jingles your mingles in year six

[alittlefuninstead]

Happy holidays guys and gals! It seems this year’s holiday party is a little… more lowkey. After the stint at that weirdo airport, you all probably just want the time to eat, drink and be merry, right? Have at it! The mansion you find yourself in has its halls decked and holly in boughs sprucing up every corner, and you can find just about anything behind any of the doors. Looking for a hot tub to warm up? There’s at least four. How about a bounce house to burn off your extra energy? This one’s shaped like a castle! You can even find ballrooms, game rooms, shooting ranges, ice skating rinks and more, whatever your heart may desire. Everywhere you look there’s plenty of food, drink and entertainment to be had, so come and jingle while you mingle!

But you didn’t think it’d be that easy, did you? You know what time it is… as per usual, it’s mistletoe season! It seems like this year’s upped the ante and the demand for kisses is higher. If you’re not careful, here’s some things you might run into:

❄️ Mistletoe can, and will, appear at random in places you might not expect, and often times it will show up at inconvenient moments.

❄️ Unfortunately, it's not just the mistletoe conspiring against you. The garland hanging in the halls will slither down on occasion to tie you to another person, ushering you both under a sprig of mistletoe and binding you until you comply.

❄️ Every now and then, a patch of ice will appear underfoot, sending you careening into another person or two with the hopes your lips will collide.

❄️ A variety of cakes, candies, cookies and cocoa appear to be special, filling you with a burst of affection you just have to get out.

❄️ Mistletoe will stick to a random part of your body, and the only way to remove it is to pucker up! The longer you resist, the more you’ll wanna kiss.

Or maybe you've had the great fortune to avoid all of these pitfalls to enjoy the party! You're free to mingle and jingle. Eat, drink, and be merry and bright...but do keep in mind that if two people are together and avoid the mistletoe for too long, you will find yourselves trapped in a gingerbread shack for one hour or until a kiss is shared. Dealer's choice.

Happy holidays!

[ooc: it's once again mgcu mingle time! this mingle is open to characters from any of our past murdergames, i am not listing them there's too many.

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, sort of like a TDM for potential options! this also includes any characters you may have brought to past endgame mingles for extra shenanigans because honestly, we've all had the itch of "OH X WOULD BE SO FUN OFF OF Y" and our castmate missed connections.

also we have a magical airport now, so perhaps just some rando happens to be passing through? wild! have fun mingling with strangers!]

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will ★ metaphor

[maglananimous]

[ a lad with blue hair and mismatched eyes can be found wandering the grounds! you'd think that maybe he'd be frightened or unsure of being slapped down right in the middle of such crazy festivities, but nope. in fact, this lad is wide-eyed and excited, exploring the grounds and enthusiastically hanging out with the wildlife. like the penguins, who i presume are still wandering around. really, it just seems like he's having a great time exploring somewhere new.

if you approach, he grins warmly, and holds out a cupcake. ]

Would you like to try? I don't think it's poisoned.

[halians]

[ if you give strohl ten minutes he will be more concerned about will just like, showing up here, considering the!!! insinuation!!! of people involved in murdergame!!! in this mansion!


but that's ten minutes from now. instead will is here!!! and so, strohl appears over will's shoulder, peers over at the cupcake, listens, and then says, with utter exasperation: ]

Captain, please say that with a little more confidence...

[maglananimous]

Well, I don't want to lie...

[ lying is rude!! he can't be sure it's not poisoned!! suppose there's one way to find out though, right? don't worry about him being here it's probably fine.

anyway, gives him a heart attack by taking a bite out of the cupcake. ]

[halians]

[ HELLO!!! ]

Don't just eat it! [ it really probably isn't poison but you're going to give both of them heart attacks now. he does not make will spit it out but he is watching him like a Hawk while he eats. ] Have you no sense of - I don't even know why I'm asking that, I know the answer!

[maglananimous]

[ look he just thinks it would be silly to put out poison on a table like this, what's the worst that could happen! it's probably not poison!

actually, it tastes pretty good. his eyebrows raise in a surprised way, and then he swallows and wipes his mouth with his sleeve before glancing at strohl with an innocent look. he has never done anything wrong in his life. ]

It's really good, actually. Maybe a little too sweet. [ hehe. ] I feel okay. I have my archetypes if I start to feel poorly.

[ yolo ]

[halians]

[ you are giving him gray hair, will. grayer hair. he stares at him for a second as he says this, all happy, and then SIGHS. ] You're going to be the death of me one of these days...

[ the irony of saying this is not lost upon him in this context. however, any grumbling doesn't stick around - he drags his hand down his face, and then huffs, hands dropping to his hips as he examines will as if he could see him suddenly garnering poison symptoms in the next five seconds. you are under observation. ]

... Best to keep an eye on it, just in case. Stick close to me, yeah? There's no telling what sort of weirdos might show up to this sort of thing...

[maglananimous]

[ animal crossing flowers joy emote in the face of the exasperation

it's fine, he's not going anywhere. as much as he likes exploring, he's very fine to stick next to strohl. in fact, he really wants to stay next to strohl? not that he doesn't usually, just... more. ]

There's a lot of fascinating people that I've seen so far, not weirdos... Where are we, anyway? [ curiously! ]

[halians]

Beats me. Could've hit a button on my phone in my sleep...?

[ no one ever taught me how to use a lock on my phone how would i know

he looks around once the initial danger has passed (?), though, frowning. everything is so festive... ] Seems like a party of some sort, though I can't say I trust it.

[honourous]

There you are.

[ there's a bit of stressed energy radiating off of hulkenberg as she practically speed walks over to will, the second she sees him. this lad! will give her grey hair!



but she does stop as he holds up the cupcake, blinking down at it - and then there's two wolves inside of her, ears giving a small, downward twitch as she regards the morsel. oh no. oh, he's offering her food! but he's mentioning poison! why!! ]

... I shall find out, at the very least. [ it wouldn't do if will ate a poisoned cupcake. but her? she'd probably be fine. so she glances to make sure strohl isn't breathing down her neck to lecture her about eating weird food, and will nobly accept it from him to check that it isn't poisoned. ]

[maglananimous]

[ ah!! hulkenberg!! he isn't alone!! he grins, when he sees her approaching, completely oblivious (on purpose) to her being stressed out that he was missing.

the grin falters though, when she says she'll try it, and he frowns instead. when she reaches out to take it, it's like he very quickly reconsiders, and he holds it out and away from her like he can stop her from grabbing it. he's two apples tall and she could totally just reach over him and take it, but it's the principle of the thing. ]

No, I changed my mind. I don't want you to get poisoned.

[honourous]

[ must you do this to her, will metaphorson???

except now he's taking the cupcake away. and she frowns back at him, staring down at his little apple self, moving to put her hands on her hips as she does. ]

Well, 'twould not be the first time I had eaten cursed food. [ poisoned? who knows. she probably has and just survived through it without blinking. ] Give it here, Captain. If you will not let me taste it, then you should not, either.

[ at least she's, like. giving him the chance to give it to her instead of taking it from him by (minimal, giraffe-legged) force. ]

[maglananimous]

[





shoves the entire thing in his mouth ]

[honourous]

No!! Captain, spit it out!

[ grabs his cheeks to try and squish

doing amazing, kids ]

[maglananimous]

[ I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING HULKENBERG

anyway, it's like trying to get plastic out of a cat's mouth, he's determined to chew and swallow it. he will do his BEST to wriggle out of her grasp. ]

[honourous]

[ SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE EXPECTED EITHER

when he starts eating it faster, she starts panicking faster - but then decides the best way to deal with this is to grab her own, similar cupcake and shove it into her mouth. in retribution?

no. in case he starts having symptoms, so that she can know what they are by experience and treat him that way if it winds up poisonous. #logic! (no) ]

[phengos]

Suddenly and abruptly whisked away from her lifelong duty, the Princess of the Underworld awakens to find herself in a snow-strewn land unlike any she has ever encountered before. She has barely any time to get her bearings when she encounters a young man with mismatched eyes, much like her own. Any burgeoning kinship between them, however, is stifled when he offers her what appears to be a miniature cake with dubious intent.

...Forgive me, but I don't typically accept baked sweets of unknown origins from strangers in a foreign land, nor is it a habit I intend to pick up.

[maglananimous]

[ does this narrative play out like it does in hades because if it does will looks absolutely bemused by it. otherwise: ]

That's smart of you. [ genuinely! he's not being sarcastic or anything, he's like, yeah, good call. ] I promise I don't intend you any harm, though I know that's easy to just say.

But! We don't need to be strangers. I'm Will.

[phengos]

[ i'm not gonna lie i just did it for the starting bit. god forbid i do every tag like that. zag and mel privileges only. ]

Are you sure you ought to offer that information so freely? Names have power, you know. [ ... ] Though it does seem as though my power is of little use here. [ another moment of hesitation, then, ] My name is Melinoë.

[maglananimous]

[ you are so valid ]

That's true. [ he says thoughtfully, with a small smile. ] But I don't mind giving you a little of that power. We're on even footing.

[ this is where a normal person might offer to shake hands but will does not. ]

It's nice to meet you, Miss Melinoë. Are you also just as confused to be here as I am?

[phengos]

[ she wouldn't have done so anyway, but he does at least get a slight nod in response. ]

I am. Though it appears some others are not? [ she glances around at various mingling guests around the mansion. ] Almost as if this isn't an entirely unexpected occurrence for them... how strange.

[unterror]

Oh, well as long as it's not poisoned.

[ she takes it and despite teasing... does immediately eat it. ]

Worst case I'll take a little snow-nap to sleep it off.

[maglananimous]

[ you are his kind of people hell yeah ]

Wouldn't you be too cold to sleep? [ not the appropriate response to that, but sure. ]

[unterror]

You can sleep anywhere, with enough practice. Or with a good enough pillow. And I bet no one would notice a throw cushion missing from one of these couches.

[ just sleep on? the couch then?? ]

[maglananimous]

[ we could start a club with all these homophobia eyes ]

Even if they did notice, I don't think anybody here is going to try and throw you in jail for taking a pillow. [ hopefully. he tilts his head, looking her over now that she has taken this test cupcake and eaten it. ]

Are you feeling okay?

[unterror]

[ i was excited to match okay ]

It'd really spoil the holiday spirit if they started throwing old geezers like me in jail just for getting sleepy. [ she is not an old geezer. ] Especially if there's good food around. People get tired when they eat a lot, you know?

But so far so good. You should try one, yourself.