start!

content warnings for the entire puzzle thing: mentions of gender dysphoria, anxiety, loneliness, not great mental health, and some other things that weren't very fun to experience. please be aware of this before you start, so that you're not massively thrown off when you encounter it. this is for fun, but it's also a massive exposition dump on my life, so...

hiya everyone! welcome to the CHRISTMAS PUZZLE THING (creative name, i know.). this is a series of codes, puzzles, riddles, and games, a little fun thing before christmas. pay attention to the written portions of every page. you might just learn something new about me.

first things first: i guess i should probably introduce myself. my name is nicky-noelle, though nobody calls me that. call me either nicky or noelle. if you didn't know that was my name, and you're going "wait i thought you were noah!!! have i been lied to for [x number] years!?!?", well um... surprise! i'm trans. no, i haven't transitioned yet. yes, i plan to. get off my case.

next, here's something you should know: i'm bisexual/pansexual. gender is a non-factor. this will be important in the noelle route, because i've had three relationships before. (though each of those relationships wasn't very real for one reason or another. i make great romantic choices. i'm a disaster, if you couldn't tell.)

last thing: i am way less functional than people give me credit for. i mean, i appreciate when people come to me with their problems. it shows that they trust me. but... i historically have not been consistently emotionally stable, so don't be surprised by some of the things you see in the nicky route.

anyway, a few instructions:
 - work together!
 - type the solution to each puzzle in the url (ex: nikkanium-235.neocities.org/secrets/<solution>)