i can't believe we've gotten this far into december without this

[fistofthejoestar]

THE MISTLETOE MEME

It was a quiet moment in the imPort cities, 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 the cities!

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!

meme text lovingly stolen from lyingheart

Comments

riku | kh

[resipiscent]

[everything is good. he's going to be so :| about it though]

[mightthinkthat]

Riku, hello. [ Totally normal hug. Apart from the fact that they've never done it before? ]

[resipiscent]

Ah... hi.

[He moves to step out of Francis' way and bumps into something invisible and cold, and hard as a rock.]

... There's something here.

[mightthinkthat]

Right. [ Hope you're not looking for enlightenment here, Riku. ]

[resipiscent]

[He kind of is, he's very confused. His eyes flick up and he frowns at the mistletoe, slumping a little.]

I see how it is.

[mightthinkthat]

…You may have to help me out?

[resipiscent]

Technically, aren't you also helping me?

[mightthinkthat]

[ He frowns in confusion. ] What?

[resipiscent]

[Riku slaps the wall behind him, which makes a strange reverberating sound.]

Obviously we have to do something to fix this.

[mightthinkthat]

Right, but that's not something I have experience with.

[resipiscent]

Me either. But that right there is our only clue, isn't it?

[He jerks a thumb up at the mistletoe.]

[mightthinkthat]

Mistletoe?

[resipiscent]

... Yeah.

[maglevflash]

[This is not awkward in the least. Nope. Just stuck in here with someone she's only known for like a month. No big.]

[resipiscent]

[how has this happened multiple times

Sorry if he's a little sullen. Just a little, though, and he sighs quietly.]

So...

[maglevflash]

[Nah, sullen's pretty accurate. This is happened more than once for her, too. It's not that she's offended by the idea of kissing someone, it's more that she can't science her way out to begin with. Damn you technology!]

You too, huh?

[resipiscent]

[Riku nods, folding his arms and leaning his head against the invisible wall.]

Yup.

[He knows how to get out at least, now. But how forward can you get?]

[maglevflash]

[This'd be a lot easier if they knew each other better, to be honest. Then she could just kiss him, get it over with, and then laugh about it later.

She doesn't know how he'd react or anything.]

I've only found one way out of this.

[resipiscent]

[He considers this. She's right, though there has to be some other option. What that other option is he doesn't know. After a moment he huffs a sigh, stands up straight again.]

Well, then.

[maglevflash]

[Her power doesn't touch anything outside of this barrier, including the plant itself, but that doesn't stop her from raising a hand to the 'wall' and trying to manipulate it into letting them out.

All science points to there being no reason she couldn't, and yet...

She sighs as well, glancing at him up and down. He's no different from their spar when they met, and certainly not unattractive. Kissing him to break their prison isn't the worst plan.]

I don't suppose you've had any luck opening this with your key. [Gogo, that's probably not how his sword works.]

[resipiscent]

[He shakes his head, looking a little sour about it.]

No, actually, I haven't. Never met a lock it couldn't open, so I guess technically this isn't a lock.

[Good for you, Gogo, because it actually does do that.]

What do you think?

[maglevflash]

[Oh, well. What do you know? The sword is actually a key, too.]

I think whoever set these up is a genius. I can't figure out the technology and this ought to fall right into my wheelhouse. Unless it's a nanite thing in which case- [She shrugs.]

I've never met a plant so fond of pda before.

[resipiscent]

Maybe it is a nanite thing. That would make more sense, I think. Making the affected unable to move past a certain point.

[Honestly, he has no idea. He has no real frame of reference for much in the way of science past the things he saw DiZ do.]

... really, though. How is this related to Christmas, again?

[maglevflash]

It's tradition that when two people are standing under mistletoe they have to kiss. And for some reason mistletoe is only brought out during Christmas. Maybe that's when it's in season.

[A pause.]

I think mistletoe is poisonous though. God know how it became a holiday thing.

[resipiscent]

I mean, I know that. The first part. But I don't understand how it became a Christmas thing in the first place...?