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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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[Chibita honestly didn't mean to run into him. It'd been an accident; really it's not his fault he's small and it's rather crowded, what with all the holiday shopping people are doing. Not to mention he's got several heavy grocery bags on his arms, so it doesn't take more than a shove from a particularly determined shopper trying to force their way through the throng of people to send him stumbling back through the crowd and right into someone else] Oof! [slkdhs that--was not as planned. And he turns slightly, blinking, startled as he looks up and sees--]

Ah. It's you.

[ Don't look now, Aoba, but you're being attacked by a flock of floating grocery bags -- or... not, because he sees a familiar bald head peeking out from behind them. ]

Chibita-kun?

[ So long as he's not being landed on, this encounter will be far less hostile. Aoba's had some time to mend a little, and the party honestly allowed him to see another side of the guy. He's kind of nice once you get past that rough and noisy exterior. But it doesn't take long for him to see what caused this much softer collision, especially when someone jostles him as they push past and Aoba starts to think maybe they're in a bad place to stop and hold a conversation. ]

Are you okay? You didn't lose anything, did you?

[Chibita frowns, glancing down at his grocery bags] --Maybe? [he glances around, though it's mostly fruitIess because omg so many tall people] I don' think so? I can't tell. [At which point, he's definitely getting jostled again, stumbling forward a step, and he jerks his head around to yell] Oi, hey, watch it!

Chibita --

[ And there, it happened again, this time Aoba puts a hand on his back and starts to lead him out of the crowd, finding it a lot easier to navigate the crowd when he's at least of average height. It also has the added effect of removing him from the conflict before it gets out of hand. ]

Lets just cut through down here instead... Jeez, it's not usually this bad...

[what can he say, he's got a bit of a temper. But he does allow himself to be lead away, as tempting as it is to stay and bicker with that person--he huffs, scowling] S'like people can't watch where they're goin' or somethin'. [Aoba seems to know where he's going though, which is nice, because it honestly just looks like a forest of people from Chibita's standpoint] You see an alley or somethin'? Cause I can't see a thing.

MISTLEGLOW: a kissing meme

rng saaaaays 6 so Purple

BUTTERFLY KISSES somehow this is like 1000x more awkward, compounded by height differences

someone get chibita a box

He doesn't. Need a box he needs a segway

a segway with a snowplow attachment