❄ I just wanna keep on waiting underneath the mistletoe ... [sisi voice] A Jingle Mingle

[alittlefuninstead]

Wherever you are, whoever you are, you'll likely find yourself blinking one moment and teleporting in a flurry of snowflakes the next. Luckily for you, there's no murder this time! (Probably.)

Rather, you'll hear Christmas carols aplenty as you approach a winter castle, snow lightly falling and various paths leading to gardens filled with still-blooming flowers (how.) and lit topiary displays.

Upon entering the castle, you'll find it's brightly lit and decorated...welcome to the party! Frost lightly dusts the walls and some nearby surfaces and guests will find there are halls and floors aplenty to explore. There are rooms filled with plush chairs and fireplaces for those looking for something cozier, rooms filled with all kinds of games and toys, and naturally there's a large ballroom prime for dancing. Spread through you'll find tables of snacks, full-course meals, drinks, desserts, and even champagne towers. Are you looking for something specific? Simply ask a member of the staff. Watch your step though! Their assistants really are doing their best to help, and the jingling bell may be too faint to hear if you aren't paying attention.

It seems as though you've all been invited to a wonderful holiday party for no reason at all...but there is one thing amiss...or, should I say...amistletoe?

Pinned up on every doorway is a sprig of fresh mistletoe, decorated with bright red bows and dustings of frost. And sure, perhaps it's easy just to avoid the doorways if you want to be a spoilsport. But should you avoid it for too long, it will seem as though the mistletoe is following you, almost as if some asshole is hiding out and purposefully trailing behind to keep it dangling over your head.

Oh. And did I mention you can't leave the castle grounds until you play along? Pucker up.

[ooc: this can be any past murdergame characters y'all, go nuts.

for clarity sake, this includes characters from: reapsody, grimmoired, plasmatio, subdivided, thotordie, bluesclues, tropicalgetaway, notagain, and redactable!

edit: and by popular demand any of you from the above games can also bring your yuggoths and your tikirobos. The Robowests were in CRAU and therefore don't count goodbye.]

Comments

[snyaiper]

I have better things to do than...

[Gestures broadly.]

Whatever this is.

[wowcool]

Come onnnnn. Ogata, you have to have fun sometimes! Relax! Drink yourself to death! You know, stuff that isn't your job.

[He's pouting a little.]

Have you never been to a winter party like this?

[snyaiper]

[JUST LOOKS AWAY. Your pout can't affect him if he can't see it.]

Of course not.
[Ogata and parties do not mix.]

[wowcool]

Then its your first time! How exciting!

[He nudges Ogata in the side, before offering a hand.]

Shall we?

[snyaiper]

[Looks at the hand. Looks all the way up at Anaido. You tall bitch.]

... What are you asking me to do?

[wowcool]

Take my hand. You'll see.

[do you trust this brilliant detective]

[snyaiper]

[Narratively the correct thing to do would be to take the hand and be swept up in whatever the fuck but unfortunately Ogata sucks, so;]

No.

[wowcool]

...

[Reaches down and grabs it anyways.]

[Binch :)]

[snyaiper]

[ADJJFASKDJKD

He startles but.............. doesn't pull his hand away. He just glares up at Anaido. Binch.]

[wowcool]

Let's go~

[With the most asshole smirk on his face, he's just going to pull him right to the ballroom.]

[snyaiper]

[THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU'D DO YOU DUMB FUCKING HORSE!!

Ogata is dragging his feet but also allowing this to happen. This is a lot more dangerous considering his gun is probably loaded now should he get irritated enough.]

Why are you always like this?

[wowcool]

Why am I always like what? Ogata, you need to speak up. I can't hear you over...the sound of you not having fun.

[Come along, cat. Its time to dance! He's just turning the instant his feet touch the dancefloor, sweeping his hand around the other's waist.]

It'll just be like that one time you were incredibly drunk, haha.

[snyaiper]

[STOP WHY WOULD YOU BRING THAT UP!! One of Ogata's terrible little hands shoots up as high as it can to slap over Anaido's mouth. Do not speak.]

Stop. I'm never drinking again.

[wowcool]

Mmmphmmph mm!

[You can tell he's grinning even with his mouth closed.]

[And he doesn't need a mouth to dance! Time to go for it! Its just going to be a bit off beat, of course. He doesn't want to count.]

[snyaiper]

[It's fine, the incorrectness of it actually appeals to him if he's honest. He'll eventually even drop his hand, though his face is still a mask of indifference, as he looks over Anaido's shoulder.

He doesn't care!!! He's only letting this happen because it's easier to just endure it!!!]

[wowcool]

[You tell yourself that, Ogata! Meanwhile, Anaido seems the peak of happiness, letting out a laugh.]

You're a nice dance partner, you know!

[snyaiper]

[HMPH!]

As if you have a standard, with how positive you are.
[He's got no real passion but he does follow Anaido's steps well, at least, surefooted as he tends to be.]

[wowcool]

Well, its true that I haven't danced with many...or mostly anyone...

[The point still stands, though.]

[snyaiper]

There's not much of a point to it, is there?

[Ogata can you stop being viciously practical for five minutes?]

[wowcool]

I think there's a point. You might disagree with it, but it doesn't affect me whatsoever.

[:)]

[snyaiper]

I'm well aware that whatever I say has no affect on you. Tell me then, what you think the point is.

[:/]

[wowcool]

Because I think someone should say nice things to you, and sometimes that can come from a brilliant detective like me.

[Just reaches up to lightly pat Ogata on the cheek.]

[snyaiper]

[Slaps his hand away!! He maybe hesitated a second but don't worry about it.]

What does that have to do with dancing?
[GOD.]

[wowcool]

[Hm.]

Because dancing is nice, and it makes me remember when we danced when you were drunk. You were much worse then, hahaha.

...Besides, its just nice to see you again, Ogata.

[snyaiper]

[Ogata is struck with the overwhelming urge to inflict violence upon Anaido in this moment but perhaps some of the things people said to him at camp effected him, because he does not act on it. At least not for now. He does look away, though, the faintest tinge of color on his pale face.]

Well, I wasn't planning on it.
[Sir were you just going to avoid Anaido forever?]