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

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I suppose we could try that," Katara said, obviously sensitive to the things that might bother someone who had just arrived on the ship. "I wished we were meeting in better circumstances! This happens around this time of year, it's usually...um, a little better?"

Actually, not really. Things were always crazy.

"Nice to meet you Cagalli! While we're stuck, um, what do you do in your world?"

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Alessa said, and that was the worst of it, to hear him spoken about so casually. In Alessa's mind, in her own world, Shadow had been one of those shining lights in her dark existence. "He was here for quite awhile, actually. He had a way of fighting I admired. He'll be missed."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

Cagalli sighed, leaning against the invisible... wall... thing. "Y-yeah, I bet... though I'd prefer if it were more than a little better, guess I can't be picky." Even if she does go insane.

Well, whatever. More pleasant questions are being asked. "I'm the Chief Representative - that is, the head of state - of Orb Union, a small island nation."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Hit Girl shook her head. "You gotta be kidding me."

She snickered. "That's that stuff people use in my world to get some action. You know, you stand over a sprog of this stuff, you kiss or whatever. Why can't you move though?"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami blushes at the idea. The two of them? Kiss?

"Sh-she wouldn't...! I-I mean, I..." Sasami stammers. Negi wouldn't do anything bad if they had to... right? And it was just a one-time thing...

"Mmmn...!"

[supersonicracer.livejournal.com]

"He was here?!" Sonic gasps out. "Blast it...! At least the guy's okay. After all he went through..." He stands up and crosses his arms. "Though, by the looks of it, Shadow made himself a good friend. I'm glad to hear that."

[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.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"O-Oh...!" Now, she's getting the idea of it all. Though when she asks why she can't move, she pokes the barrier in front of her, pulling back in pain when she does. "Can't get out."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara, though annoyed by the way they were thrown together, was more than amused by this happening again. She'd thought that GLADOS would have had her fill of mischief.

"A nation island?! Amazing!" She grinned. "What do you do? Just delegate, or do you actually get involved with the people?"

She did remember what she did last Christmas.

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

She closed her eyes. "More than a friend," she said, quietly. "And he is ok, just sleeping, I suppose. In the meantime, the best you can do is help finish this blasted war."

[starbolts]

"I know it is upsetting. Would you prefer to wait or contact someone else?"

Starfire still worried. She wanted her friend to be comfortable.

[astridhofferson.livejournal.com]

Let me guess.

It's not as simple as a "Please let me out", right?

[rainfell-aqua.livejournal.com]

Huh? What's going...

...Is that mistletoe?

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami lets out a deep breath, considering her options.

"...I don't mind, Star-chan." she said, smiling to reassure her. "Besides, it's just for this, right?"

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

She wrinkled her nose. "That's weird. Why wouldn't you be able to move? Then again, why the hell would anyone even want to put up all this mistletoe around anyway? It's so weird."

She shrugged, then thought a moment. "That's a crazy idea. Then again, with this ship, maybe not so much."

[supersonicracer.livejournal.com]

"Now you're talkin' my language!" Sonic said, grinning. "Shadow wouldn't want you to mope about like that, and I don't want you to, either! Let's keep going... for his sake, at least."

A beat.

"or I would if I wasn't still stuck in here."

[governorkang]

It's some sort of tradition on Earth that two people trapped underneath of mistletoe have to kiss. GLaDOS is enforcing it.

[snort]

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

Geez... Not again!

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

I blame you.

[starlightace]

Well, this is embarrassing.

[jesushasagundam]

Mistletoe?

[shootingblancs]

'Tis the season.

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

You're going to bite my face off! Fuck no. Nothin' doing.

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

[Oh god no.]

... I didn't think this could get any worse. Guess I was wrong.

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

There's names for girls who do that kind of thing.