07: Shipper's Paradise [video]

[needsteaplz]

[The feed opens to Saori in the newbie apartment lobby. Say, when did the ceiling have hanging bundles of green? Saori looks baffled. ]

My dear gods... When did... How...

Does anyone know why there's so much mistletoe here?! This is overkill and screaming "it's a trap." One is just enough, geeze. 

Uh listen, if you're not okay with being kissed, you might want to walk through here one by one. Basically, if you're beneath one of these with someone, you have to kiss them. 
[OOC note: feel free to interact with others! ]

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[Action]

[justpretending]

[The mention of the mistletoe does not send this little girl running. Sophia walks down to the lobby, with Commandramon following her, puzzled, and sits near the center of it, waiting.]

Sophia, what...?

[She shushes him and then pulls him to sit next to her by the claw. She kisses him on the snout and he blinks in confusion, and then he stops talking.

She'll just wait there.]

I forgot which muse you wanted to interact with her so...Ruffnut

[ruffntumblenut]

[Ruffnut is wandering through as well and sees the two fo them just waiting. She shrugs, walks over and sits next to them for a long few minutes before whispering]

What are we waiting for?

[justpretending]

[Sophia waits for the question and then turns to the new girl and gives her a kiss on the cheek.]

[ruffntumblenut]

[She blinks confused. It's rare for strangers to kiss one another on Berk. Her first instinct is to punch this girl but she's so tiny...]

Uh...yeah alright. Why not?

[And because Ruffnut is a good sport she turns and gives the girl a peck on the cheek, feeling decidedly out of her element.]

[Action] Oh gosh, I hope this is okay >.>

[alive_through_luck]

[Duo hasn't seen the message sent out. He didn't even realize that the mistletoe was out in full force. He just wanted to go out for a walk to get away from Solarmon.

The bill of his cap is pulled down some, and he has his head ducked enough to hide his eyes. Of course, this also keeps him from watching where he's going so it's just inevitable that he runs into Sophia.]

Oomph! Hey! Who's--

[He lifts his head to look at who he's run into. Instantly, Duo stiffens. He remembers her. But does she remember him?]

[Action] YES

[justpretending]

[Now yes, she's sitting on the floor, but Sophia didn't quite expect to get run into! Commandramon sees Duo first and winces, recalling their last encounter.

As for Sophia, she pulls back just a bit, because her peaceful sitting's been disturbed, with her hands behind her keeping her supported. Recognition passes over her face, because yes, she does remember him. She looks up with pursed lips and a curious face.]

Oh.

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[alive_through_luck]

['Oh' was right. Duo doesn't even know what to say to her. He could feel his cheeks burning and all he could do was reach up to tug down on the bill of his cap to hide his eyes. He's silent for a long moment before he mumbles...]

M'sorry.

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[beingthecreature]

[Hi, Chris is walking back into the lobby after having been out working on something. It's right about here he sees this video.]

Mistletoe...?

[By the time he looks up he's already standing underneath it- 'course, with that coverage, it's hard not to.]

Oh.

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[strengthinkindness]

[Fluttershy actually hadn't been too far behind Chris, having been working on things herself. She has to stop short to avoid running into him.]

Ch-Chris...? What - ?

[She pauses when she notices the several sprigs from the ceiling.]

...What the...?

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[beingthecreature]

[He glanced behind him at her voice, then stepped aside a little and pointed up.]

Mistletoe. [Pause.] Did you have that back home?

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[strengthinkindness]

W-We did...Just for decoration, though...I-It doesn't have the same, uh...tradition back home that it does for...Christmas though...

[Because while they didn't do that under their mistletoe, she's heard about it.]

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[bewarethefaeries]

What the...?

[Laguna stood in the center of the lobby, his eyes fixed on the mass bundles of green hanging above him with the most perplexed look on his face. What in the name of Alexander happened here?]

I've heard of overachieving but...this is taking it a little far...

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[needsteaplz]

[Saori turned around and walked over to Laguna. ]

Yeah.... Where on earth did they get all this mistletoe? Someone must really want people to kiss each other.

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[bewarethefaeries]

[Laguna was busy manually counting however many plants as he could, trying to see just how zealous the person had been in their efforts when Saori walked over. He turned his head slightly and pointed a thumb up at the ceiling, nodding in agreement with her assessment.]

You're telling me, I counted at least 43 of those things up there...and I wasn't even halfway. Speaking of though...

[With her now in range, he leaned down and gave her a quick kiss on the lips, his smile now in full swing.]

Those are the rules, aren't they?

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[needsteaplz]

[Saori made a small noise out of surprise. Laguna, your adorable level is so huge it might be illegal. She broke out in a smile. Saori could've sworn she heard something like laughter but she ignored for it. ]

Now I'm starting think this might be been a two-or-more man operation. One right over the door would've been enough.

[Video]

[innermonologues]

Why is it a requirement to kiss when near these plants? It's not like there's some law right?

[Video]

[needsteaplz]

Well, no... It's just a tradition. If someone put so much effort into this, there's no way they would let anyone go scot-free if they didn't follow it.

[Video]

[innermonologues]

I think I'll take my chances and ignore them.

[the_lion_roller]

[Martin, always one to see the big picture, has keenly found himself a pathway through the lobby that doesn't land him underneath any of the hanging plant. He is currently navigating himself along this path, striking all manner of ridiculous "sneaky spy" poses, and may or may not be humming a tune that sounds awfully like the "Mission Impossible theme". This does not mean that somebody can't still stop him underneath one of the mistletoe bundles, or outright shove or bump him underneath one for laughs if they can.

Adele, his Penguinmon, however, is looking up at the plants on the wall curiously, more intrigued by their effect on the Chosen as they come across them than the plants themselves.]

[revvinguptheharley]

[Harley is amused by this display and sneaks around to intercept him, with her hair tied up in a towering beehive with more mistletoe on it. She pops up right in his face]

BOO!

1/2

[the_lion_roller]

[You know, he's more used to doing that to other people than having that done to him.]

BWAH!!

2/2

[the_lion_roller]

[He staggers back a step in surprise, which is just enough to put him under one of the branches...not that he would have been spared considering Harley's 'do.

He's a good sport about it though, already chuckling, if a little sheepishly.]

Hah'okay, guess I've been caught.

[action] (OTA, if anyone wants to kiss the lioness)

[motherswisdom]

[Oblivious to the meaning of the plants hanging from the ceiling, one former lion is standing amid them as she looks up at them.]

Did someone decide to try to bring the forest inside?

I'm not sure, but I think that's mistletoe, Miss Nala.

What-letoe?

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[bewarethefaeries]

[Laguna noticed someone standing in the middle of the lobby with quite the confused look on her face...not unusually considering the circumstances but nevertheless, he thought enough to go over and offer what enlightenment on the situation he was able to give.]

Hello! Do you need some help miss? Or are you just trying to figure out why someone would nail all those plants up there...rightly I'm not entirely sure myself on that one.

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[motherswisdom]

I'm wondering why someone would try to bring the trees inside.

I'm not sure if this is a thing humans do normally or not.