It's the most wonderful tiiiiime of the year. For mistletoe!

[ceded]

Oh no, mistletoe!

 

SHOOT. Who put that there?! Well, you’re caught - pucker up!

How to Play

1. Post your character and canon in the subject line
2. Next person who responds is the one you’re caught under the mistletoe with!
3. Go as awkward, sweet, or embarrassing as you like! (Quick cheek peck? Full French? Sure! But you have to kiss or the Nargles will get you!)
4. Comment, Tag, and catch others under the mistletoe. Have fun!

Gratuitously stolen from bakerstreet.

Comments

it consumes us

[missleadingquestions]

Sorta. I don't usually celebrate Christmas or anything.

[SHRUG.]

But there's lots of people to celebrate with this time.

[dotard]

[ Urgh it's hard to be grouchy around you, Maya. So cheery. ]

I suppose that much is true. Even I've been pulled into sharing a space with others.

[missleadingquestions]

See? Even a holiday you don't usually do is pretty fun when you've got a lot of people around.

Though... 'm a little confused about some things.

[dotard]

Indeed. It's been years since I had very much to celebrate, I suppose.

What exactly confuses you?

[missleadingquestions]

Those.

[She points up at the ceiling-- well, at the lovely poisonous plant some hooligan decided would be good for kissing under.]

They're kinda everywhere.

[dotard]

Oh.

[ Blackquill looks up and sighs. ]

Tradition dictates that if two people are caught under a mistletoe, they should kiss. Are you familiar with this foolish notion?

1/2

[missleadingquestions]

Oh yeah. I think I've heard Pearly talk about it.

[Those things are more Pearl's style...

Wait.

Wait.]

2

[missleadingquestions]

--Oh!

[Well crap.]

[dotard]

Indeed. I'm not sure where the practice originated, but perhaps it is believed to bring good luck or some such.

[ He nods his head, blowing out the ever-present feather in his mouth. ]

Shall we get it over with?

[missleadingquestions]

Sssure. I mean, it's not like it has to be a real kiss, right?

[Seriously, she's never kissed a samurai before. Or like, anyone who wasn't her sister. That's kind of weird.

But... gotta be open-minded and respect cultural differences, right?? RIGHT??]

[dotard]

I believe a kiss on the cheek should suffice.

[ A samurai is not perturbed by simple matters like Christmas kisses. ]

[missleadingquestions]

Oh. Well! That's easy.

[JUST GONNA BECKON WITH HER HAND come on, Simon, help the short people in the world out.]

[dotard]

[ Yeah, it's true he's pretty damn tall. Simon leans down, meeting Maya at eye-level. ]

Simple, yes?

[ Have a peck on the cheek. Get it. A peck. Oh, I slay me. ]

BREAKS OUT THE SHOUJO ANIME ICON WHY NOT

[missleadingquestions]

[Thank you for your charity, Simon.

Have a peck back!]

Simple enough!

SHAME I DON'T HAVE A MATCH can you imagine bishounen blackquill

[dotard]

Simple indeed.

[ Very cute. SO CUTE. Simon leans back, standing up straight again. He may in fact have something of a smile on his face. Amazing. ]

Though I do wonder who spent all this time putting up mistletoe. Or is it perhaps the city having its fun?

he's always bishounen.

[missleadingquestions]

[HEY SHE SEES THAT ALMOST-SMILE. It puts a smile right on Maya's face, too.]

Who knows?

It'd be kinda creepy-cool if the city was just growing mistletoe out of the ceilings.

true /sparkles mysteriously

[dotard]

Perhaps like some kind of mistletoe yokai?

[ He sounds excited by the thought. Magic and stuff was never real before... Now it's like an anime. ]

[missleadingquestions]

--Wow! What would that look like?

Maybe it's like a tiny little critter with a long pole for hanging mistletoe!

[it's nOT EVEN A JAPANESE TRADITION]

[dotard]

Indeed. Or perhaps, they fly up to door frames and tall places, playing tricks on their unsuspecting victims....

[ SHHHHH let them dream. ]

[missleadingquestions]

I think a tiny flying mistletoe youkai sounds a little more like a fairy.

[dotard]

Well, Christmas is a western holiday. Fairies and elves go hand in hand.

THESE TWO ARE SO DUMB

[missleadingquestions]

...Yeah, I guess Fairies are kind of just flying elves. So maybe there are mistletoe fairies.

MISTLETOE FOR GREAT JUSTICE

[dotard]

That would not surprise me one bit.