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!

Comments

[sophistications]

[...]

You have no idea what your type is, do you.

[beeingnice]

I know what it's not, and it's not any of these idiots.

[sophistications]

Don't you think perhaps you're being a bit harsh with them?

[beeingnice]

No.

[sophistications]

[that unfortunately gets him to laugh.]

Very decisive! Ah...do me a favor and never lose sight of that, hm? [...well.] Is it me, or are more people arriving with each gathering?

[there are so many strangers.]

[beeingnice]

[hmm. now that he's said that...

she narrows her eyes and looks around. yep. there's definitely more people here than last year.]

...is it, like, more pantheons, do you think? Or is it something else?

[sophistications]

I...have absolutely no idea. [there's a frown of thought.] We would have heard about them by now if so, wouldn't you think?

[beeingnice]

Not necessarily if they're in another world...

[frowning... frowning... she spots lila out of the corner of her eye]

What the- that's one of my classmates! Pretend like you don't see her, Tamaki!

[lila will thankfully not notice because i don't want to thread with myself, but chloe is darting around the booth and trying to tug tamaki down so he doesn't get spotted.]

[sophistications]

Chloe, wh--hey! [ope. down they go. he doesn't have time to stop himself from being tugged, so his long legs stumble and he folds to crouch down behind the booth.

he's going to peer around the corner though to look again.]

Are you absolutely sure? Perhaps it's a hallucination? An illusion. [yeah the word choice is purposeful britt deal with it.]

[beeingnice]

No, that's - it's definitely her.

[just. peering at her from around the corner too.]

She showed up in our class in the middle of the year and everyone started paying attention to her.

[sophistications]

[he opens his mouth to comment about jealousy before he wisely changes his mind.]

Why do you suppose she's here...? These types of events are reserved for certain people, or so I thought.

[beeingnice]

Yeah, I thought so too.

[chloe's one working braincell chooses this moment to actually do its job]

...so she must have ended up in another competition...?

[sophistications]

So it seems. [he's drawn the same conclusion, and there's a bit of a frown.] I can't imagine it was quite the same as ours, but I also can't imagine what it might have been like. I thought ours was rather straightforward.

[so why were there so many others?]

[beeingnice]

I thought so too...

[she frowns]

...ugh. But I guess that explains why there are so many people running around here. There's more than there were last year.

[sophistications]

I imagine Jack's actually keeping track, seeing how he's been around. But that does raise the question of why this has happened. [there's a pause.] Or why we haven't heard about it before now. Are we really so far out of touch?

[beeingnice]

It's not like it's happening in our world. Why would we hear about it? ...maybe we should, like, try and get someone to start looking into it.

[sophistications]

Not yet. But that doesn't mean it isn't a possibility for our future. [...] A census isn't the worst idea, however. Find out where these people are from and how many others were with them. Surely this isn't everyone.

[beeingnice]

Maybe next year Jack can include a guest book with all the decorations.

[sophistications]

That actually isn't a bad idea. [like genuinely.] If we could at least know who our guests are, we can make better accommodations next time and learn more about them.

[beeingnice]

...it could help people from the same place who ended up in different games find each other too.

[she looks off to the side.]

Not that there's anyone I want to see from my world, that would be totally ridiculous, but other people might.

[sophistications]

[at that, he pauses and gives her a questioning look.]

No one else at all? [sounds fake!]

[beeingnice]

Right. No one else at all.