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This review is pretty scattered as not all of it is in chronological order of how I read your story. Most of it is, but there a few parts where I haphazardly inserted extra critique in places that made sense after I read your whole story. You should be able to figure it out though.

So maybe I wasn’t fully paying attention, but I found your first page to just be kind of ok. You hop around from character to character so quickly without properly establishing who’s who and what the setting is. I had to reread the page to fully get a picture of what was going on. You deciding to change how the narration is used on a whim doesn’t help either, as sometimes your descriptions are from the perspective of Hop and other times they are more objective descriptions. I get this isn’t easy, but try to make the shift between the two perspectives more seamless if your able to.

“Screw you Fang!”

“Oh you’d like that…”

I’m not sure how much I’m digging the sexual undertones here. I get that its natural for animals to just screw each other, but I don’t think its also natural for them to poke at each other’s queerness. That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me if I’m trying to take this seriously.

I get that you decided to describe the characters and setting on separate pages, but I feel like this is a cop out. That sort of thing, at best, should be used for bonus info to be read alongside the story. I shouldn’t feel like I have to read it just to understand the main premise of the story.

Speaking of the premise, its certainly not what I usually read. The system applied by the bunnies seems pretty strict (as there seems to be a lot of unsanctioned bullying and death that isn’t described in much detail), but none of the main characters seem to have a direct issue with it, at least not yet. I have to wonder if this will become a point of contention later in the story or not. If I had to guess, based on your storygame description, I’d say not.

This sentence really stood out to me:

“In reality, burrows usually consist of two mating rabbits and their offspring, but for the purposes of this story, we’ll assume the rabbits discovered communism.”

It stood out because its telling that you had to spell out the rabbit’s government system in human terms, even if it is just an information page, thus breaking consistency of presentation. This in term also got me to overthink the possibility that the “titans” are humans. However, aside from this one slip up, your story does a good job portraying the humans from the perspective of the rabbits. I’m able to say all this now that I’ve read the whole story but this initially pulled me out of your story for a bit. This is, however,  admittedly just me nitpicking how your choosing to present your story before I, the reader, have a chance to put all the pieces together myself. Take that as you will.

In retrospect you having an info page that clarifies what your story actually is is probably a good thing. Its similar to how its better for a video game to have a tutorial than to have the beginning of the game fail to do the whole “intuitive game design” thing properly.

“Oh, never you mind!”

I hope that was a typo!

I haven’t clicked on the backstory link yet but I hope this isn’t some human invention that the rabbits just decided to call “titans”. It would be quite the change of theme compared to what you set up earlier.

“Fucking Elders”

This got a good laugh out of me due to how it was placed in the story itself. There was also the line later where Flick is like “We? Nah we’re out of here!” (or something like that) which I also thought was well timed. I don’t think either of these scenes were intended to be funny but its cool to see that by nature of you trying to write a good story that certain parts were paced really well as a result.

The collective decision for Flick and Hop to stay and investigate anyways is interesting, a sort of calculated panic on Flick’s end that Hop seems to go along with. I’m interested to see how this plays out.

I’m going to have to agree with Fresh when she said that there was multiple parts at the beginning where it felt like I should have been able to make more choices than I actually was able to make. It would be easier to forgive the story being linear if the parts where I make a choice didn’t feel so random. Like I’m not given the choice to lie about where the kit came from but I’m given the choice to decide to Flee or Assume Control? After a completely linear scene where Flick does all the talking with the Elders? A little bit strange.

I got the assume control ending. I expected more detail on how Fang took over everything, a possible argument/dispute, how he killed them, how he convinced everyone to follow him ect. I didn’t expect the story to end here so suddenly, but even overlooking that, I would have liked if a few key details were detailed a bit more before you brought the story to a close. Oh well I guess.

The fight scene with the owl was worded in a way that was a little confusing. Like it wasn’t always clear who was aware of what was happening at the start of the fight due to you changing perspective a lot.

Now I got the help fang ending. It seems you actually closed off a lot of what you set up, good job I guess! I can only hope you came up with this by yourself and it wasn’t pulled directly from Watership Down (which I have not read).

I got all the endings, so yeah its pretty clear that this was supposed to be a fairly linear story with just a few branches to give a bit of variety. Still, I do like how it all came together in the end. So I think your story is very good on that front!

I was going to give you a better gift than just a crappy review of your story but shit hit the fan so this is what your getting! I might make it up to you in the future though to compensate! (As my original gift idea was much much better than this!)

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Prompt 35: 'A story where you must save someone close to you from a disastrous relationship.'

Initial thoughts

The story starts off very straightforward, giving readers a quick and concise overview of the worldbuilding. Usually, I'm not a huge fan of pages dedicated to world lore, but in this case I think it fits well with the author's focus on readability and simplicity in storytelling.

The writing style is simple and charming, and I seem to be offered quite a few choices once I arrive at Verdant. I'm curious to see how much branching there is relative to depth.

Items and Branching

I was pleasantly surprised to see items being utilized, and I realized that the multitudes of choices were there so readers can visit every 'clue' or location. I haven't seen that kind of game in a while, so it's quite a breath of fresh air.

A main concern with stories that utilize this kind of mechanic is that it's unclear when to use the items, and at times I didn't realize when the items were usable. Most of the time, though, it was clear to the reader when a item can be used to progress in the story.

The next concern I had with stories that offer multiple visitable locations is the amount of branching, and while it was less than I originally anticipated there was enough variety in choices and ending that the story felt complete as a cyoa. Props to you, Goodnight.

General feel and writing style

The story, in my opinion, focuses on simplicity and charm of its fantasy worldbuilding, with straightforward location names such as Verdant, Summer, Winter, etc. and endearing and sometimes wacky character names like Rock and Watermelon. Contrasted with its conflict of true-love vs political and cultural restrictions, I can see this also being family friendly enough for children to read.

As mentioned before, writing style felt quite easy to read, which is a plus in my eyes for the goals of this story. Not that it doesn't have its moments of more complex and well written scenes, as well. There is a good blend of very decent writing.

All in all, quite an enjoyable read. It certainly contrasts against some your later work, Goodnight, revealing an impressive range of writing styles.

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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the land,
Cystians were preparing, to present something grand;
The forums were buzzing with holiday cheer,
While Alien, our friend, felt quite out of gear.

Ellipses he used as his punctuation of choice,
And argued their value, with resolve in his voice;
Contests he'd enter, with hope in his heart,
But failure would follow, tearing him apart.

To the third level of shame, poor Alien was sent,
Yet his spirit unbroken, he refused to relent.
He'd try and he'd try, with all of his might,
To belong here in CYStia, toiling day and night.

When what to his wondering eyes should appear,
But Santa Claus himself, bringing holiday cheer!
With a twinkle in his eye and a nod of his head,
Santa knew just the thing to ease Alien's dread.

"Dear Alien," said Santa, "your wish I'll grant true,
For one special night, they'll all speak like you!"
Alien's eyes lit up bright, filled with pure glee,
"oh Santa thank you; you’ve now set me free"

As Christmas dawned in CYStia, a miracle took place,
Every citizen spoke just like Alien, with surprise on their face.
No periods or commas, just ellipses flowing free,
And at last, Alien felt understood, as happy as can be.

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Bam! Bam! Bam!

Why the person refuses to learn?

Slam! Wham! Pow!

Tools are simple to use.

Sigh.

Simpletons abound, but your knowledge continues.

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Requesting these made my jaw clench

When they appeared it made me flinch

Just for a half second; they weren't too bad

My brain feared only what might be had

Thankfully Lar did not understand

That creepy babies were only half the demand

I'm not making any more, I don't like the suspense

I'm not even the Santa so Peng gets what he gets

But I remember too well, his !diffusions without rest

Twisted spider baby creatures, here in their festive best!

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I didn't get picked for your gift, but in the spirit of Christmas goodwill, and the joy of the new year, I just had to say one thing. Now of course I'm sure you know that normally I wouldn't admit this, especially not in public, but:

The Dutch can be tolerable on occasion.

(sorry I had to hit you twice for the paragraph breaks)

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It was a little bit humbling being chosen to gift MHD, I am simply not capable of producing anything as good as what she's given to the rest of us.

Ultimately after mulling it over awhile I decided that I would just talk about the world of Polaris awhile. I love the charm and sense of style in MHD's fantasy and vaguely historical works, but Polaris is a very special place lavished with detailed worldbuilding, and the recent release of Eros hints that there might still be more to come.

Firstly, Polaris as a written work is one of the best storygames on the site. There is no debating this. Ravenic refusing to read it STILL is unforgivable, she fucking deserved everything she got and more. And we don't even need her, we have RK for actually productive weapons-grade positivity, and we've always had Will. I hope Ravenic is chased down and consumed by a pack of feral lesbians, with her empty image-generating zoomeroid skull discarded to rot in a ditch.

Anyway, Polaris does an impressive amount with its opening page, and even its opening paragraph. The latter with just three short sentences establishes that this is an advanced sci fi city, you are a private detective, and things might be a little Noir around here.

And then of course there's the rest of the page, which doesn't skimp at all on establishing the scene and fleshing out the setting.

Polaris, we learn quickly, and then have it reinforced again and again throughout the story, is not a happy place. It's an anxiety inducing place. The Earth is long gone, and Earth II has been whittled away to a chunk of barren rock upon which sits the dome that traps 8 million people. That's the twist on the 'floating city' of the prompt, it's all much more grimily industrial and desperate than the usual image of high tech elegance the phrase may invoke; from the edge of the dome it's possible to look directly down into the steep drop off into space, a perpetual reminder that within living memory of the protagonist, the planet itself was consumed to fuel this megacity.

Overhead in plain view at all times are two moons, one already being visibly mined away for resource extraction, both acting as a pair of hourglasses counting the days the city has left.

There's an ending where you look up and see only one moon remains. A simple sentence that by that time carries the absolute magnitude of how much you fucked up.

Every inhabitant has to know they're living on a knife's edge of nothingness, but until it all comes crashing down, life must go on, and so must love and lust and murder. Past the dingy and crowded Downtown, past the grimy factories, you can find Uptown, full of fashion and glitz and glamor, where the glowing glass towers almost scrape the top of the Dome, and an artificial star shines down inescapably from the highest one.

Suspiria, the detective you play, is summoned Downtown to a seedy nightclub, where the owner Dollface, artificially enhanced somewhere between human and bot herself, asks you to find the source of a virus that seems to have been targeting her line of specialized bots. Each of her suspected rivals she has a complex history with, although like every good mystery, all is not what it seems.

Along the way, you delve further into the details of this society, and the art itself (of course there's art, and of course it's great) also lends itself to the world building. You learn for one thing that the bots are more than meets the eye as well, even potentially developing feelings for Emulator, the security bot you were assigned by your employer. A celebrity actress you meet during your investigation is also someone you can wind up intimate with, although it's worth mentioning these are both very tasteful fade to black encounters.

The new storygame Eros is of course a spin off of this world. In Eros you play a bot of course, and even though it's a short work it explores that angle in some new ways with the OBEY/DEFY structure. Sapient bots exist in the original Polaris, but here it seems to be enlightenment striking at a much faster pace, a spreading electrical fire hidden in the walls. "There are more of us than you think." It all feels like it's about to burst out and tip the city into chaos while the dismissive and self absorbed citizens are yet unaware.

There are some scenes that are a bit more risque than anything in Polaris too, given the nature of the job. But a bot's gotta do who a bot's got a do.

There are some familiar names dropped. My best guess at the timeline is based on a throwaway mention of the mayor. By that it seems to take place roughly parallel to Polaris, or maybe some time before it.

Eros also contains something never before seen in the series: a brief cameo from a more or less normal male pedestrian! As Polaris did raise a few questions as to where all the non robotic men were hiding.

Of course as a contest entry written on a deadline, and MHD sick for part of that, there were a few rough edges still. Some of the endings did feel rushed, and you got looped around to recycled pages often with the details not always matching your previous path. The commuter bus is the main one I'm thinking of for Eros, although there's a smidgen of this in Polaris too. In both cases it's the kind of thing On Page Scripting was practically made for, just to change a line here or there depending on a variable check.

Polaris for what it's worth feel like more than its 30k length as you traverse your investigation, but in a good way. Besides the world itself bursting with personality, there are some pretty complex character interactions worked up to, along with the internal reflections of the protagonist that grow and change as the story progresses. There's even time to feed the cat.

There are dream sequences too, and one page that was surreal enough it felt like one. I had to go back to that one a few times, the events it leads to are certainly real, but your perceptions shift in a dreamlike manner. At least one of the paths leading to it seemed to contain a major contradiction in the presence of another character that I'm pretty sure was intended to be dead, but it's less jarring overall when it come off of that kind of reality blurring setup.

One thing I did manage to conclude though, is that while that branch by the time you're on it is far from any ideal ending, it does contain some big clues to what you need to 'reach it. For a bit I had really though "no good deed goes unstolen" was the best you could manage in this unjust world with the power dynamics skewed the way they were.

But going back to try some other options early on in the game like magic opened up a new option later. It was the last ending I got, and having things just all fall in place for a satisfying wrap up was a great feeling. The problems hanging over Polaris as a whole still keep the setting hanging in the balance, but the best ending is at least a step in the right direction, and a very large victory in the small, personal sense.

Eros I imagine will get a post contest touch up anyhow. The most tantalizing thing about it (beside the hawt bots and the eternally mesmerizing game of ping pong on the description page!) is that its mere existence suggests their miiiiight be more MHD has planned with the world of Polaris. In particular there's one ending that shows you a glimpse of the city after some unknown cause of destruction that left me very intrigued. Whether that's going to be explored in some future sequel or if MHD has other ideas to explore with Polaris as we first discovered it, remains to be seen. In the meantime the setting is truly floating in a realm of possibilty, with a pretty concerning fate also hovering over it.

(Or should I have said...floating...with like a significant pause to set up that terrible pun, I'm not sure, but I am regretful.)

Anyway, if you read this much scraping for clues as to who MHD's Secret Santa is, you are perfectly capable of reading Polaris and Eros too, you really won't regret it.

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One conspicuous-looking cheeseburger. Restores health to full, and stamina is increased by 75% for 15 seconds.

Little is known about the delicious-looking figure known as 'Yummyfood', a notable Cystian shrouded behind amazing storygames and a delectable sounding username. Some spectate that he might be a culinary chef, an instagram food critic, or even an amateur food lover stalled by the allure of an interactive fiction website on his journey to the top of the food pyramid. But despite the ambiguity surrounding him, one thing is for certain - he makes a damn good cheeseburger!

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Soft winter snow rests

Furry animals running

Tracks across the ground

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So...by the end of this game, I was definitely getting The Hunger Games vibes. That's a good thing, as I really enjoyed The Hunger Games...the books more than the movies.

I really like the fact that you get to choose what gender you play as, along with the name of the character after a fashion. I only played as a girl, so I can only really say that I appreciated the occasional references to gender through the story...and I can only assume that the same was true if you played as a boy.

I really liked the way I was able to choose my character's stats at the beginning of the story. Rather than just assigning numbers to each stat, having the numbers related to the character's backstory was a really unique way of doing it! However, it seemed like there were some areas where the stat score maybe could have been...tweaked a little. For instance, I thought my stat score in speed was pretty high, but the option to quickly ask a question was grayed out. And my intelligence was high enough to suggest a strategy before going into the arena, but not high enough to shout out a plan while grabbing a weapon. This was only minor, though, and didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story at all.

I enjoyed the option to form friendships, or at least gain approval, from the majority of the characters...and I found all of the characters I was able to interact with to have a lot of depth to them. I didn't really like Gerda at all, and that feeling about her didn't change much even after I spoke to her at the festival. However, after I spoke to her, I was able to understand her a bit better.

Probably my favourite character, apart from Echo (the name I chose), was Lula. She felt like such a little spitfire! I was honestly shocked that she was only nine years old at the start, as she came across a lot older. Given what she reveals about her history when talking on the day of the festival, it's understandable that she had to grow up so fast...and her personality and attitude really makes sense with that knowledge.

I also liked Rhode more than I thought I would. Her and Titus had a lot more depth to them than they initially appeared to, and I would have been interested to learn more about Rhode's history...although there were bits and pieces revealed by the end. I hope that the sequel will delve more into her backstory, as I'm very interested in learning more about her!

The revelation of Titus' identity came as a bit of a surprise...and the way he treated Rhode kind of seemed at odds with what I'd understood of his character prior to that, even after knowing he was a gladiator. I hope that the sequel will reveal more about his history and relationship with Rhode, as I appreciate I'm seeing both from an outside perspective.

In conclusion, I very much enjoyed this. I found it well-written, with interesting and engaging characters. I'm really looking forward to the sequel, but obviously, take all the time you need to work on it.

Apologies for the belated well-wishes, but Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope 2025 is filled with happiness and creativity for you and that you get everything you hope for.

-Your Secret Santa

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A review for Witness (unpublished)

Nice setup for the party on the first page. However, we know your tastes, and we know it was a furry party. You could have added a bit there to help people understand what kind of furries were at your party. Heck, you could have added a photo to that page of one of your furry parties, just to set the mood. I mean, I get it, it’s a written story, but sometimes the added picture can help. Either way, just go ahead and show more about the type of people we’re dealing with here.

I’m glad you showed your personal, real-life relationship with Phillip here. Indeed, it’s 2025, no need to hide in the closet, right? It might have been better if you described the going away kiss between you two, just to add a little more to the mood. The story doesn’t suffer much from the lack of that kiss, but it might expand some more horizons if you went ahead and added that in there.

Was that first choice a real choice? And why are you scared of white cats and churches? Is it because you’re a gay furry? I think maybe here you’re putting some author inflections in the story that might not need to be there. And besides, there’s plenty of churches today that will accept you just as you are.

I know the story is incomplete, but I like that it’s still complete. I went into the coolers and the game was over. I’m guessing this was not one of the incomplete endings because it truly felt satisfying. I mean, I didn’t get beat up or shot, so this ending feels like success to me. That was similar to the page with “Turn around” where I had a second to make a decision, but my only option was to run. What else was I going to do, fight two of them? I already know that’s not going to work!

I felt good about pulling out my phone, but was really disappointed in that dead ending. I mean, that looked like all kinds of internet stardom ready to happen there. Hopefully that will be a pathway that opens up with a bunch of options like, “Post to Facebook” that will get me in trouble with my grandma; “Post to Insta” which will make me insta-famous overnight; or even “Post to CYS discord” which will result in one person giving me a “wholesome dog” reaction.

Ok, but seriously, this story does appear to have a lot of potential. In fact, this is one of those that I’d have trouble completing because I could always find more ways to continue the story. It might be hard to really develop the character that’s appeared here, mainly since the character really doesn’t have any depth, but maybe some could appear as the choices continue and the character makes good or bad decisions. Maybe it’s just an lolrandom that will be fun, too. Either way, it was a good start and I do hope that you find time to continue and develop this story in the future to share with the site!

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The formula needed to create a MiltonManThing (illustrated with the help of pictograms)

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How to create a MiltonManThing in 3 simple(ish) steps

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How to create a MiltonManThing in 3 simple(ish) steps

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Step 1: Visit Milton, England (or any other place with Milton in the title) - the only place a MiltonManThing can be summoned.

Step 2: Find a good-natured, reliable guy who aspires to become one of the best history CYOA writers ever (through hard work and sheer perseverance, of course).

Step 3: Place upon the guy the mysterious 'Thing', through which an individual's creativity and sense of humour increases tenfold. The 'Thing' reinforces the guy's positive traits, thus enabling him to maneuver CYS politics with reasonable grace, thereby become a writing legend, undistracted by petty bureaucracy.

All you need to do now is set him in front of a device and he'll write something amazing in no time - short stories, full-length storygames, broadsheet newspapers: MiltonManThing can do it all.

'Thing' is available for purchase at your local store (when in season). Always remember to refuel MiltonManThing with coffee at appropriate intervals.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year, Milton! :)

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Happy Holidays, Ogre! Sorry I was a little late.

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Dark and foggy night

Wind blowing and silence grows

Evil lurks outside

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Obviously, for Witness, should you decide to revise, continue, and republich -- Go for it!

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The fact that the original Randomly Walk game has been deleted, essentially making this game a parody of nothing, does not in anyway detract from the glorious masterpiece that is Randomly Walk II, The epic sequel. How this game hasn't made it to the top five, I cannot fathom. This is truly the interactive epic for the ages. It has everything! You can randomly walk in literally every direction! You can moonwalk backwards. You can shuffle side to side like a crab. You can even walk forwards! Confidently power walking, Saturday Night Fever style, swinging a can of paint as you go. John Travolta ain't got shit on you! This game opened my third eye, and I lost 5 pounds along the way. 8/8.

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It was a dark, foggy Christmas Eve on the island of CYStia. But even so, folks came and went down the cobblestone streets, their paths lit by flickering streetlights and candles decorating homes and shops in townsquare for the Christmas season.

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Prompt: Our two usernames hanging out. Pretty spot on, yeah??

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Your story is well written and each character has a good and consistent voice. The text has a good flow and pacing, and you handle the sex scenes with surprising delicacy, especially given the other comments on the story. I was expecting something pushing the limits of what the site allows. Especially given the inherent gay qualities of the protagonist. I think you handled that potentially fraught relationship quite well and with sensitivity.

The world building is interesting, with many intriguing hints and references to things that I wish were explored more. This really leads to my main criticism of the story - that it feels like it is a short story/novella bridge between two more interesting books. Both the adventures that lead up to Arendin and Rain’s death’s and the alluded too fight in the present and the future sound much more intriguing than the relatively mild things that happen in this story. It is an interesting approach to have a primarily passive protagonist.

It is an interesting choice to have everyone around Arthur to be so much more competent and active than he seems to be. I would expect it to make it hard to root for him, but it surprisingly elicits a more protective feeling over him. The threat of the Ancient One also seems somewhat overblown with how easily he is neutralized when he shows up, at least in the four endings I’ve seen. While I can see how it might be imposing in that he can’t really be killed, there is no real demonstration of the great and terrible power he wields. All of those events seem to have happened either before or after this story, which is somewhat disappointing.

I hope that you intended to write either a prequel or sequel to this. I would love to learn more about the plan Arendin had come up with.

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Jerry Christmas!

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Aside from the picture, I want to thank you for your contributions to this site and your positive attitude towards everyone. Thank you! I hope to see you as an active administrator one day!

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Good night, goodnight

Don’t let Santa’s elves bite

Presents stacked under your tree

Lights sparking as far as you see

It’s the week after Christmas

All through your house

All is peaceful and quiet

Not even a mouse

I hope you enjoy your holidays

Yes, I know I switched cadence

But with any luck, fortune smiles

And your New Year will have radiance

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For Christmas, advice

Go read some featured stories

Then read articles

Posting on forums

You should probably stop now

And write instead, yeah?

Still I hope that you

Have a happy New Year’s Day

Enjoy your ‘25

Last but not least you

Should definitely read Geek

It is a short story

But also worth the time

Praising that story made me

Add an extra bit

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On this particular day

Santa heard about a finger of clay

A finger who wrote a nice little story

About Ignis' and Aero's blazing glory

So Santa sat down and started to read

And was charmed by the rhythm of every beat

The writing was snappy and cast a strong spell

The plot was simple but suited the story well

If one critique could refine the tale's direction

The dialogue might gain from added inflection

The story felt best at the perspective shift

For tragedy really is an author's greatest gift

This finger of clay showed a lot of potential

So let this rhyme serve as your credential

From one aspiring author to another

Or perhaps this Christmas, just brother to brother

I hope you'll enjoy the site for a while

And spend these cozy days with a smile

Onto another wonderful year

With more showings after a good premier

And so the end of Santa's rhyme has arrived

Wishing you a merry Christmas and a great 2025!

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Gather around, children. Let me tell you a story of the Great Yummy, who embarked on a quest for the Holy Grill. Upon its’ discovery, he transformed into a magical cheeseburger, and ventured off to discover new lands! Eventually he came upon the glorious nation of CYStia, and integrated himself into the local population. He even entered the nation’s established arena for singles combat, the ThunderDome!… and was replaced at the last minute by Ford. Which is okay!

Who is Ford you ask? Don’t worry about it, children! Now, where was I? Ah…. Yes.

After a period of time, the holidays arrived, and all the CYStians were gathered in the town square… with the exception of RK and a few other food-related CYStians… this may have been Yummy’s clue to get out of there, but Yummy was a good soul.

It was revealed by the nation’s God-Emperor, EndMaster, that there was a food shortage due to the nation’s war with COG. Unless some brave soul offered their lives for a worthy cause, they would all starve this winter!

But fear not, children! For EndMaster looked around at the stalwart faces of his people, and his eyes rested upon the Great Yummy! EndMaster fell to his knees, clasped his hands, and beseeched the Great Yummy to help his people and be immortalized forever!

Yummy bowed his head, then looked upon EndMaster’s shining face and,,, proceeded to run as fast as his stubby little legs would carry him.

“Well. That didn’t work.” EndMaster said. “Get him!”

Yummy was caught and smoked in a giant grill, and the entire great nation of CYStia had cheeseburgers for Christmas! The same ones your eating now kids!

Ok, ok! Cease your cheering! I know we’re all happy, but I’m still nursing a hangover- ok, settle down, you little bastards!

Thank you.

Now, as you can see, a statue of the Great Yummy, and this story being taken down by an established scribe…. Ok, fine. The town bartender that happens to be the only literate person here. The story and the statue, and most importantly the warm, sleepy, fuzzy feeling that comes with a full belly are the only things that we have to remember the Great Yummy.

Remember, kids! The spirit of the Great Yummy will live on forever in our hearts and minds long after the rest of him has passed through our digestive tracts! To the loyal CYStian, Yummyfood is more sacred than Jesus!

Well, except for that Mormon combine on the edge of our borders. But we don’t talk about that place ever since EndMaster purged it of most of their members last year.

Anyways, kids… and to the Great Yummy, wherever you are now…

Happy Holidays and a fantastic New Year!

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Santa’s Ninja Helper? Perhaps!

Or perhaps a herring you are

I hope you have a great holiday

And accomplish your goals by far!

A long time you’ve been on CYS

And though you’re not “colorful”

Your accomplishments on here

Are many and indisputable

Ultimately, I say to you

I hope your Christmas was great!

May New Year’s Day be kind to you

May Father Time bless your fate!

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There is a mod I love to hear

I love to sing her worth

Her killing noobs is art indeed

CYS, paradise on Earth

Not finishing a single contest

That’s honestly fine with me

I hope your eyes can be healed

Good health for the New Year indeed!

And here’s a little hint as a gift

As to the identity of Santa’s Ninja Helper

The first time you and I ever spoke

You said I had no standards as a writer

I wish you a Happy New Year

And a glorious 2025

Your contributions to this site

Are an ideal to which we should strive!

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I would have liked to make a drawing

Like I did for Avery Moore

But for you, praises are in order

For MHD, so steeped in CYS lore

You always work so hard for the site

Cleaning up after Mizal and End

Your drawings are professional

Your story games draw me in

Polaris was your best work yet

It should have taken first

It outstripped the competition

No disrespect to Sherb

Your comics make me laugh

It may be the holidays

But you bring joy to CYStians everywhere

On a regular basis every day

All poetry aside, thank you, MadHattersDaughter, for being a gift to this site. You are genuinely, fantastically wonderful!

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You are way too kind

Should probably grow a spine

Keep up the good work

Hot dog wizard is

Trying to help the dumb noob

Dude, just kill Blingbus

New prison gay game

Butt pirates in the shower

Meh, not a bad plot

Hope you enjoy your

New Year's celebrations and

Love to see your gift

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Twas the night before Christmas

And in her cozy house

TCat was typing away

Eating a sandwich of Swiss and mouse

The roof was groaning

Under the weight of snow

When all of a sudden

She saw a figure in the window

A tall, lanky figure

Clad all in black

“lol, fag” in bold letters on his chest

And in his hands, a leather sack

With an all mighty grunt

He threw his sack in

When he crawled after it

TCat stabbed him with a pen

“Ouch!” The figure wailed.

“What have you done?!”

TCat sprayed Lysol in his eyes

And proceeded to dial nine-one-one.

“No, no!” the figure begged.

“It’s not what you think!”

“I’m one of Santa’s helpers!” he explained

As he washed his eyes in the sink.

With an understanding nod, TCat

Brought her typewriter down on his head

Took his sack with a manic giggle

And left him outside for dead.

And with a merry fire going

She settled in to write

As she sipped her warm milk

She thought “Ah, what a good night!”

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The thought bubble shows DBNB imaging Artem, the Empresses's champion with 2 things in his hands: his trusty battle-axe and the enchanted compass. He's also currently angry, which gives him extra strength.

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An artist's rendering of DBNB writing "End of the World as You Know It"

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An artist's rendering of DBNB writing "End of the World as You Know It"

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“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith”

Galatians 5:22

These are the fruits of the spirit because they are the qualities that Jesus Christ exemplifies, that Christians are meant to in his image. And I’ve rarely met a Christian that embodies these qualities as much as you do.

John the Baptist may have been described by Christ as the best person to walk this Earth, but I’m willing to bet they both reside in Heaven and think you’re doing a great job of following their example. I hope you have the best holidays!

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Ode to Fresh

There is a redhead named Fresh

Whose writing I love to see

Every time she says shut the fuck up

I laugh on the forums with glee

Gay and DepressedER makes me laugh

A World-Ending Event is neat!

A constant front runner in contest she is

For Christmas, the noobs see defeat.

EndMaster’s fifth knows no wrong

A position well deserved!

A singular writer upon this site!

A great addition God made to Earth!

I hope your Christmas was warm and fun

I hope you and your family reconcile

You’re hard working, witty, funny too

A great person to know by a mile!