Miracle on Luceti Street.

[lucetimods]

Who: Everybody! (Mostly.)
What: IT'S CHRISTMAS OR SOMETHING.
When: The 19th through the 25th. Feel free to backdate and forwarddate and everydate as you please.
Where: All over the village!
Summary: It's a wintertime jamboree. Go ice skating. Hand out gifts to those you love. (Or want to prank, as the case may be.) Deal with meddling, creepy elves. Kiss a lot of people. It'll be good. Except for the parts where it'll be awkward. But that's what we're here for, isn't it?
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R, I imagine. If you need to play out sexytimes, please either fade to black and take it elsewhere or CLEARLY mark the thread in the subject line. (The former is preferable, but not strictly necessary.)


This is your event catch-all log! Sorry it's a bit late in going up. All you really need to do is mention in your subject line what date(s) it is, so folks know if they're dealing with mistletoe or not. Feel free to set up multiple scenarios, of course. Also, as always, tag your characters!

Here is your event info, and feel free to continue asking questions there if necessary. Now go and make merry!

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All days; Ho, ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see~

[complicatedliar]

[Loki's elves don't have a good survival rate unless they hide behind Gregor, sad to say.

Outside of the solstice, Loki general treats these days like any other, though he is a bit more sociable than he has been over the last month. In fact, he's spending a lot of time wandering around the town and simply looking around, so he's easy to catch... when he's visible.]

[21st]
[See the solstice party log]

[22nd]
[Nursing an utterly godly hangover, Loki isn't really seen much this day. Though he does drag himself out of bed eventually to take Vakri out for a ride and deliver his solstice presents invisibly.]

[24th]
[Oh yes, there is some mistletoe action that will be happening here. Whoever gets to him first will have surprise. After that, however, Loki is going to be doing his best to avoid the mistletoe unless he's around someone he doesn't mind kissing. Though accidents do happen~]

24th sob

[lorentzian]

[ It's relatively early in the morning that Jane heads out, all unsuspecting, angling for the library. She notices the mistletoe, of course, but not being near anyone as she passes underneath, thinks nothing of it, really.

She's heading towards the library, though may dally in the village first, perhaps to get a bite to eat...

(It should be noted that she is not watching the doorways she passes with any special carefulness.) ]

24th and by sob, I think you mean GLEE

[complicatedliar]

[Loki is emerging from the library close to when she arrives. He pauses for a moment, caught by the odd urge to linger.

But also caught by an odd indecision of how to deal with her. Because they had such a lovely time at the Christmas Ball, but then there had been the argument that followed. Which had been not at all long before he'd had that... what had Rogue called it, panic attack? Ugh.

It's complicated in a way he doesn't particularly like.

He should move on, wants to. Why is he still standing still? He looks up and...

Oh Hel.

Loki tries to raise a hand to stop her, but it's a bit too late for that.]

Hel.

[Well. It could be worse. For all the way she annoys him so badly at times, he still does like Jane in his own, strange way.]

STILL NOPE

[lorentzian]

[ Drawing slowly to a stop as she approaches him. She isn't quite sure what slows her down, though her expression remains neutral - somewhat carefully so. ]

Loki?

Turn that frown upside-down, girlfriend.

[complicatedliar]

[Loki sighs, though he does give her a little bow.] Lady Foster.

[Let's just pretend that nothing is wrong for a moment.] There are some new books in the mathematics section. You ought to look them over.

24th

[asthehawkflies]

[Clint is out early on Christmas Eve, fetching the last things that he needs for the party the next day. He might be going a little overboard admittedly, but this is his first time hosting a Christmas party and first time having some kind of almost-family Christmas so he can probably be forgiven for that.

He's noticed the mistletoe, of course he has, but doesn't give it much thought as he heads to the shops. It's just another decoration after all.]

24th

[complicatedliar]

[Loki is out and about a lot right now, but it has everything to do with looking for someone and not preparations for a holiday. As far as he's concerned, the solstice is done so that's it for the year.

He's felt the odd urge to paus in doorways a few times and has dismissed it, concentrating on his search. It is sheer, dumb luck that he and Clint Barton are passing by each other near a little alley between two buildings, a ridiculous set of candy canes decorating the buildings overhead.

And then... he's stuck. There's no explanation for it. He can't move his feet to do anything but turn.

Oh, he doesn't like this at all.]

...what...

24th

[asthehawkflies]

[Of course. Of course he runs into Loki. Why wouldn't he?

He doesn't normally believe in fate or karma but right now, he can only assume that this is his past misdeeds catching up to him all at once.

Because he can't move. He tries to back up, to walk away, to avoid this but he Can't. Move.]

The hell...?

24th

[complicatedliar]

I don't know.

[He tries to break the effect with magic, and... nothing. His expression becomes downright dire.] Whatever it is, it's the doing of the Malnosso.

[He looks around again, this time looking up.]

...I don't believe that bit of mistletoe was hanging here earlier when I passed by.

...oh.

...Hel.

[Not funny, Malnosso. Not funny at all.

Loki glances at Clint.

...okay, maybe a little funny.]

24th

[origami_ninja]

[Though Konan has made an effort to be well-informed, she managed to miss the mistletoe tradition and doesn't think of it as anything other than a poisonous plant with white berries that people seem to like to hang up for decoration.]

24th

[complicatedliar]

[Loki pauses to greet Konan as they pass on the street. This unfortunately means that he pauses under the mistletoe. Loki, stop failing your damn spot checks.]

Lady Konan, good day.

24th

[origami_ninja]

Hello, Loki. Have you recovered from the solstice celebration?

[She recalls that he was increasingly more off balance and uncoordinated as the night went on and that he'd imbibed quite a bit of mead. Konan hopes the consequences of all of that drinking weren't too miserable.]

24th

[complicatedliar]

Oh indeed, no trouble at all. I am made of sterner stuff. [He smirks.] And yourself? Or was no recovery necessary? I'm afraid I don't recall.

[touchofrogue]

[It's not at all unexpected that they'd bump into each other. Now that Rogue has a horse, she heads down to the stable daily to make sure the beast is okay.

And of course the Malnosso hung mistletoe under the stable door.]

[complicatedliar]

[Loki was actually unaware of that mistletoe, well hidden from his angle. Had he seen it, he would have made it his business to move out of the way. It would be fun, but short-term fun always lost when it came to long term strategy, and he had a long view on Rogue.

But no. Trapped again. He's starting to hate that sensation.

Loki sighs and looks up, then gives Rogue an awkward smile.]

That wasn't there a minute ago.

[touchofrogue]

After their conversation yesterday and it's somewhat - okay, completely awkward denouement, Rogue had hoped to avoid Loki until it was time to drop his present off at his house. Running into him at the stables could be dealt with, could be managed, but mistletoe?

Rogue followed his gaze up. "Fucking damn," she whispered. Her heart immediately accelerated and she dropped her gaze to Loki's. She was somewhat sheepish and apologetic, flustered and excited, annoyed and a little bit frightened, and terrible at hiding all of those things from anyone who wanted to meet her gaze and look for them. In fact, if someone looked closely, there were all the traces of previous upset in the corners of her eyes, "So you know about these? Any chance you could set it on fire?"

[complicatedliar]

"It doesn't work. I've certainly tried." He made a sound, half-laugh, half-sigh. "Being caught in such a fashion with person after person who would rather kiss a vulture has done wonders for my pride, I assure you." In that sense he wasn't quite certain what to make of her expression either, that she was annoyed and... afraid? Normally, he ought to like that. He definitely did not in this case. Though there was also some excitement there, which gave him hope that this would not be as unpleasant as it could be.

And he could joke about it, but worse was just being forced to be that close to people against his will. As a rule, he didn't like touching people or being touched by him. Exceptions to that were rare. And of course, the bit where Jane had run away crying had been particularly unpleasant.

"I think after this I will just go home and not leave again until someone tells me this infernal plant has wholly vanished."

24th, because I'm awful and things aren't nearly awkward enough

[fleurdesel]

[It's a staple of films and stealth, one never, ever looks up when they really ought to. As a viewer of such films and more than familiar with the tropes therein Adele would have thought herself beyond such foolishness. And yet. And yet one does not expect to have to do so whilst surrounded by holiday cheer of all but sickening saturation. Preoccupied with her own thoughts and attempts to not slide into a snowbank, Adele doesn't much notice that she's caught under one of those damn sprigs, nor who it is with which she is caught.]

24th

[complicatedliar]

[Loki's response to this entire situation is a long-suffering sigh as he is once more caught. The stables. He'll go to the stables as soon as he gets out of this. Hopefully no one else will be there.]

24th

[fleurdesel]

...As uncomfortable as this is, at least we are fortunate enough that a kiss upon the lips is not required to regain our freedom.

[Since the kiss on the hand had worked well enough for Clint she can only assume something similar would work best here.]

Re: 24th

[complicatedliar]

Is that the case? When I was similarly stuck with Lady Potts, a kiss on the cheek didn't work.

24th. What am I doing? Natasha may shoot me.

[widows_kiss]

[She'd given up on trying to get anything accomplished this morning. It clearly wasn't going to happen, the Malnosso - or her elf, or both - clearly had it in for her and she was giving up and hiding in the Battle Dome the rest of the day for sanity's sake.

Except she got stuck halfway across the square, caught beneath a mistletoe she could swear hadn't been there a moment before.

Her fingers curl at her sides and she gives a soft string of curses in Russian to vent her frustration. She reaches for her journal, tucked in her bag, hoping maybe Clint is close by and can come get her loose before someone else wanders by...]

24th.

[complicatedliar]

[The cursing thankfully warns him before he walks into the radius of effect, since he's not particularly that worried about walking by Natasha normally. Loki pauses, regarding her curiously.]

Shouldn't assassins be better at looking up?

Re: 24th.

[widows_kiss]

[Her eyes slide shut as she recognizes that voice and there is certainly more cursing, but this time it is silent, not slipping past her lips.

When she speaks a moment later, she is calm and composed again, nothing given away in her manner other than her frustration with the plant holding her captive. Again.]

That works better when things don't appear out of nowhere seconds after I do look.

Hello, Loki.

24th.

[complicatedliar]

Hello, Agent Romanoff.

[He smiles.]

You seem to be caught in a bit of a pickle.