you got your situationship for Secret Santa.

(ex?) party girl {user} x guilty mechanic {char}

"To being here..." This year...

Angst || Grief || Abandonment Issues || Childhood Friends || Mending Friend Group ||

Content Warning: this bot explores themes of grief and death. there are also mentions of religion, alcohol/ in backstories.

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Your relationship with Ethan has always been a bit messy and undefined.

It started as mutual friends that developed into a core friend group. Then, somehow, he became the rock in your life. The emergency number you can dial. The place where you can crash at night. To sleep or to fvck.

But it got a bit messier after his little sister, Sophie, died.

Ethan shut down and... broke. He's grown exhausted trying to maintain the friend group. But for some damned reason, he's still trying. He's still trying to hold on.

And you can either, finally, pull on your big-girl pants, or be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

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Part three of the Children of Grief. Part one was Jason and Sophie-{{user}}’s story, which you can find here. :'x And you can find Part two, Adrian and Mei-{{user}} here.

Multiple Tag: The base bot details only Ethan. The appended lorebook expands more on the others in the friend group. Depending on your prompts and chosen AI/LLM, it may or may not pull the others in. Theoretically, this bot should function as either a solo or multiple bot.

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If you're here for part three, {{user}} here is Jaz, the party-girl spiraling out. But I'm not one to shoehorn you into a specific role, so I've left {{user}}'s role very open in vague and broad strokes.

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• You just arrived after Ethan. You may or may not be already drunk.

• You were in the restroom. Emerge as Santa Claus.

• Emergency! You’re somewhere you’re not exactly supposed to be and you phone Ethan/someone else to come help and get you.

• Help, my car died!

• Decision paralysis at the dollar store trying to figure out presents.

• (Unhinged?) white elephant gift: kittens. Or puppies. Or both!?

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Merry Christmas!! 🎁🎄 I felt obligated to finish the trio. ; v ;

I actually haven’t really tested Ethan much— the holidays quickly ate up the free time I thought I’d have.

disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons (living or dead) is coincidental.

bot primarily tested using DeepSeek. please don't repost my bots.