mistleglow: a winter kiss meme

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mistleglow: a winter kiss meme.

The month of December has been a cold one in Anchor, with the bots working hard to bring a little winter joy to the city. This year, there's a little extra surprise - the bots welcome the participation of the nanites, who are able to join in with the winter holiday protocols for the first time in a long time following their long imprisonment.

And what are the nanites doing? Well...this winter wonderland has been missing a conspicuous offender: the mistletoe. That's where the nanites come in...

▶ The nanites will be floating around in little swarms, lit up bright with various colors, and when they run into any sentient creature, they will enclose them in a harmless invisible shield with a radius of approximately three feet by three feet. Once the characters are entrapped, they'll be stuck for exactly one hour...unless they kiss!

▶ There is no compulsion to kiss, and characters are welcome to just wait out the hour and hope they're stuck with a good conversationalist, but if they want to get on their way, they'll have to kiss their fellow captive, in a specific way depending on the color of the nanite swarm that's trapped them.

▶ The bots will be helping by helpfully informing any trapped characters they need to kiss as they pass by. They won't say what kind of kiss because that would make it too easy. But at least now you know, right?

▶ This meme can be counted as game canon and used for AC if threads continue into January (don't forget: December is check-in only) if both parties wish. Characters who are not in the game are welcome, and threads from this meme can also count for application samples! Come join us!

▶ How to Participate: Just post a top-level detailing the types of kisses you're interested in, and then tag around to other people's top-levels.

▶ Kiss Type Legend:

RED: MOUTH ● ORANGE: NECK ● YELLOW: CHEEK
GREEN: FOREHEAD ● BLUE: HAND ● VIOLET: BUTTERFLY

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Elleru 🐦 Original 🐦 BIRB SMOOCHES AHOY

[birdical]

[Come find her around the park, spa, or agricultural zone! She's up for all the kisses and conversations, CR or not, though let's keep it chaste for all those people who are too short to be adults.]

yellow!

[braidmage]

[ This isn't the first time Reynir has been through this whole ridiculous rigmarole. He knows just what it means, when he is moving past someone he has seen around (well, she's hard to miss!) but never spoken to, just near the stairs to the agricultural zone, when suddenly the nanites are all around them. Reynir sucks in a sharp breath, hoping it's not too late, but-

But nothing. He is too late and he can feel that the barrier is already there, those nanites hovering overhead giving off a buttery yellow glow. Crap. It hadn't been yellow, last time. Or maybe that's a good thing. Crap! Why couldn't it have been somebody he knew, at least.

Reynir turns to look at Elleru, rubbing the back of his neck. Does she... know about these nanites? Is he gonna have to explain? Would it be better to just wait for a bot, so he doesn't sound like a major creep? ]

... Hello.

r e d

[sleepyhollowed]

[Taking walks through the park with Elleru has become a tradition of sorts--as much as a tradition that can be formed over a couple of months, at least--and it's one that Kieran has found himself looking forward to, thankful for any chance to go outside and spend time with pleasant company. Today is no different--at the start, at least.]

[They're probably in the middle of conversation when the nanites start surrounding them. Although they're only visible at first, bright red against the green backdrop of the park, it doesn't take long for a now familiar hum to reach Kieran's ears, and he instinctively stiffens.]

Awww... that ain't good.

[He sounds more exasperated than afraid.]

Red!

[scowlish]

[For once, Onni has managed to get himself vertical, fed, and out of the apartment before noon, and he thinks that, perhaps, doing some work would be helpful to his mood and energy in general. It's a good sign, he thinks, that he's looking forward to spending some time with Reynir's crops, even if it's just pulling weeds.

He's halfway across the patch of grass that separates the crop area from a little copse of trees when he runs into Elleru. He's spoken to her on the network before, and while she might not recognize him, he does recognize her because her post had been in video. Lifting a hand, he gives her a little wave, but he isn't particularly intending to engage - Onni has never been the social type.

Except that he's close enough to her that the nanites catch him, and he sees the faint red glow just in time to stop abruptly and avoid hitting the invisible barrier he knows is there. This isn't the first time, after all.]

Ah.

[Sighing, he looks at her, pale eyes locking on her face before he crosses his arms and leans against the barrier. He might know what's expected in this situation, but he doubts she'll be wanting to kiss him anymore than he wants to kiss a stranger.]

red or orange, idk?

[circumitus]

Rey has been successful in evading company that would inevitably result in being stuck with them in close quarters. She's not a fan of being trapped, so when she noticed the machines in this place snaring people into little shields, Rey had been sneaking around Anchor with all the caution of one on a minefield. When it comes to robots and their ilk, you can never be too careful.

Of course, it was only a matter of time before her luck ran out. How she managed to run into someone as tall and vibrant as Elleru after being so careful is a mystery. A mement of negligence and next thing she knows, she's bumped into a large magenta-haired woman around a corner with a muffled "oof!"

The stalking nanites don't waste any time to raise the shields around them before Rey has the chance to pull away from Elleru, face flushed and eyes wide.

"Fuck," is all she can say right now, because, like... fuck.

klaus hargreeves 👻 the umbrella academy 👻 in-game

[substances]

[Totally cool with any kind of kiss with grown ups, though mouth or neck will just be a little peck (unless you're Julie)! For under-18s anything but mouth or neck. Or he can talk your ear off for an hour. He is absolutely prepared for that.]

onni hotakainen ❄ stand still stay silent ❄ in-game

[scowlish]

[Please come make him super uncomfortable!! He won't know if it's worse to kiss someone randomly or be stuck in a social situation for an hour, so he's obviously a great catch.

Anything for adult characters; anything but mouth or neck for under-18s.]

🍊

[braidmage]

[ It happens so quickly. One minute, Reynir and Onni are walking side by side, as they often do these days. The next moment, they are surrounded by these tiny, flying, glowing things, and Reynir bonks his forehead right into an invisible barrier. ]

Ow! What the hell...?

[ He lifts a hand, feeling the air in front of him - the barrier is invisible, but also, without any flaws or gaps that he can feel. Reynir turns looking at Onni, eyes round...

...because he has heard about this. Both of them have. This has been happening to people for days, and the two of them have managed to avoid it up until now. But even before a bot comes striding over to inform them, Reynir knows what's happening. It opens its mouth to speak and Reynir cuts it off, uncharacteristically short: ]

Lemme guess - we're stuck here for an hour unless we kiss, right?

[ The bot, seeming very pleased, congratulates him on already knowing what to do, and walks off. Reynir is scrutinizing that swarm of nanites, hovering above them, emitting a faint orange glow. This is definitely the weirdest bit of technology he's run into in this place, yet. ]

dante ✝ dmc: devil may cry ✝ reserved

[whodafuq]

[Looking to make a bad decision? Step right up. Dante is accepting any kisses with adults, anything but mouth or neck with kids. If you're an adult and hot (and his definition of hot is very broad), he'll be glad to make out. If you're into it.]

red

[braidmage]

[ It's just Reynir's luck that, the third time he gets trapped by the nanites in one of these stupid bubbles, it is with yet another stranger. Reynir's definitely not shy by any stretch of the imagination, but it is not really ideal, as ways to first meet somebody. Furthermore, this guy isn't even somebody he's seen around! Someone new, maybe? That means he might not be as used to the idea that weird shit just happens in this place. ]

Well, crap.

[ He's faced again with the conundrum of whether or not he should try to explain all this, wait for a bot to show up and do it for him. He's mostly hoping this guy will already know about all this, so it's not a complete surprise, even if he hadn't expected it to happen right at this moment... ]

allison hargreeves 💄 the umbrella academy 💄 in-game

[hersay]

[ allison will accept any kind of kiss from adults, but she'll be pretty reserved about it! no mouth or neck for under-18 characters please. ]

arya stark 🗡 a song of ice and fire

[enumerator]

[ arya is a child, so please no mouth or neck kisses! your character is more than welcome to try to get close enough for any other kind of kiss, but she'll be grumpy about it. romance is gross! she loves to talk though and will absolutely talk your character's ear off for the whole hour, no problem.

arya will also have a tiny, dog-sized version of her direwolf, nymeria, who is happy to give lil dog kisses if your character asks nicely!! ]

Green!

[theweakhavepurpose]

[Pratt is heading up to the farm to do his daily chores of making sure all his plants are thriving and the small herd of deer haven't gotten themselves tangled in the fence, when a swarm of nanites appears out of nowhere, bubbling up him, his wolf and some other person that he hadn't actually noticed.

He swats at them, a little fearful that something truly sinister is happening. Unfortunately, he trips over the ever helpful Princess Thugg and falls backwards, nearly tumbling right into Arya.

Great first impressions.]

Sorry. Uh... Hi.

[Nailed it.]

Cho Takahashi | original | in game | OTA

[tenuefarfalla]

[[ OOC: Pick a glow, any glow!

She might be too flustered to act on them all, depending on who you are, but we've always got the conversation option.

You can catch her on the residential level and going back and forth between the barracks and dining hall, or up in the agricultural levels, or in the park. Plus there's the staircases going between all these places, so really you can find her on almost any level at some point.

I am strictly prose, though I am also fine with styles not matching. Content over format, right? So if you are strictly brackets, please feel free to tag even though I won't switch to match. My only request is please no huge blocks of tiny text. It gets tough to read. Bold or Italics or even just the brackets themselves to denote the narrative portion are all just fine. ]]

Green. Here we go.

[scowlish]

It's a confluence of chance and circumstance and routine, really. Both he and Cho tend to frequent the dining hall and kitchens, they both frequent the agricultural levels. They were bound to pass each other in the hallways at some point - in the late morning, Onni still half-asleep but going to get breakfast for himself and lunch for everyone else, at a disadvantage because she's as energetic a morning person as ever.

It's just his luck that while he's passing her in the hallway, studiously avoiding her gaze, the nanites catch them, glowing a faint green above their heads. Onni knows what this means, and he immediately slumps backward against the invisible barrier, arms crossed, blinking owlishly.

"Mm."

He keeps his eyes down, frowning at his own feet, refusing to look at her.

Blue!

[sleepyhollowed]

Now that he felt a bit more confident with his new condition, Kieran's been taking a couple of extra risks when it came to venturing outside of his new room. He couldn't see the stifling walls, but he sure as hell could feel them closing in on him if he stayed inside for any stretch of period longer than a couple of hours, and it's gotten to the point where he's happy to risk the danger.

Sure, he's not heading up to the Agricultural Level by himself anytime soon, but with a stick in his hand and a hand following the wall, Kieran's managed to make some headway in creating a mental map of Anchor. Enough that he's found himself a neat little alcove to sit in and relax in the middle of some practice. Fairly certain he's a lone, he hums a little tune, occasionally letting a couple of words loose, but otherwise staying as quiet as he can.

He kind of doesn't want to get caught, since he's pretty sure that whoever does manage to find him is going to wind up worrying in one way or another.

one (1) Scarasmooch coming right up

[numerouno]

"♪ Do do~ di-do do~ ♪"

It's been an hour or two since his rendezvous with Elleru. Scaramouche has been strutting around Anchor with a spring in his step ever since. But being at the top of your game and feeling like you're on top of the world are two different things that don't always come hand in hand. So when he hears someone jogging behind him, he tunes them out, letting nothing break his stride.

What he should have done was check whether the telltale glow of the nanites was anywhere to be seen and move off their path.

He doesn't realize his mistake until after he's walked into the blue-tinted barrier.

"What...!?"

Kieran Duffy | Red Dead Redemption 2

[sleepyhollowed]

[Down for anything except kissing anyone under 18 anywhere that isn’t the hand or forehead! Chances are good if your character is caught with Kieran, then they were probably leading him somewhere, but I can also work with him sneaking out to try to explore on his own and either coming across your character or vice versa!]

[Also good news, his hygiene has improved by a lot at this point! Thank the robots and probably Cho.]

green

[benhargreeves]

[ Ben has calmed down at least a small amount, since Kieran's injury. He's not constantly worried that Kieran might be being attacked, anymore. And while he is worried about his friend's mental health as he deals with adjusting to his new normal, he also knows that isn't something he can fix. He can only try to be there for Kieran, as much as he can, and try to brighten his days however he can, while also treating him as normally as possible.

It's a tricky needle to thread, but Ben is doing his best. And... a lot of exciting, good stuff has been going on for him, lately. Things he kind of wants to share with his good friend. So he had called Kieran and asked if they could go for a walk, so Ben could tell him about what's been going on for him recently.

Except before he can get to any of that, Ben halts in place, Kieran's arm tucked into his. There are things in the air. Nanites. Ben recognizes them, remembers all too vividly when they had gone rouge and decided to take the form of everyone's worst nightmares and then attack. He is tense, ready to fight, to protect Kieran, to throw the fuck down with these pesky little bots.

Only they don't attack. They merely hover overhead, giving off a faint green glow. When Ben tries to move away from them, he discovers the invisible barrier, surrounding them. ]

It's okay. Something's... happening but I don't think it's dangerous. Something's put us in a kind of - forcefield.

[ Which is when a bot comes trundling up, and announces in a chipper voice that the way out of the bubble is to kiss, and that if they do not do so in an hour, they'll be released anyway. Before Ben can shout any follow-up questions or insults, it is walking away again, mechanical face serene. ]

Oh you have got to be kidding me!

Poison | Poison | OTA

[writtendestiny]

[Down for most things, but expect resistance if she doesn't know you! Poison is around 18 but is also very small and tends towards looking younger than she is.

Also, she has a b o y f r i e n d.

She is up to talk, though, so that's definitely an option.]

Julie Grigio | Warm Bodies | OTA

[redwinekindofgirl]

[Totally up for affection, though more intimate kisses are reserved for Klaus. Pecks on the lips are ok if she knows you well enough or you're cheeky enough.

Conversation is also good!]

Jesse McCree | Overwatch | Reserved

[cowboys]

[ jesse is down for pretty much any of these, so have at. at little kiss never hurt anyone. no mouth or neck with kids, please, but outside of that, anything goes. ]

[arcadedragon]

Genji is minding his own business, going to get something to eat to bring back to his room and trying to not freeze to death when he hears a very familiar jingle jangle.

He hesitates, after the meeting with his brother he's been feeling a little morose, mad at himself for not taking control of the situation the way he'd imagined. Maybe he's just stressed and now imagining what he wants to hear.

He figures it's not real, but he can't help but go to look, turning the corner and spotting a familiar red swatch of fabric ahead of him.

"Jesse?" Genji's familiar lights are covered up by the orange hoodie he's wearing along with black sweatpants. It looks a bit strange with his sword sticking out from underneath it.

"Are .. Are you really here?"

reynir árnason | stand still. stay silent. | in game

[braidmage]

[ Same as everybody else is saying - as long as they're an adult it's all good! Reynir isn't afraid to kiss his buds! Or strangers if that's what they want! Or he can bore you with stories about sheep for an hour. ]

Scaramouche | Samurai Jack | in-game

[numerouno]

[ooc: Open to all smooch types for adults. Anything but red or orange for under-18s! Conversation is also fine. As mentioned on Discord: getting stuck in this scenario with him could be a waking nightmare for some, so I won't be tagging any toplevels unless asked.]

Scarasmooch, here she comes

[birdical]

[It seems the nanites have trapped Elleru again, but this time, it's with someone she knows. She drags a finger along the barrier as she gives Scaramouche a smile.]

It seems we must kiss, Scaramouche. Do you know how? Or shall I show you?

[Because, you know, uprights can be very prudish. Maybe they just need her to show them how to have a little fun. What's the point in having lips for kissing if you're not going to us them?]

Rey | Original | OTA

[circumitus]

[ooc: Open to any kind of smooch (from adults) for this gal! No mouth or neck kisses from kids. She's pretty closed off when it comes to expressing physical affection but push those boundaries, mang!]