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I never know what to do when someone kisses me

Whenever someone gives me a big old smooch, I reason that they're probably just trying to fulfill that garlic kiss quest, but such an intimate action bestowed on me seems to deserve a response. Mostly I get tongue-tied and don't know what to say afterward, and then I just feel awkward.

What do you say/do when someone kisses you?

And I feel like I'm way too high of a level to not know about the business of Random Kindness(es). I read something about it coming from gardening. I only have a herb garden - does it only work with crops. Is it a one-time use thing or can you do it multiple times if you have a certain skill?

Posted 13 months ago by Murple Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • You have to finish the tower in Jethimadh before you can start to receive random kindness from gardening. I don't know if herb gardens count, but I assume they do.

    As for what to do when someone kisses you: how about kissing them back? Or mooning them? Or saying thank you? It does give you a mood boost, after all, so it is a kind act.
    Posted 13 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks - I've heard about the tower quest and I've been there, but haven't received the quest yet. Maybe I'm missing a skill or achievement.
    Posted 13 months ago by Murple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You don't actually receive a formal quest. You just need to find all the keys and get through all the doors--you'll eventually get through one that leads to something major. Go explore it and see--it's worth it :). You can check the wiki if you need help.
    Posted 13 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've never done the tower and I get the rainbows all of the time from my veggie garden, never got one from an herb garden, tho. But I haven't played with an herb garden too much as I don't really care for the bog houses, myself

    As far as getting kisses, I usually say ty and sometimes give them a hug if I'm quick enough. :)
    Posted 13 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, kissing is kind of funny Murple, since we generally don't kiss people we don't know in RL, but it is as Shep said, meant to be kind and does give you a mood boost, so no harm, right? ;)
    Posted 13 months ago by Hab Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's weird, LastChance--I distinctly noticed that I didn't receive any rainbows from the garden for a long time. When I finally did the tower I suddenly started to get them out the wazoo. I think that's the way it's suppose to work.
    Posted 13 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When someone kisses me I hug them back or just say thank you and grin. fwiw, once you have done the tower quest and received the Random Kindness from Gwendolyn, you can go back there anytime and buy others for 100c.
    Posted 13 months ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it's just a certain level of those skills that are needed.
    At first it was foods and sesame sauce and after learning higher levels of those skills, drinks and rainbows were added. :) 
    Posted 13 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you for all the kindly responses. KISSES FOR EVERYONE! Unless that makes you feel weird. And they're kind of useless in the forum... 

    Ho Hum...guess I should make another journey to the Tower. Thank Alph I finally have something to do with the growing number of keys I've acquired from the ancestral lands.
    Posted 13 months ago by Murple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Kiss back!  Of course XD
    Posted 13 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh and RK!  Select "Bestow" from the menu... each RK has 20 uses.  Anytime someone bestows me with RK I bestow them back (assuming they've not run off already).  I do not, however, know if this is just me or if this is common form.  ^_^
    Posted 13 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I donated my lips and leave my teddy bear at home. Maybe I'll start packing those again, and a moon too. I've never seen a mooning before.
    Posted 13 months ago by Murple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm rude. When I get a stinky kiss from someone who has obviously eaten way too much garlic (raw! ick ack!) I let my displeasure known and tell them they need a breath mint. Then I moon them. If I'm quick enough and have my spices on me, I might start giving them some licorice. (this game needs mint! we could grow it!)
    Posted 13 months ago by Vera Strange Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mmm, mint - and then we could mix mojitos. And make bubble gum. Er, minty bubble gum.

    ...And now I've been properly mooned. Thanks Vera Strange!
    Posted 13 months ago by Murple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Vera, what about camphor? That should take care of 'em.
    Murple: kiss back, hug, moon are my usuals. Mooning is maximum fun.
    Posted 13 months ago by Aleph Zero Subscriber! | Permalink
  • here's my rule: you garlic kiss me without so much as a how-d'ye-do and i will chase you down and splank you twice and then garlic kiss you twice for each garlic kiss you gave me and twice for each street i had to chase you.

    ask me first or at least make a polite acquaintance and i will be happy to help you with your quest and give you gifts besides.

    today i had one of each.

    the polite one got a bigger bag and a spice mill. the other one just got splanked and a bunch of garlic kisses.

    ETA: regarding non-garlicky kisses, although i do not like to be kissed by strangers and i REALLY do not like to be mooned, i do understand that the person performing these acts probably considers them friendly, since they cost energy and they do add to my mood. since i am assuming goodwill, i respond by letting it pass quietly or by bestowing RK.

    if i know you well enough to give you my house key, i am comfortable with you kissing me. since the number of players to whom i have given my house key is roughly equivalent to the number of players i trust enough to give my RL house key, that's a pretty small sampling of those on my friends list.
    Posted 13 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I get random kindnesses all the time from the garden. I did in beta as well- and never had gotten the tower quest. I don't think they're related to that quest.

    I usually hug or random kindness someone that kissed me. I save my kisses and mooning for my close friends. :)
    Posted 13 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You get random kindness from tending patches as a bonus if you have have higher level gardening. You do not have to do the tower quest before you can start getting them. I still have not done that quest.
    Posted 13 months ago by Macs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I get Random Kindnesses all the time, and I don't think it only happened after I'd been to the tower. They're actually getting to be a nuisance, how often I get them.
    Posted 13 months ago by HeyHeyHolly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like to flutter my eyelashes at the smoocher.

    Which unfortunately means that I have to type *flutters eyelashes.*  Seems like there should be a better way.
    Posted 13 months ago by Ida Keen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This question vexes me as well.  I do check the chat to see what kind they were and if they are garlic I just ignore them entirely.  When I was doing the garlic quest myself, I would retaliate against garlic kisses by returning the favor once.

    But non-garlic kisses have so far only come from two Glitches, and I didn't know how to respond.  Just like real life!  I hugged back to acknowledge the show of affection without accidentally giving the impression that I thought more or less of the kissers than I do.

    My two most successful real life relationships (a girlfriend of three years and a wife of ten, respectively) both started online in a MOO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO), so maybe I'm over-sensitive to the possibility of online affection "meaning too much".  But I'm also super shy IRL, so that's another factor to take into account.

    I like Ida Keen's suggestion.  I would be interested in more nuanced emotive actions in game.  The ability to bow, wave, blush, fall over laughing and puke would all help me better express myself.
    Posted 13 months ago by Crag Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I BLUSH THEN RUN AWAY.
    Not really, I usually give them candy or a random kindness.
    Given I never pack a bear.
    Posted 13 months ago by Volkov Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Generally if it's a garlic kiss, I laugh or moon them. If it's a real kiss, I usually give a random kindness back, unless it is from a certain special someone, in which case I give them a kiss back or even a kiss and a hug.

    It would be fun if we could do a little dance with others. I would love to see more emotes.
    Posted 13 months ago by Melting Sky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd bear in mind that people have different connection speeds, maybe a child making sticky handprints on the walls, or a phone call coming in, and not worry too much about the etiquette. Try not to get offended if someone doesn't respond to your nice gesture, and don't agonise if you can't lay your hands on your random kindness before they've danced away.

    Also we're all different. Some people are affectionate, and some people are less tactile, just be yourself. People in Glitch are generally kind and tolerant, and should understand that.

    Btw, I usually have loads of extra random kindnesses clogging up my bags. Please get in touch and take some of them off my hands!
    Posted 13 months ago by Pomponella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My own response is to moon them if it's garlic, or ignore it - or bestow random kindness if it's not a garlic one.
    Posted 13 months ago by gimmegames Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If it's a garlicky kiss i usually say LOL or ty and if a non-garlicky one I might respond in a bearly manner or I may say ty or...whatever :) Generally the more unexpected hugs I get the more I start dishing out (not necessarily to the same person) on random strangers or acquaintances. Not a big deal to me really but interesting that some people find it too intimate. I just find it a friendly gesture.
    Posted 13 months ago by Violet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I keep it simple. If it's a bloke, I run away.
    Posted 13 months ago by Geezereth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • FWIW I have not completed the tower quest

    I get so many Random Kindnesses from my garden that I've started giving the rainbows away rather than bestowing the Kindness
    Posted 13 months ago by IrenicRhonda Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just kiss them back! Mmmmm~
    Posted 13 months ago by Mandy.23 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Remember it is the Emo Bear giving the hug, kiss, moon, whatever - not the Glitch themselves. How could you find a kiss from a stuffed bear anything except child-like and sweet?
    Posted 13 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm not particularly huggy-kissy IRL and yet I have several VERY huggy-kissy Glitch friends. I just roll with it. I don't assume it means anything more than "Hi, friend, nice to see you."

    Only time it bugs me is when my computer is being a jerk and lagging and the emobear animation winds up being the straw that broke the camel's back, freezing the game's browser tab...or the entire browser...or the entire stupid computer (*cue restart!*)...but whose fault is that? Mine, for not watching my resources and memory usage a little more closely.

    I have lagged (more than usual) or become frozen thanks to spammed emobear animations, and it has happened several times. Could be coincidence, but maybe not.
    Posted 13 months ago by ✰ Lorelei ✰ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What flask said. If someone garlic kisses me, I splank them. If someone kisses me, I'll RK them or hand them a random food or drink.
    Posted 13 months ago by Delyth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Random kindness is actually very handy if you mine.   Bestowing a random kindness more often than not results in a 50 energy boost at no cost to you.  I try to always do this after a session of cooperative mining, and only once have had it returned.  
    Posted 13 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yea, I am also not a huggy/kissy person IRL. But I think the bear is cute so it doesn't bother me IG. It depersonalizes the action to a degree.

    Re: Random Kindnesses again- When I start overflowing with them (it's not as bad now as it was in beta), I like to hide them around the world for others to find. :D
    Posted 13 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I do try to not bestow random kindnesses after 10 pm, in case someone's working on dying badges before midnight.
    Posted 13 months ago by gimmegames Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like to kiss and run myself. SO I never wait for a reaction. ( Especially if it's a boy)
    Posted 13 months ago by chelseaann Subscriber! | Permalink