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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[empireofrats]

[:)

There's a little girl under the missiletoad with a whale plush in her arms. It's a VERY ugly whale, unfortunately. It's definitely the ugliest, meanest looking whale that could ever exist.]

Now we're stuck together! [haha] There's a kissing toll! That's what the gnomes said.

[She

holds up the whale right at you, face-first. KISS!]

He'll be sad if you don't give him a kiss.

[malborn]

[he leans back very far. help. who's child is this.]

N-- No. [jesus]

[empireofrats]

You don't like him? [MISTER MELBORN] His name is [a regal voice:] Lord Flub Ber.

He's been knighted, too! You can call him Sir Ber.

[malborn]

[the look on his face is probably hysterical]

You can't knight plush dolls.

[empireofrats]

[She looks absolutely SHOCKED by this blatant disregard for monarch etiquette i don't know if empresses can even knight people but it's fine.]

You can. He's a knight. [She stands up on her toes so she can stretch the whale up at him more. He cannot escape.] I'm an empress, so I knighted him.

To be free, you have to bestow him a kiss.

[malborn]

[he's just. like, looking around to see if her parents are anywhere? he cannot escape.

... this is a last ditch effort, but:]

I've been cursed to be incapable of kissing, actually. [stop] You're not an empress, you're ten.

[empireofrats]

[Hmmmm! There are no adult people present who look like they are searching for a ten year old girl. That's unfortunate.

She quickly looks :O about the first part.] You really can't kiss? [This has only made her very curious sadly. She only lowers the whale a smidgen.]

I am. My name is Emily Drexel Lela Kaldwin. My mother was empress, but someone killed her. So now I'm empress.

[She sounds a lil sad about this, but more like......she is delivering this information very clinically. :(]

[toyska]

[you know what

childe has no fear and is a pushover for kids so he will take the toll and give the whale plush a lil smooch on the head. He's seen worse, it's fine.]

Feeling better, comrade? [To the whale, though he winks at the little girl conspiratorially]

[empireofrats]

[i hate that a) emily is going to love childe, and b) childe can make her high chaos run very easily.

She brights when he plays along, and holds the whale while it is given a smooch. The wink makes her laugh. She turns the whale toward herself and puts her ear near it. Listening.]

Oh, Lord Flub Ber says that he's feeling a lot better now!

[toyska]

[listen I only watched an LP of the first dishonored 200 years ago so I don't know much about her but I'm sure she's a perfect girl who has done nothing wrong]

Excellent! We can't have anyone in low spirits, can we? [He puts a hand to his chest and bows with a little flourish.] I'm pleased to make your acquaintance, Lord Flub Ber.

[Unfortunately Childe is technically part of a royal court and this is what he uses that training for]

[empireofrats]

[it's fine..............]

Lord Flub Ber says the pleasure is all his, but he doesn't know your name. [She flaps one of the whale's flippers.] Oh, you can call him Sir Ber, too. He's a knight because I knighted him. Um, but I'm also his squire.

[That's just how these things work.]

[toyska]

Ah, my apologies! You can call me Tartaglia, or Childe--either is fine. [Imagine if he summoned his own whale right now

he won't, but it would be funny

Instead, he nods as if this makes perfect sense.]

He's lucky to have such a loyal friend.

[empireofrats]

[She would LOVE that SO MUCH. She would die loving the summoned whale, okay. It'd be the best thing.]

"Childe"? You don't look like a child, though...

[She actually smiles a little shyly and hugs the whale to herself.]

I'm Emily.

[bloodread]

[ His weakness, little girls who can push him around. Akira gives the whale a long stare. ]

...can that thing really be sad?

[empireofrats]

[Yes.

She turns the whale a bit to look at it, and then turns it again so that one beady little black eyes is peering at Akira.]

Yes. The ones back home are sad because people kill them for their oil. The man who talks to me in my dreams sometimes has whales. You can hear them in the sky.

They sing sad songs all the time.

[bloodread]

[ ...you'd think he'd be more skeptical but him and sealife kinda have a history. ]

I've never been out on the ocean, so I'll take your word for it. [ His eyes flicker from the whale to her. ]

...and this one wants a kiss?

[empireofrats]

That's okay. I've never been out on the ocean either. Not yet. Corvo says I'm too young. But I'll go out there one day.

[She nods and offers the poor ugly whale up at him again.]

To get out from under the winter plant, you have to trade a kiss.

[bloodread]

If it's what you want, stick to it. [ OK, but back to this whale. ]

I'm not kissing a whale every time I see one of these plants. [ There are a lot of plants here... ]

[bloodyromance]

[This might as well happen. Spike looks at this whale.] Well, we can't have that.

[Gives him a peck on the head.]

[empireofrats]

[Anything can happen. Like having a grown vampiric man kiss the ugliest whale toy in existence.

She is very entertained by his willingness to play along! She smiles as she tucks the whale back against herself.]

He's shy. Now that you've kissed, you'll have to get married, or it won't be proper.

[bloodyromance]

[He chuckles.]

Well, we gotta be proper, don't we? Alright, I guess me and him've got a wedding to plan. Hard to find a tux in his size, but I'm sure I can manage it.

[empireofrats]

[She laughs and sort of looks over the whale like she's trying to decide if the tux would be too small, or technically too big.]

Have you ever had a wedding?

[bloodyromance]

I'm over a hundred years old, bit, I've had half a dozen.

They were all pretty quick, though. No real ceremony.

[corbel]

[ Not like this..... daddy hasn't been in a mg yet........ ]

[empireofrats]

[DAD. 😭]