glocksuke | jingles your mingles in year six

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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[ 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!

[ 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 ]

[ 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...

[ 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! ]

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.

[ me like i have no idea what the timeline is here hooray ]

Do you recognize anybody here other than me? I saw Hulkenberg, and I think I saw Basilio, but he was talking to someone I didn't recognize.

[ the world outside of psls is scary ]

Mm, yeah. That's - [ squinting at the pink ] ... he showed at the airport, Anders introduced us - Jiaoqiu's his name.

[ wow... this jingle mingle full of murdergame people! the setting is starting to make a little more sense, and strohl looks out among the crowd, thoughtful. ] Seems like a bloody reunion, more or less.

I don't know how you got swept up in it, but, [ but - well, it's kind of nice, actually. strohl turns to look at him, an easy smile crossing his face as he nudges his arm against will's. ] Suppose there's no better time to get you acquainted than the present, yeah? The legend himself.

[ links their arms together, immediately, when he's nudged.

considering the scary world outside of timelines this will who has blue hair and pronouns and therefore is from an earlier canon point technically should not know about the airport so he just kind of headtilts... at strohl... it's clear he's confused by this sequence of words, but he just rolls with it. as usual. ]

Oh, um. Sure, you can introduce me to whoever you'd like. I'd be happy to meet them.

[ we are linked arm in arm now. strohl will adjust for him so he can escort him properly because that's what bros do!!! the look of confusion gets a brief matching one back, but... he too will roll with it! it's fine, probably.

probably. thinks about his team. jfc. ]

...Just don't let them take the piss out of you too much. [ god. ] Like I said - strange bedfellows all the way. Suppose so long as nothing hits the fan, we ought to be able to spend a bit of time here, anyhow. Did you get your taste of exploring yet?

[ two bros chilling at the holiday manor...

will looks amused at this. ]

Whatever they have to say can't be that bad. [ he's most definitely heard worse, he's sure. it's okay, strohl's team is woke. not that he knows this, he's just assuming. ]

Anyway, I've looked around a little. I haven't found a library yet, though.

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