[attr="class","spiral"] The whole misunderstanding stems from the inquiry about sitting on his lap in exchange for a present when Fernando has already given out several without preface. It's the start of several other misunderstandings tonight and this one starts a chain of events that will unleash this year's inevitable drama.

@monty 's choice of words catch Fernando by surprise and his eyes narrow in, a trademark for both his irritation and retaliation. "That sounds like the words of a girl on the naughty list this year," he warns sternly, sneaking in his threat before their picture is taken. He turns back to the camera with a blatantly fake smile and prepares for the shoot when the photographer stops. "Fernando, it's a mistletoe! Plant a smooch for the camera! This'll be great!"

The look of disgust on his face twists into knots when Fernando looks up and recognizes the mistletoe dangling from @noblesse 's Chandelure. "Do I have to?" Fernando pleads before getting the answer he expected.

"Yes! It's tradition!"

Begrudgingly, Fernando lets out a raspy sigh before looking back to Monty, cupping his chin with his free hand and shielding his face with the other. "Consider yourself lucky. Merry Christmas," he swears before pulling him into a deep, invasive, Silph™ kiss. Thankfully, his hand shields the touch of their lips from the prying eyes of everyone else as well as the camera but Fernando is surprisingly aggressive with his kiss. It's no surprise that he doesn't know any better about it just requiring a simple smooch. That's why leave Monty with one that'll take his breath away and leave him dizzy until 2020.


The sound of the camera snap clicks and Fernando glares at the photographer, "Don't let me catch that being used or circulating for promotional images." His threat is very real and the way the photographer shrinks back reflects this. Fernando about to say something else but he's interrupted by the boisterous clamor of kim cole-essam 's entrance. With another heavy sigh, he rubs his temple, anticipating a dumb comment and sighs again after Kim calls him out.

Growing ever closer to the breaking point, Fernando reaches into his sack and passes Monty a random, purple color present before signalling the photographer to fetch him a microphone. It only take a moment but soon enough Fernando's voice is just as loud and ready for his announcement.

"In the spirit of the holidays, I, Fernando Silph, will write a personal check of five thousand— no ten thousand dollars to whoever can sweep councilman kim cole-essam off his feet to the point that he never wants to dance again. To the man or woman that can win his heart with a single kiss, who can leave him dazed and heart throbbing, who can occupy the object of his desire for the rest of the night, thirty thousand dollars!"

Fernando's voice quiets and he adds a quick and less enthusiastic addendum much like the disclaimers for pharmaceuticals on television. "This offer is not valid to any of the Elite Four, Head Scientists, Gym Leaders, and fellow councilmen."





— implies a threat at @monty but is interrupted by the photographer
— gets coerced to kiss @monty due to @noblesse's mistletoe
— cybers monty in the mouth but covers their kiss, warns the photographer not to circulate the picture
— gets called out by kim cole-essam and gives up on the event
— hands @monty a present
— announces to everyone over a microphone, $10000 to whoever wows kim cole-essam with dancing so much he never wants to dance again
— $30000 to whoever can make kim cole-essam fall in love with them with a single kiss
— adds this valid is not open to league canons characters