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The Man watched Kalshion, Katarina, and Tommy search for a way in, try and break the barrier, and then resume looking for a way in. They were wasting their time; there was no way they could get through the barrier. Not for a while, anyway. The man laughed to himself as another bird flew into the barrier, and noticed that Happosai had not been seen by Kalshion because he had drifted up the inside of the barrier and was nearing the top of the dome. Of course, no sooner had he noted that then the curse of things randomly breaking kicked in, broke the pin holding the panties to Happosai, and caused Happosai to fall on top of Mousse. Happosai ran, Mousse ran the wrong way, and they ceased to be interesting.

The Mysterious Man then looked over at his workbench, where he had put several packages. Two of them stood out more then the others, the first of which was Blue with a large S on it, labeled "Joe", while the second was Pink with a large R on it, labeled "Emeral". On top of each one was a small white box, tied on with ribbon matching the color of the larger package. The only other package was a small black package with a grey D on it, and nothing more.

The Man contemplated the packages, allowing his gaze to fall on the black one. DS probably wouldn't appreciate the contents of the package when he got it. He didn't think that DS was aware of the story of getting coal when you were bad, so the sole contents of a piece of coal in his present would probably go right over his head. However, if he actually threw that coal into a fire he would get a nice little message broadcast straight into his head.

The packages for Sonic and Rose were different, however. The larger packages contained three changes of clothes each, with their respective symbol appearing on the clothes. Underneath the clothes there was a magical map of town, with a circle showing the location of the barrier. Each statue that they found would appear as a small picture on the map. When they placed a disc in a given statue a picture of the disc would show next to the statue it was placed in, but only then.

The smaller packages were very different, however. They each contained a small pendant, the design of which matched the spell-circle of the two. Emeral's had a small one-time spell placed on it to fix her hair, and both of them had the ability to create school supplies that might be needed. The pendants were automatic, making it so that no knowledge of how to trigger them was needed.

The Man figured that Sonic and Rose deserved to be rewarded for their resourcefulness in finding shelter so quickly, so he silently dropped their packages on the beds they were currently using. Hopefully they would realize who had left the packages, and would appreciate the gesture, Emeral in particular. She seemed to fret over her hair all too often since the headmaster's hack job.

DS, on the other hand, had been just as bad as ever without actually bringing attention to himself. Therefore the man put the black box near the fireplace he often thought near.