Jingle Mingle...2

[alittlefuninstead]

Some of you may be used to this by now. For some of you, this may be your very first time being swept away in a flurry of snowflakes. (Though some of you may have been particularly naughty and were shoved into a burlap sack before disappearing into the storm.) As usual, it seems as though the time for bloodshed has passed and when you open your eyes you're greeted with...

...a ski lodge.

Worry not! This isn't the lodge Krampus had taken residence in but it's a rather large and cozy getaway. You may even find that your clothes have changed into something holiday-appropriate for the occasion. It seems as though someone has gone around decking the halls with boughs of holly, lights strewn along the walls, Christmas trees in large corners, and plenty of food and drink to go around. (Yes, this includes alcohol. Please do try to be responsible though, hm?)

Similarly, some of you may recognize the frosty patterns that lightly dust the walls and surfaces and the usual staff and their assistants are back in action. Should you require anything, you may ask one of them and they'll be at your service!

The lodge has plenty of rooms filled with furniture, fireplaces, games and more. And for those of you feeling a little more adventurous, you may venture outdoors. To the left there's a sprawling garden with gazebos, firepits, flowers and lit topiary displays. To the right, you may follow the path down to a hot spring. And straight ahead? There's the path leading you right to a rental shack holding skis, snowboards and snow mobiles.

This almost seems...quaint, doesn't it? And perhaps it's a little too easy, but you should know by now everything comes with a price.

Sprigs of mistletoe are pinned up in every doorway once again, bright red bows and dustings of frost lingering around them. Don't try to escape to the outdoors to avoid it! Ice sculptures appear in every direction each decorated with the mystical plant. You could try to avoid it, really, but avoiding it too long will earn a chilly breath of air directly in your ear as you're pushed straight into the nearest person. Wouldn't you rather choose on your own?

Well! The choice is yours, and you might want to make it fast. There's no way out without paying the kiss tax, after all.

[ooc: it's mgcu time! this mingle is open to characters from the following: reapsody, grimmoired, plasmatio, subdivided, thotordie, bluesclues, tropicalgetaway, notagain, redactable, snowend, 7rings, seasonality, and chasma!

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[chanteuser]

[ thank god for alex, who is the only one of the three i've put up here who has any inkling of christmas spirit in her bones. she's wearing a cosy christmas sweater, with a snowman and a 3D scarf with baubles on the front and looks very, very happy about it. good for her.

currently, she's crouched by the board games, humming something christmassy under her breath and she sorts through them. there's a glass of wine on the side nearby, going mostly ignored while she examines the boxes. ]

Some of these seem kinda complicated, given the amount of alcohol I've seen here and being drunk.

[antaressnipe]

[There's a horse in the ski-lodge glancing over Alex's shoulder at the board games, gallantly attempting to use his 200+ IQ to discern how one plays a game of Christmas Monopeoly.

It's not going well.]

So humans now attempt to relive oppressive societal pressures in the form of games... fascinating.

[Bruh some of you guys need to touch grass and plow some crops like in the old days.]

[wtfox]

[who allowed lila to be here



anyway, she's contemplating ... a snowmobile? does she even know how to drive one of these things? she seems to be thinking about it.

(what she's thinking about is whether or not she'll be able to get away with running chloe over with it, but i refuse to thread with myself, so luckily that isn't going to happen.)]

[souheki]

[lwj did probably

he is also standing here with her and has no idea what this is so he will not advise either way]

[illuminance]

[ well, at the end of seasons i kept saying that lux would never speak to like 90% of the people there again and would just go home and be alone. so naturally, she is just wall-flowering somewhere, trying to be inconspicuous. but also staying warm and staying inside.

she has a cup of hot apple cider, though, which she's sipping at. people watching. ]

[steelo]

[ absolutely not

upon spotting lux, ichiro brightens immediately, stops by the food table, and comes right over to hold out... a candy apple! ]

Hey, Lux-chan. [ the sun is here look at this smile ] Try this!

[heartlands]

[unfortunately for her wallflowering attempts, he's heading over once he sees her with a smile and a wave.]

Lots of people here, huh?

[ercnerd]

[Let's watch them together. Sieghart is already sidling up to stand beside her with a glass of wine in hand.]

Hey, Luxanna. See anything interesting?

[applechemist]

[ this is just the same top-level every year. escha is at a table of desserts, doing an impressive balancing act with way too many tiny plates of tiny cake slices.

if anyone comes near, she'll offer one of the plates. but only because she's embarrassed by how many she's holding. ]

This is one of my favorite times of the year, thanks to these little vacations!

[givethemhell]

[SWEET ESCHA AND HER STACK OF PLATES. He'll gladly take one!! If only to relieve her of some of her juggling act-adjacent burden...

Then, with a smile that doesn't at all hint at how much he'd internally PANICKED when he was STUFFED IN A SACK AND KIDNAPPED FOR THE THIRD TIME:] Well! Now I just feel like I've been missing out. The festive atmosphere's a nice touch, though!

[daifukus]

[ they've really got to stop meeting like this. but tonbo will indulge her and take one (or two. or three if she lets him) of the said plates and gestured for her to lead on ]

It's certainly one of mine. Despite the strange nature of it, I'm glad in a way, to see how everyone is doing.

[sengokus]

[it's only the one prompt because i'll try to make each thread gloriously stupid in a different way

anyway mineo was having a good time. penguins were cute, games were cute, fireplace warm. what's not to like. it's just. it's just.

maybe when he noticed that there were a couple of mistletoe around he went "is that a weed?" and then once he realized it was not weed you might've heard this exclamation of - ] F-F-F-FIRST BASE?!

[wouldn't guess this man was on a fuck station but things happen.

anyway he's fast! stupidly fast. which means that he's squawking one pained noise after the other as every room, every statue that he encounters in the great outdoors also has mistletoe. what's an otome to do?!]

I've had this dream before?!

[anyway sorry if this idiot topples straight into you. being an embarrassing virgin(?) is suffering.]

[aubins]

[ y'all hear something? ]

[liuli]

[ sips drink

watches this happen ]

[shiftingwinds]

[


she's watching this while drinking and trying not to laugh sorry mineo]

[azuta]

[iris will take every mistletoe she crosses paths with, pluck it neatly from its perch, and then crush it with her bare hand

if you catch her eye while she desecrates these perfectly fine decorations, she'll glance in your direction and smile brilliantly as though she wasn't caught in the middle of a CRIME]

Hot cocoa? Or shall we stop by the fire first? I have a few bits of trash I would like to throw away...

[you're her companion now, aren't you lucky

i wrote this prompt and then i was like how the fuck am i gonna get her to kiss stay tuned i guess]

[toyska]

[Imagine if Childe actually was enough of a horny fuckboy to kiss a stranger

Fortunately he is not. Is summer mingle canon, have they met already, either way he will smile at her because he supports vandalism]

We could take the long way and do both?

[And she could collect more mistletoe to burn on the way]

[bloodyromance]

[Spike would really like to not be here among 80% of these people (who are either strangers or uh... not strangers), but also, he doesn't want to be home for christmas either. Because GOD does it suck there right now. He is also wearing a santa hat, I just want to make that absolutely clear.

So he's just sitting outside with a mug of eggnog. Come bother a bitch as you please.]

[greatdeduction]

[A certain someone is leaning over, smiling.]

Ah, a familiar face. Good to see you, Spike. You don't look like you're letting yourself enjoy the festivities all too much, though.

[decaptych]

[ Just drops Aikawa here I don't have wifi so I've never played anyone else in my life.

But wowie, here is truly a GIANT weirdo (over 200cm) just patting together a snowman like a little child out there in the snow. Or making an egregiously large snow angel.

Or inside, squeezing through doorways and trying to see how many marshmallows he can balance on a cup of hot cocoa.

He's just being a clown again, but in his defense, he's never celebrated Christmas before.

Edit wait he's either wearing a Santa hat instead of his cap, or has a reindeer horn headband on. Very important. ]

[disreguarded]

[as she has been prone to doing so far, beau is being a menace. which means she immediately launches herself up to climb up to his shoulders and sit on them? it's fine. he's big.

she does this while he's making a snowman, and she grins as she leans over to get a better look.]

That's pretty good. Is it supposed to be someone?

[goalsides]

[wow. christmas time. taichi's here and he's wandering the ski lodge, mostly grabbing a handful of snacks and mingling. he doesn't seem too terribly bothered about being here, but on occasion he stops to glance out a window and look at the snow.]

It's kind of cool, isn't it? Have you been outside yet?

[alternatively you can find him curled up on a couch with a cup of cocoa and seemingly people-watching. is he expecting someone? hard to say.]

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato's walking over to the couch where taichi is with his own cup of Something, plopping down on it and immediately leaning mostly on taichi. there is a whole ass couch and they're taking up like less than half of it like this, hi. ]

Here. [ holding out some gingerbread cookies with no explanation ]

[bonetiddies]

[Harrow is staring at a photograph on the wall. This mysterious jolly man - he's here again.]

Ah, so this is your home. Finally, I'll be able to bring you down, fat man.

[evocationary]

[tapping her chin thoughtfully]

Fantasy Nightmare Before Christmas. Nice.

[linearcrash]

[ Nine is here, wearing a holiday sweater. Nona the phoenix is poking at some of the decorations with her beak. ]

Uh. What the hell is all of this anyways?

[teenrebellion]

[ the sweater is so funny. ]

Never heard of mistletoe before? Tsuru might like it if you surprise him with it, you know.

[taptap]

[ why do we have so many goblin children who just eat their way through the tables?? anyway, cong ming is nested in her hair today, indulging in little crumbs of whatever a-qing gives her.

anyway, she doesn't know shitfuck about holidays or the reasons that she's been kidnapped again so.... catch her humming and hawing over which desserts to add to her snack pockets. you know. just in case.

this doesn't stop her from pausing every so often to eye all the holly decorating everything and squinting dubiously. aren't those leaves poisonous...? ]

What's with all the weird berries anyway...?

[voltadomar]

[Out on the porch, just outside where the main party space is, Kim's standing and looking out at the brightly-coloured lights draped over topiaries and trees. He's wearing his usual bomber jacket, which is not quite warm enough for this weather. The collar is pulled up close to his neck and his hands are stuffed in his pockets for warmth. It's fine.]

They really went all-out with the decor.

[evocationary]

[she's just like, behind him now, peeking around him up at the lights. she also puts her hand on the middle of his back and casts a gentle warmth spell - like being dipped into a warm bath. don't look at her, it's fine.]

They sure did. You don't see Candlenights like this anymore.

[mustbepurged]

Wow! All of this is just... incredible!

It's nice to see everyone again, but... at the risk of sounding ungrateful... maybe next time, we could pick a different sort of venue, or occasion...?

[uncoincidental]

[


sorry, sheba is staring for a few seconds, because she recognizes estelle from a memshare she got.]

...a different sort of venue...? [...] Do you... not like the snow?

[overlimit]

[You can lead a nerd to the social event, but you can't make her party. Rita's sitting cross-legged in a corner of a comfy-looking couch with some big-ass tome of magic open in her lap, reading and ignoring everyone while the festivities are happening.]

[ercnerd]

[Sieghart strides over once he spots Rita. Bugging nerds at social events is his calling (to Mari's dismay). His holiday sweater boldly claims that he's the gift.]

Yo! Have you tried the food?