driftfleet | Mistletoe Mingle!

[Tim had been told there were several different facilities on the Iskaulit where you can train and had been spending one sleepless night checking out one after the other out of curiosity but has found that the Gym won't let him leave. He's since worked out a probable cause but has yet to have anyone else wander by this late? early in the morning.

He's tried jumping but he can't reach and that's extremely frustrating so he's taken to calling out occasionally to see if anyone is in the hallways. He lights up when the first person he does see is someone he's at least talked to before.]

Hello? um...Miss Pryde? Help?

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[She comes to a stop when she hears him call out and she looks above him to confirm her suspicions. She's probably still far enough away not to be trapped with him yet? Right? Maybe? She's still figuring out the logistics of these particular sprig of mistletoe. It was all a little different in the last place she was in.]

Are you sure you want my help? [Because she's pretty sure there's only one option. But unlike her last place this won't necessarily be over in a day. Things can last a lot longer here.]

Honestly, I do not know. [He looks up at the offending plant] I was hoping to just remove it? or at least try and find out how long I will be stuck here for?

I'm sorry I don't mean to pressure you. I am willing to wait if need be?

[~~And to think, usually Vash is the offending plant in the room.~~]

I can give it a try. I'm guessing it will end up with us kissing though. That's fine. [What's one more kiss, right? She used to be trapped in a place where this kind of thing happened all the time.] I just wanted to make sure you were on the same page.

I had presumed, the mistletoe kiss tradition is common in my world as well. As I said, I don't want to pressure you. Even if you know how long this is likely to last? I'd even take you throwing me something to read so I can wait it out.

[He shrugs] This is rather um... creepy of the Atroma.

Is it common to come with forcefields or augment boundaries or whatever they're using? [She bends down while she's talking, living up her pant leg and removing a throwing dagger that is strapped to her shin. Tyrion made it for her. He knows weapons are a girl's best friend. She unsheaths it and straightens up.]

Sometimes st the prison I was in before this you'd wake up thinking you'd been married to someone else for awhile. [That'll mess you up.] This? This is nothing. Okay, don't get stabbed. I'm going to try to take out the mistletoe from a distance.

No, they're usually not even real. Plastic or even paper seems more common. Except at my [adoptive, no; you're emancipated now. He can still pretend though] father's home. Grandfather [Alfred is the closest thing he's ever had to one, it counts regardless of emancipation] would never have anything so cheap as plastic around.

[Robin eyes the dagger that's just come out with appreciation but doesn't move. Not that he could but he doesn't seem perturbed at the possibility of it flying in his direction either]

They were able to mess with your memories? Have the Atroma ever done that?

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[The dagger sails through the air, finding it's intended target just as intended. Not as intended, it bounces off the plant as if it too is protected. It doesn't surprise her much. She's been able to cut some down that didn't have anyone trapped, but she figured once engaged they'd be harder to be rid of. Still, she was so used to having no other way out in Marina she really hadn't exhausted all the attempts here. She'd just kissed her way out after trying some basics like phasing of course.

She walks in closer to get her dagger, but also to be in kissing range. At least she knows that will work.]

Not in the same way, but yes. There was something I wrote down once, but I couldn't remember writing it down or how I knew to write it down.

[Tim will actually catch the dagger as it bounces off, and then offer to toss it to Kitty while she remains out of range. Not that he quite knows what that range is.]

Nice throw. I was really hoping that would work.

Remind me to start a journal here then. I don't appreciate having my head played with. Psychically or not.

[He will hold his hands up to stop her coming closer.]

I don't want to force you in any way, even if it's pity. I'm willing to wait this out.

Thanks. I usually miss. Glad you survived. [She doesn't usually miss. These are the jokes! Though throwing weapons aren't her main strength. Logan trained her on a lot of weapon types but she has the most practice with her claws and hand-to-hand fighting that are more after his own tastes.

She holds her hand out ready to catch. What's a little knife throwing between people who barely know each other?]

Kid, relax. It's just a kiss.

[He gives her a questioning look. He's not sure if it was a joke or not]

I'm not sure I should give this back if you do in fact usually miss... [He flips the blade up and down for a bit]

And sure it's just a kiss but it's still... coerced.

You can give it back or I can take it back. [Threat? Promise? Can't it be both? The tone isn't teasing for that one.]

[And he's not wrong about the kiss. It's problematic as hell, but it's not on them as much as the Atroma and she'd prefer not to let the moral ambiguity mean she gets trapped in a doorway forever or that others do the same.]

[Okay, definitely not joking there. He'll toss it carefully to her.]

I think I'll avoid a fight while stuck in a very small space.

They haven't um.. pushed this whole forced kissing thing further have they? I mean what other things do they force us to do?

Smart choice. [She manages to grab the dagger without slicing her hand and she bends down to return it to it's normally hidden location.

She glances back up at his question.]

I have not been compelled to do more than kiss here. [The "here" is a bit of a misnomer. It's not like she had to do more than kiss back in Marina either although sometimes you had to really kiss. The other things she did were more under memory manipulation. They felt like choices at the time she made them. It was all very morally gray at best.]

But I can't promise that won't change.

[He makes note of where she's keeping her weapons for later.]

This worries me greatly.

[He glares up at the mistletoe]

Are there any traditions like the mistletoe that would be.. bad for consent. I mean Boxing Day isn't going to end in forced drinking and brawls?

[That's just one of them, but the big one is pretty obvious since she is her best weapon.]

Not that I know of, but [helpless shrug.]

You're overthinking this. Just let me get you out of there. They aren't going to make me take some kid's V-card. [She doesn't really think he's a virgin. Probably. Maybe. She hasn't really thought of it. She's just being flip.]

I overthink everything. It's a problem.

[He blushes in embarassment at the mention of his V-card.]

I have kissed people. before, I'm not completely inexperienced.

That's a good way to freeze up. [She can overthink things when things are calm, but in the heat of battle she does her best to stay clear and focused. Sometimes she misses battle.]

Just picture one of them if it helps.

I've been told I'm the thinky Robin. That because I wasn't physically gifted like the other Robins I would usually need to think my way out of a situation by coming up with multiple possible options.

[He hasn't had time to miss battle but he's definitely going to go a bit stir crazy without the mission to give him purpose here.]

Did you basically just tell me to lie back and think of England?

I'm not anti-thinking. You've just gotta make a choice at some point and execute. [She's stepping closer again. She may already be within it's range by now. She's not sure.]

You know, if England does it for you. [But she gets the reference.] All those furry hats. [Why this is her first go-to visual for all things English, she's not sure.]

[He's not trying to stop her this time but he is tensing a little from the anticipation]

That's true, I just like having time to plan I suppose.

And England doesn't really do anything. [And ex-girlfriends come with a lot of baggage] Furry hats aren't really kissing inducing objects

[That's what a girl likes. A nice tense guy, reluctant to kiss her.]

I guess it's a good thing neither of us are wearing one then. [She stops a close, but still comfortable distance from him, sure she's ensnared by this point.]

Are you going to need time to plan for this?

[He pouts at her] You're mocking me...

Fine. [He leans down and kisses her]

[She kisses back. She'll go along with what the other person wants most of the time, but generally she likes these to be one and done. So the hand kisses that turn to cheek kisses that turn to quick pecks that turn to a simple, real kiss aren't as much her thing. It is a little weird since he feels younger. She just hopes not that much younger.]

[It's only a soft short kiss, nothing leading into more before he steps back abruptly.]

Did that work?

[He's deliberately not making eye contact now.]

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