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Toy Tester
(Jack x Jamie x North)
"And this is where the yetis prepare and make toys." The booming voice of North St. Nicholas echoed as he walked through the inner workings of the workshop. Beside him an excited Jamie Bennett, eyes wide with wonder as he took in the sight. He couldn't believe that he was being given a tour of Santa's workshop by the jolly man himself! And it was turning out to be the best experience he had ever had in his life. But of course like any other tour there would always be some questions.
"Yetis make the toys? How come the elves don't make them? Is this really where toys are made for Christmas? How many toys do you make in a year? How soon after Christmas do you start making more toys? Do you ever take a break? How are you able to deliver them so quickly in such a short amount of time? How many cookies do you eat during Christmas? When do you come back to the Pole after you deliver the toys? It must be really early in the morning."
Okay, so maybe a lot of questions.
Jamie looked up at North with curious eyes waiting for the Guardian of Wonder to answer his questions. North chuckled.
"Let's see, yes yetis make the toys, the elves are not the brightest bunch of creatures so I only have them doing basic errands, yes this is really where toys are made, there are exactly three to five presents for each child depending on their list, and how good they are that year. There are billions of toys made each year, I don't count them because it would take too long, but some are duplicates so I am sure how many are made of separate toys. We begin toymaking two days after Christmas, there is a break given each day at noon for yetis that lasts about an hour except during Christmas month there are no breaks then yetis get day after Christmas and next day off. To deliver the toys I have more modern sleigh and of course snowglobes to transport me to places faster. I take about a whole sleigh full of cookies on my run, I will eat some while flying but the rest I give to elves and more recently Jack. Don't tell Tooth that or she will throw hissy fit." Jamie giggled. "and of course I always arrive back at Pole at exactly 5:30 in the morning when last of the children begin waking up, and after I fly around to make sure I have not missed any presents." North explained. "Does that answer your questions?" Jamie looked around the workshop once more while relaying all the information given to him in his head. He looked up at North and smiled.
"Just one more question?" he asked looking a little sheepish. North laughed, the sound bouncing off the walls.
"But of course, ask as many as you please I am happy to answer." He smiled. Jamie smiled back.
"Okay so if the yetis make the toys and prepare them, how do they know they are completely child ready? I mean do they have yetis who play with the toys or something?" North hummed.
"That is very good question. How do you tell if a toy is completely child ready? I have designed toys for many years and my yetis have produced those designs into the toys that are received by children everywhere, but to be honest I never could very much say whether the toy I designed was child ready. All I could see is that it was well made, worked fully and would last a long time. But the children are the real judges on whether they like the toy or not and I have not had any problems so far." North said. Then leaning down to Jamie's level he whispered. "But after the battle with Pitch I have found a new way to truly test my toys. Would you like to see?" North asked. Jamie's eyes lit up in anticipation causing another chuckle from North. "Okay, then I will show you our "testing room"." He said standing back to full height and leading Jamie down the hallway.
When they approached a random door North turned the knob and opened it revealing a plain white room with dark blue carpeting and a viewing window just opposite to the door. Jamie could see two yetis standing in front of the glass with clipboards in their hands and seemingly taking notes. He looked up at North with a questioning stare. North smiled down at him then addressed the two yetis.
"How is testing?" he asked. One yeti turned around and spoke to North who could understand him and gestured for the two to come stand in front of the window.
"He says testing is fine and to come look if you want." Jamie ran up to the window and looked down.
What he saw amazed him.
Below the viewing window lay a large court about the size of a school gymnasium with baskets of toys lining the walls. He looked over to the opposite wall of the room and saw a large sign that said Good and another sign that said Bad.
"Those are bins for the toys that we test. If they test out good they are put in the bin and wrapped but if toys are not working or bad they are sent back to workshop." North explained standing next to Jamie.
"So where's this tester you were talking about?" he asked looking around for a yeti or something to come walking into the room.
"Hmm. What toys are being tested?" North asked one of the yetis. There was more gibberish before North nodded.
"Ah, remote control toys. Ariel type" North said. "Jamie, look up." He instructed. Jamie did as North said and just as he looked up a form shot straight down past the window and floated down toward the ground. Upon closer inspection Jamie recognized the object as a UFO looking toy with blinking lights. He was about to ask North who was flying the toy when another figure zoomed past the window. When Jamie looked to see what it was he had to do a double take.
"Wait is that. . . Jack?!" Jamie exclaimed. He watched as said winter spirit flew near the UFO toy and Jamie could see a remote control in his hands. Jack pressed a few buttons and the UFO landed on the ground. Jack floated over, picked up the toy and flew up to the Good bin and placed the toy inside. After that Jack flew off to another basket on the wall of the room and dragged it out to the middle of the floor. Reaching in he took out what looked like a hand gun and some foam suction cup darts. Loading the darts into the gun he shot into the air and began aiming the gun in random directions as if debating what to shoot at. Just then a side door opened to the room and Phil the yeti walked in carrying yet another basket of toys. When he set the basket down however he was hit in the forehead with a dart which immediately fell off due to his thick fur. Phil glared up at a now laughing winter sprite.
"Bullseye!" Jack yelled. Phil shouted at him in yetish only to have a second dart hit him in the forehead again.
And the chase was on.
Phil ran around the room trying to catch the winter child to no avail so he walked over to the toy bin Jack had recently drug out and loaded his own dart gun. There was a flurry of darts as Jack and Phil had their own battle in the room. Jamie couldn't help but laugh as he watched them. North laughed as well especially when a dart hit Phil in the nose and stuck there.
"So Jack tests out the toys?" Jamie said in between laughs. North nodded.
"Of course, who better to test toys for a child than a guardian who is a child?"
Jamie couldn't argue with that.
((End))
Me: and another fic is done!
Jack: how many are you posting exactly?
Me: well, there's one more after this and then I'm going to be taking requests.
Jack: oh.
Me: review please, start sending requests if you have any!
Jack: see ya!