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

[founderinglight]

2

[Only a fool challenges a warper to a snowball fight. Are you that fool?

If you're out and about in the snow, you're fair game, at least at the moment. Izunia, in spite of his black coat - what did you expect - is not all that easy to catch sight of, primarily because he's using snowballs as much to keep in motion as he is to take anyone down. Too bad for those of you who think you're safe hiding behind one of those low-built walls and shelters - Izunia has absolutely no shame in warping behind them to get you on your unguarded side.

Preferrably in the back of the neck, where you'll really feel it.]

3

[Once everyone is back inside, you can catch Izunia manning the hot chocolate with a blanket over his shoulders and a couple of towels to set out for anyone who needs them. His hair is soaked enough that the color looks closer to Ardyn's darker wine color and his cheeks are a bright red as he flops onto a couch and huddles over his drink.

Sure don't seem to be regrets anywhere in this building, though.]

[burninglight]

[You know damn well your brother is that fool, Zuzu. And usually hypervigilant on top of that, phasing out of the way of a thrown snowball only to pitch one of his own at top speed.]

[founderinglight]

[He'd be disappointed if you weren't.

Izunia grins, sidestepping the retaliation in a phase before pulling another snowball out of his Armiger and winding back. Yes. he premade his ammunition.

Incoming!]

[burninglight]

[Ardyn dodged that one in a very near miss, warping behind the nearest fort and quickly coming back out with a warp to Izunia's left and another whipped snowball.]

19'd

[founderinglight]

[Ardyn his left side is his good side. Here's a snowball thrown past your head to dodge, Izunia hoping to take advantage of that half-second of "shit he's behind me" to get a hit in.]

[burninglight]

[Whack, directly in the face it went knocking him clear over into the snow.]

Oh, fuck you.

3

[hardbargain]

[Soaked doesn't even begin to cover how much of a mess Nyx is, the brace on his knee still clumped with snow and a towel around his shoulders to catch the dripping from his braids. He's limping pretty significantly when he sees Izunia and... well actually with wet hair and how wiped out he is he isn't for sure which twin it is right away but he's going to flop on top of him either way.

So here, Izunia, there's a wet Glaive leaning on you, peeling off his soaked jacket and gloves to toss on the floor for the moment before slumping half into your lap.]

That was fun... but fucking ow.

[founderinglight]

[Ah, hello there. There's just a pause before Izunia pulls a dark blue towel out of his Armiger and drops it without any ceremony at all onto Nyx's head.]

You're dripping, dear.

[Which is probably identifying enough even if the blue wasn't.]

Cocoa, or are you just going to lament the outcome of your choices there?

[hardbargain]

[Look he didn't want to assume they color coordinated everything and with Zuzu handing out towels like it's going out of style maybe Ardyn had gotten fussed at with a blue blanket. Anything could happen. The dear definitely makes it clear who he's sitting on, though.

He laughs softly, trading the wet towel around his shoulders for the new one and gently squeezing out his braids again.]

Cocoa later, slower warming and lamentation now. I'm absolutely soaked.

[Time to start prying off his boots.]

[founderinglight]

So I've noticed.

[Buddy he just got into dry pants and then you got your wet hair all over them.

Once Nyx has his shoes off, a pair of soft socks - purple and grey stripes - and a pair of fluffy slippers also go onto his head. Shhh, Izunia is practicing his stacking.]

And sore too, I'd imagine.

[hardbargain]

[Izunia will be horrified to discover that the boots come off and the fool doesn't have socks on at all. At least they were laced tight enough that his feet aren't really wet. His pants, however, are completely saturated. So he laughs at the piling and shakes his head to send socks and slippers tumbling back into Izunia's lap. Just long enough to sit up and unfasten the brace on his knee, hissing as the compression and restraint releases.

From there he pushes to his feet for a moment and Izunia would be forgiven for thinking Nyx was going to just strip down right there. The button of his pants goes first, then the towel is carefully tied around his waist so he can unzip and shuck his soaked pants into the armiger to deal with later.]

Sore as hell, yeah. [Sighed as he flops back down on the couch in his damp tee and towel alone. The position and size of the towel showing off the one bit of ink Izunia hasn't seen, crawling up the outside of his left thigh.]

2

[kingkingcxiii]

[While Regis might not look like he belongs anywhere near a snowball fight, he hardly looks like a fool. His hands are tucked into the pockets of his newly acquired coat and there's not a snowball to be found anywhere near him. It's more likely he'd be mistaken for the adult chaperone for this little get together than a fool. Why, he's in a good enough mood that he didn't feel the need to wear his crown today That alone might be the cause of the twinkle in his eyes and the small smile on his face.

That or a well hidden urge for mischief. After all, one doesn't need to make snowballs ahead of time when they have frost magic.

So, will Izunia attempt to sneak one passed this particular bystander?]

[founderinglight]

[Some people might see an easy target.

Izunia, knowing better, sees an important potential for alliance in the Brother Wars. So instead of taking aim, he's going to warp over there and drop two or three feet out of the air to land at Regis' side.

By this point, his scarf and hair are both thoroughly askew.]

Come for a bit of adventure, have you?

[He knows the light of mischief there. It's a match for the one that blazes in his own eyes.]

[kingkingcxiii]

'Adventure' is one word for it, I suppose. 'Amusement' is another.

[If there is any doubt the two of them are related, those matching mischievous looks lay it to rest. Regis tilts his head in Izunia's direction conspiratorially.]

I suspect whatever you're plotting has to do with your brother. Am I correct?

[founderinglight]

As surely as the sun, you've caught me.

Taking alliances at the moment?

[kingkingcxiii]

I'm always open for beneficial partnerships. What are your terms?

[Make it worth his while, Izunia. Ardyn's got a bit of a head start after giving him those pictures of Noctis and the boys at the holiday party.]

2

[fistsofchange]

AGHSDGUI- HEY!

[Lin scrabbled at the back of her neck, trying to dig the snow out as an icy cold rivulet of water trickled down her back.]

[founderinglight]

[BOLD SUCCESS. You will take your smug grandpa face and you will like it.]

My apologies, you were simply too tempting a target.

[He's no sorry at all.]

[fistsofchange]

Your FACE-

[She can't teleport, but she's DAMN fast as she spins around and kicks up a surprisingly accurate spray of snow directly at Izunia's face.]

-is a tempting target!

[founderinglight]

[And he just responds by laughing and phasing through it.]

A good thing it's out here twice, then, no?

[fistsofchange]

Well if you're gonna be like THAT.

[Lin kicked the tree her fort was under with not enough force to actually crack it in half, but definitely enough force to drop all the snow on the branches down on them both.]

[and_that_is_the_truth]

[He'd been startled by the first streak of blue warp trail, but after the second and third time, Jake had gotten a good look at it....

and he was grinning.

So, Izunia thought he could win by sheer speed alone, huh?

Scooping up a handful of snow, he absently patted it into shape, letting his fingers do their work as he let his mind follow that line of fading blue blur. His breathing slowed, the mirth from his grin fading before it reached his eyes....and in a flash, the snowball was airborne. Not at where the founder king had been, but instead where he would be.]

[founderinglight]

[Speed, and the way most people are disoriented by trying to keep track of him.

So he does not expect at all the snow that goes just past his face as he comes out of warp, brushing close enough to blow the hair over his face around.

His turn to be disoriented, it seems. But he gets his footing fast, a whirl of coat to look at the origin of the snowball.]

... That was more than a lucky shot, was it not?

[and_that_is_the_truth]

I don't know what you mean.

[His smile was one of pure childlike innocence. He's just a boy, Izunia. Honestly.]

[founderinglight]

That would work better on someone with a few fewer years, I'm afraid.

[For his part... If you're throwing, you're fair game. Can you dodge as well as you throw, Jake? Because, incoming.]