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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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[ He grins. ]

Charming, huh?

[ The smile lingers in his eyes for a moment longer than it does on his face, but that fades, too. He leans back against the barrier, looking up at the mistletoe overhead with a distant expression. ] I don't like being forced into things either.

[There's a bit of a huff from Rey, it's meant to hide her slight chuckle. Now that shes' said it, it might go to his head a little.]

Yes, some might find you charming.

[By some, she meant herself included. Poe could be charming. He just had this air about him that made it so easy to like him...and he was a dear friend. Someone she wanted to protect, but not someone who she wanted to kiss. Maybe, if they had met under different circumstances, maybe she might have, but not now.]

Good..then we don't have to kiss each other.

[Why does it feel so awkward to say that? Or why did she have to state the obvious?]

....it's stupid really, why would want to kiss under a plant anyway?

[ Maybe, in another life, at another time. When she was a little older and he was a lot less focused on the Resistance.

At the moment, though, Poe just closes his eyes and drums on empty air. ]

I dunno. It could be sweet, if it wasn't for the whole magic part. [ He's trying not to fidget. He doesn't want her to think that he wants to get away from her. That's not it at all. He's not even sure what it is. He just knows that being held here is making him edgy in a way he didn't expect.

(Being held there, being trapped that's what it is, and as soon as he thinks "I'm trapped" he shoves the thought away as hard as he can. He's fine. They're both fine.) ]

S'fun, learning new traditions and holidays. One of the best parts of spacetravel.

[Another life, another time when there wasn't a war going on. When things were peaceful, and their lives weren't dedicated to bringing down the First Order.]

Sweet...uh-huh.

[She can't imagine it. Finding a reason why or how this could be considered sweet. If someone needed a plant to kiss someone else, then they probably shouldn't be kissing to begin with! To kiss someone because a plant was making them was stupid...and childish.]

Better to observe than be forced to participate.

[They couldn't dwell on the negatives of this. Not if they were going to survivor the next couple of minutes or so. Rey does cast a look at Poe, noting the way he's drumming on the barrier, a way for him to fidget. He wants out.

Just suck it up and deal with it.]

But...for the sake of 'learning' new traditions... [She takes a deep breath, moves a bit closer to Poe and simply...tries a peck on the cheek, far from his mouth.

Nothing.

DAMNIT!]

[ It surprises him, her change of heart. The peck on his cheek makes him feel odd, that kind of homesick longing for a time when he could have just brought Rey and Finn home to meet his dad, when he could have offered them both a place to stay with no strings and open arms. When the three of them could have just been friends.

He wishes he could give them a home that values them, and the peace to go with it. The Resistance possesses only one of those things. Rey in particular is alone, was abandoned, is the heir to the Jedi and a wielder of a Force she has no teacher to help her master.

Poe pulls her into a hug, impulsive but gentle. ] You have to be one of the bravest people I know.

[ He doesn't really register the fact that in context, it seems like he called her brave for kissing his cheek. ]

[Rey was prepared to pull back and murmur an apology for invading Poe's personal space...and for not telling him she would do it. She was trying to get all of them out of this stupid tiny bubble of space. She didn't like being forced into situations like this, but Poe...she could sense or guess, that he really didn't like being couped up in such a small space either. It was the main reason why she kissed him, to see if it would work.

Nope. Her attempt had failed--

And now Poe was hugging her. She stiffens for a moment, caught off guard by the hug, but she does return it, placing her arms over his shoulders. This...was comforting. It was just as comforting when she hugged Finn when he came back to get her on Star Killer base.

This...it felt good..it felt as close she would ever come to feeling like she had a home.]

...You think it's brave of me to kiss you? [She asks softly, a hint of a smile on her lips.

Rey doesn't know what's going on in Poe's head..but he couldn't have equated being brave to kissing him, right?]

[ He laughs. ] Well, some people would call that brave, probably.

But I mean you. Everything you've done, everything you're trying to do. Everything you're willing to do.

[ He gives her a little extra squeeze and brushes a kiss against her forehead. He almost says You're going to be a hero some day, but he stops himself. He remembers Finn's reaction to being called a hero. He doesn't want to put that pressure on Rey's shoulders, that thought in her head. That there's something she has to live up to. ] You're incredible.

MISTLEGLOW: a kissing meme

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