Elle is Disgusted
It had been a tough morning. The toy construction costs were going up, yet it seemed no extra toys had been made. Elle had been making calls and checking with suppliers but they all explained that extra orders had been placed, hence the higher costs. Elle couldn't work out why it was costing them more to make the usual amount of toys, so she decided to head down to the workshops and see for herself what was going on.
On her way, Elle was informed from the packaging department that they had to order more boxes; Elle was becoming very confused! This felt quite similar to a case years ago when one of the elves had been robbing toys, but that couldn't be the case this time surely.
When Elle arrived at the workshops, she was met by Quazihoho, the hunchback elf. He was eager to see Elle.
'Santa, what a jolly surprise! I've been wanting to see you!' Elle has forgotten that Quazihoho had wanted to speak to her, what with all of the work she had to take care of as well as the recent mystery.
'Afternoon Hoho,' Everyone calls him by his shortened name. 'I know you want to speak to me but I've got to take care of something at the moment.'
'Can I help at all?' Hoho offered.
'I'm just curious about what's happening to our resources. We're ordering more materials than usual and there's even boxes being taken from-'
'Ah well search no further, I have your answers!' declared Hoho. 'Come right this way!' Elle was intrigued, at last the questions that had been bugging her most of the morning were going to be answered. Hoho took Elle to a storage room where any rejected toy designs or toys of poor quality are kept. Elle was concerned, this is usually a sign that the elves making toys had been under-performing. Hoho took Elle to a group of boxes and opened one of them, pulling out one of the most hideous plush toys she had ever seen!
'Hoho, what on Earth is that?'
'This is my design, I'm thinking of calling it Patchyhoho. The other elves say it's hideous and traumatic but you're Santa so I know your word will be better than theirs! So what do you think, eh?' Elle took a moment to think about her response, and tried her hardest not to gag at the thought of the toy.
'I don't think it's going to be popular with the children so much, but I know there is an audience that will love this toy and we can focus on distributing it to them maybe?'
'Sounds lovely, I'm interested! Shall I see you in your office about this?'
'Yeah, speak to my secretary about it.' Truthfully, Elle wanted nothing more to do with the nightmarish toy! And Elle still hasn't made the time to discuss the toy any further, hoping that everyone will forget about it. One question lingers in Elle's mind, was there an audience happy to buy that toy?
On her way, Elle was informed from the packaging department that they had to order more boxes; Elle was becoming very confused! This felt quite similar to a case years ago when one of the elves had been robbing toys, but that couldn't be the case this time surely.
When Elle arrived at the workshops, she was met by Quazihoho, the hunchback elf. He was eager to see Elle.
'Santa, what a jolly surprise! I've been wanting to see you!' Elle has forgotten that Quazihoho had wanted to speak to her, what with all of the work she had to take care of as well as the recent mystery.
'Afternoon Hoho,' Everyone calls him by his shortened name. 'I know you want to speak to me but I've got to take care of something at the moment.'
'Can I help at all?' Hoho offered.
'I'm just curious about what's happening to our resources. We're ordering more materials than usual and there's even boxes being taken from-'
'Ah well search no further, I have your answers!' declared Hoho. 'Come right this way!' Elle was intrigued, at last the questions that had been bugging her most of the morning were going to be answered. Hoho took Elle to a storage room where any rejected toy designs or toys of poor quality are kept. Elle was concerned, this is usually a sign that the elves making toys had been under-performing. Hoho took Elle to a group of boxes and opened one of them, pulling out one of the most hideous plush toys she had ever seen!
'Hoho, what on Earth is that?'
'This is my design, I'm thinking of calling it Patchyhoho. The other elves say it's hideous and traumatic but you're Santa so I know your word will be better than theirs! So what do you think, eh?' Elle took a moment to think about her response, and tried her hardest not to gag at the thought of the toy.
'I don't think it's going to be popular with the children so much, but I know there is an audience that will love this toy and we can focus on distributing it to them maybe?'
'Sounds lovely, I'm interested! Shall I see you in your office about this?'
'Yeah, speak to my secretary about it.' Truthfully, Elle wanted nothing more to do with the nightmarish toy! And Elle still hasn't made the time to discuss the toy any further, hoping that everyone will forget about it. One question lingers in Elle's mind, was there an audience happy to buy that toy?
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