❄ 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

[dianxias]

[ your honor, he's baby.

xie lian tilts his head, though! ] Fierce corpses... such as reanimated ones? That sounds quite dangerous. Was that the situation you were dealing with?

[goldpeony]

Yes.

[Zombies, but China says they are absolutely not zombies because of lore.

Again, he sort of glances around them out of the corner of his eyes. His voice lowers a bit, like it's a secret.]

We were at a temple. Me, and stupid Wei Wuxian, and Hanguang-jun, and Sect Leader Lan, and Sect Leader Nie, and... Uncle Jiang had just come through the doors.

Uncle Jin... wasn't who we thought he was.

[dianxias]

[ he has no idea who any of those people are or how serious that is, but jin ling is a very good boy and very serious about this issue so xie lian nods along, giving him his full attention and even leaning in a little as he lowers his voice! ]

Oh...? A member of your sect, too... Did he betray your family somehow?

[ human politics... some things never change. ]

[goldpeony]

[The way he looks down, he's ashamed. It's a righteous kind of shame; he feels embarrassed that something nefarious would happen under the Jin name, but he also knows he would never willingly be a part of it.]

Mm. I don't understand how... [He really gets the Jiang Cheng irritation then.] He gave me my dog, Fairy, and looked out for me.

[Tch. Adults.]

It's fine, we... Stopped it.