The Great Snow Fight of 2019

[fistsofchange]

Who: Everyone
What: People pack snow into little balls and throw them at each other
When: January 30st and probably on and off for a couple of days after
Where: The grounds outside Keystone
Warnings: The weather outside is frightful

There's...not always a lot to do around Keystone Station. Sure there's books and video games and movies but for someone like Lin, who gets antsy when she's cooped up inside for too long, that only holds her attention for so long.

And then it started snowing.

There's only one thing to do about that.

-1-

It was quiet out. Maybe...TOO quiet.

All of the sudden, snowballs started flying out of the gloom, often from strange directions (like directly overhead.). It was followed by the sound of Lin's laughter. Someone's trying to start some shit.

Sure, she COULD have just invited everyone outside and told them, but this seemed more fun.

-2-

After a while, word got around and more people started getting into the spirit of it. Now it's not hunt and ambush so much as just a ton of people in a big confusing melee. Forts have been built. Tenuous alliances have been made. Factions are betraying each other at the drop of a hat, and everything is chaos.

Truly, war is hell.

-3-

This is the prompt for people who have had enough snow fighting for now and are huddled together in the kitchen, where a big ol' pot full of spiced cider is gently simmering on the stovetop making the room nice and warm and also making it smell amazing.

[OOC: Prompt 1 is obviously more focused on Lin specifically, but feel free to use the other 2 for general mingling!

Comments

[fistsofchange]

Oh jeez, are you alright?

[Lin's face peers down from the tree branch she was currently balanced on. That fall looked like it hurt!]

[stavros]

[Kokoro groans, drags herself to her feet, and dusts snow off her face.]

Truly the winter is a formidable opponent. Was that you, then, with the snow?

[fistsofchange]

It was. I did not intend to actually knock you over. Sorry.

[stavros]

[Kokoro sighs.]

It was my fault for not watching. I'd surely be lectured for this at home. What is this, a snowball fight?

[fistsofchange]

That's right! I thought that it had been a little quiet around here lately so I'd try to spice things up a bit.

[stavros]

It does seem like a good way to keep one's skills up in such a situation.

[fistsofchange]

Also it's fun. It was one of the ways we spent our free time during the winter.

Can you imagine a hundred monks that can all reach sixty feet from a standing jump having a snowball fight, Kokoro? They got pretty intense.

[stavros]

That sounds impressive. I unfortunately can't do such a thing, but I do try every day to improve.

[She's already gathering snow from the ground.]

[fistsofchange]

That's the spirit! Come on, gimme your best shot!

[stavros]

Face my holy light!

[Kokoro flings a series of snowballs with PURPOSE.]

[fistsofchange]

[She didn't put a lot of effort into dodging, just taking some hits so she could also shower Kokoro with snow at the same time. This was apparently going to be an endurance match!]

[stavros]

Gah!

[Kokoro rubs her eye where she gets hit and just scoops up an armful of snow to throw at Lin.]

Have at!