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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[bythehand]

[ They can be nervous together. One of those little bits of common ground that they find sometimes. Close proximity is a given in this force field thing, but the act of leaning in, even just for a kiss on the cheek, makes it all the easier to realize how warm she is.

Of course, it probably doesn't help on that count that her cheeks are still a little pink.

Finn pulls back to a respectable distance, glancing up. He reaches behind him to feel for that invisible wall, for good measure. ]

No. It didn't. [ It's just getting rude. ] Why would something be that simple, right?

[talentedscavenger]

[Thank goodness Finn doesn't comment on the color of Rey's cheeks. That would...that would only make her feel more embarrassed. And possibly make her cheeks pinker.

Well, she should've known something that easy wouldn't have worked. Nothing in this place was ever easy--not that life ever was, but still. This was entirely stupid.]

Yeah, of course it wouldn't be that easy.

[She looks away for a moment, trying to figure out what other kisses they could try...and how awkward they would be.]

Have you ever kissed anyone? [Maybe Finn would know more about kissing than she would.]

[bythehand]

[ He absolutely can't help a quick laugh. Nothing long or loud, maybe even only barely a laugh by definition. It's like a two-second chuckle that's all air and no sound. ]

Definitely not. [ Wouldn't be much point lying about it. Maybe cadets somewhere managed sometimes, somehow, but he doubts it. And he wasn't among them if they did. ] What about you?

[ Look, she never did answer his question about having a cute boyfriend. ]

[talentedscavenger]

[The laughter from Finn is welcomed, it gives her something else to focus on. Okay, so he hadn't kissed anyone...

And now it's her turn to share. She looks at him with a raised eyebrow and slight laugh.]

No, never. Do you think there was anyone on Jakku I was interested in?

[Rhetorical question there because...Finn's opinion of Jakku is as low as dirt itself.]

[bythehand]

[ Look, the only good thing he's ever seen come out of Jakku is Rey, he doesn't make the rules. Or, well, the Falcon is... technically a good thing, too. Did more than enough for them. BB-8 was pretty good. He guesses Poe got off of Jakku, so that must count for something.

The only undeniably good thing he's ever seen come out of Jakku that had been there for years is Rey, and all the rest can go to the back burner. ]

Seemed fair to ask. Did you think there was someone on a Star Destroyer I was interested in?

[talentedscavenger]

[The Falcon is an amazing find, and don't say otherwise Finn.

There was a shrug of her shoulders there.]

You've had more social interaction with people than I've had. I mean, I wouldn't have ruled it out...

[Oh gosh, were they really talking about this?]

So...if a kiss on the cheek didn't work...then what?

[bythehand]

[ Shoutout to Rey for giving him the benefit of the doubt on it, really. It's nice, sometimes, not having someone assume one way or the other. ]

I mean, there can't be that many options, right?

[ There can't be like. An elbow kiss mistletoe, surely. There's got to be a real limit on how many kisses there can feasibly even be in the world. ]