'you little shit' Ember thought inside his head, Oh he was soooo going to end up over Santa's knee tonight. He glared right back at Luke and gave the boy a wry smile. "Or else we punish your friend, for your outbursts." he said, hoping that wouldn't freak out the little cry baby. He put his hands on his hips, next to his whip, to remind Luke that he had it, and that he hadn't drawn it.

Scared, Nico held on to Flake, He would definitely take whatever punishment for Luke, but that didn't stop him from crying in Flake's arms.

Flake sighed , a rock , and a hard place here. He did his best to hug and soothe the boy but nothing was working. So he just let him cry his eyes out into him and let him know he was safe. This was why he was above Ember , he couldn't actually punish Nico , it was against the rules to punish with no reason , and he wasn't his to look after. He was making threats he couldn't follow though on.

Luke looked to Nico before looking away , his response summoning up his courage "Fine!" he declared before storming out the door which he came in. He didn't care where he went as long as it was away from them.

Once Luke was gone Flake sighed "now you've done it. You're lucky these two are naughty , if they were nice you'd be getting something more than coal stuffed inside you" he sighed "go see Santa , ask for advice and then get him and bringing him to department XXX. We will meet you there." he said with a sigh.

Ember let out a deep sigh, and nodded to his superior. "At least the gambit worked." he said as he straightened out his tunic. "and I am sorry I made little prissy pants cry." he said sincerely as he gave his friend a weak smile and turned to go and face the music.
(do you want to take over Santa for this, or would you rather Ember's punishment happen off screen?)

Luke walked into a small padded room. there were restraints bolted to the wall, and a mirror on the opposite wall. The door, closed and locked behind him. there were outlines in the padding were it looked like another door. On the floor was a metal plate with some Christmas cookies, with a note, 'even naughty boys should be allowed cookies -Santa-'

Nico's tears slowed and finally stopped. The gothy eye liner he wore was running in streaks. "I-I'm sorry, I'm not usually this 'prissy'" He said wiping his eyes. "I'm just really scared, and this is a lot to process." He took a bite out of his food.

(I'll do it)

Santa was still in the main room , having dealt with the last of the naughty kids in a timely fashion. He had seen to the nice ones too and was now just waiting on a little elf who he knew was coming to see him. He rather liked his elves but they could be a handful at times.

Luke saw the cookies and went over , reading the note. He teared up a little , his tears dripping onto the plate. He took one and went to a corner , slowly munching on it as he started to cry. After all that just a little message that Santa still cared was enough to de-escalate this whole mess and get him to cry and let his emotions out. Santa did have his best interests in mind. He sniffled as he continued to eat them and calm back down seeing the man who sentenced him in a brighter light. After all , no point being nice if you hate Santa.

Flake nodded "yea , not now , but in a minute you are" he said as he let the little elf walk off to see his boss again. "It's okay , there's nothing wrong with how you feel , that just got a little of of hand. How about you finish that off and we can go for a little walk , see the big christmas tree , have some warmed milk and give you some time to ask questions and go through this. Okay. How does that sound?" he offered , very much on the side of being soft to start with while they were introduced "I know how you feel , that's why we're here. Can you imagine what other little kids used to be like when they didn't have a master over them. "

Ember knocked on the big door before entering. Knowing the protocol all too well, he walked up to Santa with his head down, and got down on his knees. "I'm sorry Santa, I let things get out of control, and I made a little boy cry." he said, knowing that was one of Santa's biggest pet peeves, making children cry. "I have come for your guidance." he finished, knowing guidance was both disciplinary and instructional.

Nico managed a week smile and nodded as he ate his second helping. He was an emotional eater, and had the tendency to get extremely hungry when he was stressed. "Will Luke be alright?" he asked pouring another ice tea from the pitcher Flake had brought.

Santa sighed "come on , up you come Ember" he ushered , bringing the elf up to him and picked him up , setting him on his knee "I know what happened. You didn't handle that very well at all" she said shaking his head "you know I don't like kids crying at my workshop and now I've got two because of what you did. So , tell me what you did wrong?" he asked , being very gentle with him so far , mostly to let him know what he did wrong and so he could learn his lesson.


Flake was happy to just let him eat , not like there was a lack of them , but the drugs kept building up he would be practically incontinent by the end of this "it's fine. Luke just needs some alone time. When you see him next he should be as right as rain. He let him sit in his lap as he ate "Santa has put him in a little stress out room most likely for him to let his emotions out.

Ember gulped, "I tried to verbally force the boy to conform, without first making a connection." he said "I was blind to the warning signs until it was too late."

Soon enough Nico was finished with his food, and drink. His stomach gave a little rumble, as he let out a small burp. " 'scuse me." he said feeling better with Flake's arms around him. "I-I think i'm ready to see the tree now."

The man nodded "that's right. Good. Now Luke''sis in stress out room crying his eyes out and eating some cookies I left him. He should be a little easier to deal with. You did do well at the start but you were still causing friction with him. So , after the punishment what are you going to do?" he asked sternly to make sure he understood.

Flake nodded and lifted him up onto his feet and took his hand and led him out , he boy seemed better away from Luke. He took him into the main room. A huge room with a tree reaching from the ground to the ceiling and shining brightly with Christmas lights and decorations.It twinkled and shone brightly down at them as Flake took him round.

The elf lowered his head, "I'm going to apologize, to Luke, and to Nico, and make it up to Luke." he said.

Nico's jaw dropped as he entered the room. It was the biggest Christmas tree he had ever seen! "Wow! This thing is huge!" he exclaimed as he waddled around with Flake. He was so overwhelmed that he didn't hear his stomach gurgling. But he was beginning to feel all those ice teas! "Um, Mr. Flake? I, um, I gotta go potty" he whispered embarrassedly.

"Yes you are. And next time you look for sings like that. The reason I do this is so naughty kids get to be nice again" he said with a sigh "I think a spanking should do it for this one. Just don't let it happen again Ember or I will not be happy. Remember you're training for this" he said as he lifted him up and put him over his knee , yanking his shorts down. He took a paddle he had down beside his chair , not the worst one he had , just a standard wooden one and started to give the little elf a firm but tough spanking.

Flake looked him over "aww , it's okay. I double diapered you for a reason. Just let it go when you feel like it. No one can know by looking" he urged