like? I’ve learned not to worry about anything like that. Unless you have a time machine or a Celebi or something, and you can change the future? In which case I want to become Champion of Hoenn and marry the most beautiful woman in the world and become the boss of Team Rocket, in no particular order.

Anyway, make it happen big man. Chop chop.

Yours truly,
Shred Zeppelin.

P.S: My Meltan is proofreading this letter for me and he wants me to ask you to make him strong? That seems like a weird ask but he’s a nifty little guy so could you also do that for me? Thanks.

P.S.S: I solved your crossword, too. Easiest shit of my life.

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FATHER WINTER THE 2ND
NORTH POLE H0H 0H0
HOENN


Dear Father Winter,[break][break]

I hope this letter finds you. I fortunately missed your calling last year, to my great disappointment you found me this year, but I am pleased to be able to write you this Wintertide. I've given great thought to the questions you have posed, and I hand my wishes and dreams for you to do with them what you like.[break]

What do I want for Wintertide? Some time ago I had a glimpse of a better life, a more peaceful life. In that life I made friends with this particular pokemon that I raised, we both grew together with those around us, families and close friends. If I could have anything it would be to meet that pokemon in this universe, my favorite Chocobo.[break]

What do I want to change in my past? This is hard one, my life is filled with regrets. I guess I would have liked to be stronger, not have given up on myself and to have kept making the right choices without losing myself to the darker side of humanity.[break]

What do I want to change in my present? Very much like my past self, I would still like to be stronger, to make choices on my own and to follow my own judgment. The fateful day I stood face to face with a higher power atop Mt. Pyre I realized that I should try to be more and to not give up on my goals, despite how selfish and destructive they may be.[break]

What do I want for my future? To be able to go back to Sinnoh and obliterate those who have wronged me and made the life of so many into a miserable mess. After all that, some peace and a normal life wouldn't be too bad, hanging out with frinds having a drink wouldn't be a bad end.[break]

Sincerely, [break]

Aidan Hereford

103 DON'T COME LOOKING STREET APT #3B
SLATEPORT
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FATHER WINTER THE 2ND
NORTH POLE H0H 0H0
HOENN


Father Winter,

Heard about you. Been thinking a lot about what I'd say to someone like you if I got the chance. There's no way this'll reach you, it's probably a scam or a prank, so I guess I still got time to figure it out. But lemme practice with this.

All I want for Wintertide is coal. Haven't earned anything else. There's only so much you can do to offset the past, and I haven't done enough. People like me don't get what they want anyway.

If I could change the past, Celebi or Dialga willing, I'd go back and do it over. I'd have a fucking spine. I'd stand up against Rocket and their invasion of Kanto. But I ain't some hero, some brave Lycanroc, I'm just a dumb girl. I did some stupid shit, going along with everything, too apathetic and too scared for my life to resist it. But it's the people like them, like you, like me, who make this world a bad place. I don't wanna be the cause of it anymore.

But asking to change the past is asking for a paradox.

The present's the only thing you can affect. Day to day, it's all I can do to keep going, thinking of putting a stop to all this fucked up shit. What would I change in the present? If I was stronger, if I wasn't so scared, then everything would be so much easier. All this waiting around is so painful cause I'm not any of those things. I'd change it with the press of a button if I could. But the only way to do any of that is to act like the kinda person I envision, kicking your ass across multiple universes or whatever the hell is going on there.

And I do.

I don't think I can do anything else other than fight. I had a future, once. I've lived a good place in another life. But I'll never return to the Kanto I grew up in, and I'm never gonna find my way back to Galar where I spent a majority of my life. I've only got one place left, and that's Dewford. And the same God that ate away at that dream world is sleeping under it right now. What do I want my future to be like? I don't wanna lose my home again. Between Kanto, Galar, I don't think I could handle a third time. So if there's any chance of that happening, I'll give up everything I have to stop it. I'll fight, gather all the resources in this world in the next, and kill you if I gotta.

So that makes us enemies, don't it?

I'm gonna protect this place with everything I've got. Any threat to it, I'll put it down. That includes you. If I ever see you, I ain't hesitating to pull the trigger, and that's a promise. It's not personal. I just can't bear to lose anything else.

Til the next time we meet,
Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki

881 CAMELLIA WAY
LEAGUE HOUSING PROJECTS
EVERGRANDE CITY

FATHER WINTER THE 2ND
NORTH POLE H0H 0H0
HOENN

Dear Father Winter,

It seems like such a paradox that you would ask everyone what they want for the holiday season and offer gifts to us, when I have heard stories and rumors of your being part of the DRK Triad. And yet, here I am, writing to answer your questions. What could possibly go wrong with confiding my dearest wishes and deepest desires to someone who's probably a multiversal assassin?

What I want for Wintertide is to meet more of the mythical and Legendary Pokemon, hopefully on friendly terms, rather than in battle. I don't want to catch them, necessarily. Just to learn more about them. Pokemon like Dialga, Cobalion, Entei, the Hero Dogs, the Ruinous Pokemon...there are so many fascinating possibilities that I don't know nearly enough about.

What I want to change in my past, if I had Celebi-like powers of time travel, are all the events that led up to losing my eye. Everything about it—undone, undone, undone. All the friends and allies I've made since then, the knowledge and strength I've gained, the money I've earned and the business I've established, the person I've become—I'd give it all up to not have lost my eye or leave Kalos and my family behind. It wouldn't be easy, but I would.

What I want to change in my present is the whole identity of Rocket. But I know my asking for this is as futile and useless as a Lycanroc howling for the moon. I wish we could be a simple criminal syndicate. A group of renegades, thieves, crooks, and even killers operating outside the boundaries of the League's laws. Not a terrorist organization taking over cities and waging a forever guerrilla war. If I could dethrone Declan Walsh and remake Rocket... But I wouldn't even know where to start.

What I want my future to be like is hard to say. I'd like peace in Hoenn. An end to the unceasing war between Rocket and League. An end to threats from the multiverse, outer space, or other realities. Selfishly, I'd also like to get my hands on more exciting other materials to study, catalogue, and use for crafting! New metals, minerals, crystals, polymers, semi-conductors, ceramics, textiles, even fluids—I love all of them.

Well, there you have it. I'll expect the worst but hope, optimistically and probably childishly, for the best. Thanks for your time.

Sincerely,
Aurelie Lefevre
3142 LUCIFEROUS BLVD., APT. 248
LILYCOVE CITY, HOENN

FATHER WINTER THE 2ND
NORTH POLE HOH OHO
HOENN

STAY AWAY FROM MY GIRLFRIEND. YOU PUT A FUCKING HAND ON HER AND I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU. KEEP YOUR DARK TRYAD BULLSHIT AWAY FROM HER AND LEAVE HER ALONE. AND LEAVE ISAAC ALONE TOO.


FUCK OFF,

PARKER JONES
123 NONYA BIZNESS
HOENN

FATHER WINTER THE 2ND
NORTH POLE H0H 0H0
HOENN

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I don't know why I found this stupid flyer and I don't know I decided to write back. I don't even know what I want for Wintertide.

I guess I just want that happy ending or the purpose to help me find one. I'm not even sure if that's possible, but I know that's what I want. I'm done searching. I'm done being the lonely lycanroc. I want to know what it all means. Where do I fit in?

Maybe I just need another redo. I was supposed to find my restart here, but I don't think it's enough. I want to go back to a time before I left. Before everything was so complicated. I would do anything for a chance. But who am I kidding? Not even Dialga or Celebi could save me from this. I'm in too deep. I need a paradox to make this right.

I don't know why I'm sending you this. I guess I don't have anyone else to talk to. Thanks.

ROY AKER
141 LAGGING TAIL WAY, APT # 6
RUSTBORO CITY