quaranmeme | MISTLEGLOW: a kissing meme

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MISTLEGLOW: a kissing meme

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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(She's been noticing that, the little edge of reluctance creeping into their various interactions. Part of her has been wondering if she's just imagining it, but as Lucretia looks at Taako looking at her, she's suddenly very sure that she isn't. Uh oh.

She slowly glances up. There is a glowing sprig of mistletoe above them.)

No. Absolutely not.

This is bullshit.

[Any other time and he wouldn't really care; he kissed Bryn without any major issue, but he doesn't feel like being any kind of affectionate with Lucretia right now.]

Red means it's gotta be a proper fucking kiss.

I don't want to kiss you.

(She doesn't mean to be so blunt, but it's just how she feels. This isn't even– like, maybe in other circumstances this would be really stupid and funny, but there's a weird tension in the air that Lucretia can't figure out.)

Yeah, no shit, my dude.

[This whole thing should be stupid and funny, Taako should be making a joke about giving himself tits and making stupid kissy faces at Lucretia, but instead he's just frustrated at this place forcing his hand for what feels like the millionth goddamn time.]

(What Lucretia doesn't like is she can't really back up. They're uncomfortably close, and that's saying something considering how deep their relationship runs.)

Are you okay? (This goes beyond getting trapped in some stupid spell.)

Just fucking peachy, I'm only trapped in a goddamn bubble where the only way out is kissing one of the last people I ever wanna kiss, so I either gotta suck it up or spend a whole freaking hour trapped in here!

[He's doing that thing he does.

Where he rants because he's stressed.]

(Why's he stressed though, Lucretia doesn't get it. Sure, it's gross to kiss girls or whatever but it's... just a kiss. Like they could do that and then be free, and they could melodramatically pretend to retch over on opposite sides of the pavement too so... what's Taako's damage exactly.)

It's not the end of the world. We can just sit here quietly for an hour.

(She gives his arm a little pat?? Calm down.)

[He's In It now, which means that when she touches him, Taako flinches away as much as the bubble will allow.]

Don't touch me.

[There's a part of him that knows he's making this more difficult, but he's been swallowing down his anger for the past couple of weeks and it's clawing its way back up.]

Okay–

(Lucretia pulls her hand back hastily, and shoves both into her pockets. Whereas before she wasn't keen to kiss Taako because it involved kissing Taako (gross), she almost wants to now just to get them out of this awkward situation. She doesn't want to wait this out, not when Taako has a familiar look on his face, one that causes Lucretia's heart to sink.)

I'm sorry.

[He's so tempted to turn into something not humanoid shaped just to give himself more space, but that's a level of petty he'll save until he really needs it. For now, he just moves until his back is against the bubble and crosses his arms over his chest.

Remember last time he was trapped in a bubble around Lucretia? That didn't go great.]

Sorry doesn't fix shit, pumpkin.

[Because that's the problem, isn't it? She can be as sorry as she likes, and he's still angry.]

(Yeah she's thinking about that too.)

I know.

(She's not sure what else to say. It was foolish of her to pretend that this was over, that everything had gone back to normal. Of course it hasn't. It just felt like it had, and she'd leaned into that regardless, and obviously too much so. She can't quite meet Taako's gaze.

This is going to be one long hour.)

[The lack of any kind of argument takes the wind out of his sails; it's not that he'd been hoping for a fight, it just would've been a lot easier than actually dealing with any of this.

He's quite for a while, not trusting himself to say anything lest it turn into a dig at Lucretia that exposes too much about the way he's feeling, but eventually his frustration wins out.]

Can't you cast an anti-magic field on this shit?

(She glances up at the bubble, the innocuous little sprig of mistletoe.)

Maybe? (Just from her overall experience with living here though, she has a feeling that using magic to get out won't be at all possible. It's too easy.

Lo and behold, when she casts it she simply encases them in a second layer of bubble. The first does not shift, or give any kind of way. Lucretia isn't surprised by this but at the same time she's fascinated, and pings the solid surface of the bubble with her finger.)

What kind of magic is this?

[under his breath:]

'Most powerful wizard in Fearun' my ass.

[Is he ever going to let that go? Maybe not, but at least he only muttered it instead of saying it out loud like a total dick.]

Pretty sure it was one of your coworkers at Gramarye, maybe I should have a chat with 'em once I'm outta here.

[Is he petty enough to kill someone over this?

Maybe.]

So should I.

(She wants to know what is overriding a level eight abjuration spell. At least she can spend this hour thinking about this to distract herself from her less than enthusiastic bubble bud.)

Have you been caught in one of these before now or am I your first time?

(bad)

I've done this a whole bunch of times. Weren't you here last time this shit happened?

[He's sure she was, because it was After Eddie and Lucretia was around by then.]

Yes, but I never actually got caught up in one.

(Oh, so the first time jokes are actually on the other foot! She shrugs.)

I meant today, just with the mistletoe.

I got caught with Val yesterday.

[It had been slightly awkward but not terrible, not like this is.]

Okay.

(She doesn't know who that is.)

Look, I know you're not happy about this but can't we just get it over with so we can leave.

[He really does not want to do this, but the other option is standing here for an entire hour and he knows himself, he knows he doesn't have the self control not to start a fight in that time.]

Fuck, fine-- [he sort of vaguely waves a hand at her, as if somehow that will solve this problem, before he just moves in and presses his lips against hers in the world's most chaste kiss.

He doesn't make any overdramatic gagging gestures, just does it, then steps back.] There, done, fuck this place.

(It's weird, it's so so weird. Lucretia automatically makes a little movement backwards when he leans in and has to purposefully hold still so he can kiss her. What a time to be alive.

But it does the trick. The barrier dissolves around them and Lucretia takes a good step back so she can collect herself.

Taako isn't making a goof out of being disgusted. She wants to make a joke or- or something but all the words die in the back of her throat. She clears it.)

Cool. (Does she just... go now, or)

[He feels sick - not in the bullshit oh no I kissed a girl way, but just all of this is a mess and he hates that he didn't keep his shit together better. He wanted to at least keep this under wraps until Candelnights, but this stupid place forced his hand.]

I've got shit to do, I'll see you around.

[And in true Taako fashion, he disappears.]

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MISTLEGLOW: a kissing meme

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