a mistletoe (destruction) meme

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The Mistletoe Meme

It was a quiet moment in Heropa, FL, when the next devious plot of an unknown organization was realized. With the holiday season upon all the town, bundles of mistletoe with interference technology hidden in the festive bows and pins holding them together was distributed throughout the town and into all the residences of the imPorts.

The interference technology creates a stasis field keeping imPorts trapped underneath it, protecting the mistletoe itself with a small barrier. However, it only seems able to hold two people at a time, and and the reaction of the nanites to sudden changes in chemistry brought on by embracing or kissing brings the stasis field crashing down, leaving the mistletoe vulnerable to destruction at that time.

It's up to you, imPorts, to break free of these mistletoe traps and destroy all the mistletoe in Heropa!

• Comment to the meme with your character(s). Specify if your character is open to kisses, hugs, or both!
  
• Comment around to other characters, getting trapped in the mistletoe's radius! Or hunting the mistletoe down. Either way, bring on the hugs and/or kisses!
  
• Have some light, silly, holiday fun!

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Yang Xiao Long

[bodyshots]

[I'll kiss anyone's face. I'll kiss your face. I'll kiss my own face.]

[lyingheart]

[ You were asking for this. Annie is holding a full length mirror she was carting out the door to the sidewalk after being waylayed for assistance when. Suddenly. Stuck in a freaking doorway again??? ]

Oh for the love of -!

[ On the upside, Yang, you're getting a wonderful reflection of yourself right back atcha. ]

[bodyshots]

Wait, hold on let me fix my lip gloss. I mean, mirror's here and all.

[Leaning forward to do just that, she peeks over the edge of the mirror, spotting a familiar grumpy face, and grins.]

Oh- hey Annie! Want some help?

[lyingheart]

[ Help with carrying the mirror or getting out of mistletoe range? ]

We have a whole office to move, if that's what you mean.

[ She says, breathing in and sighing internally as she exhales. She makes a visible effort to not look as irritated as she is by the situation. Man, if only these were her own shields, then she'd know it meant she needed to work on training, not. Whatever this BS is about! ]

[bodyshots]

Hey, no problem, I'm pretty strong!

[Guess who hasn't cottoned on to the mistletoe situation yet? Spoilers: it's Yang.]

Here, lemme get that.

[lyingheart]

[ Annie helpfully hands over the mirror. Who knows, maybe super strength will break this whole bond in the first place. It's a learning curve of "trial and error" that Annie doesn't find preferential, but hell, she'll roll with it. ]

... Thanks.

[ And then wait to see if Yang can actually, you know. Move away. ]

[bodyshots]

No problem!

[Except yes, big problem, because suddenly, no matter how had she tries, she can't move away. What the hell-?]

Uh... Annie? Do you know what's up right now? Cause I'm freakin' out a little- in, you know, a totally chill way.

[lyingheart]

[ Annie presses her lips into a thin line. Okay, so that didn't work. She blinks, looking upward. There it is.

There is the incriminating little bit of disaster looming over them both. ]

I don't know, exactly... but this is the second time this has happened today. I think it has something to do with... that.

[ She gestures upward to the collection of leaves and berry-like things and a pretty, neat bow. ]

[bodyshots]

Huh...?

[Eyes narrowing, she looks up, processing what the plant is, then looking back at Annie with a raised eyebrow.

She's getting it, give her a second...]

Aww dude, what? Seriously?

[lyingheart]

[ Yang does that mean you know what it is? Annie didn't. Still doesn't, except that it's annoying as heck. ]

You recognize that stuff?

[bodyshots]

They've been puttin' it up all over at work. It's supposed to be some cute tradition or whatever.

[And really, Yang doesn't mind it in the slightest. But that's not as true if she's being forced into it.]

It's ah... mmmmistletoe? Weird name, but whatever. If you wind up under it with someone, you gotta smooch.

[lyingheart]

... So it's a tradition.

[ That excuse makes sense for why this shit is everywhere. It does not make sense for why it's doing something to them and not the people who actually come from this world. ]

It can't be part of the tradition that you're actually stuck while under it. Magic's not part of this world, is it? Not natively part of this world?

[ Staring upward. Not actually disturbed at the "gotta smooch" news, but really peeved at the mistletoe for stealing all. You know. Momentum. ]

[bodyshots]

No, I'm pretty sure the 'stuck' bit isn't actually what's supposed to happen. I mean, you're not supposed to have to, you know?

[Hefting the mirror up onto her shoulder with one hand (and unreasonable ease, Yang sets the other on her hip, squinting faintly.]

...so I'm guessing that if we don't do it, we'll probably be in here a while.

[lyingheart]

[ She handles that mirror with such ease... man. Super strong people. It was more unnerving before she started knowing more people at that level, and training one to be careful with his strength. ]

Seems like. Sorry. I'm not good at these kinds of things.

[ also known as acts of affection. Still, unless Yang pulls away, Annie will step forward and. Er. Tilt her head back since Yang is eight inches taller than she is, but hey, this doesn't need to be awkward. Kisses are chaste most the time. So no big deal! (Oh, Annie.) ]

... Could you lean down a little?

[bodyshots]

[This isn't even using her super strength, Yang is just a ridiculous human being and should probably be kept on some kind of leash tbh. Still, when Annie moves in, she cracks a crooked little grin, shrugging.]

Oh yeah, sure thing!

[But unfortunately for Annie, Yang never does anything by halves, so once she's close enough, she's tugging her in for a kiss that probably isn't as chaste as Annie was expecting.]

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[ Yang, you really are a ridiculous human, but it's what makes you you.

And it is more than she expected - which might be noted when Annie's eyes widen in spite of herself and she's holding on to Yang's shoulders trying to decide DOES SHE NEED TO PUSH AWAY or what, because well. That. Er. Dammit. She finds herself kissing back because she's not that stiff, and it sure beats feeling like she's being taken off guard. Take that???

What it does mean is Annie's blushing and she can't even hide that when they pull apart, though she redirects her attention from Yang to the damn mistletoe overhead. If what she predicts is right, then... ]

Pull it down - now!

[ You're taller, Yang, so she really is talking to you right now. If you can reach it! ]

[bodyshots]

[She tries her best.

She almost, almost giggles into the kiss, if only because it's a little obvious Annie is flustered by it-- but then Annie's pulling back and telling her to grab the damn plant, and with an internal shrug, she gives a little 'hup!' and jumps upward, completely unhindered by her cargo, and pulls the plant down. She lands in a half-crouch, and by the time she stands, the plant is clutched in a slightly flaming fist, being reduced to ashes.]

...well, at least it's not fireproof too.

[lyingheart]

[ At least Annie would have handled the giggling with grace, it wouldn't have been out of place! Still, her eyes track Yang as she hops up, then lands in a crouch, looking to her slightly flaming fist. That's almost enough to make her smile, but she gets a contemplative look in her eyes, narrowing them as she makes a noise of consideration in the back of her throat. ]

I wonder if that would have worked in the first place. Thank you, Yang - at least that bundle won't be bothering anyone else. Still... how much of that stuff is around town, I wonder? And who put it there?

[ She's still blushing, but it's fading with the immediate embarrassment out of the way. ]

[trickstar]

[Will you, Yang. Will you kiss anyone. Because here's your opportunity to prove how low your standards are, with this asshole who happens to be passing underneath the same doorway as Yang is.]

[bodyshots]

[ARE YOU QUESTIONING HER BRAVADO GOOD SIR?!!! But no seriously she does have standards, and at least he's not someone gross, okay?]

...oh dammit, again?

[trickstar]

Again what?

[Joseph replies, although he continues to walk forward- only to hit that barrier wall face first. He pulls back, putting a hand over his nose because that's what hit the invisible wall first.]

...What?

[bodyshots]

That's what again, big guy.

[She pats his arm sympathetically, her other hand on her hip, and heaves a sigh.]

I'm guessing you haven't gotten stuck under one of these yet today?

[trickstar]

Stuck?

[That's a no. Joseph frowns, poking at the barrier and yeah. That's way too solid for something that's invisible.]

You've been stuck here? How do we get out?

[Because apparently, Ripple isn't working. As he keeps his finger pressed to the barrier, he channels a stream of Ripple from his finger and... Nada. Nothing.]

[bodyshots]

Mmmyup, stuck.

[She's not sure exactly what he's doing, but when he seems to realize it's not gonna work, she shrugs and answers him-]

Uh... kissin', more or less. That's what the plant's for, usually.

[trickstar]

[The plant. Joseph looks up. ...Fucking mistletoe, really??]

We're being kept here until we kiss because of mistletoe?

[And then, under his breath and to himself:]

Well, at least I'm with a hot chick...