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

[evocationary]

Uh huh, that's what you want me to think, hero boy! [MORE NOOGIES. but then she stops bullying him for the moment to sort of rearrange herself on the couch here. she tugs at sora so she can fuss at him, wrapping her arms around him in a sort of protective way.]

... Oh. Jeeze. [smooth response there.] Yeah, I mean uh - I talked to him a bit. That kid has some big soulful sad eyes just like you, it's nuts.

... He's okay, though. His game went okay.

[reconnective]

I'm not! I said I'd try to promise you I'd be more careful in the future. This is me being careful! [there's a slight squawk as she's messing with his hair but he's squirming his way closer to lean against her, doing his best not to knock over their drinks while getting in maximum affection.

but yeah. jeez is right. ]

He's been like that lately. [breezily.] But I know...he told me. He was a leader kind of like our leaders except it was for a dorm at a school. They all got out okay. He made friends and he's got two boyfriends and everything.

[so it could have been worse, maybe. ] But he's also about a year and a half behind me. Maybe two. It's weird knowing there are more games out there, but it's even weirder when you know people you know are involved. [because even if his friends got out okay they still went through terrible things and that sucks when his entire purpose was to save them.]

[evocationary]

[this is him being careful... yeesh. she absently pets his hair with one hand as she listens.]

Oh. Shit. Poor little dude. [leading the damn thing sounds awful! ha ha!] Yeah, it's weird when you have been in a few and you don't remember half of them! Or uh, your friends are definitely traumatized by having seen you die in some horrible field trip bull - not that uh, not that that's happened... to me or anything.

[sweats.]

[reconnective]

Yeah. [he knows! terrible! especially given riku's time period, sora's aware that this wasn't the greatest option for his friend. but then again, he's listening to what lup says and he's frowning in thought.]

...try saying that again but make it more convincing this time. [jeez.] More of your friends were in these things, too?

[evocationary]

[scritch scritch his scalp, gently.]

Oh, uh. Yeah. Last time I was at one of these I talked to my friend Lucretia? I think I mentioned her. Maybe. Actually, fuck, uh - maybe not! She was... one of the first people I forgot.

[a pause, and then:] She was at that same school Riku was at.

[reconnective]

[at least the scalp scritches are getting him to relax further.]

From the crew you were traveling with, right? [he remembers all of the things lup's ever forgotten because he made that promise to hold them for her, but now he looks mildly concerned again.]

I wonder if she was in his dorm. I know school's not great but a murder school really isn't the first thing I'd think of. [...] Was she okay?