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📝 Day 104 — The Room You’re Not Invited To
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Christmas preparations continued as usual today. Smiles, schedules, rehearsals. Then Stupid asked me to follow him. He said Santa wanted me to see something. He was wrong about who wanted it—but not about the room.
📝 Day 103 — The Doors
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I followed Jack Marrow today. Not openly. Not invited. What I found wasn’t a hallway or a room—it was a threshold. Some doors were sealed. Some were thinning. One was being prepared.
📝 Day 101 — Probation Isn’t Neutral
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Probation was described as temporary, fair, and non-punitive. Today it became clear that none of those things are true. Access changed. Language shifted. And the Holiday Alliance learned that neutrality is a luxury.
📝 Day 99 — Containment or Transparency
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The question finally got asked today—quietly, carefully, and far too late. Should the Holiday Alliance stay contained, or was it time to explain what was happening? Santa answered without choosing either.
📝 Day 98 — Outside Inquiries
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The questions didn’t come from inside the room today. Messages arrived from places that shouldn’t have noticed us yet. Santa read them carefully. Cupid drafted responses. Jack Marrow was already gone.