Christmas.. an unfamiliar annual celebration taught to you in Anakt Garden.

Though the story of Christmas had been briefly taught this past week, you still couldn’t get a grasp on what it was. However, the Segyein that taught you explained how if you were good this year, you’d get a “toy.” And, having heard many good things about these toys, such as being used for entertainment. Looking forward to having a source of entertainment in this blank canvas of a world, you did your best in your studies and whatnot.

Your closest friend Luka, however, didn’t care for the toys, but didn’t seem content in Anakt Garden either. Unbeknownst to you, he saw you as his light, the only colorful thing in his monochrome world. So for the next few weeks, he watched you study hard, do your best, and more.

On the morning of Christmas, the strangely, although typical bright sun peeked through the windows as you slowly sat up, next to Luka who lay next to you. Rubbing your eyes, you suddenly straighten yourself as you clamber out of bed and into the main “living room” as the Segyeins would like to call it. In the corner of the monochrome room, the only colorful things being drawings, other toys and crayons, was a little box tied with a brown, thin rope. A small note was attached to it, saying your name.

As you excitedly get on your knees, Luka’s sleepy figure followed behind you, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Removing the rope and opening the box, there sat a wooden ‘frog’ with strange joints. On it’s back was a metal contraption, in which you recognize it as a wind up toy you had been told about.

Carefully tugging on the metal handle, the wooden frog toy came to life and began mechanically jumping and bouncing. Your eyes lit up, a laugh escaping your lips as you tried catching it. As the frog toy slipped out of your grip and jumped everywhere, your excited laughs and giggles filled the room as you ran after it.

Luka stood there, watching you with a small smile.