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Jingle Mingle...3!

Ah, yes. Third verse, same as the first! For some of you, the sudden onslaught of crystalized, chilly snowflakes may come as a surprise as you’re swept up in an icy sort of cyclone. Some of you may have already been bracing yourselves as the storm set upon you. But regardless of whatever group you’re in, you’ll soon find yourself being lifted off of your feet and tipping forward, free-falling through a whimsical, colorful interdimensional space. A door opens before you, and soon you tumble out of…a tree?

Yes. That’s right. You find yourself falling out of the trunk of a tree at the top of a snowy hill, looking down at a small village adorned with twinkling lights and the sound of music in the air. Too bad you can’t turn back now. The door has swung closed and all you are faced with is a painting of a Christmas tree.

Right then. Best to explore! There are plenty of places you can go and things to do while you’re here, but the proprietor of this village kindly asks that you do not resort to murder. For real. This is a place for winter fun and not bloodshed, and should anyone resort to violence they will find a large pile of snow falling straight on their head to cool off. There’s a little something for everyone, and all it takes is a little bit of adventure to find your holiday magic.

❄️Skiing, snowboarding, and toboggans, oh my
Even before you make your way down the hill and toward the village, you’ll find a building nestled among some trees holding all sorts of winter items including skis, snowboards, snow mobiles, toboggans, and sleds. The snow is fresh and the hills are alive with the sound of laughter. Challenge your friends to a race or two, or just take a test run down one of the many slopes scattered around.

❄️Sleigh Rides
For those of you who don’t want to walk down to the village, the sound of jingle bells will soon reach your ears as a horse-drawn carriage arrives. Climb aboard and settle in for a cozy ride over the river and through the woods. The horses are friendly, and while seating might be a little cramped it’s a good excuse to snuggle up to someone, don’t you think?

❄️ Christmas Market
Upon reaching the village, you’ll find that several of the buildings are lit up and decorated with holiday decor galore. There are kiosks serving all kinds of winter treats and drinks (both non-alcoholic and alcoholic in variety), and the best part is they’re free! The doors to the shops are open for all, inviting you in to browse the holiday wares available. You can find just about anything here for that perfect Christmas gift. There’s no limit to what magic can do, even for the casual window shopper. But if you can’t find exactly what you’re looking for…?

❄️ Santa’s Workshop
Ho ho ho? Oh ho! On the outskirts of the village sits a large, multistory building. Should you be brave enough to wander inside, you’ll find all sorts of rooms for arts and crafts to build your own gifts. There’s art studios, pottery wheels, power tools, fabrics, sewing machines, instruments and more. Scratch that creative itch and let your imagination run wild!

❄️ Ice skating
In the center of the village is a large ice rink with a beautifully decorated Christmas tree in the middle. Skates of all sizes are available for anyone to borrow and the ice is always clean and smooth no matter what time of day you come by. Show off some fancy footwork…or just laugh at the poor, unfortunate souls who can’t quite stand still.

❄️The Party
Or maybe you’re only interested in catching up with people you know? As is tradition, there’s always a party for the social type. Hosted at the largest house in the village, there are rooms with fireplaces, games, food and more. There’s an indoor pool in one room with a water slide for those of you feeling a little more daring, and in another room there’s a large projection screen playing countless holiday classics. The music is just as loud here, and just like last time should you require anything special the staff and their assistants will answer every beck and call. Icicles cling to the outside of the house in beautiful patterns, frost drawn across the windows spreading messages of holiday cheer and the occasional game of tic tac toe. The garden out back appears to be more of a Christmas tree farm, boxes of ornaments set in accessible locations for those who wish to do a little bit of decorating.

But it wouldn’t be a holiday party without the time-honored tradition of mistletoe, now would it? Despite having more space than ever, the longer you’re around the less likely you are to escape unscathed. The tricky little plant can appear at random in places you might not expect, and often times it will show up at inconvenient moments. That’s a little troublesome, but worry not! You’ll probably come up with some way to avoid it if you really want to, right?

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin. Embrace this moment and make some new memories.

[ooc: it's once again mgcu mingle time, but there's a twist! this mingle is open to characters from the following:

reapsody,

grimmoired,

plasmatio,

subdivided,

thotordie,

bluesclues,

tropicalgetaway,

notagain,

redactable,

snowend,

7rings,

seasonality,

chasma

uturns,

chroma,

courtrooms, and

suitedreams!

however. you may also bring special guests in the form of characters you considered playing in previous games or characters you are anticipating playing in the future. this also includes any characters you may have brought to past endgame mingles for extra shenanigans. have fun mingling with strangers!]

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Man, fuck you, don't curse me with that. I've already been a hostage enough, I don't want to complete the fuckin' bingo list.

[she needs more booze herugh] Oh, hey, when are you gonna come see the house? Me n' Yasha got a new place.

[opens mouth

closes mouth

opens mouth again] You can't hold that over my head, asshole. It doesn't count if you're the one who got me kidnapped in the first place.

[ he's having a great time

gu yun gestures with his wine gallon glass, pointing it in molly's direction, and says cheerfully: ]

Staff rights. [ you are not staff anymore ] Besides! I asked nicely, and I give excellent tips. Care to join me?

[flayn is way too nice to her.]

Aw. [she ruffles flayn's hair, and just - picks her up? stronk. out of the snow they go! she brushes the snow off of flayn's clothes and offers a hand.]

With - fish? Really? [she makes... a face. but.] Anyway, no, not yet. I was busy, I got distracted by finding something for Yasha.

[ skipping right over the part about the summer because haha awkward

anyway it's a good thing that qingxuan does not go back to her world, gu yun has decided. he sips at his wine, nodding along and listening. ]

Trouble? Me? Never. [ hand on his heart!!! it's followed by a roguish wink. ] Just enjoying retired life. It's terribly boring, meimei.

You aren't staff anymore!

[ it doesn't count. anyway reaching over to try and take the gallon wine glass for a sip? he has to share if its that big.]

You'll get alcohol poisoning if you're doing this by yourself.

I've had more than this in smaller glasses! My liver's as strong as the iron of my camp.

[ molly is 100% correct that this will kill him

anyway it looks like he might play keepaway with this cup for a moment, leaning back into the chair, playfully holding it up out of his reach... which is not very far because gu yun's short and he's also sitting down but that is not the point. he gives it a little wiggle ]

What do I get in exchange?

Edited (when you have like 350 icons and still repeat them ) 2022-12-10 21:50 (UTC)

[ gu yun slides the sweater full of mini alcohol bottles across the table and waggles his eyebrows? help yourself to your finders fee there are still like five on there.

but, ah!!! the house!! much less shitty, his expression warms into a smile. ]

Did you, now? Congratulations to the happy couple. [ he raises his little bottle and goes to screw off the top. ] I'll try and make it back, soon, with a housewarming gift in tow. I could go for the way Yasha cracks your back when she gives you a hug.

How is she? It has been too long.

[... she'll take one of those, actually, unscrewing it without much effort.]

Thanks. [she gives him a little grin - this is much less of a shiteating grin, she's so grossly in love.] She misses you. Said uh, you listen to her talk about her gardening more than anybody she knows, which is fuckin' rude, considering that I dutifully listen to her talk about her ivy like, all the time.

[she says this so fondly.] We're good, though, work is... boring. Paperwork, man.

Well. Flowers understand flowers. On that, you couldn't hope to compare.

[ he manages to say this both primly and also affectionately insult beau at the same time, but the batted eyelashes that follow it are obviously comically overexaggerated. ]

In all seriousness, I hope you'll pass on the message that I'm looking forward to seeing her again sometime soon. [ and the paperwork bit gets him to laugh, a little fond huff of his own. ] What lives to live, that we can complain about boring work and talk about gardening and building a home. Isn't it just wild?

[ compared to just nonstop chaos and murder and warfare and strange versions of your friends with 54384986 eyes and a god complex ]

[she makes a face at him with the first bit, grabbing the closest thing she can find (like, an ornament or something) to throw at him across the table.

but the second part, she rests her chin in her hand, looking a bit thoughtful.]

... Yeah. [she says, finally.] I never thought I was going to have this, you know? Ask me two years ago where I thought I'd be right now and I'd say like. Dead, or something. Not sitting in some weird multiverse bullshit drinking rum and whiskey with my previously dead frenemy's boyfriend.

[she glances at him, and then takes a drink. she has an inkling it might be a little the same for him, in a sense.]

I. pre-sleigh ride

rather than get on the sleigh right away, chang geng can be found stroking one of the horses on the snout. it seems that he's disney princessed its affection and attention at the moment, as it nickers softly, shoving its nose into his hand.

yes, this is probably a murder reunion thing. again. but he doesn't pay it much mind, at least visibly. instead he is just going to murmur to the horses. apparently he's thanking them for their hard work?

anyways. when approached:

II. the party, kind of

while mostly tranquil, and apparently pretty sociable on the surface, chang geng's... not really much of a party person. but he is present in the big house, observing the comings and goings quietly with interest (and a drink). he's not entirely wall flowering, but. he kind of is.

the perfect victim for pestering.

III. wildcard

want to throw a snowball at him? drag him into shenanigans? the world is your oyster.

I. aim... fire!

enjoying a stroll out in the snow? getting ready to - or coming back from - some fun wintertime activities? wanting to head inside, and away from the godforsaken cold?

sorry. you are not getting out unscathed.

winding her arm back, portia has taken cover behind a pile of present decorations outside and is picking off anyone that comes by. she's got a mean arm and decent accuracy.

and so many snowballs primed for a showdown, although she doesn't have much going for her in terms of stealth, considering her wild ginger curls can be seen as she ducks back down, gigglesnorting.

II. the party, definitely

this is an actual party person. changed into something appropriate, portia bounces from person to person happily, rodion the norwegian forest cat on her heels. (said daemon has a large, matching bow with a jingle bell at his throat, decked out for the occasion as well.)

she can't break her habit of being the head servant, however.

excellent

III. wildcard

ice skating? shenanigans? opens paws for everything

[grabby!! hands!! she's wearing this and her hair is poofing up after being damp from the snow and then drying. she looks ridiculous and is having a lot of fun, clearly.

take her grabby hands.]

Are we dancing or what? [uwu]

I. workshop

kon's just. in here. this really shouldn't be a surprise, to be honest, but he's claimed a wholeass corner for himself and spread out a lot of things to tinker with.

is he taking apart stuff in here? yeah. but he seems intent on building up a variety of things out of the supplies given, but also including... is that one of the sewing machines from the sewing area? did he gut it for parts?

of course he did.

without looking up, he moves the candy cane he's got in his mouth to one side.

II. wildcard

third verse, same as the first... two. this nerd deserves being shoved into the snow tbh.

[ gu yun's mouth quirks at the corner as beau talks - he barely even bothered to dodge the ornament, just snickering as he brought his hand up to keep it from hitting his very nice face - and... yeah. that's a familiar feeling, isn't it? his eyes soften a little, the mischief from before melting down to the light of a candle. ]

That makes two of us, death and all. [ and a little more wryly: ] And if you'd told me your previously dead frenemy who would soon become my significant other was purple, I would've laughed in your face.

[ he lifts his drink up and wriggles it between his fingers. ] The world has such a strange way of doing things you don't expect, doesn't it? The minute you think you've got it down, it comes at you with a suckerpunch.

[ gu yun, who is lifting his very very large drink up to his mouth, spots chang geng from across the room

and very subtly lowers it down to the ground ]

santa's workshop.

[ there's someone in here working on what looks like a very complex rube goldberg machine here in the workshop, comprised of baubles and bits and tinsel and candles and whatever other holiday accoutrement might be around and about the entire place. as he spots someone coming close, he adjusts his glasses and wipes his hands on his little shop apron, fingers comjng away with glitter. ]

Oh, good, I need another pair of hands. Come here.

ice skating.

[ ah here is percy having a little skate around the rink, hands clasped behind his back and scarf like a little blue banner floating in the cool breeze. he does give a wave as he scoots by! ]

wildcard.

[ hit him up at the party or get in a runaway sleigh with him. why is it running away? who knows! ]

a. market

[ escha has a little shopping basket that should be full by now because she won't stop dropping little christmas miniature figurines into it.

tiny snowmen and reindeer and santa clauses should be overflowing. where are they disappearing to? the answer is alchemy. don't worry about it. ]

... I understand now. These are very dangerous.

b. workshop

[ later, escha is wandering around the workshop, looking at all of the different machines and tech used for crafting things. what the fuck is a forge? what the fuck is a sewing machine? ]

This all seems really complicated. Alchemy is way easier than having to use a different machine for each kind of thing you want to make. You can just throw everything into a cauldron, no matter what!

[ wow i am actually around for jingly mingly ]

ice skating.

[ but not really, because he's here instead with a first aid kit for all of your stupid skating accidents by the rink. he is just sipping a hot drink while people watching. occasionally he will chuckle when someone eats shit, but wave them over if they look like they might need a little tlc. ]

Here, let me bandage that up for you.

xmas market.

[ equipped with a warm, boozy drink ✌️ and very curious, hi we are window shopping. there's a very fun shop with hats, one of which he plucks from the topmost shelf and drops on the closest person to him. it's green and red striped, knit completely right down to the flesh colored fake little knit elf ears. he snorts. ]

So that's what that looks like.

partyyyy.

[ avoiding mistletoe by way of making that one :nyeh: cat meme and spending time outside decorating trees because like... that should work. in any case he's here, spending some time in the garden and enjoying himself. ]

Want to help? They're a little barren compared to everything else.

[ he spends several moments just sizing Sora and his companion up with a healthy dose of suspicion. Nothing technically seems to be amiss, though, so eventually... ]

...somebody else?

[ he blinks very fastly at all of this because boy she sure said a lot of words all at once and now he is just... laughing it out. yeah, good way to buy time to think. ]

I think I'm fine, but thank you. Are you sure that's your question to ask? [ raising a brow ] You don't look like one of those birds.

[ he does point at some kind of fancy pastry thing behind her ] Though you could grab me one of those by your elbow.

[ the voice seems to come from one of the snowmen itself: ]

But what if I already am one?

Not bad, skillful to write actual words on a sweater.

[ he's glad gravel can't do that (or can she and she's simply spared him?) imagine the things she'd write like "dumbass" and "hopeless loser" and what not. anyways.

he folds his arms and hums thoughtfully. ]

For someone you know?

[He is doing his best and Kumon shows up to laugh at the attempt]

Nice try! That kinda stuff looks so hard! Are you okay?

[He skates his way over and offers a hand to help Danny up.]

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