MISTLEGLOW: a kissing meme

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mistleglow: a kissing meme

Some residents may remember that back in September, a love-drunk and confusion-spell-addled newlywed mage from Gramarye Magic Research let loose some pretty little fairy lights that trapped people in the city in little invisible bubbles until they kissed (and any kind of kiss would do). Well, the same slightly-less-newlywed but no less romantically-inclined mage happens to really, really enjoy the winter season, and thinks it's totally romantic. That particular sentiment is pretty common in the Quarantine - while Hygge is the celebration of familial love, the residents of the Quarantine all agree that that family often includes partners and lovers. Besides that, the folklore of mistletoe as being representative of love and friendship is something that the Quarantine has in common with the universes many residents inhabit.

So, as the last week and a half of December rolls around, residents around the Quarantine will see the result of the resident romantic trying to share a bit of Hygge love - small, glowing sprigs of mistletoe will be floating around the Quarantine, ready to trap people up and make them share a bit of affection.

how it works

● Two or more characters walking under one of these glowing, floating sprigs will get stuck for one hour, trapped inside an invisible enclosure with an approximate three foot radius. The only options are to either wait out the hour, or to kiss! Characters will know they're meant to kiss, because part of the magic spell is the sudden and intense knowledge that they should kiss in order to break free. There is no compulsion to kiss, just the knowledge that that's how to get free. This time, instead of any kind of kiss working, there will be different types of kisses that will work to release the trapped residents depending on the color of mistleglow:

RED: MOUTH ● ORANGE: NECK ● YELLOW: CHEEK
GREEN: FOREHEAD ● BLUE: HAND ● VIOLET: BUTTERFLY

Trapped residents will not know what kind of kiss will work for each color and may have to experiment before finding the right one.

● Post up a top-level for your character with the types of kisses you're interested in threading out, and then go forth and have your character kiss (or refuse to kiss) others!
● This meme is for characters already accepted into the game to play with the mistleglow prompt from this month's test drive meme. If your character is not yet accepted into the game, please use the TDM post!
● This meme is GAME CANON, so any threads played out in this meme can be carried through into the actual canon of the game.
● Much like the TDM, threads on this meme can count for Activity Points, but not the monthly Activity Check.

header image is from santa's factory by Clement Danveau

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yesssssssssss

[sweetlies]

[He can't help the feeling of relief when the mistletoe vanishes, or his blush at the kiss to his knuckles. One of them had to do it though.]

Maybe? We never really used it in our decorating before but I see people in London, sometimes, with it. During the winter.

owo

[somakemelaugh]

[He should tease. He really should. But he won't.]

[What he does do is tilt his head. Really, Earl?]

Are you not aware of the holiday tradition, milord?

<3

[sweetlies]

[What's that look for? Are you judging him, Undertaker?]

I'm aware. [Still blushing a little.]

We just don't hang it anywhere. The only time it would get in the manor was when Lizzie would decorate.

purr

[somakemelaugh]

[Not really.]

I thought so. Even at your age, you know so much about so many things. I would have been shocked to know you didn't know what that plant meant.

looooves

[sweetlies]

My education has been very thorough. I was a lord, after all.

[Maybe some of it didn't come as a lord but he still learned.

Wait-] I don't think I ever noticed it decorating your shop.

[somakemelaugh]

[He shrugs a shoulder, giggling quietly.]

You certainly were, and observant enough to notice that. Did you ever see any sort of decoration in my shop for any event or holiday, as it were? [Spoiler alert: he hadn't. Undertaker never decorated.]

[sweetlies]

[He takes a moment to think back and...

no, he's never noticed any. The closest he came was Halloween but that was less intentional decoration and more coincidental that the holiday lined up with his preferred aesthetic.]

I suppose not.

Why is that? You liked decorating a bit here.

[somakemelaugh]

Oh, it's fun and festive, to be sure. But no one likes a merry Christmas or a frightening Halloween then they're burying people they held dear. Seems to ruin the point of the thing and the holiday itself, but I'm sure you know about that.

[He doesn't have to say why. He saw Ciel try avoiding his birthday like the plague.]

[sweetlies]

Wouldn't something like that give people... I don't know, I little hope, or something, that things will be alright again?

[It's hard to believe things staying so bland around Undertaker.

He can't deny how observant, and how right the man is though.]

[somakemelaugh]

[He shrugs and leans back a bit.] The holiday is already ruined for them. Best not to rub it in, I've found. In time, they'll find reasons to laugh and enjoy it all over again, but grief has its ways of tainting a thing.

[sweetlies]

[He absolutely understands that.]

Mm, it does. Still, maybe a little tree for your desk, someday? [At least a little bit of festive spirit for Undertaker?]