#((also also I meant to get to this earlier RIFP))

[witchofthescions]

A Blank Canvas appears! It wears a gray paper mask with painted on sunglasses. The mask looks like it’s singed at the corners as if it had been to a place too hot; however, the Blank Canvas seems as impassive as ever, despite smelling a bit like brimstone. Dropping the unharmed presents it held, it looks like it’s chewing on something - plop. An empty candy wrapper - Meiji?. The Blank Canvas doesn’t even bother to pick it up, the litterbug. It instead just raises a hand as if to accept payment - or food. 

Chi’s present comes in the very large foam moogle head complete with a dangling red “pom pom.” It seems that the moogle head was made especially big to account for Erna’s height and allowing it to retain that bobblehead/mascot feel. The pompom appears to be attached to some sort of stiff spring, allowing for a light bobble with motion. A small fan is attached to the back of the helmet for ventilation, and Kris’s tag (appropriately attributed) allows for unimpeded vision through the helmet in question. 

Lev’s present is an adjustable waist and thigh belt with leather satchel; each one can be detached independently. The leatherwork is stitched fairly confidently as if the creator had familiarity with making such accessories. The satchel has a couple internal folds within for organization, though they don’t impede with just putting one large object inside either. A zipper hidden in the lining is provided for extra security and protection from the elements, while an alumnium button and central string is provided for simple closure.

Rounding out the pair of presents is a handheld jeweler’s loupe. The jeweler’s loope is palm-sized and swings out of its leather casing with multiple lenses that can provide magnification up to 60x total. The lens coating also prevents glare. Small LED lights powered by button batteries provide close-up illumination. It can be removed from the case and latch directly onto things via a built-in small clamp. An instruction manual and a couple extra sets of batteries are provided.

The note attached to the presents reads: “Happy holidays from me and Lils. The satchel came out pretty good for once - last time I made one of these, it didn’t have a waist belt so it just kept slipping off my leg. Ugh. Also, we remembered you did jewelry work, so we figured you could use a jeweler’s loupe. Not sure if there’s something like that on your side or a magical equivalent, but this does have a wide field of view, glare protection, and excellent magnification per the advertisement. It’s also light enough to latch onto protective glasses or goggles or a headlamp if needed too, though admittedly it feels a bit heavy on my own glasses. Again, happy holidays!”    

The appearance of the Blank Canvas does catch her by surprise. She stares at them with some amusement, her attention drawn momentarily towards the discarded wrapper. C'mon, kid, you're really going to make her clean up after you? Sheesh!

She gestures for it to wait a moment, then disappears into the house calling after her mom. "We got any extra snacks for a visiting kid?"

She reappears with some smoked jerky and hands it over to the waiting Blank Canvas, giving them a little head pat if they're willing to accept one. "Thanks, hon."

Onto the presents! She gets a kick out of the big bobblehead moogle hat—that ends up seeing a lot of use during the rest of her stay with her family. Her nephew and youngest sibling think it's the most hilarious thing in the entire world.

And that satchel! She takes a moment to admire the handiwork on it. She's dabbled a bit in leatherworking herself, so she knows how much care and skill went into this. It's definitely going to see a lot of use when she gets back on the road.

The jeweler's loupe gives her pause. She fiddles with a bit before she thinks to check out the instructions, and her eyes go wide. Oh wow, that is so much! So many features she wouldn't have thought to even try. Man, maybe she should pull out one of her old pairs of enchanted spectacles to hang it on. Combine the magic sensing properties of one of those with the magnification of this loupe... man, she could make some really nice, protective jewelry with this.

She grins to herself, making a mental note to thank Lev and Chi later. (Knowing her, though, she's probably going to forget once or twice before she gets around to actually doing so.)