a mod sponsored meme for the holiday season.

[acatamods]

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It's that time of year! You've found yourself underneath the mistletoe -- either at a holiday party, or perhaps Astoria has enchanted mistletoe throughout the Circle premises! Either way, you're underneath some mistletoe.

And now kiss.

Or not. Maybe just yell at them instead.

Happy holidays??

Comments

[lumberlady]

Simon...

[Okay, she's got to ask, she's seen these plants all over the place now, and it's decorated with ribbon so it's definitely not... an accident... ]

Do you know what those are?

[theseuschip]

[ this is

how does he explain mistletoe to Konoha... while they’re both standing underneath it.... it’s not like she wouldn’t get it, it’s just.....??!! ]

The mistletoe? Yeah, it’s... uh, a seasonal decoration.

[lumberlady]

A seasonal decoration... for winter?

[Curious, she stretches upward towards it, sniffing.]

[theseuschip]

Yeah...

[ no he should tell her, there are definitely other people here from places with the mistletoe thing?? ]

Where I come from, if two people stand under one, they’re supposed to kiss. It’s like a party game.

[lumberlady]

[Though she’d just about reached up to touch the mistletoe, maybe tap the little bell on its little ribbon... Konoha suddenly freezes instead, blinking owlishly.]

They have to kiss? Anywhere the plant is?

[And it’s not a drinking game???]

[theseuschip]

Right, but... nobody takes it that seriously, [ he says in an attempt to stop her from what he thinks might be a freakout about casual kissing? Or... no, it is weird, she’s right. ]

It’s a pretty old tradition. Not that common anymore, where I lived, but... Well, somebody here is really into it.

[ an ‘as evidenced by it being everywhere’ arm gesture ]