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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[imperceptus]

[ He presses a kiss to Taako's forehead, and then turns his head so that they're just about cheek-to-cheek. ]

I'm a man of mystery, Taako. That means I must occasionally be mysterious.

[spellslots]

[Oh, that's sweet; he's temporarily distracted from his goal and just presses his hands flat against the small of Rin's back to keep him close.]

Sorry, sorry, you're very mysterious. [With the tone of someone being indulgent.] I do wanna lodge a formal complaint about not having seen a single one of these disguises, though.

[imperceptus]

[ He pulls back slightly, offering a shrugging half-smile. ]

They've never been that useful here. The population's too small.

[ People would figure him out. ]

[spellslots]

[That's the opposite of what he wanted.]

That depends on how good the disguise is, doesn't it? And listen, I knew a dude keeping two identities here, so that shit isn't impossible.

[Wait, he just realized there's a sex joke to be made here.]

Anyway, I didn't say anything about other people seeing these disguises.

[wink wonk]

[imperceptus]

[ He mostly kept those other identities to get something from people, and most folks here in the Quarantine don't have anything he wants. Neither money nor magic.

So, he just shrugs. ]

If it's not useful, I'm not going to expend the effort. Those potions take time, you know.

[ 'Potions'. ]

But I'm disguised right now, anyway.

[ He taps his cornflower eye. ]

[spellslots]

[Taako hums, amused, and frames Rin's face in his hands so he can steal another kiss.]

I was talking about sexy roleplay, but you do you.

[He was making vague overtures at it for shits and giggles, same difference.]

[imperceptus]

Oh.

[ He probably should have picked up on that. Off his game from all this affection, maybe. He clears his throat, even as he lists forward to touch his nose to Taako's. ]

What would you find sexy in a disguise, anyway?

[spellslots]

[He probably shouldn't find that as funny as he does.]

Oh, fuck knows, I was just being crude for the sake of it and to like, see how you reacted.

[mean???]

[imperceptus]

[ taako pls ]

I suppose it's inevitable for you to score one point.

[ In the flustering game that is definitely still going on. ]

[spellslots]

Oh, come on, I've gotta have more than one point.

[Don't think he hasn't noticed that apparently genuine affection is what flustered Rin, because he has, he's just nice enough not to call him out on it.]

[imperceptus]

Well, perhaps two or three.

[ Like he'd admit it, either way. ]

[spellslots]

[He could pout about it, or he could go back to trailing kisses down Rin's throat and the latter sounds way more fun so he's going with that.]

You're just lucky I'm not the competitive twin.

[That's Lup, by a long shot. Taako likes winning but he's also kind of lazy.]

[imperceptus]

[ Ah, that's nice. He exhales, his breath catching in his throat a little, his fingers coming up to curl against the back of Taako's neck. He mutters. ]

Oh, I feel very blessed.