a mistletoe (destruction) meme

[lyingheart]

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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Houka Inumuta

[databoner]

[even tho he's gross]

[lyingheart]

[ who let the dog out

Annie's cautiously looking upward every so often and attempting to avoid the practical... nothing overhead, to someone watching. Annie's learning some sadist has hung mistletoe all over town, but it's not all obvious, and she's starting to get suspicious of anything leafy as hiding another barrier-erecting leafcluster that's traditionally meant to indicate the spontaneous desire to kiss whoever you're stuck under it with. If she knew more of the actual origins of the tradition, it'd even make more sense, but as it is...

Annie looks like she's carefully not passing under a holiday wreath, walking on the other side of the sidewalk... and coming to a stop as she passes under the garland wrapped around the streetlamp. The garland with mistletoe pinned in the middle. She doesn't even need to look up to know what's happened - there's that same hemmed in feeling all over again. ]

This is getting ridiculous.

[databoner]

[When he imagined America celebrating Christmas, he wasn't sure what he was expecting, but this... this wasn't it. It's so... elaborate. Everything- literally everything, anywhere, has something relating back to the holiday on it. Even the stupid street poles. Somehow though, Inumuta has remained clueless of this malfunction with mistletoe, and doesn't seem to realize what's happening.

His first mistake, is that upon seeing Annie on the other side of the street, is to go over to her. He's not sure why she seems to be just standing there, but whatever, it makes it easy to catch up.]

Hello, Annie. I'm glad I found you. I have a question I've been meaning to ask you, actually-

...

[This is a... peculiar feeling. Oh well, ignoring it.]

Do you have a moment?

[lyingheart]

[ She opens her mouth to speak, to say anything, but she'd been too busy looking up to be able to warn him in time. Which means that while her mouth opens when he approaches, she lets it close again, breathing out in a quiet sigh. Too late. He doesn't appear to register that feeling, so he probably hasn't run into this yet, which... is more awkward for him than her at this point. After Yang stripped away the belief that any of these kisses stayed platonic, Annie has just gone with it, and ruthlessly destroyed all mistletoe she's deactivated afterward.

It's therapeutic. ]

Oh... I'm not going anywhere for the moment. What was your question?

[ Language is always key with Annie. Not going anywhere for the moment rather than yes, she has a moment. Either he's that captivating, or something else is going on in general, but it likely isn't immediately obvious what that is. ]

[databoner]

[...Odd reply, but alright.]

How great would you say the difference in temperature there is between Nonah and Heropa? You're more likely to get snow in Nonah, so do you think would that affect the level of decorations?

[Why...does this matter, Inumuta.]

[lyingheart]

[ She quirks her eyebrows up. The level... of decorations? Er. ]

We already have snow in Nonah. It hasn't stuck in the city, but the mountains have kept some. As far as I can tell, it's as decorated in the residential portion of the city as it is here. Downtown might be even more decorated... Nonah believes in playing as hard as they work. It's in the city slogan.

[ Added dryly. Cities with slogans... why. ]

You might see a difference in the quality of what is used to decorate, but if it can weather the outdoors in rain, it can probably handle snow as long as we don't get too many thaws and quick-freezes all over again.

[databoner]

I don't know what's worse, the fact the city has a slogan, or the fact you've remembered it.

Anyway, that answers my question. Thank you. I'll see you around.

[Or at least, he'll be trying to leave. Not with that barrier there, though. He bumps into it and then takes a step back. Nothing there. What?]

Hm...?

[lyingheart]

[ She's lived there for eight months, she'd be remiss to not know the obvious. She's still not sure why he wanted information on the decorations, since it doesn't actually explain much of anything, and she's been mystified by the concept of Holiday Decorations from the first round she'd seen go up.

Not to mention the live tree in her living room. Planted... in her living room.

She lets him try to walk away before politely clearing her throat. Hey, weirder things happen, he might not have come close enough to activate the force-field. Only he had, so... ]

Feels like you just ran into a barrier, doesn't it.

[databoner]

...

Yes, it does.

[Suspicious, how Annie already knows that.]

You knew this would happen.

["Why didn't you warn me" goes unsaid.]

inevitable

[ironbuttmonkey]

...well, I like American Christmas. It's really overt.

[overt, obnoxiously in your face, w/e. Trudging through the snow outside in more winter appropriate clothing, hands tucked into his jacket's pockets. Even he's wearing a scarf.

Except they reach a certain point and just...can't move any further, apparently.]

...eh? What's this?

avoidable!!

[databoner]

[He's just as confused, Sanageyama. They suddenly just can't proceed forward. It's almost like... an invisible Life Fiber barrier? But that would be impossible. Apparently, it's a complete encirclement, as well. Inumuta extends a hand to touch the barrier, and walks in a circle to perhaps find the end of it, and ... no. It continues on, even from the area they had originally walked from.]

A barrier.

[No shit, really??]

Someone or something is trapping us here.

[Strange, though, since not a lot of people are around right now...?]

no. nothing is life is avoidable.

[ironbuttmonkey]

[...]

So...we just got captured? Just like that?

[CONGRATS THEY'RE ON MANKANSHOKU LEVELS OF IDIOCY NOW.]

Agh...I don't believe this. Alright, hold up.

[Time for the Sanageyama approach.

Meaning he stands back to give himself some space - putting him standing pretty close to Inumuta now with his back facing towards Inumuta's front - and starts kicking the barrier repeatedly. Unfortunately, every kick kind of pushes Sanageyama back, meaning he'll be inadvertently shoving Inumuta into the other side of the barrier a few times.

Sorry bro.]

[databoner]

Would you-

[Getting shoved multiple times makes this even worse, and Inumuta shoves him back as hard as he can in retaliation.]

-Stop that! Stop! It's not working and you're pushing me!

[ironbuttmonkey]

[Well, that gets his attention anyway. He stops pretty much immediately, looking over his shoulder with his foot still raised.]

Fine, fine. Geez. [Foot's back against the ground, where it belongs.] So how do we get out of this?

[You're the smart one.]

[databoner]

Give me a moment.

[Let him do his OBSERVATION thing. Maybe scan around a bit. He drew a line in the snow where he traced the barrier to extend to. It's not that big, but within the circle is definitely... He looks up. That explains everything.]

...Ah.

Do you see that?

[That there is mistletoe.]

[ironbuttmonkey]

[It's his first time senpai, give it to him gently.]

Eh? [He inclines his head, staring...then he shrugs.] So what?

[databoner]

That's what's causing this. I had hoped this would be over by now, but...

[He will be as gentle as he can. Which is... Not... Much. Sorry.]

Sanageyama, do you know what mistletoe means, in American culture?

[hoboagogo]

[Sorry, Inumuta. While Shinji likes you, he hardly likes-you likes-you. So while finding himself unable to move or step farther once he'd come into proximity of the other teenager- he's a bit annoyed, definitely.]

Motherfucker- [A curse at the situation and the garish sprig of green dangling above them- eyes narrowing as though glaring and hating at it would accomplish anything to get out of this situation.]

[God, is this gonna be happening all damn day?]

Can you like-- overwrite this or something? [HOW DO I TECHNOLOGY]

[databoner]

[And do you think he's not annoyed, Shinjiro?? Although at least he isn't cheating on a boyfriend or something by getting stuck like this, unlike SOME people.]

No, I can't overwrite something like this. But you sound aware of what's going on, which makes this easier. Once we kiss, the plant is vulnerable. That is when we strike. Can you reach the plant, if I were to help you up a little?

[Getting... right down to business, it seems...]

[hoboagogo]

[Wow look houka this is hardly by choice. There has to be some sort of exemption for that. It's not really cheating when it's a dumb situation like this.

He frowns, and-- looks over Inumuta. Not because of the kiss suggestion, because he is all about getting out of this. But, rather...]

What d'you mean 'help me'? You're a stick.

[SRY BRO.]

[databoner]

Surely I can hold someone for few seconds while they decay a piece of mistletoe. Unless you're implying you are simply too fat for me to pick up.

[hoboagogo]

[WOW, INUMUTA.]

More like you look like you'd snap in half if someone looked at you funny- let alone you tried to pick someone up.

[do u evn lift brah]

[databoner]

[Thanks to Gamagori, yes, he actually does lift.]

If you're stalling for time because you're uncomfortable with what we have to do, be my guest to waste more of it.

[hoboagogo]

[well played. Also: sigh.]

Just don't trip or something... [Ugh. HE'S NOT COMFORTABLE, NO, but damn it, Inumuta is being all professional about it. So. Gotta man up and kiss this dude.

Glance up to gauge where the Mistletoe is, and then sigh and- move in for the kiss. Which at least he's not completely terrible at-- but he's also not... trying very hard.]

[databoner]

Ah, also-

[Nope, too late. Kissing now. Your breath is bad, Shinji. Also your lips are dry. Does Akihiko have to put up with this? He feels some sympathy for the other now. Inumuta also very much doesn't want to be here, and so this is a very lackluster kiss that's happening. Too bad he didn't get a chance to tell Shinjiro, if the kiss sucks, then they have less time to destroy the mistletoe. This might wind up causing them some trouble...]