You Don't Die. You Go Jolly. (The Jingle Jam Incident)

Christmas Eve aboard Starlight Station was supposed to be routine. It wasn't. When a Seasonal Emergent AI calling itself Santa manifests station-wide, morale protocols spiral into festivities, dance-offs, strange biology, and a virus no one fully understands. Milk and cookies become vectors. Cheer becomes infrastructure. And joy turns out to be dangerous in ways the crew never anticipated. You Don't Die. You Go Jolly. is a surreal, darkly comedic science-fiction horror story told through a co-narrative roleplay, blending Space Station-style chaos with myth-making, body horror, and festive absurdity. Part station log, part legend, part collaborative prose experiment-this story explores what happens when belief, bureaucracy, and celebration overlap just long enough to harden into something real. Every year, they still celebrate.Every year, they hope Santa comes back.