Prompt

Tis the season for merriment and fun. Time for cozying up around the hearth and just relaxing. Tis also the season for chaos. So what does your character do during Sithmas? Be a chaos gremlin while having fun with friends and/or family? Hosting a party with lots of goodies and gifts? Or are they just lounging around their domicile with their pets, significant other, entire family, etc... Share in a short story of what your character(s) do during the Sithmas season.

Rules

• Participants must submit entries in .pdf format, or use the submission text field (markdown capable). Any entries written in a GoogleDoc must be exported as a PDF for submission.
  
• Entries must be a minimum of 500 words. Any entries that are under 500 words will be disqualified and ineligible for participation or placement.
  
• There is no maximum word cap, but please keep it reasonable.
  
• Your story must be centered on one of your dossier-linked characters. Additional NPCs, including ones listed on the wiki or created/invented to tell your story in this fiction, are allowed and strongly encouraged.
  
• If you want to include other people's characters, please ask them before writing them in your fictions, it's courteous.
  
• A snapshot of the primary character’s loadout must be selected and submitted with your entry via the checkbox submission field on the competition page.
  
• Grading will be done using the official Fiction Rubric.

Scoring

Participating in this competition award points towards the overall event following the scoring breakdown below.

1st place: 6 points
2nd place: 5 points
3rd place: 4 points
4th place: 3 points
5th place: 2 points
Participation: 1 point