Mistletoe Meme

[redotiertwo]

-Post a toplevel with your character
-Through some magical shenanigans, they are now stuck under the mistletoe until they kiss. Maiming, destroying, or otherwise attempting to get rid of the mistletoe won't work - it'll just grow right back!
-Tag out to others to help them, laugh at them, laugh at them and then help them, etc. Player discretion as to whether any kiss will work, or whether it has to be on the lips. Whatever's the most fun for everyone!
-On that note, have fun!

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Zelda | Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[sageprincess]

[christmas is a truly ridiculous holiday]

[redmare]

[Chinatsu let’s out a sigh.]

I’m strangling whoever set these damned things up.

[sageprincess]

... Do you think they will burn if exposed to open flame?

[zelda no]

[redmare]

....They might.

[Don't encourage it, Chinatsu.]

[futhark]

Looks like we got ourselves into quite a situation--!

[ And guess who isn't bothered at all by the ridiculousness of this. ]

Mistletoes didn't produce this kind of effect, back in the day. [ Still, they were important, and kind of sacred if growing on an oak. ]

[sageprincess]

[And she is trying

very hard

to walk away.

Dammit she is the Princess of Hyrule, Descendant of the White Goddess, First Chosen of Wisdom, and Survivor of the Sheikah. She will not be bossed around by a plant.]

What did they do, then?

[She... she doesn't know...]

[futhark]

[ And he's just- fine standing where he is. ]

Hmm, it could cure illness, be an incredibly effective antidote against poisons, ensure fertility, protect against the ill effects of witchcraft, and more.

[ Probably easier to say what it couldn't do- ]

But there was a catch- it had to be mistletoe from the sacred oak, and cut during winter solstice

[ Otherwise it loses its magical properties! ]

[sageprincess]

That seems... extraordinarily specific.

[grumblegrumble she probably can't set it on fire, then. She ceases in her efforts to escape with no small amount of reluctance.]

Then what is this-- [A gesture to the plant.] --for? Surely it cannot be any of those things if it is merely hanging from the ceiling.

[futhark]

[ He gives a thoughtful hum and rubs his chin as he looks at the mistletoe above them ]

Nah, it seems to be here for a different reason- [ to make random people stuck like this, because why not ] From my observation it's something similar to a curse, that's only active when two people are underneath of it.

[ And boy, is she going to be "happy" when she hears how to break it. ]

[sageprincess]

A curse, hm? ... Though you do not seem terribly concerned by it.

[Then again, is Caster ever terribly concerned by anything.]

[futhark]

[ Very, very rarely, but it's possible! Would need a specific condition to trigger, though. ]

If it's a curse, there is a way to break it. It just so happens that I've learned already how to deal with this particular curse.

[sageprincess]

And that method is...?

[Suddenly she has a bad feeling about this. Why are you being coy, sir...]

[futhark]

[ Because he's horrible, and this is a new hobby of his... So he gives her a wink and without ounce of shame proclaims ]

Like many curses before, this one too is broken with a kiss.

[ Fairy tales sometimes don't lie- just like fairies, so it makes sense ]

[sageprincess]

Oh.

[Fuck.]

W-Well. That's. A simple enough condition to satisfy.

[She juts out her hand, the implication being that he can kiss that, instead. Though it's very prideful of her to think she can loophole abuse her way out of this one...]

[futhark]

[ Princesses that say think word "fuck", the world is truly ending, what would your subject think? ]

Aren't we lucky... [ He was going to suggest the hand-kissing himself- even if just to tease and throw her off more. But he should have know better, because now she's a step ahead of him. He takes offered hand in his own, holding it gently, as something precious- and presses a kiss where she could wear a ring

full gallantry, he can do that ]

[sageprincess]

[Meaningless. Utterly meaningless. That's what she tells herself as he holds her hand so gently, that this is just a means to an end, a gesture of respect for royalty and nothing more.

Then she tries to step out from under the damnable plant, and... can't.]

... It did not work.

[LET ZELDA SAY FUCK.]

[futhark]

Perhaps I got the wrong hand?

[ And the spirits of mistletoe are incredibly particular which hand gets kissed, and which-- not. But hey, gotta try right? ]

[sageprincess]

[Said hands are being curled into fists as her brow twitches, because she is mildly embarrassed but not stupid--]

You are toying with me, aren't you.

[futhark]

I expected this to happen, true. [ Yup, he admits to that flatly. ] But you had to see it for yourself, no?

[ If he said from the start it's not going to work, she could think he's trying to coax her into a kiss. ]

[sageprincess]

[HE'S RIGHT AND THAT'S TERRIBLE.]

You are infuriating...

[She mutters grumpily, but in this case her frustration gives her the boldness to do what she might not otherwise, which is grabbing hold of the fur of his stupid cloak and pulling him down to her level by his stupid neck and forcefully kissing his stupid face--

--... and also proving that she has probably never kissed anyone, ever, in her life. Congrats, Caster. You won your prize. It's not very good.]

1/2

[futhark]

[ Ding, ding, we have a winner here. Congratulations on successfully shocking this bastard. Caster expected the game to go a little bit longer- maybe not too long since they both wanted out- but yeah, what he did not expect was getting on collision course face-first.

Good, or not, is irrelevant, the sheer boldness of this move sells it. And as long as no one broke a tooth from the hit. Maybe he should have gone ahead, and initiated or something, instead of playing that "annoying troll" but alas... ]

2/2

[futhark]

[ Now that the curse effect is lifted and their feet are no longer glued in place he takes a step back- cloak hold or not. ]

Success- it worked! [ He laughs and gives her a quick bow. ] You got a lot to learn, princess, but that's a good start.