You knew this was coming

[starbolts]

•Mistletoe Meme!•

The Situation:
Crew members who were on Stacy last December remember this. Because GLaDOS is a troll, she has positioned little sprigs of mistletoe on the ceilings of areas of the ship. In hallways, at the entrances to quarters, in a department doorway, at a tavern, she doesn't care how inconvenient it is!

It'd be less inconvenient if it were voluntary, but in this case, the sneaky AI has deployed shields around people who wander under the mistletoe that have not been broken by any known alternate method so far. Any attacks against the shield are absorbed. Attempts at attacking the mistletoe get you singed. The only way to be freed from the confines of your little bubble is to receive some form of affection from another crew member---a strong hug will work for the really uncomfortable, but at least a cheek kiss is expected for most. If GLaDOS wants a mouth kiss, though, let her push for one! Species equivalents of kisses/affection are also acceptable.

So---you're stuck until someone comes to rescue you with a kiss, kids. Have fun, thank you for participating in this crew study experiment, and watch out for the nargles!

((Characters not in the game are of course welcome to join too! It's just on this community this year because it's proven difficult to fit the event around December's plots.))

Comments

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

Souls!

[governorkang]

...why is there a plant hanging up there?

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

Because someone put it there, obviously.

[morphitudinous]

...not again! Drat.

[Headbutts the shield in protest, then contacts the engineers on the comm ring]

Guys, could someone grab the old shield-disabler on Bench 5 in the lab and bring it to the east hallway outside the Observation Deck? I need to make some adjustments to it, and I'm currently unable to come collect it. But be careful---there are sprigs of mistletoe positioned on the ceilings, and if you walk too closely under one you'll be trapped too.

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

Hm.

[Have a Mei-Xing leaning against the wall.]

Trying to trap people with you? That's not very heroic.

[boundlesslight.livejournal.com]

I am...trapped? What is this?

[Flies up and down the column, pokes at it, blasts it, no dice. She finds what's on top.]

Is this plant hiding the shielding device?

[She pokes it, blasts it, and gets slightly singed for her efforts.]

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

[Sasami stops just outside the barrier and notices Starfire all confused and trying to get out.]

S-Star-chan! How did you get in there?! A-Are you okay?!

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

[Look up. Look down.

Poke poke.

Punch - OW!]

...this some kinda joke?

[jesus_is_gundam]

[If it is, Setsuna F. Seiei hardly looks amused.]

[bonnypiperlad]

[Jamie will just be making his disgruntled face forever, thank you very much.]

Och, not again. Very funny, GLaDOS.

[itsanaurakthing.livejournal.com]

Who is GLaDOS, and why would they do this?

[Have a confused-looking aurak poking at the shield, Jamie.]

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara will be walking around pretty happily until she finds herself stuck in the obs deck. She struggles, then looks and sighs.

"Oh come on, not this again."

Who needs to actually be in the game yet? :|

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

Cagalli will also be walking around, though not as happy given that she's still new here. She'll pass through the doorway, not really noticing Katara until...

Bump. Invisible wall!

"Wh-whoa... what?"

[astridhofferson.livejournal.com]

[Scowls, putting the side of her index finger in her mouth to soothe the light burn. Okay, so going for the hanging flower was obviously a bad idea.]

Flower traps? Really?

[governorkang]

[...well, there are worse people to be trapped with. Still, not a situation Kang wants to be stuck in again.]

Wait until you hear the only way to get out of it.

[foreseen-future.livejournal.com]

[Nura looks up at the plant, arching a brow, while rubbing her smarting elbow. She'd tried to shove her way past the field. Obviously, that didn't go so well.]

Greeeeeeat.

[supersonicracer.livejournal.com]

[And Sonic's kicking back, relaxing as he's stuck behind the barrier. He doesn't seem too bothered by it, actually!]

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

She did NOT appreciate this in the least, not when she recalled getting her first kiss from Shadow, and CERTAINLY not when a hedhehog similar in stature seemed to be right there, only in blue.

"Who are you?"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Ahh...! Wh-what's going on here?!

[Sasami's a bit panicky as she looks around before stopping and noticing the mistletoe.]

Mistletoe? But, why...?

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Hit Girl hasn't gotten caught yet, but is now noticing the forcefiled, and is seeing Sasami struggling.

"Hey princess," she greeted. "Where's the fire?"

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

Wha...! H-Help! Can't get out of here!

[she staggers around a bit, trying to figure out some way to get out without getting shocked.]

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Vivio? Hold on, I'll get you out of there!

BUMP. Negi, meet wall. Wall meet Negi.

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

"Disintegrate!

...How did that not work?"

Goodluck convincing her to kiss someone who isn't Hayate.

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

What IS this? Are we trapped by that %&$%&$& Glados again? Damnit!

[Vita does not give up easily, though, and keeps bashing the force field. With an increasingly larger hammer.]

Break, damn you!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

W-what the hell?

[Zetta's face is squashed against the side of the force field like glass. Someone put his stupid minion in reverse!!!]

[starbolts]

[Flies up---and is confused. Who is she supposed to kiss?]

It is mistletoe.

[rainfell-aqua.livejournal.com]

Huh? What's going...

...Is that mistletoe?

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

Geez... Not again!

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

I blame you.

[starlightace]

Well, this is embarrassing.

[a_mere_human]

It's... you. [The girl who is Gundam.]

[He's just going to stare at you with a subdued sort of reverence.]

[jesushasagundam]

Mistletoe?

[pinkbridgebunny.livejournal.com]

I've never seen it before.

[shootingblancs]

'Tis the season.

[itsanaurakthing.livejournal.com]

[...well. At least she's female. Not that he can tell.]

Season for what?

[poke poke at the shield]

[jesus_is_gundam]

[Gundam Jesus doesn't celebrate Christmas (He's atheist), and he hates being touched. Clearly, he is overjoyed by the situation.]

[pinkbridgebunny.livejournal.com]

Setsuna?

[turn4bout-troll.livejournal.com]

[HEY MAN WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A COOL IDEA TO TRAP THE BLIND GIRL IN AN INVISIBLE BARRIER.]

[kitbashurgundam.livejournal.com]

Okay, really...? This is just cruel.

[telekinetic_badass]

Ladies.

[dearest-nehaa.livejournal.com]

[She was just gonna walk on by, Julian. UNFORTUNATELY, she's now stuck in the forcefield.]

[...This wasn't here the last time.]

[rope-victim.livejournal.com]

...Not again! [Actually, she missed this last time, due to fabluous sleeping curses, but remembers all the posts. SO IT IS NOW TIME FOR INEFFECUTAL moePOUNDING ON THE FIELD.]

[governorkang]

[siiiiigh]

That's not going to work, Ms. Hinasaki.

[nothinicantdo.livejournal.com]

[Kim pounds her fist against the field, sighing when she gives up.]

This is so not cool.

[potentialmonkey.livejournal.com]

"Could be worse really. At least it's me you're stuck in here with and not, like, Duff Killigan."