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Jack Frost ([personal profile] alittlefuninstead) wrote in [community profile] glocksuke2022-12-10 10:24 am

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: [community profile] reapsody, [community profile] grimmoired, [community profile] plasmatio, [community profile] subdivided, [community profile] thotordie, [community profile] bluesclues, [community profile] tropicalgetaway, [community profile] notagain, [community profile] redactable, [community profile] snowend, [community profile] 7rings, [community profile] seasonality, [community profile] chasma [community profile] uturns, [community profile] chroma, [community profile] courtrooms, and [community profile] 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!]
resumed: (smile ♕ devious)

[personal profile] resumed 2022-12-11 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
It's still very tempting, so don't push your luck. [leo, please remember who nico is as a person. but he does ease up just a little because tis the season, or whatever.] Besides, nobody else is here. There would be no witnesses for anything that happened here.

[:)

okay, so maybe now he's just fucking with him. it's fine.]
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[personal profile] resumed 2022-12-11 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[and now nico will forever be wearing a stupid hat, thank you gu yun. he finds him suspicious no matter what, but he will let it slide for now.]

By choice or by design though? [and he's also making a hell of a face at the idea of spring. sometimes, you're still annoyed at your stepmother's existence.]
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2022-12-11 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Nero has gotten hit all of once and has just decided to lie down in the snow. Effort has no part in his name and he has no reason to give it his all. Besides, the snow is very cozy.

Disce, however, makes her way over to Portia and pushes her head against her hand. Hewwo]
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[personal profile] resumed 2022-12-11 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[okay well.

the sentiment is kind of sweet and he finds himself equal parts charmed and annoyed about it, but he takes the hand.]


You're probably right. I can't think of any of us who would dissuade you from doing so, but there's at least four other people who called dibs. So let's leave it to them and do something else.
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[personal profile] frostythehitman 2022-12-11 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
My kind of sweater.

[ he graciously accepts it and pulls it over his head. he will wear it with pride. ]
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[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2022-12-11 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ with his cheek smushed against the ice, he pouts up at Kumon before accepting the hand up. ]

Other than my pride? Sure.

How are you so good at this?
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[personal profile] resumed 2022-12-11 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[possibly surprising to her, when she looks at him he's snickering. sorry! it was funny!]

I started it by walking? [sure, okay.] I was going to start patrolling the area before I was so wrongfully attacked.
liuli: (112)

[personal profile] liuli 2022-12-11 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ "he finds him suspicious no matter what," this is the correct way to view gu yun

who has done nothing wrong (?). actually, that question just makes him make sort of a non committal noise, and gu yun winks. ]
Who's to say?

[ filial piety!!!! haha!!! he breezes right past that one. ] Anyway. Is spring a family affair for you, Nico? You're making a face.
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[personal profile] reconnective 2022-12-11 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[he ducks his head a little, letting her fuss with his hair before meow wow does his dumb, wiggly rolly-polly bs he does when he's happy with the pets.

but lup mentions the bag and somehow he visibly brightens even further.]


It's a secret! [he's joking, really, but he does hold the bag open and inside she can see there is a literal mountain of stuff.] It's Christmas magic. Who are you looking for? Taako?
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[personal profile] reconnective 2022-12-11 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[meow wow is appeased and therefore sora's pretty okay with this. he shuffles forward, standing on his toes a little to peer into the bag and humming to himself as he examines the items.]

Very practical of you. [which is both impressive and a little depressing. he gets it. you always think of other people and think of ways to help people. but it's christmas! there should still be some things that xie lian gets to take back just for his own enjoyment, he thinks.]

Wellll...it's Christmas! [it is not christmas yet.] Wait, do you guys actually celebrate Christmas? [nevertheless he's already cramming his arm into his own bag to root around for something.]
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[personal profile] unbested 2022-12-11 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
a. party

[ sebastian is here (source)! he's trying not to look overtly christmasy in case estelle shows up, so he's just wearing a normal winter coat over a blue fair isle sweater and not looking particularly festive on the outside, but he's got the holiday spirit on the inside!!

to anyone who knew him before, he seems a little more subdued and mature, and less like he's constantly five seconds from an emotional breakdown. but he's still got his stupid conductor's baton, and he's still waving it around in perfect time with some of these christmas songs as he hums along. ]



b. market

[ you can find him meandering through the market, sipping a cup of hot cocoa and looking at all the trinkets for sale.

he picks up a wooden ornament of a crow with a red scarf around its neck and kind of squints at it a little. ]


Do ornaments make good presents...? I mean, by the time you unwrap it, you're basically ready to take down your decorations until next year, right?


c. ice skating

[ he appears to be skating pretty successfully, but he's also focusing very hard on not falling, so any interruption is probably going to be enough to throw him off. ]
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[personal profile] reconnective 2022-12-11 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[you know danny is 100% valid, more people should be a little suspicious of a teenager dressed like an underaged goth-mall santa. but sora doesn't seem to mind, perking up at the answer even as he shoves an arm into the bag to dig around.]

Okay. What kind of a somebody else? What are they like?

[he is here to help.

meow wow, meanwhile, squeaks politely at danny's feet.]
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[personal profile] resumed 2022-12-11 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[sometimes!! you work with someone for a few months and you just develop habits.]

Um...you? You could literally say. [he sounds so exhausted, except he is once again derailed by the spring and he shakes his head.] There's no face. I just think that spring should wait its turn and mind its own business and be more considerate of seasons that have their own aesthetic.

[:unamused:]
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[personal profile] dianxias 2022-12-11 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I did want to ask you...

[ he laughs, a little sheepishly. ] What's a Christmas?
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[personal profile] reconnective 2022-12-11 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[!!!]

Oh! [yeah, he suspected as much.] Yeah, I guess it wasn't something that really came up in the Realm. We had a haunted mansion but nothing really winter-y. But it's a holiday! Some people celebrate differently but usually it's the time of year where you set up all kinds of decorations and traditions like Christmas carols and tree lightings and peppermint-flavored everything and all kinds of cookies. But the most important thing is that every year on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus travels all around the world delivering presents for Christmas Day! Usually you write letters to him and stuff letting him know what you want for Christmas that year, and then he goes through his list to decide if you were naughty or nice. If you make his nice list, you get gifts! And if you don't, you get coal. It's a lot of work.

Soooo that's why I'm helping out.
gogoghostpowers: ([F] CUTS CUTS CUTS but he can't get me)

[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2022-12-11 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ jesus christ i love you so much meow wow ]

Uhhh...friendly and upbeat? And really active, always doing lots of stuff. Like acting. And sports!
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[personal profile] 9mon 2022-12-11 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[He gets pulled up and hugged.]

I'm not trying to do any of the hard stuff. I'm just skating.

[Also he's a jock-chuuni combo. Has there ever been anything more embarrassing? Probably not.]
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[personal profile] liuli 2022-12-11 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ tell him how you really feel

gu yun can't help but grin, amused, and keeps egging this on shamelessly. ]
Is that so? Wouldn't you say that about overreaching winter, too? It ought to back off, lest the plum blossoms don't bloom. That's bad luck!
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[personal profile] daifukus 2022-12-11 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Partying Partying, Yeah!

[ Tonbo is here. Tonbo, unfortunately, seems to always be here. He's mostly gotten used to it and seems to be mostly resigned to these things happening now. And look! He seems to have even gotten into the holiday spirit! Now imagine it also lights up and jingles with this exact expression in his icon.

You'll find him somewhere in the sidelines very seriously nodding at something Penguin-san is ...erm. saying. Complete with holding a little plate of snacks? They seem to be exchanging notes. Somehow. Don't question the christmas magic, folks.

Otherwise, he'll be pleasantly vibing, happy to chat up everyone that comes his way. There might even be a mistletoe lurking right above his head but he hasn't noticed it yet, rip. ]


It's been a while, hasn't it?

Snow + Christmas Market

[ Wowee they can go outside this time...! He's poking around the stores and markets, curiously investigating these new and interesting things. Maybe he'll find presents for the others here? Or, at least plenty of yummy snacks to bring home, hm.

OR he's just wandering out and about, making a very unfortunately large red target for anyone looking for mischief. Take full advantage of his empty head!!! ]


Wildcard
[ or just hmu for shenanigans yall know the drill ]
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[personal profile] dianxias 2022-12-11 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ the look on xie lian's face suggests he doesn't really understand this but he is smiling anyway like "my favorite grandkid is telling me a newfangled story and im just happy for him" ]

All the way around the world...? He must be stronger than the Heavenly Emperor... [ this is murmured, genuinely impressed, though his nose wrinkles a bit at coal. if you behave badly enough, you'd be able to keep a house warm all winter...!

but, after a brief shake of his head to clear that, he settles on the best part of it all, which is: ]
It sounds like a wonderful holiday nonetheless - to bring gifts to people just to bring good tidings and joy is never a bad thing. Are you the person in charge of handing out presents to our group, then, Sora?
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a!!!!

[personal profile] daifukus 2022-12-11 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ he's just bemusedly watching this happen. alchemy is truly a wild ability. where even does it all go in the end!! is it just floating in the abyss? stacked neatly somewhere else?? truly, the mind wonders. ]

Are they?
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[personal profile] alitaba 2022-12-11 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ he can absolutely feel the spike in mischief ]

A high speed snowball launcher!
gogoghostpowers: ([F] we've only got so many tricks)

[personal profile] gogoghostpowers 2022-12-11 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ he grins at the hug, first, but he kind of loses his balance in it so his legs give out and he is held up solely by the force of kumon's hug ]

That is the hard stuff!
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[personal profile] peakfan 2022-12-11 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Market

[ It's the most wonderful time of year.... For a Winter Wonderland sidequest?! The system once again is notoriously silent on the matter and it's only when he recognizes an occasional face, SQQ realizes what this is.

FREEDOM. INDEPENDENCE. SWEET BLISS.

the fan in front of his face blows ever slightly more excitedly at the idea but no, he's gotta be cool. chill as a cucumber. this doesn't last forever and there are chances Someone will find him.

so catch him wandering the stalls and markets, browsing idly and maybe looking for treats to bring home. surely it won't break the story if he brings back a gingerbread man for Binghe........? ]


OR
[ you'll never know it was him using his cultivation to drop snow on your head. he's not even looking in that direction!! he'll even point at the opposite direction if someone looks at him. ]


Wildcard
[ or just catch him staring at the void checked out entirely and screaming internally because here we are in the snow again. as you do.]
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[personal profile] 9mon 2022-12-11 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
There's a bunch of sports that rely on your sense of balance! They're really fun if you can get into them.

[He will hold onto Danny so neither of them fall back onto the ice.]

You can hold onto me if you wanna. Promise I won't fall on you.

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