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mistleglow: a winter kiss meme

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...
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
▶ 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:
GREEN: FOREHEAD ● BLUE: HAND ● VIOLET: BUTTERFLY
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Your hair has always been this long?
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Nope! It took a really long time to grow it out this long. It was short when I was a kid. You're doing really great!
[ That last part he says, peering over his shoulder as best as he can without moving his head too much and making it harder. The braid is nowhere near as sleek or even as it was before, but it's a braid! It's happening! ]
What about you - your hair is dyed that color, right? Was it like that before you arrived here, or did you do it at the spa.
[ Reynir had been gullible enough that he believed Genji's green hair just grew that way, but he'd learned better! He's not stupid, after all, just ignorant about some things. Which means that, when he knows something, like that people can dye their hair strange colors at the spa, he's eager to demonstrate that. ]
There are many different styles of braiding you can do to your hair once you've got a little bit of practice. Most of them are way too elaborate for every day but it's a good skill to have. I practiced like you're doing on my sisters for lots of years and eventually I was the one they came to when there was a fancy occasion and they needed their hair done, not our mom, which I think annoyed her a little until she realized she could get me to do her hair, too, and then she didn't really mind so much.
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Died? Oh, dyed! [Those are two different words.] Ah no, this is my natural color. It is how it always is.
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[ Reynir draws the word out long, a surprised and delighted exclamation. He twists around to see her, forgetting momentarily in his enthusiasm that he will probably mess up her braiding attempts ]
That's awesome! I love it even more, now! Do lots of people from your world have hair that color?
[ Maybe he is getting excited over something completely common and making a fool of himself, but Reynir doesn't care. Her hair is COOL and he won't hide the fact that he thinks that!
But he does realize twisting around can't be helping and says quickly: ]
Oh, right, sorry.
[ And turns so the back of his head is facing her again. ]
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Not lots, but some. It is how we know our role within the colony.
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So he asks: ]
How does that work? Where I'm from, hair is just... hair. You can tell if people are related if it's the same color or texture or whatever but it doesn't have anything to do with anybody's roles or whatever.
[ Reynir is perhaps a bit naive about the role that hair does and has played in various social hierarchies, but he is also a sweet and naive farm boy, so perhaps he can be forgiven for this.
He is, however, eager to hear more about Elleru's world, especially since it is sounding more and more unlike his own, and there is still that craving for adventure and tales of far-off lands and customs in him. ]