Now Kiss!

[unheiring]

Who: The Entire (Adult*) Population of the Grove
What: Spin the Bottle Round Three
When: Somewhere in Magic Month
Where: The Inn Lobby
Warnings: Magic will probably go haywire because what's funnier than your emotions spiking and making your windy magic go woosh

*Younger muses can set up their own Spin the Bottle behind the Inn or whatever. Be some punk little rebels I don't care, I'm not your dad.

After two months of terror, it's time for a little whimsy — or so Luca Aurelius says, at least. And since Ain is a perpetual bad influence on him, Luca defaults to the most menacing game he knows: spin the bottle.

The rules are simple, plop down in the middle of a circle and get comfortable. Or maybe you got roped into this by a friend and now you're trying to put on a brave face? Either way, it's time to wait: the bottle will land on you eventually, right?. At that point, the rules are simple: kiss!

You can be brave about it and lock lips, or something mildly more. Or if you're trying to play it cool, a kiss on the hand or cheek should suffice. Luca isn't really enforcing any strict rules. The bastard isn't even playing, what the hell.

(Or, to put it all simply and break the fourth wall: drop your character. Add a little description about their behavior/demeanor prior to the kiss, if you want. Then, wait for someone to tag you, while you do some tagging out of your own! Spinning the bottle is a mutual affair, after all. Just remember to take any escalations off comms and to your inboxes, you fucking menaces)

Hope you're ready to resolve some of that tension you've been ignoring!

Comments

[lupusxylem]

[Hey pal guess what, therapy is in fact good for you! Would highly recommend! Wolfwood is the LAST person who ever thought he'd be getting it and it's actually done him some good, so-

But a silly fun game night at the bar is not the time for talking about your feelings. Wolfwood shakes his head and cuts him off by leaning in and pressing a kiss to his lips that tastes of nicotine and sugar, pulling back just a brief moment later with a brow raised.]

If you could distill that optimism and sell it for cash, you'd be a millionaire.

[tempurahair]

[Therapy? He's never heard of it! He died to quick to need it anyway so it's fine, right?

Kyojuro does make the slightest of faces, if only because the taste of nicotine is a mildly unpleasant one. It's made slightly better by the sweetness, and he does find himself leaning forward for more before -

Oh, right.]

You think I could do that? Do you know a way?

[lupusxylem]

[Sorry buddy, Wolfwood has yet to quite kick the habit. Maybe one of these days...

For now, he'll pull back just enough so they can look at each other, his expression a little difficult to read. He can tell Kyojuro isn't fucking with him; he's just like this.]

I was bein' sarcastic, sunshine.

[tempurahair]

Oh! [A blink.] Of course!

[And there he goes, laughing his fool head off. Right in Wolfwood's face. This poor guy. At least Kyojuro sweetens the deal by leaning in afterward and giving him a kiss right back? Charitable!]

[lupusxylem]

[Well, he's gotta say...you don't find genuine happiness like that around often. That, or maybe Kyojuro is just REALLY good at hiding his emotions...so much so that Wolfwood can't see it.

His expression softens, but there's something unreadable in his eyes when they part.]

Do your best not to let anybody take that smile from you. Would be a shame for it to disappear.

[tempurahair]

[Well, there are very few people in the Grove that could claim to have died with a smile on their face, so...]

Are you worried? You shouldn't be! I have been through much in my life and death! If that much has not kept me down, nothing will!

[Give him like an hour though, and he'll probably excuse himself to hide any actual feelings he tries to have. Don't worry about it!]

[lupusxylem]

....less worried, so much as. ...I dunno.

[Wolfwood sighs, sitting back a little to give him some space.]

You sayin' you've been through so much, yet you're still smiling like that...that's the part that's concerning, I guess.

[tempurahair]

[Kyojuro pauses, patiently listening to the concern's of the other man. Though his instinct is to immediately laugh it off, he pauses just short of doing so.]

Perhaps it is because I have been through so much that I maintain this outlook. I am not the only person who has suffered. Still, knowing how dire things an be, it only seems fair to maintain good spirits — so that others will not succumb to despair!