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I. COLD HANDS, WARM HEART
From December through January, high winds gradually rise all across the Netherworld, large flakes of snow causing white-out condition. The wind howls and whistles, blades of icy gusts cutting through your clothes as frost clings to your hair and lashes. No matter where you are, you feel its glacial, bone-chilling force, and no matter what you do, you quickly find that nothing keeps you warm. You're freezing, shivering, teeth chattering. Fire and the proximity of others may offer brief reprieves, so bundle up and find a cuddling partner before you crystalize. If you don't have a Soulmate, now might be the time to search for one.
Unfortunately, when it rains, it pours. Some of you may experience sudden, intense headaches, followed by a sense of panic. Your chest tightens. Your head swims. Your lungs ice over, and you know then: someone's messing with your home in the Shadowlands.
II. DON'T LEAF ME HANGIN'
Kiss kiss fall in love, it's mistletoe time! And its provenance is a little gruesome: some Restless have been coughing them up due to the floral disease affecting Stygia's citizens, and for reasons unknown, the plant's made itself a home in tree branches, bushes, and ceilings. Having the time of its life, probably! Some sprites have taken a liking to them, and started worshipping them as flowery entities. It's believed among them that kissing underneath the mistletoe is the greatest way to honor said entities, while refusing to is a terrible affront; the sprites will start following you and pranking you in retaliation.
From December through January, high winds gradually rise all across the Netherworld, large flakes of snow causing white-out condition. The wind howls and whistles, blades of icy gusts cutting through your clothes as frost clings to your hair and lashes. No matter where you are, you feel its glacial, bone-chilling force, and no matter what you do, you quickly find that nothing keeps you warm. You're freezing, shivering, teeth chattering. Fire and the proximity of others may offer brief reprieves, so bundle up and find a cuddling partner before you crystalize. If you don't have a Soulmate, now might be the time to search for one.
Unfortunately, when it rains, it pours. Some of you may experience sudden, intense headaches, followed by a sense of panic. Your chest tightens. Your head swims. Your lungs ice over, and you know then: someone's messing with your home in the Shadowlands.
► If you're already in your home, stay alert as light goes out: squint through the dark, and you'll soon be able to distinguish an enormous figure. Krampus.
► If you're anywhere in Stygia and are unable to teleport, crossing the Tempest is particularly perilous on your own, though if you explain what's going on to a Ferryman, they'll oblige.
► Luckily, Krampus doesn't seem extremely interested in your Tethers, but it's entirely possible that he damages a few while being in your home. He's mostly interested in you, and whether you've been a good Restless.
If you feel like your character's done a decent job at silencing their Shadow, Krampus will curse them; every full moons through December and January, they'll be compelled to tell a significant lie. A single lie can be told multiple times to different and/or the same people, and multiple lies can also be told multiple times to different and/or the same people. If, on the other hand, you feel as though they've been struggling -- or worse, enjoying its presence -- Krampus will give them a unique coin: everywhere you go, it'll loudly
comment on anyone within 10 feet, giving a brief but accurate description of what your character truly thinks of them. You can't get rid of it, but after its first use, it'll disintegrate within a couple of weeks. 
► If you're anywhere in Stygia and are unable to teleport, crossing the Tempest is particularly perilous on your own, though if you explain what's going on to a Ferryman, they'll oblige.
► Luckily, Krampus doesn't seem extremely interested in your Tethers, but it's entirely possible that he damages a few while being in your home. He's mostly interested in you, and whether you've been a good Restless.
II. DON'T LEAF ME HANGIN'
Kiss kiss fall in love, it's mistletoe time! And its provenance is a little gruesome: some Restless have been coughing them up due to the floral disease affecting Stygia's citizens, and for reasons unknown, the plant's made itself a home in tree branches, bushes, and ceilings. Having the time of its life, probably! Some sprites have taken a liking to them, and started worshipping them as flowery entities. It's believed among them that kissing underneath the mistletoe is the greatest way to honor said entities, while refusing to is a terrible affront; the sprites will start following you and pranking you in retaliation.
► If you walk under mistletoe along with someone else and refuse to/do not kiss, you'll be followed by a sprite for 24 hours, during which they'll prank (see list below*) and just generally annoy you. Only one sprite at a time will follow you, even if you walk again under mistletoe within the 24 hours time frame.
► If you walk alone under mistletoe, this unnamed creature will stalk you from the shadows, whispering and trying to coax you closer, promising delightful kisses you'll never forget. In truth, it just wants to devour your tongue, a delicacy. It'll give up after 12 hours, and will never follow you inside your home.
► An old woman sells mistletoe berry tarts in the Marketplace, and claims it'll help anyone who suffers from insomnia. She's not wrong! One bite and you'll fall dead asleep within the hour, and only a kiss will be able to awaken you. Sweet dreams, sleeping beauty!
► If you do wind up kissing anyone under the mistletoe, you'll find it easier to deal with your Shadow through the month, a blessing from the sprites! If, on the other hand, you don't partake in kissing endeavors, your Shadow will seem louder than usual.
Additionally, many patrons in Mirth host festive and/or cozy soirées throughout December. If you feel like dancing, singing, drinking eggnog in good company and eating delicious hors d'oeuvres, wear your ugliest festive sweater and have some fun! Just be careful, as mistletoe will 100% find its way inside these venues!► If you walk alone under mistletoe, this unnamed creature will stalk you from the shadows, whispering and trying to coax you closer, promising delightful kisses you'll never forget. In truth, it just wants to devour your tongue, a delicacy. It'll give up after 12 hours, and will never follow you inside your home.
► An old woman sells mistletoe berry tarts in the Marketplace, and claims it'll help anyone who suffers from insomnia. She's not wrong! One bite and you'll fall dead asleep within the hour, and only a kiss will be able to awaken you. Sweet dreams, sleeping beauty!
► If you do wind up kissing anyone under the mistletoe, you'll find it easier to deal with your Shadow through the month, a blessing from the sprites! If, on the other hand, you don't partake in kissing endeavors, your Shadow will seem louder than usual.
PRANK LIST
*you can either RNG or choose! all effects disappear within 24 hours. can be pranked multiple times within 24 hours.
► the sprite enchants your clothing to make them colder and colder.
► the sprite swaps your character's voice with someone else's.
► the sprite steals an object that belongs to you and puts it in another character's pocket/room.
► your breathing becomes loud and obnoxious.
► when it snows, you perceive every flake as a human face.
► everything you eat tastes like ashes.
► you feel compelled to scream everything you say.
► you think you are the world's greatest bard, so sing your heart out!
► you gain a forked tongue.
► when breathing out in cold weather, you exhale black smoke instead of white breath.
► anomalous orifices begin appearing on your body, such as mouths, eye sockets, etc.
► you can now hear all heartbeats within 10 feet of you.
► you hallucinate a worm in your chest trying to eat its way out. you can’t feel it, but the skin on your torso ripples as it burrows beneath.
► you feel like your body is slowly melting, like a candle with a too hot flame. it's not.
► your ears constantly hear a repeating brief tune.
ooc note
► As always, check out the Notice Board if you'd like additional prompts! Older quests from previous months are always available as well. You'll also find the Calendar right here.
► If you have questions, check out the plotting post's thread here, or ask new ones here!
► Cozy ambience for your cozy nights in Mirth!
► HAPPY HOLIDAYS ✨
🤡💋
[ Not that 30 clowns is going to get her very far in the Nice Sword Department, but hey, a sword is better than no sword, especially if the gang is going to hunt specters later in the month.
At the very least she can save, which means taking on every job she can get her grimy mitts on. Including..................Clownquest 2k22. But Sylvain makes the whole thing more tolerable, somehow managing to become the femblem at the top of her totem pole. Probably because he was willing to share embarrassing baby stories with her. ]
I understand what Rosa was talking about when she said she dressed up as a clown.
[ She pokes (honks) her clown nose. ]
This is more comfortable than I thought it would be.
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but yeah the daily grind is REAL. sylvain's got his relic back, but that doesn't mean he wants to go hunting monsters every day in order to eat dinner. sometimes it's easier to simply be a clown. (also sylvain being the most palatable femblem to heewon is taking me out, someone get us a better cast) ]
Rosa? Did she have to do this too? [ THEIR ROSA!! SHE'S TOO CUTE TO BE A CLOWN!!!
like a yawn, the nose honking is simply contagious. sylvain tests his own bright red clown nose as well, grinning when it makes a very stupid sound. ]
I guess the outfit is pretty easy to move around in...
[ he's still honking his nose. rhythmic honking. ]
We could duet like this. [ WITH NOSE HONKS. it would be funny though, he's sure they could get a few laughs at the expense of their dignity. ]
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also help, why is he suggesting a clown duet with nose honks. she looks a little skeptical at first but like, this whole thing is already absurd so why not just go the whole mile at this rate? moping about it is just going to make everything worse.
although...she thinks a moment. ]
Do you think if we squeeze them differently they'll make different sounds?
[ a true honk duet.....give her a couple seconds to go cross-eyed as she honks her nose in various configurations. testing testing testing.... (honking honking honking....) ]
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and it's not his fault the monthly effect is chaos! he's just doing what the moons tell him to do. which is, clown nose honking.
maybe if they squeeze the noses a certain way, they can release an extended hoooonk. sylvain tries this, with marginal success. a few kids walking by do giggle at their antics, though their accompanying parents shoo them away from these weirdos. ]
Alright. [ no more honking. ]
What else have we got here... Juggling? [ he pulls out a list of instructions they've been given. ] Miming? 'Scarf trick'?
[ he pats around his various clown pockets, trying to find a scarf... ]
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destructionchaos togetherbut......ah, speaking of scarves, she's suddenly reminded of how chilly it is outside. feels like just yesterday she was hanging out in the not-sunny but at least warm weather having a great time. now she's in a clown costume trying not to shiver. she looks at him, voice joking but also kind of hopeful as she asks: ]
The scarf trick wouldn't happen to be you finding two scarves so we can each wrap one around ourselves?
[ baby, it's cold outside....no seriously, it's cold outside. ]
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[ because he's a gentleman, hehe. —oh, wait, he thinks he's actually found stumbled across something...
he tugs at a corner of colorful fabric sticking out from the breast pocket of his clown suit, which reveals... a handkerchief! tied to... another handkerchief! and... another handkerchief! and another! and another and another and another—
soon he's pulled out a yard of conjoined handkerchieves. how these were all hidden in his clown clothes, he has no idea, but he wraps the makeshift scarf around heewon's shoulders, and his own. ]
Tada~
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it's a good thing heewon friendzones (brozones) everyone by default, or else the Vibes™ right now would be a lot different. as it is, the flashy display just elicits another smile and a quick laugh out of her as she claps. ]
Wow, what a gentleman!
[ a clown gentleman....clowntleman. ]
I guess I should do a trick of my own.
[ time to fish around in her own pockets and pull out....a trick rose! except instead of a rose, it's a sprig of mistletoe, wilting and straightening as she tugs its stem. as it wilts, so does her expression. ]
Oh. This trick is definitely worse than yours.
[ why!!!! ]
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even sylvain has to laugh appreciatively—he knows it wasn't on purpose, but don't mind him if he takes some notes... ]
Hey, I don't think it's half bad.
[ (yes, he'll still flirt with her even if he's been friendzoned. even if they're both dressed as clowns, bundled together in a clown scarf...) ]
...You're not attached to anyone, are you?
[ making sure first that nobody's gonna run after him with a shotgun if he smooches her... he's just managed to put all that behind him (if only by virtue of being dead) ]
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but hey, uriel doesn't have to know! no one has to know that they're both out here dressed as clowns, ready to honk their clown noses together by official mistletoe decree. also, maybe their clown makeup will conceal their identities.
also. that sure is a question. she frowns a little. ]
I did have someone back home, but he's not here. [ the bg ship finally makes itself known..... ] He wouldn't mind if he knew this was to avoid getting cursed though, so it shouldn't be a problem.
[ the road to clown kiss is clear and roadblock-free!! ]
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but SURELY THEY WON'T BE RECOGNIZED AS CLOWNS... that would be so sad, having this one-time notice board job haunt them for the rest of their lives (or until uriel pulls a glock on sylvain).
anyway the actual tragedy is heewon's bg ship. sylvain is genuinely sympathetic when she explains—understands that most everyone here has left someone home. and it helps temper his carefree attitude a bit too, into something more careful.
(usually he wouldn't care about this thing... usually he's the cheater.) ]
...All right. If you say so.
[ thankfully he didn't wrap the handkerchief chain around them so tight that he can't turn to face her. he leans in—
honk
—and pulls away again with a sharp burst of laughter. ]
Dammit.
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but it's very kind of him to have the foresight to ask, and to accept her answer for what it is. she smiles slightly at him, squaring her feet and tilting her head up so they can get this kiss out of the way—
—only for a honk to send her stumbling back a step. incredible.
his laugh elicits one of her own, heewon shaking her head as if to dispel the absolute ridiculous image of getting kiss cockblocked by a clown nose out of her head. ]
Maybe we should take the noses off first.
[ this is so stupid? this is so stupid. and yet it makes the whole thing more tolerable (for her, at least), the smile still on her face as she tugs her clown nose off. now there's just a sad make-up-less nose sticking out of her face....tragic. ]
Ready?
[ take two, hopefully this time it goes better than the first. ]
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he's still grinning as he holds his clown nose in one hand. out of habit, he's tempted to do some sort of romantic gesture, brush a thumb along heewon's cheekbone or tuck a loose strand of hair behind her ear—but the heavy makeup and wig are detrimental to that, too... (there is simply no winning...)
still, he can't help but enjoy this just the same. ]
Heh, here goes.
[ he places a light hand on her arm as he leans in, pressing his lips gently to hers. ]
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which is to say—no pranks will be played here today as sylvain and heewon lean in for their government-assigned mistletoe kiss. (or, leans up in heewon's case, because all the men around here are too damn tall.)
as far as kisses go, it's not bad. fairly chaste, definitely nothing that would any bystanders swoon, but given the situation they've found themselves in, that's really for the best. heewon is smiling by the time she pulls back. ]
Thanks for not making it weird.
[ OH but now she's realizing she never asked about his (taken) status on her end. ]
There's no one who's going to come after me either, right?
[ either with a shotgun or with a creepy wiggling weapon. ]
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he just laughs and brushes off her thanks, feeling warm from their proximity. the clown scarf still wrapped around them is a very cute touch, too. maybe they can come up with a comedy act while conjoined... he'll have to bring this up later. (somehow, he is really getting into this clown job.) ]
Question your choices, maybe. But nah, you don't have anything to worry about.
[ except... syO...? ]
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who heewon is actually blissfully unaware of at the moment, so she thinks she's in the clear! no problems to be had here, they can continue to move forward without a hitch. ]
Whew, that's a relief.
[ ah, except—they still have clownquest 2k22 to finish first, don't they? ]
Guess the only thing left for us to worry about now is to finish this job.
[ time to brainstorm their new comedy duo routine... after she shoves the mistletoe back in her pocket, your time is done!! ]
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Haha...
[ not sylvain laughing somewhat awkwardly because this is a rare exception and not the rule... (he's usually the one being hunted down... as he rightfully deserves 🔪) ]
You're right! Let's see what else we've got.
[ and now they (literally) clown around for the rest of the day! an afternoon spent creating balloon abominations (or just popping them because sylvain has no idea how to twist them into animal shapes), juggling rubber chickens, and all other manner of tomfoolery...
...and also cozying up here and there to stay warm, heh. 😊 ]