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]

[ Ah... more magic. It's always magic. Turning people into things. Presumably.

Sometimes Finn is just kind of glad magic doesn't really happen in his corner of the galaxy. He's pretty sure things in his life could have gone a lot more wrong with that many more ways to go wrong. ]

A couple of times. The colors are supposed to be specific, but I don't know what all of them mean.

[angelic_archer]

I didn't notice there were different colors. [He'd been a little distracted when he'd been caught under the mistletoe before. Scowling up at the offending magical item, Alec tries to remember anything he might have heard about the mistletoe, but most of the beings he knew had been avoiding it.] Do you know what orange means?




(ooc: the random number generator gave me orange. I decided to go with it since it will make Alec grumpy.)

[bythehand]

Orange. I haven't gotten orange yet. I think it's...

[ He tries to place that one. Sort of grimaces. ]

I mean, it's not mouth.

[angelic_archer]

[That look is not reassuring... Alec scowls, crossing his arms over his chest, before turning his annoyance back at the mistletoe.]

'Not on the mouth' suggests places that Magnus will not be happy if someone else kisses.

[bythehand]

[ Yeah, he didn't think he'd get far on the reassurance front there. ]

Look, I'm happy to just wait out the hour if you want. I mean, maybe not happy. But it's better than the alternative. [ Finn makes a vague-ish gesture up towards the mistletoe. ] Pretty sure orange means neck. I feel like that wouldn't be a big hit with anyone's husband.

[angelic_archer]

[Since his fellow captive seems as annoyed by this as he is, Alec begins to relax slightly. He actually winces when the guy mentions where the kiss is supposed to be placed.]

Waiting would be the best idea. Magnus was okay with it when I kissed someone the last time we had this type of weird magic floating around, but that kind of kiss would probably result in someone getting turned into a small, furry animal.

[bythehand]

[ Okay, good. They've got an understanding, that's good. Finn relaxes a little bit himself. As much as he ever really does. ]

Yeah, I'll take a pass on that. Run into enough trouble as a human already. [ Look, it's true. Life gets way too wild sometimes. ] I'm Finn, by the way.

[angelic_archer]

Since it's random magic causing this, it'd probably be whoever cast the spell that would end up furry. [But that doesn't mean that whoever kissed Alec wouldn't get zapped by a cranky warlock.] I'm Alec. Are you part of the Perimeter Guard?

[bythehand]

[ Finn never wants to feel safe assuming he won't get turned into something in situations like these. The minute he lets his guard down on it, he's probably doomed.

He's not expecting that question, which probably shows on his face a little. ]

Yeah. I'm part of the regular patrol. Are you with the Perimeter Guard? [ He knows he hasn't met everyone enlisted yet for sure. ]