mistletoe 2: mistletoe harder

[idolpro]

Who: You!
Where: Game Tower, to start
When: Day 187

[ It's snowing outside. . . ! So it's pretty cold. You know what's not cold, though? The Game Tower! It's nice and warm and you are definitely being yoinked out of wherever you currently are for a possibly familiar ~game~. Don't worry though: you don't have to stay.

Instead of the elevators opening, the rules just appear on your phone. There's hot cocoa provided in the lobby, though in limited quantity and all of them come with marshmallows. Mandatory marshmallows. If you don't like marshmallows, well, too bad!

Incidentally, there are also a bunch of green plants growing around . . . everywhere. Everywhere!! At the doorways, in the elevators, just hanging from the ceiling, growing parasitically on plants that aren't even mistletoe . . . !? Where did they come from!? They're all tied with a red ribbon too, to make them more easily visible and clearly part of the game. They're not restricted to the game tower, either - the only places mistletoe doesn't show up in are the unit dorms. ]

RULES | TURN-IN - due 12/26/19 @ 6PM PST

Comments

[time5kip]

It's annoying - though at least it's easy enough. I'd like to kiss your hand if possible.

[tenebraecious]

If I may have yours as well?

[holding her hand out all the same, though]

[time5kip]

Fair enough.

[ Taking her hand and bringing it to his lips to kiss it once she offers it - and offering his own back once he lets it go ]

Thanks for the assistance.

[tenebraecious]

[delicately taking his for a kiss, no extra flourishes]

Of course. You are welcome. Good luck with the game, though I do not expect you will need it.

[time5kip]

We'll see about that — I can't be the only one aiming to get as many points as possible.

[tenebraecious]

No, not at all, but I have a feeling that your efforts may be more successful than most.

[time5kip]

Well. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Are you going to put in effort for your Unit?

[tenebraecious]

I will try. Though, it may not be my best effort. I prefer to gain points from lives than seeing too much value in these games.

[time5kip]

I suppose Lives do provide more points overall, if you take the amount of effort you need to put in these games in consideration.

[tenebraecious]

[nods]

They are also much more pleasant. Still, we can take what we can from the games as well. The less miserable ones, at least.

[time5kip]

Most people do seem to have a easier time with this game compared to the prior one.

[tenebraecious]

You don't mean the baking one, do you?

[time5kip]

—No, the other one. With all the sharing of cookies going around I forgot that one was actually a game and not a live.

1/2

[tenebraecious]

I am glad that you managed to enjoy it.

[tenebraecious]

Still, this one is — Harder for you?

[time5kip]

The rules are simple enough, but yes. I'm not used to this.

[tenebraecious]

I must admit that I am not too practiced, either. But I doubt many would be given the circumstances. It is only whatever we wish to make of it.

[time5kip]

Now I'm almost surprised. Most people seem to be either used to the actions themselves, or having to do them for the sake of the game at least. Or at least they're being showy enough that they seem to be a majority.

Feels nice to know I'm not alone.

[tenebraecious]

It may be the case that I have not been here as long as them . . . Otherwise, yes, they may simply be more accustomed to this.

But you are certainly not alone. I can think of a few others that will struggle with this.