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tis the season

IT'S THE MISTLETOE MEME!!

congratulations, you and some other poor suspecting fool are trapped under the mistletoe and only a kiss will set you free.
enjoy your holiday hijinks.

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Uh, Shiro...?

[ Aloy peers upwards. ]

What's that plant?

[Black Lion appear and crush him now, because why him.]

...

It's mistletoe? I think?

[Maybe not???]

[ Blink. Blink. ]

Mistletoe.

Why is it being hung up like that? Is it just for decoration? Or is it supposed to keep bad spirits away or something?

[ RIP Shiro. ]

[Oh god.]

Because... it's tradition... You put it up, and ... whoever walks under it has to kiss.

[Rest in pepperoni.]

[ Aloy blinks again, then bursts into a giggle. ]

Oh! So we have to kiss?

[She's laughing. Okay -- that's a much better reaction than he expected.]

Yeah, that's it. As long as you're okay with it.

[ Aloy smiles. Shiro is a friend--a good one, even. She reaches out to pay him on the shoulder. ]

Shiro, you're one of the people that I think I'd be happy to share a kiss with.

[ OKay. She's blushing just a little. ]

Hey, I didn't want to assume. I don't think I could do that to you.

[Because they're friends. Because of that, he would hate taking advantage.]

[He does grip her hand, where it sits on his shoulder.]

All right then. Where would you be comfortable with?

[Shiro shut up and smooch her.]

[ Aloy snorts a little. Almost a laugh. ]

Shut up and c'mere...

[ She reaches up to wrap her arms around Shiro's neck--a little awkward, since her only other kissing experience is with someone about the same height as her--and tugs him down for a kiss. ]

Sorry, sorry...

[He shakes his head, before Aloy pulls him down. It's all right. They can both be a little bit awkward about this. But hey, at least he's got some experience these days.]

[So he bends his head easily enough to her. For a very gentle kiss.]