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Chris was not joking in the slightest when he said he was in a festive mood. Maybe it was due to him being locked up for so long that he was losing it. And it had to do with the fact he gently rocking back and forth singing festive music all of kind as he cried gently, which got all trolls and Bergens concerned for his mental health.
He kept humming and singing slightly as he gripped his hair. Which really scared Chef and Creek seeing as he stood so close to them as he did this action over and over again. "Chris..." said Poppy concerned. This quickly got his attention as he snapped his head towards her. "Mhm?" He made a sound of acknowledgement towards Poppy.
"Are you...okay?" She asked "I'm fine!" He exclaimed as he held a smile on his face as it looked so strained. So he quickly dropped it and allowed the television to turn on as he looked at the clock on the wall. 3 days, 24 hours, 20 minutes, and 40 seconds. "Well...bloody hell. It's been 20 minutes of me slowly breaking down..." he whispered to no one.
"Time a movin'" he 'smiled' as he said that. And then allowed the show to begin despite the trolls and Bergens being heavily worried about him. “Are you-“ but Chris cut them off. “I’m fine! Why wouldn’t I be fine?!” Exclaimed Chris as he gripped his hair tightly and began to pull it until a bit of his hair was now pulled out.
Which was noticeable due to the electrical-looking hair he had going on for himself. So he looked very interesting at the moment. All nicely dressed but so out of it that he looked like he was placed on an electric chair and somehow survived. So for better words, Chris looked and sounded horrible.
“At least we have 3 more days?” Said Synth trying to lighten up something in Chris. “…” Chris went very quiet. So sick of this entire routine these past few days he merely played the next video for them to watch. “…”
“Not the best choice of words” said Branch to Synth and he merely nodded. "Oh...uh-I'm just going to give a warning...best not to look at the screen until I say so..." mumbled Chris. "How come?" asked Poppy confused. "You all will see something you wished you hadn't unless you're a perv" said Chris. "..." It didn't take long to understand what Chris meant by that. So they all did what he said and looked away from the screen. As for Chris who had a blindfold on and then the show actually began.
(I had no clue that the beginning of this film started like that...and I'm mortified).
Branch slid in on the screen...nude as the day he was born. Not a sight most wish to see. Lucky for them they all had their eyes closed because no offense to Branch but not everyone wanted to see a globe and moon on his end. In his hand instead of pants...he had his leaf vest. Which was clothing but not the type most would rather prefer to be on your body covering a few better parts. He placed one hole of the vest on his arms and then the other. Like how most trollings are taught when they're young. He then finally put on some pants! Which in the end did have his ass move the slightest bit but we're not going to talk about that.
"You can open your eyes now" said Chris who was still wearing a blindfold. "How come you're still wearing a blindfold then?" asked Smidge "...because I can't take this job flipping anymore" said Chris as he smiled with a strain on his face. "..."
Branch could be shown getting ready for some big event going on. He was seen fixing his hair and wearing a bowtie making sure it was perfectly straight on. "Is that really necessary Branch?" asked Poppy. Branch answered with an eye roll and scoff "Of course it is. It'll annoy me for the rest of my life if it wasn't" he said annoyed with her. His bunker's mat opened up as Branch was on the lift bringing him up to the surface. He placed his earmuffs on and said "'Tis the season" he said as he had flowers in his hands. "You trolls were not kidding when you said you celebrated almost every day" mumbled Gristle. "Ow!" he yelped as Bridget gently hit him. "Be nice" she whispered.
A hot air balloon from the last reaction was shown flying in the air as it came down closer to where Branch stood. Poppy on the slight edge of the hot air balloon ready to grab Branch. "And, got ya!" She took ahold of Branch and he entered the hot air balloon. The balloon said loudly "Buckle up, kids!" as she flew in the air going upwards. Branch was still looking like a million bucks as he wore a fancy tie and clothes with flowers behind his back away from Poppy's sight. "Hey, love the bow tie" said Poppy as she pointed out the bow tie as she moved it around a bit.
"At least she saw the bow tie" mumbled a rock troll with a snicker which got an annoyed huff from Branch. "Well, you know, it is the holiday season. Which is why I brought you these" said Branch, he held out the flowers for Poppy to see. She was so happy to see that Branch got her some flowers that she grabbed hold of them and said "Mitten-Settas! My favorite" as she smelled them but then began to sneeze. She then brought up the fact that "It's too bad I'm allergic" she said as she still held the flowers in her hands. She sneezed again as the petals were now all over Branch's face and on him. "Yeah. Too bad"
"You think as her boyfriend you would know that" said a country troll. Branch grumbled annoyed by their words and scoffed at the end. "And we're done with that" he said as he threw the flowers seeing as Poppy wouldn't stop sneezing all over time. He removed the petals off his face and said "Yuck!" knowing some got into his mouth and were covering his face with her snot and stuff on them. He looked behind where Poppy stood and noticed something odd and said "Poppy, I know we're going on a picnic, but do we really need this much food?" he asked clearly confused. "A picnic? Is that why he's nicely dressed" asked a Pop troll still surprised Branch would be dressed half as good as he was on screen.
"A picnic date how romantic" teased Clay and Bruce snickered which got an annoyed glare from Branch. "Hey, no need to feel embarrassed I remember when I was your age and went out on cheesy picnic dates" he responded. He got a facepalm and deadpan looks from both John Dory and Floyd for his stupid response.
"It's not food" She picked up the picnic basket off the ground and explained "They're invitations that we're going to deliver for the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift-Swap!" she exclaimed as she showed a card to Branch despite his obviously clueless face. "You Popstar I would be annoyed if I knew my partner changed plans on me like that or if anyone did that" said Chris as he floated upside down hoping if he stayed like this long enough the blood from his body would kill him. "You get used to it after a while" answered Smidge which made Poppy feel embarrassed knowing all of Pop village agreed with Smidge's comment.
"First Annual what? What happened to the whole "balloon ride over Trolls Kingdom hang-out" kinda thing?" asked Branch clearly not liking the whole changing of plans idea. "Branch, We're still doing that. We're just multitasking" answered Poppy as she began to walk over to Branch, he crossed his arms and smiled at her "Multitasking, right" he answered with a smug look on his face. "All right, here's the deal. I put a name inside each invitation" Poppy began to explain the whole purpose of the invitations. "Uh-huh" said Branch making sure Poppy knew he was listening to her words. "Whoever gets your name is your secret person" She showed the inside of the card and the card Poppy had said Cooper's name on the slip. "Ooh!" said Branch as he tried to reach but Poppy stopped him and said "Ah, ah!" as he slapped his hand gently.
"Secret. Then in three days, we all meet back in Pop Village and let the gift giving commence!" she said as she put Cooper's slip card back with the others. She was obviously excited since she jumped and yelled out the last part. "You on board, Branchifer?" she asked and Branch not fully sure yet said "No" but was thrown a basket with cards towards him by Poppy. "That's what I like to hear! Now, help me dump these overboard" She had two baskets in hand.
"Like a fool, I went and stayed too long" sang Poppy "Will every reaction have singing?" asked a bergen as they were a bit sick of all the singing. "Honestly speaking these songs are the only reason why I'm still kicking" mumbled Chris. "Alrighty then" the bergen mumbled a bit concerned. "Now I'm wondering if your love's still strong" sang Branch as he was twirled around by Poppy. Branch could tell his face was burning from how badly he was blushing and the teasing looks from his brothers. "Ooh, baby, here I am Signed, sealed, delivered I'm yours" they both sang as they threw the first basket of invitations off the edge of the hot air balloon.
It panelled over to the classical trolls, who were ready to eat seeing as a classical troll showed up with a golden platter covered up and then the conductor opened it up with his baton. But instead of food being inside of the covered-up platter it was a bunch of invitations that flew into the air. "Then that time I went and said goodbye Now I'm back and not ashamed to cry" The invitations were happily accepted by the classical trolls as they opened them up to read them. All except one of them who used their knife to cut the invitation to eat it.
"..." The classical trolls were slightly concerned for their well-being as they watched one of their kind eat the glittery invite. "I've unfortunately seen worse" mumbled Branch as he looked away from the screen in disgust. "Ooh, baby, here I am Signed, sealed, delivered I'm yours" Branch was singing as he and Poppy held a basket that they tied with rope and at the bottom of the basket was an anchor so they could throw it into the water so the Techno trolls could receive it. But the rope was too long and it got caught onto Branch's leg as he threw it.
Poppy was concerned about Branch until she smiled realising he was fine knowing he safely landed into the water. BroZone was a bit concerned seeing as most bad things always seemed to happen to Branch. And it was a bit worrying seeing no one truly care about his overall safety. Not even himself. Seeing as Branch just merely smiled as he landed in the water noticing King Trollex in the water swimming toward a pillar with lights with the missing bulb to light up the whole thing. He opened the basket that released the invites to all the Techno trolls.
"I have many questions" said Chris as he looked ready to lose it. "First of all, how the bloody hell is he breathing? Second, how are the lights glowing underwater? Third, how did the invites stay dry?" asked Chris. The techno trolls had no way to answer any of his questions since Synth merely awkwardly laughed and looked away not sure what to say. None of the techno trolls said anything to answer Chris's questions.
It panelled to two country trolls looking ready to kiss under the mistletoe but were stopped by an invite coming between them. It showed Delta building a 'snowman' out of tumbleweeds. That was supposed to look like her. She and the other two trolls with her grabbed the invites as she celebrated a bit after looking through it. Even the tumbleweed 'snowman' was happy after getting an invite. "As much as I hate snow I would hate living in a desert also" said Gristle. "It's not all that bad sugar, you'll get used to it" said Holly as she giggled.
It showed the Rock trolls ready to take a picture with Queen Barb, King Thrash, and Val posing. "I've done a lot of foolish things" sang Barb and they did rock signs with their hands. All except King Thrash as he accidentally pointed out the middle finger. "That I really didn't mean" That's when they noticed what sign King Thrash did. All were shocked until a pile of invites landed on them into a pile. And the picture was taken only showing their hands.
"I thought this was supposed to be family friendly" said John Dory as he covered Branch's eyes. Who was annoyed by his eldest brother's antics but he knew that any of the others would have done the same. "Uh...I never said that" scoffed Chris as he looked away red in the face seeing as how embarrassed he was that he had to censor such a thing.
Pop village was the last place that received their invitations. They happily collected them. It panelled over to Guy Diamond and Tiny Diamond on the palm of his hand. “Party time!” Said Cloud Guy. ”Ooh! Invitations!" said Guy with his auto-toned voice.As for Tiny he seemed pumped by the invitations so he quickly jumped off his father’s hand and made his way to the crowd. "Me next, me next! I want one! Give me one!” He yelled out as he pushed trolls to the side despite his small size. “Don't push, son! Be polite!” Yelled out Guy as he watched his son pushing trolls so he could make his way closer to where the invites were being thrown.
“The kids a menace” mumbled a Bergen. “Oh, my” said Guy a bit ashamed about how bad he was doing at parenting. “Don’t worry Guy, I’m sure you’re an amazing parent” reassured Biggie. Chris snickered “If it makes you feel better most demon parents leave their kids at the age of four” said Chris.
“Isn’t that a bit much?” said Spruce concerned. “I guess that’s something brothers do here too” mumbled Branch as he looked away annoyed. The brothers cringed slightly as none of them knew what to say. "Maybe...I should have kept my mouth shut" mumbled Chris as he put a lolly into his mouth. "You think?" said Clay as he also wondered where Chris kept getting all those items.
Tiny ran near Legsly and shook the anklet and nicely asked "Excuse me. Little bit of help, please?" Legsly bent down slightly and said "Come on, Tiny! Going up!" She picked him up and they went up higher so he could grab an invite card that were in the air. "Oh, yeah" he exclaimed, and once high up he looked around trying to grab the best card out of all of them. And once he picked one he opened it and removed the slip to see his father's name on it. "Oh, I got my daddy! I know the perfect gift. A holiday rhyme!"
"Aw, how sweet" exclaimed Poppy "I can't wait to hear his rhyme" said Guy as some music began to play and his rhyme began. "It's the holiday season Okay" he seemed pretty pumped with flow and everything "That special time of year Poppy's rolling out the gifts and she's bringin' lots of cheer"
"My gift is for my daddy None other than Guy Diamond Gonna give him somethin' special that'll really blow his mimond" But the music quickly came to a stop. "Mimond? Hold up. Is that even a word?" he asked confused as to why he would even think of saying something like that.
"Not a word" said Branch "How would you know? Read a dictionary before all of this?" Teased John Dory, but Branch with the confidence of Hercules proudly said "Yes, Yes I have, I've read it not once or twice but thrice" A small snort came out of Spruce as he said "Thrice? Really, B?" Branch looked mildly offended. "Yes, Really" he said as he looked away with a tiny huff.
"I can't think of a rhyme. What's happenin' to me?" Tiny was worried about his rhymes not working for him at the moment. "Sounds like you lost your flow" said Legsly "I've lost my flow?" Tiny said "What am I gonna do for my dad's holiday gift if I can't rhyme?" he asked Legsly not sure what to do. He couldn't rhyme unless he had his flow back. "You know, you should see my friend Rhyme-a-Saurus. He'll help you get your flow back" said Legsly hoping that this would help Tiny get his flow back. "Of course! Good lookin' out, Legsly" said Tiny as Legsly was placing him down so he can embark on his new journey on getting his flow back. "And to you, Tiny Baby Sir" said Legsly.
"Oh, wait. We almost forgot to grab our own invitations" Back on the ground Poppy had realised neither of them had grabbed an invitation for themselves. "Oh, man. Gift-swaps are so my jam" said Poppy excited to see who she'll receive for this year's amazingly fun gift swap with the entire Trollstopia "Yeah, you do give the best gifts. It's super intimidating" said Branch a bit intimidated by Poppy and always finding something for others.
"Normally, I wouldn't care less about what you see but I wanna just quickly-" said Chris as he snapped his fingers and Poppy and Branch had blindfolds on and couldn't see the screen. "Oh!" exclaimed Poppy "What the-" started Branch "I wanna keep it a surprise dummies, Tiny receiving who he has isn't much of a huge deal to me since you know...yet to be born and all" said Chris as the screen to play who they had received. "Ooo! I love surprises" exclaimed Poppy as she also covered her ears to make sure she really didn't know who she received. "Just remember the ones who can see, don't ruin this surprise or you'll be considered a buzzkill in my fun" deadpanned Chris as a few gasped being considered a buzzkill could be in some sort of crime amongst fun. Especially, surprises.
The screen showed Poppy opening her invitation up and the slip read none other than Branch himself. She gasped in delight and as for Branch he let out an "Oh, no" when he noticed he had received none other than his own girlfriend, Poppy. A few trolls let out small gasps of delight as for Branch's brothers merely laughed. "I can't say I'm surprised" said Spruce "Why did I have a feeling that would happen?" said a Bergen.
It finally showed Poppy looking closely at her slip as she closed the actual invitation and said out loud "Oh, interesting" and Branch let out "Cool" "Cool" repeated Poppy as she anxiously looked at her slip as Branch nervously chuckled "Yeah, totally. So cool. Well... Totally cool" Branch had mumbled the last part as he looked at his slip again to make sure he was 100% sure he read it correctly. "Oh my stars, they're both such fricken dorks" snorted Chris.
"Bro bro gets his totally cute skills from me" said John Dory "Uh, yeah right, he gets them from-" began Clay but Spruced cut him and said "Me!" then the three brothers began to fight about this as Floyd facepalmed as he held Branch who was still blindfolded and confused about what was going on. "Ignore them Branch" Floyd said as he rolled his eyes at his three older brothers. "Uh...what?" said Branch confused. The trolls and Bergens merely watched the ex-popstar elder brothers having a petty fight about how their youngest brother got whoms skills. "Dude, this way more entertaining" said a rock troll. Chris looked over at them and deadpanned at them.
"Better get to work on a present for whoever this is" said Poppy as she put the slip back into the invitation card as Branch smiled at her and replied with "Yeah, yeah, same here. Gotta take care of this... This person's gift" he said as his invitation was trying to fall from his hands as Poppy was walking away from Branch to begin her own gift for Branch. "Okay, catch up with you..." said Poppy as they both went opposite directions from each other. As Branch left her wasn't sure what he was going to gift Poppy and it could be read on his face as if he had printed it straight on his forehead.
"Dorks" snorted Chris "Can't say I blame them either I wouldn't be able to find a gift for someone like that either" said a funk troll. Chris snapped his fingers and the blindfolds were removed from Poppy and Branch's eyes. "You can remove your hands from your ears" said Viva to Poppy as she quickly opened her eyes and exclaimed "I can't wait to find out who my gift swap buddy is!" as Branch groaned and rolled his eyes as he could hear Poppy's loud exclaim.
Somewhere near a swamp stood Tiny Diamond as he read a sign that he was close to. "Rhyme-a-Saurus swamp. "No need to be nervous. Read sign out loud to fetch my service." he read out loudly to no one but himself. "Okay, well. I just did that... Oh! What the..." The ground began to shake as something was coming out the water. Guy Diamond was freaking out scared something would happen to his future baby boy.
"Hey, Guy, don't worry I'm sure Tiny will be fine" reassured Poppy as she hugged Guy Diamond who really needed a hug right about now. "Thanks, Poppy" he whispered as he hugged her back despite the fear in his voice still being present.
Out from the water a large Rhyme-a -Saurus came out of the water. "Uh- What's that?" Asked a Rock troll clearly never seeing something like that before until now. "Who knows what that is and cares because that is so rock" exclaimed another rock troll. And suddenly they all agreed with their statement even a few other trolls from other tribes agreed. The Rhyme-a-saurus had a dinosaur's body and a book's face. It was fricking odd, to say the least, but at this point, everyone has seen weirder or close to something like that of sorts already.
"Hey, there, little friend. You seem like you're not okay. I hope that I can help you rhyme and have you on your way" said the Rhyme-a-Saurus after seeing Tiny Diamond "I'm looking for a word that rhymes with "diamond," so I can finish my rap and get my flow back. Got any suggestions?" Explained Tiny as he tried to get some suggestions so he could go back home and rap his song to his father. "Uh, let me give that one a think. Consult the page, review the ink" said the Rhyme-a-saurus as he opened the book after listening to Tiny's request.
"Hmm... Diamond...'Almond... Science... Climate'" he reviewed the pages looking for the best fit for Tiny until he managed to land on "Climate! Yes, climate is the best I could find. Give that a shot, if you don't mind" he said to Tiny after believing the word Climate can help Tiny out for his rap. "Uh... Okay" after Tiny said that music and lights began to play and show up as Tiny's rap was about to begin as he danced a bit. But it seems the Rhyme-a-saurus had no clue what was happening and how the music and lights suddenly appeared.
"I don't blame him for acting shocked that's how it feels like when they suddenly begin to sing and dance" said a Bergen. "Yeah, it's always a mystery how they all know the dance moves and songs before they play out" said another Bergen. And as the trolls sat there and listened they began to wonder how unnormal they were to other creatures at times.
"It's the holiday, holiday season" Tiny was singing as he suddenly jumped on a line of ornaments and then jumped two where a bunch of gifts were nicely wrapped and sung "Gotta give my dad somethin' that is pleasin'" it showed Tiny then on the shoulder of Santa Clause before jumping to another scene of him on top of speakers and Guy Diamond in the background. "He's a special man A real, real special man" Tiny suddenly spawned a diamond in his hand as it spun on his finger "That's why I wanna give him everything that I can" It then showed the scene of him on top of a sticker saying 'Hello my name is Guy Diamond' which the Guy Diamond part was written and then to the side of his name was a tiny drawing of Guy. "He's my homie His name is Guy Diamond" He used his hands to make it look like he changed the scene to him standing in front of speakers as he said his last final lines.
"Wanna give him something special that'll really blow his climate" By the end of the song he was in front of a weather chart pretty much just saying how nice the weather will be in the upcoming days. "Climate? No, I'm not feelin' that" But after the words came out his mouth he really wasn't feeling it either. "I mean at least he tried" said a classical troll. "It rhymed... just not the way he wanted it to" mumbled Prince D as he watched how grime and annoyed Tiny was after his song ended. How his flow still wasn't coming along.
"Right. Well, then. Travel by land and sail the mighty seas. You need to consult with the great Wind-Breeze" said the Ryhme-a-Saurus after hearing Tiny complain how it still wasn't right. "Wind-Breeze? Okay, well, how do I find her?" questioned Tiny hoping to still find the perfect rhyme for his father. "Uh, she's right there" he pointed to a cave with crystals on top and the Wind-Breeze inside saying "Hello!" as she waved to Tiny Diamond.
"I don't how to feel about all of this" said Guy Diamond as he watched his future son so far from Pop Village. "Come on Guy he'll be fine" said Biggie as he hugged his friend who looked a matter of seconds away from a panic attack from the stress of seeing his son so far from home. At this rate he was sorten that he would have to glue that kid onto him so he wouldn't run away like that. But at the same time, he wanted to give his son freedom. Partnering was confusing as hell.
Back in Trollstopia, all types of trolls were planning for the biggest gift exchange ever to happen in the history of gift exchanges. It showed trolls running around with wrapping papers debating what to pick and what not to pick. Riff was sitting on the ground with a box in front of him and the same ugly sweater in both his hands and he debated which one to give to his gift exchange buddy. And suddenly the Queen of Pop herself popped out of nowhere and said "Definitely go with that one" She said towards the right one. "Oh, yeah, duh. You're a lifesaver, Poppy" he said as he threw into the box as he thanked Poppy.
Barb looked at her right-hand man and gave him a deadpan expression. "Dude, they were both the same sweater" she said not understanding how difficult that was to understand. "You can always use a second opinion" said a funk troll. As Barb and Branch facepalmed after hearing that. "What's the point of this again?" he said as he looked over at Chris who was back to eating an even bigger tub of mint chocolate ice cream than the last one. "To be honest...I have no clue" he said as he ate the icy cold goodness.
It shows King Trollex trying to place a huge comb inside a tiny box as he grunts out "It won't fit" but Poppy manages to pop out of it. He was pretty annoyed about how the comb wouldn't fit and Poppy suddenly had an idea. "Hmm... Oh!" She turned the box and it showed how big the box really was. If King Trollex wasn't embarrassed watching the screen he diffently was now. "It's a holiday miracle!" he exclaimed which was the cherry on top since a bunch of different trolls laughed. "It's alright bro, it happens to the best of us" said Synth trying to comfort Trollex from how embarrassed he was despite Synth sitting far from him. He still managed to cheer him up from his embarrassment.
A small Rock Trolling was pushing a wagon that Cloud Guy was sitting on as Poppy showed up and said to the two of them "Peppermint Troll-caccino?" which they both grabbed and Cloud Guy said "You just read my mind" As they both began to drink their Peppermint Troll-caccino's. Branch always seemed so annoyed by the Cloud's dumb annoying voice as he rolled his eyes the moment he saw him on screen. His brothers thought it was cute, to say the least. Viva thought a bit differently as she watched her baby sister running around making sure everything was going perfectly. She was scared she would hurt herself or go too far in some way or another. Which was a bit hypocritical of her seeing as she was the same way at times...okay all the time. But this was different Poppy was just her baby sister she shouldn't have to be worrying about all this.
A huge box was shown as Poppy placed a few gems here and there on the box as she was being held up by a ribbon around her waist. As she decorated the box right behind her she could hear the Queen of Rock herself "Wow, Poppy. That is one massive gift" Barb exclaimed when she saw the gift Poppy was making for some special troll. Poppy twirled herself off the ribbon and landed on her feet. "Yeah, who's the lucky Troll?" asked Val curious as to who she got.
"Okay! Time for earmuffs and blindfolds!" exclaimed Chris as he placed earmuffs on both Poppy and Branch. "Why on me!? This is about Poppy why do I need this?" yelled out Branch unaware of how loud he was due to his inability to hear his own voice. Chris merely smiled and removed them quickly and said "Why not?" and then put them back on which Branch seemed to find annoying. Poppy on the other hand was enlightened by all of this. "Eek! I can't wait to find out who's my gift swap buddy!" she exclaimed as she merely jumped in the air out of pure joy. Branch on the other hand didn't need to be seen to know from his dramatic sigh that he was so done with all of this.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! It's a secret gift swap" said Poppy upon hearing Val say that "This vault is locked" as she used her hands as motions to zip her mouth shut. "That's cool. I respect that. Whatevs." the two rock trolls said as they could respect the queen's privacy. As they both walked away Poppy suddenly jumped in front of them and happily exclaimed "It's Branch. I got Branch. Isn't it so exciting?" Which surprised the two rock trolls. "Wait, you got your boyfriend? That's a lot of pressure" said Barb a bit worried that Poppy would overdo it.
"Now that I think about...I would feel a bit of pressure knowing I got my partner" said a classical troll "She seems excited though" said a funk troll. "Now I'm curious on Branch's reaction to gettin' his girlfrien'" said a country troll. "If his reaction to seeing her name was any hint I'm sure he'll try to go over the top and then fail" said a pop troll. "I'm so B can think of something amazing" said John Dory in a prideful tone. Which got his brothers to playfully roll their eyes.
"Pressure? Come on. It's me we're talking about. The Gift Master, the Gift-inator. I've got it covered" said Poppy not feeling the pressure of this whatsoever. Just to prove it she said to Barb "Who did you get?" and Barb replied "Mr. Dinkles... Whoever that is" as she read the name on the slip. "That's Biggie's pet. He's a worm" said Poppy explaining who Mr. Dinkles is to Barb. "A worm?" she started out not too sure about the idea of a worm "That's awesome. But, what do I get a worm?" she questioned not sure what to get a worm. Poppy gasped knowing what to give Mr.Dinkles. "Get him a hat. He lost his old one" she said sadly.
An old picture tiny scene played out as Mr.Dinkles moved closer to an edge as the narrator said "Contemplating his existence, Monsieur Dinkles clings to the solace of his trusty hat" until that air blows away with his trusty hat. The one thing he clung to with his entire being was now gone. His love and light was easily blown away to be forgotten. "Poor Mr. Dinkles" said Biggie as he hugged Mr. Dinkles he let out a small "Meep" as he was hugged tightly. "See? I'm full of gift-spiration. And there's plenty to go around" said Poppy as the three trolls walked away from the huge gift.
"Can we remove the blindfolds and earmuffs now!?" yelled out an annoyed Branch as he sat there for the past few minutes wearing the ridiculous thing. But Chris ignored him and Branch seemed to take the hint of 'no'. "How much longer will B have to wear that?" asked Spruce as he watched his baby brother adorably pout in anger, which both Clay and John Dory were cooing at. Which they were both lucky that Branch couldn't hear them coo because they would have gotten it for sure. "Not much longer" answered Chris as he messed with a freaked-out Creek that hung from the ceiling.
It quickly panelled out to show Branch and the two funk princes in his bunker. "All right, guys, not gonna lie. I've been kinda freaking out over what to get the ultimate gift-giver" explained Branch as he walked around the room in a slight panic. "But I think I figured it out" explained Branch as he was holding a red string the entire time. He brought it up to a board that had a bunch of pictures that he drew and had them pinned up with pin and most of them had a red string tied to them. And then it zoomed out to show the entire wall was covered in drawings and red string.
"Woah!" said Synth as he was not expecting that for a hot second. "He obviously got his planning skills from me" said Clay proudly. Which he received an eye roll from his brothers. "That boy truly knows how to plan," said a country troll. The entire room was a bit shocked to see how much Branch truly planned for something like just a gift swap. But the Pop troll just kind of laughed. "That's Branch alright" said Satin as her sister agreed with her.
"Whoa, nice vision board, Branch" said Prince D "And not at all insane-looking" said Cooper in a sarcastic way but it seemed Branch didn't pick that up "Thank you" Branch replied. Chris snorted at that as he was still messing with Creek but swinging the rope just a bit. "Ironic, how the most sarcastic troll in Pop Village can't pick up sarcasm" said Barb with a smirk. "Okay. As everybody knows, giving the wrong gift can be a real relationship death sentence" said Branch a bit too serious about this entire gift-swap for Poppy. "Why do I feel like even if he didn't get Poppy this would have still happened?" said Holly Darling. "Because it definitely would have" said Synth.
"If I go too small, I'll disappoint her. If I go too big, I'll freak her out" The pictures moved showing different scenarios depending on what may occur if this went horribly wrong according to Branch's mind. "Is that a wedding ring?" asked a bergen as one of the scenarios was Branch giving Poppy a ring and her freaking out. "Wow, I didn't think B was already on that step of marriage" joked Spruce. "I can't let that happen" While saying that Poppy packed her bag and left him after seeing the ring.
"I wonder where he came up with that idea?" said Chris as looked at the screen but the brothers could tell what he meant by that. And they all cringed and looked away from one another. "I mean not just anyone comes up with that idea in their head, right?" said Chris as he was 100% implying something, which many didn't seem to understand but four trolls who did.
"So I came up with an equation that led me to the perfect gift for Poppy" said Branch as he pointed to another one of his ideas. "A" represents Queen Poppy. "B" is all of her queenly responsibilities. "C" is the amount of time spent doing her hair every morning. Therefore, "A plus B square, minus the cosine of square root of C..." (I have no clue what's going on so let's pretend we do, for my sanities sake). "You both see where I'm going with this" asked Branch toward the twins who both said "Yeah" despite having no clue on what was going on.
"Poppy never stops multi-tasking. So, I'm gonna build her something that will save her time" explained Branch as he showed what look like a torture chamber of a seat. "I give you the world's first Troll hair-doer. I just need to go to Poppy's place and get the exact measurements of her head without her noticing, and I'm good to go" explained Branch not realising how weird that sounds at all. But everyone else did. Since they looked over at Branch with questioning glances towards him despite knowing he can't see or hear anything.
"Well, that doesn't sound creepy at all"