merry merry christmas, and I want you to know

[mansionstaff]

Who: YOU
What: KISSLETOES
When: December 14th - January 1st
Where: Everywhere
Warnings: Sloppy makeouts.

SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING...



The entire school has become covered in mistletoe overnight. It grows out of the walls! The ceilings! Everywhere you least expect it? HOW CAN THIS BE??

It's probably best not to think about it. Attempts to uproot the plants or burn them away only makes the plants grow back faster. For the time being, it seems the school must live with it.

[OOC INSTRUCTIONS:
+ Post dudes, get kisses!
+ Some (NOT ALL) plants are cursed. If you manage to step under a cursed plant, you will exchange a memory when or if you exchange a kiss. The memories will be first-person and very vivid, and characters will feel like they are experiencing the memory in real time, though in reality the transfer is instantaneous. Memories can be as short, long, happy, sad, or traumatic as you like.
+ If you'd like to participate, we highly suggest making a list of a few memories (with accompanying links/descriptions) that are up for grabs, and linking or posting the list in your top-level comment. Memory exchange is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL. When in doubt, OOC communication!
+ PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAG YOUR CHARACTERS
+ That's it, we love you.]

Comments

[icequeen_aran]

Eirika's words had Samus raising a brow--not necessarily at the words being said but the hesitance in which they were being delivered with. Samus hated the plants as they infringed on her free well, halted her steps and forced public displays of affection where it wasn't' necessary. Samus wasn't a creature of ego but she had her own convictions and that was my lips are not a playground. They were reserved for whom she chose--not whom the plants chose.

Eirika seemed to have other thoughts--never had poor happenstances with them, whatever that meant.

"I've seen some shit." Samus said, thinking of the many parasitic creatures that have made miserable attempts on her life over the years.

"But this isn't in your nature, is it."

[heartofarapier]

If she wasn't so obvious about it, Eirika would have been surprised by Samus's intuitive nature. But to be fair, the princess definitely exuded princess-like airs and while it bothered some people like the physics professor, Eirika could not and would not change who she was at the very core of things.

"To be fair, the traditions and the happenings of the holidays are certainly not in my nature," she began with some consideration. "Mistletoe and such things, I think they would be deemed somewhat indecent. If it were not for the trappings and such, they would be fine. Perhaps even welcome, but the idea of being caught beneath one and sharing a kiss with a random individual is disconcerting."

Eirika shook her head, "At the very least. All the same, I would have thought the plants to be a little more vengeful, particularly towards those who are becoming obstacles. I'm half expecting you to get caught by one simply for doing away with it. Again, not that I'm disagreeing with your reasons for doing so."

[icequeen_aran]

What Samus sorely lacked in societal understanding when it came to cultural references and traditions she was keen to pick up on in body language, and learning how to read between the lines. It came by necessity of being a bounty hunter. Humans were, mostly, remarkably easier to read in that regard when compared with other alien life she might have frequented on the job.

But she hasn't really been doing a lot of that--not in a long while. Instead she was shooting little harmless plants off a ceiling per holiday tradition. Her holiday tradition, anyway.

"Are you trying to jinx me?" She waived her gun threateningly, but it was spoken so dryly and lightly it really came into question if Samus was joking or not. She probably was. She was hardly seriously threatened by the plants, annoyed at them as she was. Per holiday tradition.

She holstered the gun, finally. The plants seemed to breathe a sigh of relief in unison.

"They have no business co-opting my body or yours." Samus stood by her opinion despite that. "Autonomy is something you shouldn't take for granted."

What went unsaid was if they left her alone she'd be more than happy to leave them alone.

"Don't you agree?"

[heartofarapier]

"Are you trying to jinx me?"

Eirika was horrified. At least at first and knowing how transparent she was with her expressions, she didn't let it last long. Or at least tried not to, though she couldn't discern if Samus was serious or not. And perhaps it was more the possibility of Eirika ever having the capacity to actually think like that. (Not to say she'd not thought of awful things to happen to bad people in the past. Just that Samus was certainly not a bad person in her eyes.)

The moment Samus holstered her gun, Eirika's blue eyes moved to the nearest mistletoe plants, wondering if there was any truth to her theory. And she hoped there wasn't. It would be a very poor first impression and she could just see herself stumbling over apologies. And probably unnecessarily so.

"I... yes, of course," Eirika nodded as she set her gaze back onto Samus. "I didn't mean anything by it, really. Only that they seemed sentient above normal plants. I suppose in hindsight the possibility leaves me more uncomfortable. Although in such a case, considering what you instruct the students on would make you more than capable of handling the situation. And your pupils, naturally."

I GOTTA wrap this up and start fresh I hope you don't mind

[icequeen_aran]

Samus pondered talking about the sentient plants in her experiences but usually those tried to murder her so she exploded them. She also pondered that time she was turned into a Charizard and didn't want to hunt/eat other Pokemon in case one of them turned out to be a student or something so she probably talked about this with Eirika and how it changed her outlook a little. Offers to reinforce this philosophy/work with Eirika's philosophies on this in her armed weaponry class and both learn a little more about each other probably.

But the holiday plants are still going to get shot at because this is a grumpy bounty hunter holiday tradition with her now.