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XOXO ❅ VALENTINE'S EVENT
One major problem with being the group that's responsible for solving all kinds of problems in the myth world is other myths can kind of be dicks about it. That's why, on Valentine's Day, Cupid shows up, quickly offloads his kid (the toddler Baby Cupid), and runs off to take care of spreading love on his holiday, with barely a how'd you do. He doesn't even say thank you.
To be fair, you can't fault him too much for only trusting the Guardians to babysit his kid in these dangerous and uncertain times, especially when children at risk against the fearlings.
Still, that means there's a giggling toddler, about 2-years-old in appearance, but maybe with the mental age of a 4 or 5 (he is definitely old enough to understand he's being naughty and deserving of a time out) flitting around the Pole causing all kinds of Valentine's related problems. Fortunately, the toddler has learned that he's not quite old enough to know the right times to help people fall in love (Adult Cupid just helps things along when they're already falling, or when they need help falling back in love, of course).
Instead, Baby C is doing what his father taught him to do and causing all kinds of tricks to try to get people to admit feelings that already exist or manufacturing ways for them to become closer to each other.
HONESTY ARROWS ♥ Baby Cupid isn't shooting magic arrows that cause anyone to develop feelings for each other but he sure is trying to make sure people talk about whatever feelings they have. Anyone hit will be compelled to blurt out various truths about themselves, their personal history, and their feelings to whoever is around them and will have difficulty stopping or drawing themselves away. In fact, if someone walks away they'll feel compelled to find someone else to confess to. The effect wears off anywhere between 5 minutes to a half hour.
TATTLETALE ROSES ♥ Vines of roses are now growing all over the Workshop. For those who are in love, they take the form of the face of the person they're in love with. The more they try to hide it or deny it from someone they're talking to, the more of them bloom with the person's face.
THORNY VINES OF CLOSENESS ♥ The rose vines have their own annoying purpose: bonding! For people that clearly need to become friends, fall in love, or fall deeper in love, thorny vines will wrap around both people, forcing them into a little cage together. The thorns fortunately won't poke them - they seem to be maneuvered in a way to just make sure there are no gaps to escape through. The vines are magically reinforced and can't be opened with any physical or magical means. After that, one of two things will happen:
1) A card will fall from the ceiling of the cage saying: Tell each other how you really feel about each other!!! This will happen if the cage thinks they need to affirm the status of their relationship, whether they need to admit they're in love, admit they've been bitten by the friend bug if they're reluctant to, or really need to talk about how much they mean to each other as friends. Only then will they be let out of the feelings shame corner.
2) If the two don't know each other, or both people could afford to get to know each other better multiple cards will drop from the ceiling with icebreaker questions, as if they're a bunch of new hires at an orientation.
How many will they have to answer before they're released? Who knows! But they have to answer them honestly or the cage won't open.
CANDY LONELY HEARTS ♥ People who are on the lonelier side and in need of support might find a candy heart on a random surface. The messages on them are on the platonic side (Like "You rock!" or "Shine on!") They'll feel compelled to eat them (even if they're on the floor). When they do, a glowing red thread will appear and tie itself around their finger. Briefly, in the air, the glowing string will form into letters that tell the person what they need to do to be release, whether it's telling someone they're lonely, asking for some kind of support, or admitting a vulnerability.
Then it'll whip out and grab someone else nearby, wrapping around their finger as well. Sometimes, two people might eat a candy at the same time and each have a string appear and they'll tie in the middle.
The strings are unbreakable, and they won't be set free until whoever ate a candy talks about their loneliness or vulnerable feelings - regardless of whether or not the other person is an eager listener.
❅ Starters: You can make up your own wildcard effects, feel free! If you do, please consider posting it to the Wildcard comment below so others might be able to pick up the same effect as well if they like them.
❅ Multiple effects: Feel free to have characters slammed by as many of Baby C's traps in the same thread as you want. No reason someone can't have the worst luck and trip three Cupid traps at once or several of them in a row.
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[She makes an abrupt, violent shoving gesture, her fingers curled into claws.]
I've got a temper on me.
[She cocks her head to the side and regards him for a moment. He says that partners are supposed to bring out the best sides of each other, but that 'unfortunately' he'd used when talking about the bond seemed to imply that he didn't get along with his partner.]
[...It's probably too early to ask about that, though. No matter how much she wants to chase that thread. She tucks it away for later and moves on with an easy smile.]
It would be nice to have a partner. Like I said, I like people. People are fascinating. Though I guess you're more introverted than I am, if you've been hanging out in the sleigh room and avoiding the rest of us.
[She winks to indicate that she's poking fun in a friendly way, not a mean way. Sometimes you've got to project that more broadly for the grumpy guses of the world.]
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[It's not even that he's used to loneliness, he has a hard time trusting humans. To be dragged to what amounts to a human world immediately made him want to seclude himself wherever he thought he wouldn't be bothered.
And Garurumon doesn't even like that, really. As much as he hates to think about it, it feels real lonely]
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Really, first interaction he ever had with humanity was a kid asking him why his name was what it was, why was he hanging out where he was, and other assorted questions.
Garurumon can't say he had hated it.
"But I get why you all seem so fine with me being around. With everyone who is here, I'm just one more of the bunch. Hell, with you and others transforming into creatures as big as I am I really am nothing new, hah!"
...makes tempting to leave the sleigh room and take residence closer to everyone, really. But it's taking a lot of thought.
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Yeah, humans pretty much fall between getting freaked out when they don't know what something is or deciding that they should see if the new thing they're encountering is just a friend they haven't met yet. And you do look like you might be appealingly fluffy.
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The immediate response comes with a snarl because does he look like someone who could be cuddled with?! He's not appealingly fluffy! Well, perhaps he has more than enough fur for that, but if he does it doesn't mean it's appealing!
"Since when does someone look at something with claws that could shred you to ribbons and think it'd be fun to approach?!"
Garurumon is sure that's having no self-preservation at all.
......
But also perhaps that's why his partner did approach him the first time. He was the far friendler-looking Gabumon back then, after all. What was that, then, appealingly scaly?
No, humans are just weird. Garurumon finds hard to understand them these days.