d | a december catchall (open & closed)

[damnpire]

WHO: d & others
WHERE: the stygian hellscape
WHEN: month of december
WHAT: mistletoe kissing, winter cuddling, soulmates(?), spoon threatened me with a good time, trying to make francy stop being mean to rosa, inside d's door maybe
WARNINGS: dr...ug use...? (looks at silco and frowns), possible blood drinking, a claude date, dallisto, laurent's foul and grumpy mouth, problematically kissing heewon, dimitrid being depressed having to hold hands and kiss

OOC plotting post

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wildcard & other

[damnpire]

[Feel free to wildcard me with anything you'd like to do! D can be anywhere!]

[midway]

[ The city certainly is lively again, which is both nice and concerning, given that the last time Stygia was dressed up for a festival, some headless asshole showed up and murdered a bunch of people. And that was right after the woods murdered a bunch of people. It was a lot of murder to take in all at once.

But so far... things seem to be all right. There are plenty of couples kissing in public, which is a little bewildering to Claude since there would never be such blatant displays of affection in Fodlan (or Almyra), and it makes him glad that Lorenz isn't here. He's sure that the Count would've gone red and died a second death from outrage.

But it's cold, and body heat is alluring, so Claude doesn't think much of it when he passes under the plant himself while walking alongside someone, until he takes a bite out of an apple later.

And promptly spits it onto D's boot. ]

Oh- sorry.

[damnpire]

[SPOON?

Can't really say if this is the worst that's ever happened to him honestly. He really sort of just comes to a stop and peers down. The boots are fine; he'd never be worried about the boots. His pride? His dignity?

...

His eyes lift back up to Claude's face. This weird bastard.]

Are you alright?

[IS THERE A MEDICAL REASON FOR THIS?]

[midway]

[ D is such a good boy, he doesn't even get angry or kick him with his now sullied boot. The mild reaction actually gets Claude to feel guilty, and he meets D's face with a grimace. ]

I think so. Seems like the apple is deceptively rotten on the inside.

[ Even though it looks like a perfectly normal apple, he refuses to believe that the problem is him. There's already one Fire Emblem lord with messed up tastebuds.

He fishes a handkerchief from his pocket because he's from the era of handkerchiefs, and holds it out to D. ]

It might be one of the many pranks going around lately. Sorry to get you involved.

[damnpire]

[Good. Claude should feel guilty.

If he were the type of man to blink, D would be blinking considerably. He looks at the apple, then he looks at Claude. Yeah, okay. The apple is the issue here. His eyes lower to the handkerchief. What's he supposed to do with this, Claude? Clean his boot?

He refuses it with a polite shake of his head.]

Did you get cursed from the mistletoe...?

[midway]

[ What, now he's too good to clean his boot? He wants to walk around with spit on his boot? Sicko.

In any case, Claude pockets the handkerchief and resists making a face at the taste of ash still in his mouth.

He doesn't entirely succeed, trying not to sound too sulky when he answers, ] So it would seem. I hardly even noticed that I was under it.

[ And now he has this apple that he doesn't know what to do with. ]

Have you encountered those little sprites too?

[damnpire]

[Shut up, you. He would rather have spit on his boot that cleans off than spit on his face. Don't be jealous because he's a more humble man.]

Yes. Doing anything but kissing under the mistletoe displeases them. They will heckle you if you refuse.

[He does not offer to take the apple from Claude (indirect kiss...) because he doesn't not really prefer to eat or drink. So Claude is left with his sins.]

[declass]

[ somehow, mistletoe ends up in your apartment building. look i'm giving you mistletoe shut up. but either way, rosa has not noticed the plant yet and is simply sitting on a couch while reading. when she notices d, though, she'll look up and offer him a wave. ]

Good afternoon. Are you keeping warm?

[ do vampires get cold. she is polite enough not to ask even if she's thinking it. ]

[damnpire]

[You pulling a me and just making mistletoe end up in the apartment building even though Yoo Joonghyuk might be the type to stalk the halls and tear it down angrily. But it's there, yes.]

Hello. [They're really choosing to be very polite, huh.] I believe it's a curse.

[Very... clinical. In how he says this. About the cold, he means.

His eyes lift slowly. Oh n. (d voice to heewon) there is no escape]

Are you stuck?

[declass]

[ hei is on hiatus we can do what we want now.

a curse would make sense, though, because rosa can normally handle cold very well. this is so hateful and she does her best to show that she's not annoyed by this.

at the question though, she shrugs. ]

Probably! These things are rather pesky, aren't they?

[damnpire]

[It's okay. Rosa is being polite, and D will make up for it by, for once, actually showing a little of a single emotion: annoyance. Mistletoe has to be the worst thing outside of garlic.]

More of it is appearing in the building.

[So yes. BOTHERSOME.]

Do you need help...?

[declass]

No, it's fine. I'll just manage another curse.

[ it is said with the kind of air of someone who has been cursed so many times at this, and is slowly going used to it. ]

You probably shouldn't get too close though so you won't be in its range.

[damnpire]

[Rosa really thinks HIS chivalry ass is going to allow a woman to be burdened AGAIN with a curse than can be easily (but annoyingly) avoided with kissing? Foolish.

His lips thin into a frown.]

There isn't any point in suffering unnecessarily.

mistlehoe

[pyojeol]

[gives u mistletoe and also blood, sorry

anyway this is after Sooyoung gets back from the shadowlands. She has a band-aid on her face and she's kind of limping her way out of a nearby herbalist's shop when she runs into a.) D and b.) M(istletoe).]

-- How the hell did it get here so fast...

[SHE JUST WENT DOWN THIS PATH TEN MINUTES AGO?]

[damnpire]

[AND ALSO BLOOD?

Well, now he has two things to consider and worry about: Sooyoung's state of (sword voice) disrepair and the damn parasitic plant hanging above them. He tips his head back just enough to peer at the mistletoe from beneath the brim of the hat. Frowns.

Looks back at her.]

More are appearing.

[pyojeol]

[SHE'S BLEEDING BUT IT'S FINE]

-- More?! [SHE SPINS AROUND LIKE HE MEANS THAT THERE'S 20 RIGHT BEHIND HER oh well nope there isn't.... there's just the one...

she turns back....]

Be more specific!! Don't just say more!!

[damnpire]

[Oh. Hehe. Even if his face doesn’t changed, he has been amused by this. A little.]

More are appearing in the building.

[Is what he meant, but he didn’t clarify because he didn’t think she’d take him literally.]

…Are you alright?

[pyojeol]

[DON'T BE AMUSED? She shoots him a dirty look as if she can sense it, and then flaps a hand at him.]

-- I'm fine. [the bleeding is minimal...ish,] I just got thrown around a little in the Shadowlands.

[getting ur ass beat is not a fun experience, and it maybe explains her earlier paranoia,]

So it's not like I'm contagious or anything. if you're worried about that.

[damnpire]

[She should not be so funny if he can't be amused!! Let him be amused by her fear of the terrible plants.

It's fine, it disappears somewhat fast when she mentions she looks banged up because she was in the Shadowlands. WHY. Yoo Joonghyuk should return from hiatus. Begging. Everything is falling apart without him.]

I'm not. [CONTAGION is the least of his worries when he CRAVES BLOOD.] What happened?

[appeale]

[ sorry hei i'm also ruining YJH's good name and slandering his mistletoe removing efforts.....

when D comes home after a long day of ??? brooding??? there is a shivering pink bundle sitting on the floor just inside the entryway, her face tucked into her knees and hidden by a fur-lined hood. with a quick glance, it isn't hard to figure out what her problem is: there's mistletoe overhead, and she's too short to do anything about it. ]

Ughhhh I don't want to see it again... It's gonna kill me this time...

[damnpire]

…

[Well.

He stops just inside so he can peer at the wad of morose pink on the ground. Glancing up, he spies a lapse in Yoo Joonghyuk’s parasitic prowling and weeding. Then he looks back at her again.]

Are you alright…?

[appeale]

[ in the depths of her misery, Ruby has no idea anyone else is around. so at the sound of his voice, she yelps. ]

Ah— Yes?! [ her hood falls back when her head jerks upright, and she blinks up at the sight of D looming over her. ] Oh, signore... Hello! Yes, I'm fine! I'm just...

[ ... ]

... stuck.

[damnpire]

[Oh... oops. He did not mean to startle her, but then again... he is not surprised this has happened. Of course he's terrifying. (It was because he had been quiet). A monster.

Again, he lifts his eyes up briefly as if acknowledging the mistletoe.]

The sprites' game is you must kiss, or you'll be cursed.

[appeale]

Yes, and if you pass under the mistletoe alone, there's this dreadful creature that follows you around.

[ she looks up at the mistletoe with an expression of mournful despair. ]

I didn't notice it in time... I'm really scared of that beast, but I didn't want to bother anybody by asking for help, either.

[ who would she even ask, anyway. she's not texting any of her insane suitemates that they have to come and kiss her to rescue her from mistletoe. ]

[damnpire]

[Look… He is an old, crusty vampire hunter. It never even dawned on him that one day (in death?) he would be enlisted here and there to kiss people to free them from a parasitic plant.

Can’t he just cut it down…? Why… No one wants to kiss him, he thinks.

Measuredly, he approaches, and doesn’t pause with any hesitation as he steps right up beside her. He reaches up to remove the hat. Polite.]