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

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

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.]

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[ making out in the back room with their partners right there, yeah! ]

I'll be glad if it stays that way.

[ he's still tired from camp, fam. ]

But as long as we're allowed to leave at the end of the night, I suppose it's nothing we need to be concerned about.

You and me both. We should probably start looking for a way out, but right now it looks like the party's keeping most of us busy. [as mistletoe looms in corners of the room...]

[ things i learned while writing this: mistletoe exists in japan but as a parasitic plant that grows in spherical clumps on certain trees. it's also a food source for birbs and apparently not poisonous? wow. that being said, as tall as tonbo is, he Does Not Percieve ]

As the night gets late I'm sure more people will be inclined to take an after dinner stroll around the castle.

[hate all of that deeply.]

Might take 'em a couple of hours. Have you seen how huge this place is? It's bigger than the ship but more condensed than camp. If you don't go outside, that is.

Hopefully, more than just a few people will be inclined to investigate as we continue.

[ he's laughing. but also on instinct, he immediately flicks his eyes to the ceiling? and actually notices the mistletoe this time?

hm ]

Ah.

Ah? [and he looks up as well and he sort of settles for narrowing his eyes a bit.]

Ah. [one of those times...] ...it probably doesn't mean much, right?

I assume it's related to the holiday?

[ dunno how much he's learned about modern celebrations so lack of exposure we go. but it looks innocent enough regardlessly....

what if he reaches out and tries to poke it first ]

[tonbo will be met with a slightly icy chill because he probably touched jack's invisible hand and i think it's funny. regardless, the mistletoe shakes at him.]

Sort of? There's a tradition with mistletoe at Christmas, I don't know how it started or why but it's like...if you and somebody else get stuck under the mistletoe, you've gotta kiss 'em.

[ HE'S HERE

tonbo on the other hand looks incredibly startled as he pulls his hand back. GHOST? GHOST???? NIKKARI????? but then the words junpei say make it through the brain and he whips his head back to look at director-san. ]

...Eh?

[ tonbo why are you blushing ]

[there's a laugh, but unfortunately it's not nikkari. sorry to tonbo and tonbo only, and junpei blinks in surprise.

sir?]

...what's with that look? [ahaha.]

[ so he's just gonna pretend that's normal ]

Is that.... alright?

[ humans are So Weird about relationships after all. he's also half expecting nikkari to pop out from under the table thanks to conversations they've had? but it's fine!! probably. look at him, more nervous about a simple smooch than anything else they've faced. someone, please take pity on him. ]

Usually. [this is not reassuring?] I mean...people know it's just tradition and usually doesn't actually mean anything romantic or whatever. If you're worried about your husband he'd probably think it's hilarious.

[or be needy and want to join in, but he's too tired to think of the prospect of any weird threesome hybrid of tonbokari and himself.]

[ he's blushing? why is he blushing. ]

Ah.... He certainly would think so.

[ mostly in the tune of laughing at his poor tonbokiri being a shy maiden. terrible. ]

I suppose if you aren't opposed then.......

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[tonbo?? junpei knows nothing and instead he's giving the spear a very bemused sort of look.]

I don't think I'm the one that's opposed here. Are you sure?

[ WELL. Tonbo’s always been more of a do’er than a say’er so at that he determinedly cups a cheek, absently stroking it fondly with his thumb. With a quiet smile, he leans in, pressing the sweetest kiss he can manage on junpei, doing his upmost to make him weak in the knees.

How’s that for an answer? ]

[TONBO IS DOING HIS BEST and also....junpei's a useless twink? of course he's ultimately fine with it even if he sort of blinks in surprise when there's a hand on his face. also he's not going to get into the can of worms that is the part where he kisses back, but it's nice and it's sweet and it's very much tonbokiri as far as junpei knows him so.

so.]

...okay. Guess you really were sure.

[ they’re both apart of their respective head empty spectrum and i support them. regardlessly, tonbo’s certainly beaming a lil goofily about the incredibly successful kiss, absently wondering why he never did this earlier. (because he, a nerd, treasured junpei’s friendship too much in that cursed place to try) ]

Quite sure.

Well! Good to know! [he's only awkward about it because it's not as odd as he thought it would be, and he laughs a little to himself.] But kind of looks like you got the hang of it. The tradition. Yeah.

I am, as always grateful for your help in such matters.

[ he's teasing just a little. but honestly, now. how does he talk junpei into another one? ]

[there's a glance up at the mistletoe again as he seems to ponder things. hm. well...]

Yeah, well...if you need more help, guess I don't mind lending a hand. [or a mouth. whatever.]

I would not want to leave this lesson incomplete.

[ he says but lbr kissing is great and since junpei is willing to entertain these belated smooches... he's leaning in for a second, maybe even a third one?! as many as junpei will allow before both of them get kicked in the butt for indulging ]

[junpei's a ho, tonbo, of course he's willing to entertain the belated smooches. their husbands aren't around, so he's easily standing on his toes to keep up the kissing for a bit. it's fine, they're making up for lost time.]

I try to be a good teacher, at least.

[ good thing tonbo's learned he really enjoys kissing no matter who it is. they're just casually making out now, it's fine. ]

You've been quite the teacher throughout our friendship.

[ now he gets to show junpei how much he's learned huehuehue ]

[sometimes you just have to kind of casually make out at a party with your friends. friendship is weird that way? but it's more than fine.]

Glad you think so. I've been trying to do my best here.

[ helps that at least one of their husbands was like 'GO FORTH AND MAKE OUT TO YOUR HEARTS DESIRE' ]

We did well with your lead. I could not think of another who would keep us on track like so.

[..... well. at least out of the group of them awake and screaming. junpei deserves all the smooches for keeping... erm. most. of them alive and sane. ]

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