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[drawnbythesword]

Who: Asbel (drawnbythesword) and Cheria (healedbythelight)... And anyone in the house who may decide to get involved.
What: Horrible mistletoe shenanigans.
When: Backdated alllll the way to December 24th
Where: House 28
Summary: Chance encounters under the mistletoe are always awkward
Rating: G.

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[ledbythewind]

[Asbel, please give him a LITTLE hope here.]

[drawnbythesword]

[N O P E]

[ledbythewind]

Don't you think Miss Cheria was acting slightly odd?

[drawnbythesword]

Eh? Well... [He did think there was something slightly odd about her behavior, but...]

[ledbythewind]

Think about it for a moment, Asbel.

[... okay so that's probably not the smartest thing he has ever said, but.]

[drawnbythesword]

[Insert jeopardy theme here]

[ledbythewind]

She bumped into you in the doorway.

[Please say you can put two and two together now.]

[drawnbythesword]

...And? [Richard, what are you driving at here?]

[ledbythewind]

... and that mistletoe is in the doorway.

[healedbythelight]

[Ahh, Richard what are you doing?! If you warn Asbel, he'll make sure to avoid the doorway and her plan will be ruined!]

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[drawnbythesword]

[The mistletoe's by the doorway... And Cheria bumped into Asbel there... Cheria bumped into Asbel under the mistletoe...

...

...

...Oh.]

[drawnbythesword]

[Oh! Well, now he's embarassed again.]

[ledbythewind]

[Good boy, Asbel.]

So do you understand now?

[drawnbythesword]

[Nodding quickly. Yeah, he understands. Even if he's currently having a brain failure.}

[ledbythewind]

Then you know what you need to do next.

[drawnbythesword]

Y... Yeah. [Even though he's unsure.]

[ledbythewind]

[Good boy, Asbel. He's just going to start steering you towards the door now!]

[drawnbythesword]

[Wait what are you--oh, you're leading him towards the door.

Watch out, Cheria, because that doorknob is turning now.]

[healedbythelight]

[Cheria starts the moment she hears those footsteps, but the turning of the doorknob really sends her jumping back. In a fit of panic she does the first thing that pops into her head. That is, to dart away from the door and further into the hallway, away from the living room and its mistletoe.]

[drawnbythesword]

[Asbel pokes his head out of the door, glancing up and down the hallway. Did he hear something out there?

...Well, he doesn't see anything... Maybe it was Tiger Festival playing... Ah well. Hopefully Cheria's still in the mood for this... He heads down the hallway, towards the living room.]

[healedbythelight]

[The moment Asbel and Richard have rounded the corner, Cheria comes out of hiding again. Oh no... Now those two are headed for the mistletoe, where Cheria is not. And from the sound of that conversation, it seemed Richard was actually spurring Asbel on to catch Cheria under the mistletoe.

Strange, considering what she saw during the draft, but it's a chance she'll gladly take. Carefully, she strides back towards the living room to see where Asbel has gone.]

[ledbythewind]

[Richard, meanwhile, will be positioning himself just out of sight but in a location where he can spy on everything that's going on, because he's a creeper like that.]

[drawnbythesword]

[When Asbel arrives in the living room, he glances around, looking for her. Did she go somewhere...? The groceries aren't even put away...]

[healedbythelight]

[The moment Cheria rounds the corner to step into the living room, she pauses. Now how is she supposed to get Asbel to the doorway with the mistletoe? It's all the way on the other side of the room, across from the kitchen.]

[drawnbythesword]

[Well... Cheria's not around. Maybe she'll appear later...

Okay, let's put away some of these groceries. Quick, Cheria, now's your chance! Move the mistletoe!]