You knew this was coming

[joyous_justice]

•Mistletoe Meme!•

The Situation:
Crew members who were on Stacy last December remember this. Because GLaDOS is a troll, she has positioned little sprigs of mistletoe on the ceilings of areas of the ship. In hallways, at the entrances to quarters, in a department doorway, at a tavern, she doesn't care how inconvenient it is

Comments

[killsfengshui]

Souls!

[governorkang]

...why is there a plant hanging up there?

[killsfengshui]

Because someone put it there, obviously.

[governorkang]

[Have a look, Mei-Xing.]

Obviously. But why?

[killsfengshui]

Why do Americans do anything? They're all mildly retarded over there, it's something in the water.

[morphitudinous]

...not again! Drat.

[Headbutts the shield in protest, then contacts the engineers on the comm ring]

Guys, could someone grab the old shield-disabler on Bench 5 in the lab and bring it to the east hallway outside the Observation Deck? I need to make some adjustments to it, and I'm currently unable to come collect it. But be careful---there are sprigs of mistletoe positioned on the ceilings, and if you walk too closely under one you'll be trapped too.

[killsfengshui]

Hm.

[Have a Mei-Xing leaning against the wall.]

Trying to trap people with you? That's not very heroic.

[morphitudinous]

No, I'm trying to adjust it to free myself and anyone who gets stuck afterward. They know not to come too close, and they can pass it across the floor to me. It's not how I'd prefer to handle delicate machinery, but objects can be passed through the barrier safely. People can't, unless they intend to kiss.

[Which he doesn't. At least he doesn't have to kiss the machine.]

[killsfengshui]

And what if this little gift of yours doesn't work?

[She leans in, skirting the shield.]

Is it tested?

[boundlesslight]

I am...trapped? What is this?

[Flies up and down the column, pokes at it, blasts it, no dice. She finds what's on top.]

Is this plant hiding the shielding device?

[She pokes it, blasts it, and gets slightly singed for her efforts.]

[saint_sami]

[Sasami stops just outside the barrier and notices Starfire all confused and trying to get out.]

S-Star-chan! How did you get in there?! A-Are you okay?!

[boundlesslight]

Sasami!

[She points a starbolt to light up the mistletoe]

I flew under this plant and became trapped. Do you recognize it?

[saint_sami]

[Sasami looks up and blinks.]

Oh! That's mistletoe! ...you've never seen it before?

[allnaturalseed]

[Look up. Look down.

Poke poke.

Punch - OW!]

...this some kinda joke?

[jesus_is_gundam]

[If it is, Setsuna F. Seiei hardly looks amused.]

[allnaturalseed]

[Cagalli turns around. Looking almost as unamused, which is an accomplishment around Setsuna.]

...Seiei.

[jesus_is_gundam]

Cagalli Yula Atha.

[He is staring you down like you owe him an explanation for this.]