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[justpastdawn]

  ✾ MISTLETOE MEME ✾

All right guys, since we can't do this in-game, we shall have an OOC meme for it instead! Nothing will carry over into the game, so just have fun with it. Here's how it works:

• You are stuck under a random mistletoe.
• There is a note on said mistletoe.
• Whoever comes within range will be pulled under the mistletoe and also be stuck.
• Now you both have to do what the note says to get unstuck.
• EMOTIONS ARE STILL IN EFFECT so have fun with that.

State your preferences!

1. Hug. Easy enough. Can be a simple hug or a giant bear hug.
2. Kiss on the cheek. For those who might be a little shier.
3. Kiss on the hand. For those who want to be...well, whatever kissing on the hand invokes. Charming? Dashing?
4. Kiss on the forehead. Because sometimes you have to brush their hair out of their faces, and that's cute.
5. Kiss on the lips. 1-2-3 KISS. This is the tame version of the next one.
6. Make-out for five minutes. That escalated quickly!

And a brand new Emp-centric option for this year:

7. Ship crystals! Some of the mistletoe this year is attached to large crystals, and "just a kiss" is not gonna help you here. No, these things want fluff. In addition to kisses, they want you to hold hands, and sit in a cute shop drinking a milkshake out of one glass with two straws, and give each other flowers, and all manner of other disgusting shippy things. And it will not let you separate until you have filled it with enough fluff drops to satisfy it*. Use a variety of different kisses to speed the process up and enjoy your temporary new significant other! Hopefully one or both of you is romantic enough to think of things to do. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

*You can move around and go on cute dates. It will float over your heads as you wander like a horrible crystal voyeur.

Comments

[miracledrug]

He would be grateful for that if he knew, considering she likely would've given him a heart attack otherwise.

"Yes, I am." Jekyll smiles. Just one more kiss and they'll be free of this weird holiday curse.

[lightofchaldea]

Can Servants even get heart attacks...? But in any case, unlike Jekyll, Ritsuka doesn't hesitate. He's a bit taller than her, so she has lean up on her toes a bit (and possibly reach out to pull him down that last little bit if he doesn't think to do so himself), giving him a simple, brief kiss before pulling away.

"That should do it, right?"

[miracledrug]

Fortunately, his necktie provides an easy handle to bring him down to her level, and when she pulls back, Jekyll is... sparkling. Just a little. The tiny glints of light appear and disappear in the air around him, reflecting the bubbly warmth in his chest.

"Yes... yes, I think so." Belatedly, he thinks to try and step back, but—

His legs don't budge.

[lightofchaldea]

Ritsuka blinks. It was clear Jekyll was about to leave, and yet... Well, she can always step away herself if that's better.

... Except apparently she can't.

"It didn't work?"

To judge from how puzzled she looks and sounds, she can't think of what they possibly could have done wrong.

[miracledrug]

"Ah..." His brow furrows in confusion, and he brings the original note back up. The paper is a little crumpled from how tightly he was gripping it before, but it's still readable.

"The note says 'a kiss for each', which is what we did. Why is that not..." He trails off, as an absolutely horrible notion pops into his head. No. That can't be it. That can't be why.

Hyde isn't a person. He doesn't get to count for this. The mistletoe is wrong.

[lightofchaldea]

"For each...." Ritsuka mutters, musing on it herself. They had both exchanged kisses, so what more...? Unless....

The idea hits her roughly the same time it does Jekyll, and she glances at him curiously.

"Do you think...?"

[miracledrug]

It doesn't matter that his Saint Graph reads Henry Jekyll & Hyde, this is still just wrong. Master shouldn't have to kiss that.

The evil unleashed by his Noble Phantasm, the dual personality always lurking in the corners of his heart and mind.

Edward Hyde.

"It can't be." Yet he has no other possible explanation for why the conditions of the spell haven't been satisfied.

[lightofchaldea]

"I can't think of anything else, though..."

Or anyone, for that matter.

[miracledrug]

Neither can he, unfortunately. His frustrated expression shifts, turning crestfallen as it begins to sink in that there's not really any other option. They'll have to try it and hope for the best.

"Ah... I'm sorry, Master..."

[lightofchaldea]

"It's fine," she says, and means it. Hyde might be a troublemaker, but she knows he won't hurt her or anything. And really, she can think of worse (FAR worse) Servants to have to kiss, if we're going to be like that.

1/2 this is the second dumbest reason he's unleashed his NP thus far, tbh

[miracledrug]

A familiar bottle appears between his fingers, and Jekyll reluctantly uncorks the gilded stopper. If Hyde is necessary to free them from the enchanted mistletoe, then...

He downs the elixir within.

2/2

[miracledrug]

The transition is swift. The good doctor stiffens, his gaze turning distant for a moment—before his eyes change, brightening to a fierce crimson red. The glasses disappear off his face, his clothes adjusting accordingly to Hyde's preferences: villainously disheveled, exposing the bloodstained shirt he hides under his vest. His knife even finds its way into his hand, and he grins darkly, twirling the blade.

"I'm here!" Hyde is more than ready for a fight... but it gradually dawns on him that there's no battle actually going on. Where are the enemies? He glances around, surprised, but the only person nearby is Ritsuka.

His weapon vanishes.

"Uh... Master?" It would probably be a good idea for him to comb through Jekyll's recent memories, because he has no idea what's going on. Why would Jekyll even call him out if there's nothing to fight? That's stupid.

Only the second?

[lightofchaldea]

What, he doesn't like having just any excuse to be out at all?

"Hello, Hyde." Ritsuka gives him a bit of an apologetic look at his confusion. "Apparently we need your help with something..."

She'll give him a moment if he wants to get himself filled in from Jekyll's memories before explaining further.

[miracledrug]

Well yeah, but if Master's here, obviously he's not going to get to run wild. No, Hyde, DON'T stab people. It's like she's trying to be his conscience or something.

"My help?" With what exactly? Hyde decides to fill himself in, and—he immediately bursts out laughing.

Oh man. Oh man! That idiot kissed Master? And he was so lame about it! Over a little kiss!

[lightofchaldea]

If Ritsuka can accept that Hyde likes to stab people and that's just how he is, surely he can accept that she doesn't like it when people are stabbed. And if he wants to continue being contracted with her, he'll just have to deal.

She'll take that laughter as a sign that he's all up to date on the situation, though.

"So, apparently we can't leave until you get a kiss, too."

[miracledrug]

Hyde wipes a tear away from his eye, once his uncontrollable laughter eases. Seriously, it's just a kiss. What's the big deal?

"That moron would rather be stuck here forever than let me kiss you, y'know." Hyde seems far too pleased by the knowledge that Jekyll hates this turn of events. Serves Dr. Goody Two-Shoes right, honestly, thinking he can hog Master all to himself.

Although he doesn't call attention to the change, his teeth lose their particularly sharp quality. He's being accommodating, in his own way, even if he'd never admit it.

[lightofchaldea]

"It didn't seem like he liked the idea..." Ritsuka is plenty amused, herself, but she's not going to egg Hyde on needlessly.

"Though, since it said a kiss for each, I suppose that means I need to kiss you?"

Or is it the other way around? They may have to just try it and find out.

[miracledrug]

"Yeah, I guess so." Master just needs to give him a kiss. Simple, right?

Just... a kiss. No big deal. Hyde doesn't know why Jekyll got all weird about it. It's just Master.

Not a big deal at all.

[lightofchaldea]

"All right." Though she'll do the same as she did for Jekyll and at least give him fair warning first.

"Ready?"

[miracledrug]

"Yeah. I'm ready." This isn't embarrassing or anything, because it's not.

He's way stronger than Jekyll. He can handle a little kiss, even if it's from Master. Especially if it's from Master! Because it's not like there's any reason it would be inherently more embarrassing from Master than anyone else.

It's fine.

[lightofchaldea]

Well, then he'll get basically a repeat of what Jekyll got. Possibly including her having to pull him down to her level a bit if he also failed to consider the height difference. But in any case, it's just a brief kiss and done.

[miracledrug]

He's not happy because she kissed him. He's not. If his face look red, it's just because it's suddenly kind of hot in here, that's all.

"Guess that's... that." Surprisingly few words for the normally energetic Berserker. "Wait, maybe I should kiss you too, just to make sure it's really over. Like crossing your t's and dotting your i's, right?"

[lightofchaldea]

He can keep telling himself that, she'll just be privately amused that the two of them aren't always so different as they like to think after all.

She does raise an eyebrow at that suggestion, though. "You think so? I guess it wouldn't hurt..."

Does she believe that though, or is she just being nice?

[miracledrug]

She's probably just being nice, but Hyde is absolutely not going to look this gift horse in the mouth. He's going to kiss this gift horse right on the mouth.

Hyde touches her shoulder—unconsciously mimicking Jekyll's pose before, albeit mirrored. With his hand on her opposite shoulder, Hyde leans in to claim his kiss.

When he pulls back, there's a surprisingly... docile expression on his face, considering who she's currently dealing with.

Okay, fuck it, he's happy.

[lightofchaldea]

Who would have thought something as simple as a kiss would make the knife-crazy Berserker so happy? It's kind of cute, really, not that she'd dream of saying as much.

"I think we should get away from that mistletoe while we have the chance," she points out.