PrankwarriorX
People always picture Santa as this jolly guy, totally safe and fun. But in this story, its different. Two boys, they are nineteen years old, they stop by this almost empty mall grotto right at the beginning of winter break. They figure it will just be some silly awkward moment, nothing big.
Instead, Santa starts asking stuff he really should not know. Like their names, how old they are, details about school, even their daily routines. It gets weird fast. Then he lays out this choice for them. Sit on his lap, or forget about any gift.
They say no way. They bolt out of there. But Santa, he follows them. Right behind the grotto, theres this workshop setup. He offers them his special peppermint tea, says its to calm down kids who act up. They do not stick around for that.
Kind of ironic, though. After they have the tea somehow, they end up forced back to the grotto. Made to sit on his lap for the first real time. Still, no gifts come their way. That is when things go really bad. They get taken away.
Its not like a straight up prison or anything. Worse, I think. This place turns out to be some cult initiation house, and once you are in, leaving is not an option anymore. Santa does this initial check on them. One boy gets pulled aside, stuck with an assistant, and has to watch the other one, Joseph, like its all normal. Like this is supposed to be some kind of care.
But it is not. The whole thing builds slow, like a psychological horror. All about how coercion works, those fake choices people make you think you have. Obedience gets drilled in, step by step. Until you cannot even imagine getting out.
It feels like that part about the tea stands out, how it pulls them back in without them realizing right away. Updates come twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays at 730 UK time.