glocksuke | ❄ 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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We've had different everything experiences.

[ sora why are you glaring at christmas decorations. you like christmas decorations. but she is leading him over to the fireplace so they can stand in front of it. ]

If I threw a party and someone just stayed for a couple days, I think I'd be pretty upset.

Maybe not everything though. And besides, there're some things we've done together that we haven't shared with any of our other friends.

[like murder. very fun, very wholesome. also he's glaring at the mistletoe as if he's expecting it to fly off the walls and turn into a monster, frankly, but the fireplace is far more tempting. there they go.]

This place is huge...you think they'd even notice before we left? [he's still joking, but hm. castle...]

Well. I bet you could hide out for a day or two.

[ ... but he's not being subtle about the glaring so she is finally just going to ask?? ]

Is... something wrong?

I'll think about it. [all of that for an "i'll consider it." but he blinks in surprise suddenly like he hadn't even realized what he looked like, frowning softly before he shakes his head.]

No, it's nothing. It's just a lot of decorations for something like this...[hm.]

[ she laughs lightly at the first thing, but. she is just ????? ]

That seems like something you'd like, though. [ sora you've been to christmas town. you looked elated at most of the decorations!! ]

And I do! But I just want to make sure they're only decorations...that so bad?

[ she shrugs. ]

It's never bad to be cautious. But - what? You expecting them to turn into monsters or something?

Maybe? [he realizes how silly that seems now.] I don't know, after everything that's happened it wouldn't surprise me if someone tried to use Christmas against me, too.

[there's a light pout, but he relaxes after that.] ...but it's not like we couldn't fight back if that were true so maybe things aren't so bad.

I think after everything that's happened, we're prepared for pretty much anything.

Everything except for a completely innocent party. [he can joke about it at least. but he'll stand in front of the fire to warm his hands.]

...have I said that I've missed you yet? [just an aside.]

We'll learn to handle that, too. [ she gives a small laugh... haha... the trauma... ]

I missed you too. [ it's been like a day? ]

[listen sometimes a day is too long? it's fine.]

Just another reason I want to stay as long as possible, I guess. [to learn, or because he missed her? yes.]

Guess if you've got nowhere better to be.

[ ... hah ]

Gimme a break. [there's a grin.] I think I already told you that I'd rather be places with you than anywhere else right now.

[...maybe not in so many words but to him the implications were there.]

Yeah. Me too.

Maybe that's why I'm not scared, right now.

["me either" is what he wants to say, and it's what the look on his face says. but instead, he relaxes even further and nods along.]

Good. It's a party, so we should enjoy it while we can. Pretty sure there's all kinds of food I've never even seen before. [and mistletoe that...seems to have moved from one wall to the wall that's closer to them? hm. okay. he will just pointedly ignore that.]

[ clementine isn't even shy, she just doesn't assume that the whole mistletoe tradition is, uh. enforced. ]

Really? Even you have things you haven't seen?

[ he's been to so many worlds? ]

[they'll figure it out sooner or later probably. right now sora's more invested in food and also clementine, like, existing.]

You say that like you're surprised. [he shouldn't laugh.] But yeah. We didn't always have a chance to try new stuff when we visited other places, so some of it I've only ever heard about.

Yeah, I know how that is. Kind of. I've passed through a lot of places without really learning anything about them.

That's because both of us are constantly on the move. [for different reasons, but he doesn't say that.] Guess that's an even better reason to pick a little of everything and try it out. What're you in the mood for? Something sweet? Salty? Both?

[they're never going to kiss because sora's easily distracted.]

Both, obviously.

[ they're never going to kiss because clementine doesn't realize that's what they're supposed to be doing? but look, it might just happen on its own, so. calm down a little, mistletoe!! ]

[the fact that she says "both" gets a wider grin and a friendly reminder why, exactly, he adores clementine.]

Kinda sounds like the perfect solution is chocolate-covered pretzels since I'm pretty sure they don't have seasalt ice cream at this party.

I really don't think I'll ever get used to having so much... Food.

[ good food. treat food. ]

... What's seasalt ice cream? [ sounds weird? ]

We could probably take some of it back with us if we want. It's a party, right? [please stop stealing stuff. but regardless he hums.]

Seasalt ice cream's exactly what it sounds like. It's this flavor that they sell in Twilight Town. Kinda vanilla and kinda salty but it's the perfect balance. I'll have to bring you some next time.

... Is that how it works? [ that doesn't sound right, but she doesn't know enough about party etiquette to dispute it.

and, hmm. she tilts her head a bit. ] Sounds weird, but... Good, I guess.

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