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

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

Alessa held back a frustrated yell. She'd heard of Sonic from Shadow, and though they seemed to regard each other as colleagues, there did not seem to be any love lost between the two.

"I am Alessa. Did youi by chance know of a hedgehog named Shadow?"

[supersonicracer.livejournal.com]

"Know 'em? Guy gives me a hard time every time I run into 'em!" Sonic said, smirking a bit. "Why? Don't tell me you've ran into 'em!"

[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."

[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."

[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."

[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."

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

"I was made to fight," Alessa said simply. "I could do no less. I will miss him, but only in my own way. I have those filthy things that have destroyed my world to thank for this. I'll make sure they feel my wrath."

She paused. "There is a way out, but you wouldn't like it."

[supersonicracer.livejournal.com]

Sonic blinks, looks up at the mistletoe, then back at Alessa.

Then promptly facepalms.

"There's no way I'm gonna get out of this, am I? At least it isn't Amy."

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

Alessa is only feeling slightly miffed at this: if anything, she felt more amused.

"And who is Amy then?"