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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jim kirk ▹ open!

[winscenario]

[ no qualms about kissing pretty much anyone so come at him! ]

Re: jim kirk ▹ open!

[thesavior]

[ I rolled yellow! ]

[Emma was window shopping, not that she ever did that kind of thing, but she didn't know what else to do with her time. She gently brushed past a man, but stopped suddenly, unable to move. ]

Oh, sorry... I didn't hurt you did I?

[winscenario]

Oh! No, that's... [ Between stepping away and looking at the woman who just bumped against him, Jim trailed off, staring at her face in a mix of surprise, confusion and genuine curiosity. ] It's fine. I'm alright.

[ The resemblance was uncanny. She looked much younger than Jim remembered her, but then people could be brought here from any point in time, couldn't they? If that was the case, she wouldn't even recognize him. Provided this was her, of course, which was why he asked: ] I'm sorry, is your name Winona, by any chance?

[thesavior]

You sure? [ Emma had picked up on the surprise and she let him stare, even though the scrutiny made her slightly uncomfortable. ]

Winona? No, I'm sorry. [ She genuinely was, because the man had looked so startled to see her. ]

Emma. Emma Swan. Are you close with Winona? That was her name right?

[winscenario]

Yeah. I just didn't see you, is all.

[ His surprise was something else entirely, and it didn't really go away even as the woman told him her name. She still looked like his mom, and even sounded like her, so. ]

She's someone I know. From home. [ Shaking his head, he eased into a smile, trying to brush away some of that awkwardness. ] Sorry for the whole... staring. You just look a lot like her. Jim Kirk, by the way.

[thesavior]

[ Emma had experienced enough deja vu, to know it when she saw it. Even if staring usually made her nervous. This man seemed harmless enough so she waited. ]

Hey, it's okay. I get it. It's eerie sometimes, the whole look-alike thing. I hope you liked her at least? [Emma gives him a slight grin as she holds out her hand for him to shake. ]


Nice to meet you Jim Kirk. Where are you from?

[winscenario]

[ It's only a matter of time before he eases a little around Emma. She could've very well been his mother's twin, but he's not gonna let that make things weird for her. Not her fault she shares her face, after all. ]

She's the most important woman in my life, so yes. I do like her very much. [ He grins back, shaking her hand. ]

Riverside, Iowa. Middle of nowhere, practically. Although I haven't been there literally in years.

[thesavior]

[Emma takes his hand and they shake in greeting. She can't help but smile back because his grin is kind of infectious. ]

She's lucky to have you in her corner then. I don't know that I've been someone's most important person before. Ah, the midwest. Only part I haven't lived in. What took away for so long?

I GOT RED

[volitaunt]

[ POE IS DOWNRIGHT CHIPPER when he runs into Jim, which is a pretty significant change from the last time they spoke. He may or may not have done some seriously heavy petting in a stairwell recently.

It was a good way to test how well he's healed!!

Regardless, he throws Jim a crookedy salute and a grin. ] Hey. You've probably been having fun.

[ LIKE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, POE DAMERON. ]

YOU WANTED RED /waggles eyebrows at

[winscenario]

[ The look on Poe's face gets a raised eyebrow from Jim at first, then he laughs at the playful accusation. Which, for the record, is not only true, it also doesn't make him feel even remotely ashamed. ]

Well... yes, but don't tell my boyfriend that. [ He winks playfully, like he's just letting Poe know that he can in fact tell Bones. Jim doesn't hide anything from him, and besides, with these plants going around, it's not like there's an easier way out. And he's much too busy to be sitting around for a whole damn hour. ]

You look like you've had a few exciting encounters of your own. Feel like sharing?

MEBBE

[volitaunt]

I don't kiss and tell.

[ There's something else in his smile, though, an infatuation that Poe won't admit to because admitting to it is entirely too complicated. ]

[winscenario]

[ Jim spots that tinge of warmth to his smile, but he still huffs a dismissive snort. ]

Spoilsport.

[ And when a twig of the mistletoe floats over their heads and traps them together, Jim smiles a little wider. He doesn't even need to look up to know it's there. ]

Well, you may not tell, but it seems that you will have to kiss, anyway.

[volitaunt]

[ Poe looks up anyway, because yeah, it's a familiar enough feeling at this point. At least with Jim he doesn't have to worry about hesitation--he doesn't have to worry about admitting he doesn't like being closed in.

Annnnd it's red. Poe laughs under his breath. ] Mouth.

[winscenario]

[ Now his eyes go up to the plant, mostly because he's curious. He's been caught underneath the red color before, though, so it's not a first for either of them, it seems. ]

Huh. So it is.

[ He takes a step closer, saving a bit of distance between them just so Poe won't feel uncomfortable. Tugging lightly at the collar of Poe's jacket, he tips his head at him. ] Well, I'm ready when you are.

[volitaunt]

[ For all that he's balls at flirting, Poe is good at this part. Kissing, yes. Kissing, no problem.

So he goes for it. Not completely. He holds back, because he knows Jim has Bones, even if he's not sure what their degree of monogamy is. But even holding back, there's a lil bit of tongue. ]

[winscenario]

[ Well, then. From their interactions alone so far, Jim certainly wouldn't expect Poe to be quite so forward. So Poe at least manages to win him on the element of surprise.

Jim's always been quick to catch up, though, so after a soft hum and the initial surprise, he presses back into the kiss, hands curling on Poe's jacket. His lips part just a hint and his tongue darts out to teasingly mirror Poe's move, but other than that he refrains from deepening the kiss, or else things could spin out of control real fast. ]

[volitaunt]

[ That touch of tongue makes Poe think of Karen. Nails on his back, her hand in his hair.

What was that about things spiraling out of control real fast?

He's got his teeth gripped lightly on Jim's lower lip before he realizes what he's doing, his own tongue brushing against Kirk's skin where it's pinned in place. And then he promptly realizes what the hell he's doing, lets go and backs off.

Poe wipes his mouth, trying not to look too embarrassed. ]

Uh. [ There's no nice way to say Sorry, I was thinking of somebody else, is there? Also HE REALLY NEEDS TO NOT THINK OF KAREN THAT WAY. Friends. Friends. Friends. ]

[winscenario]

[ Well, for what it's worth, at a certain point Jim's not really thinking about the fact that he's kissing Poe, and he's thinking about Bones instead, reliving one of the countless kisses they've shared so far.

Granted, Jim's not living on the banks of the Nile like Poe, so in his case it doesn't really bother him at all that his mind takes that turn.

He leans back when Poe breaks the kiss, eyes blinking open with what's mostly surprise. Poe seems at a loss of what to think or even do with himself, and he can't help being just a little bit worried. ]

Doing okay there? [ He releases Poe's jacket, landing a hand on his shoulder. ] Hey. We're alright, aren't we? You and I.

[volitaunt]

Yeah, no, yeah, we're fine. [ He scratches his forehead, not quite looking Jim in the eye. ] That's--

[ He's being Super Convincing. Poe shakes it off, or shakes it off as much as he can when his brain is still on the feel of Karen's tongue in his mouth. ]

Just kind of-- there's. [ COUGH. ] We're good.

[winscenario]

[ More like Zero Convincing. At least Jim's perceptive enough to quickly piece together that the issue doesn't lie with him.

He's also perceptive enough that his mind provides the words that Poe doesn't actually say. And his smile grows a little wider. ]

There's someone. [ Not someone else, of course, because the two of them are just friends, evidently. ] Was that why you were looking so pleased with yourself? Strutting around all chipper.

[volitaunt]

What--no! [ There is no one?? Nothing and no one????? ]

[winscenario]

Oh. Sure. Of course. [ Guess who's taking none of your shit, Poe. But no, okay, a little less on the vein of teasing him: ]

Look—regardless of what you have waiting for you back home, this place... it can be a once in a lifetime opportunity, when it comes to a lot of things. So, piece of advice, take it or leave it: don't let that opportunity go to waste, just because you don't know what to do about it, or you're not sure how long you'll be here. What you can have here is no less special just because you'll go back home one day.

[volitaunt]

[ Poe doesn't answer for a few seconds, turning the advice over in his mind, trying to put a finger on why his heart rebels so firmly against it. ]

I can't... The minute I have a chance, I'm gone. I'm not going to leave someone that way.

[ He clears his throat. ] Not that there is someone.

[winscenario]

Might just be me, but I think this other person might like to have a say in that, too.

[ He lifts his eyebrows, crossing his arms. ] Well, hypothetical person. Anyway, like I told you: take it or leave it. Not like I have a lot of experience when it comes to actual relationships, anyway.

[volitaunt]

[ It's uncomfortable, to have his resolutions to easily jabbed full of holes. He can't think about Karen that way. He doesn't even know if she wants him to think about her that way, they're friends, they're good friends, he can't....

He can't risk not wanting to leave her. ]

No? I thought you and Bones....

[ When in doubt, change the subject. ]