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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[ragnarsson]

[He looks back up. There's a sharp contrast between the Valkyrie who's hundreds of years old and the Viking who is still a very young sixteen at moments like this.]

Yes. Maybe the hour's wait will be better.

[valr]

[The other good thing about being that old is how short an hour seems, so she simply nods her agreement and moves to sit down and get comfy to wait it out.]

You've been well?

[ragnarsson]

Well enough. The mother of my daughter came back.

[So yeah, there had been some magic baby mama drama going on in his life. But Ivar wouldn't be Ivar if his life didn't resemble a soap opera.]

[valr]

You have a child?

[Catch her trying to do the math in her head, since she didn't think Ivar had been here that long.]

[ragnarsson]

Yes. She's just a little over four months old.

[He proudly holds up a picture of the little albino baby on his phone, dressed in one of the usual types of eye-catching outfits that Ivar like to put her in.]

[valr]

[That sure is a child.]

She's beautiful.

[She knows how that particular exchange is supposed to go.]

Her mother left?

[ragnarsson]

Left and unfortunately came back.

[Ivar's still feeling rather sour over Letha showing up again just as abruptly as she had left.]

[valr]

Why?

[Normally she wouldn't care that much, this isn't her problem, but Ivar is something from a long lost version of home. She can show a little interest for him.]

[ragnarsson]

I wish I knew. She said she loved me and Winter, but she abandoned her own daughter. She said she might have never come back if the portal hadn't pulled her through. Now she wants her back. What can you even say about a woman like that?

[Ivar's still plenty mad at Letha for what she had done. Coming back had only soothed the anger in his heart a small bit.]

[valr]

[There are likely two sides to this story, the way there is with most stories, but Ivar isn't painting a pretty picture.]

Not much that's nice. You letting her see the kid?

[ragnarsson]

I am. She wanted her back and I told her over my dead body. What if she takes it in her head to abandon her in the woods again?

[Ivar would see Letha dead by his hands before he ever let her harm Winter.]