Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock

[matini]

Who: Homestuck cast (sob too many to list)
Where: Somewhere in Goldenrod City that can handle all these chillens
When: Christmas Day
Summary: Christmas Shenanigans with any and all Homestucks!
Rating: C for Cute, M for the mouths of Striders because DANG, YOU GUYS. WASH YOUR MOUTHS.
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[timelymaid]

[ Well that sure was a collision. It's definitely a bonus that John wasn't carrying food or drinks, and if he dropped any of those giftbags Aradia will gather them up. ]

Oh, I'm okay! I was just trying to avoid - [ Oh, drat. ]

[ghostytrainer]

[He takes the bags thanking her quietly before standing up straight and fixing his askew glasses.]

Avoid what?

[Look up? What do you mean look up?]

[timelymaid]

[ Will pointing up help you out there at all John? ]

The mistletoe!

[ghostytrainer]

[Well it'll make him look up, so yes.]

Oh. That. Yeah, I guess I can see why you would try and avoid that.

[timelymaid]

I'm not sure I understand why this is a tradition? I mean, why would anyone start it up?

[ overthinking it 101]

[ghostytrainer]

[Shrug.]

No idea. Maybe someone got fed up of being alone at Christmas and decided to do something about it.

[timelymaid]

Dead plants and kissing don't really seem to go together to me, though!

[ghostytrainer]

The person was probably European. I am willing to bet they were European. It seems like all the really strange, weird, dead-plant related Christmas things have to do with Europeans.

[timelymaid]

What other dead-plant related Christmas things are there? You mean like the tree thing?

[ghostytrainer]

Yes the dead tree thing and the dead wreathes on doors. And holly berries. Christmas is a very dead plant oriented holiday when you stop and think about it.

[timelymaid]

...What did Europeans have against live plants?

[ghostytrainer]

[Shrug.]

Not a clue.

[timelymaid]

[ She has more questions about this, but whoops they're definitely just standing there talking about Europeans and their fetish for dead plants rather than clearing the doorway. ]

Well, we're not exempt from Rose's lusus' ruleset, but I think we're sort of exempt because you've got a flushed quadrant? I mean, exempt enough to allow us to get away with a kiss on the cheek?

[ is anyone actually policing these things, should they like just ollie out and say they did ]

[ghostytrainer]

[They are the best at mistletoe, clearly.]

Haha, well a kiss with a friend because of a silly holiday tradition won't suddenly change my feelings for Rose. Don't worry, I might swoon a little but there will be no 'oh Miss Megido, take me now!' [A short, slightly overdramatic, lovestruck swoon before John straightens back up and continues speaking as though he didn't just do something incredibly silly.]

But if you are more comfortable with a cheek kiss, then it's more than okay with me if we use my relationship as an partial exception excuse.

[timelymaid]

Are you sure? [ She's completely amused right now, and it probably shows. ] Adventureologists are pretty swoon-worthy, you know. I'm no Troll Indiana Jones, but I like to think I'm pretty close!

[ They're the very best at this. ]

I honestly don't mind either way! I'll even catch you if there is swooning, because that's the classy thing to do. [ This is the least serious mistletoe thread, isn't it. ]

[ghostytrainer]

[It is. But that's okay. Look at what happens when you have a serious mistletoe thread.]

So considerate and magnanimous! Hehehe, but I think I will save you the trouble of catching my fat ass and just...

[He leans in (possibly having to stand on his tiptoes) and presses a quick kiss to her cheek.]

There!

[timelymaid]

[ Aradia's not as tall as, say, Kanaya, but she's of average height. Which John is...not. Exactly. She'll lean down a little to help him out.

And then she will dramatically put a hand to her cheek. ]

Wow! I nearly swooned, there. You didn't warn me that was a possibility!