lifeaftr | I get a little warm in my heart [mingle log]

I get a little warm in my heart [mingle log]

Who: anyone looking for some wintery fun!
What: admiring mysterious icy artwork, warming up by campfires, making a fool of yourself while ice skating, snowball fights?? it's a snow party!
When: Jan 14 and on
Where: Enso, in and around the temple ruins
Warnings: snow-based violence

When you've had to deal with a literal apocalypse every single year for a hundred years, a little battle for the sun isn't really gonna grind your gears that much. Sure, the elf twins are still nobly doing their part every day. Lup is keeping several small campfires going inside the temple ruins, as well as periodically blasting two large stone slabs in the main chamber with a Fireball - those babies radiate heat for hours afterwards. And Taako is graciously handing out truly delicious soup from a huge bowl to anyone who asks nicely. Island Walmart is still a thing too, the large scrawled sign declaring this month's name to be The Hot Spot. Looks like it was Lup's turn on the naming.

But they're also just kinda bored of the whole thing? Like, everyone's so focused on preparing, on gathering and planning and training. There's a place for that, and Lup is pretty psyched for the actual fighting, but this pall of doom and purpose that's fallen over the islands as heavily as the snow? Neither of them is here for that.

So anyone who makes their way up to the temple will not only find the usual warm respite from the freezing temperatures, but also - a ten foot tall ice sculpture of a majestic as fuck unicorn rearing on its hind legs. And a smaller one of a figure with long ears hiding its face in the crook of its elbow, arms pointing upwards ~~do we have a single modern day character who knows what dabbing is~~. Off to the side in a clearing, there's a twenty foot circle of clear ice that's just begging to be skated on. Just don't admire the artwork for too long, or you're gonna get noscoped with a snowball by a pair of horrible winter goblins.

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[If she thought, even for a hot second, that snowball would hurt, she would be 300% against throwing it in someone's face.

But as it turns out, she's shoved snow into her own face already and had plenty of time to acclimate to how soft and fluffy it is. That's fine.]

You hit someone's face to win that game?

[And then-]

Do you want to throw one at me?

[LET'S GO FAM. WANNA TRY TO HIT THIS SPEEDY RACCOON??]

You hit them anywhere. And you keep hitting until they give up.

And you hit them some more.

[ A challenge! Or an offering, really? Huh. ]

.....fuck it, sure.

How fast can you run?

[ He's already kneeling down to make a snowball. He'll be gentle, 0.3 throwing speed should be fine. ]

Very fast.

[She's an A+ runner and an AA++ hider. Prepare yourself Magnus Burnsides. Prepare for the hardest snowball battle of your life. Try to smack this horrible goblin in the face.]

Ghosts can't catch me. You won't hit me.

[Confident as she sounds, he will more than likely hit her at some point. Whether he manages to do so of his own volition or she lets him smack her in the face because it might make him happy, it'll probably happen.

But not just yet. He's gotta work for that.

She looks poised to run and acts on that impulse when his snowball starts to take shape. Bye, Magnus!! This little gremlin is zig-zagging around the snowfield. Good luck!]

Whoa.

[ He's caught by surprise by the sheer speed of this kid, so he takes a moment to watch her movements. Maybe if he aims where he thinks she'll go...

He rears his arm back, squinting and gearing up for a throw. Maybe he overshot it, throwing it at 0.5 strength instead, but does he hit his target?! Lets find out!]

[Ren's not used to actual people trying to hit her-mostly monsters and ghosts that had a pattern of their own to follow. It was easy to avoid Guzma while playing tag because she could see where he would try to run, but she can't really tell where the ball's going to end up.

And because of that, she stops to stare directly at the incoming snowball, hoping to make a landing prediction of her own and-

It doesn't hit her in the face, but it does smash into her arm as she jerks to the side a second too late.]

You did it!

[She sounds so happy for him GOOD JOB]

[ Magnus cringes when the snowball hits her, but- hey, she's okay!

So he raises his arms in victory. ]

Yeah! I--hit a small girl with a snowball, I guess!

[He did, it's true. Now it's her turn. That's how these things go, right? And while she was happy to smacked in the arm, now's her chance to shine and show off some choice pitching skills.

She lowers her body to the snow, forms a small ball between her hands, and asks-]

Can you run very fast too?

Oh--yeah, sure.

[ Hardly fair, he's much bigger than her! He's a bigger target! But...she's also a small little girl. Maybe he should just...take it easy?

Welp, whatever. He gears himself up, ready to dart off.]

Ready?

[She has trained her whole, short life for the chance to pelt Magnus with a snowball baseball. Take it easy, pal. She's coming after him with the force of ten thousand suns.]

Yes, you can run. I'll hit you!

'kay.

[ He gears himself up, lowering down like he's about to run an Olympic marathon.]

Ready...

[ A pause...a squint. And-]

Go!

[ He darts off running! And turning! And whatever stupid stunts he can do without snowshoes. Go, Ren, go! Hardmode!]

[She's so proud of him! LOOK AT HOW GOOD HE'S RUNNING.

Dream pitching and actual pitching aren't the same, but she's had a chance to practice. And practice and practice and boy is she ready to toss this snowball right into his face.

Except he's moving too much!! And she, delighted, starts to chase after him, kinda defeating the purpose hitting him with the snowball, but she needs to close in.

AND THEN!! SHE THROWS!! Right for his back!! Will she hit him? Tune in for the next episode of island adventures.]

[ With all those spinning and stunts and shit, he keeps a vague notion of how close she is to him. You'd think he would've taken it easy with her, but...you know. Boy don't got the best attention span, and maybe also has an overactive competitive streak.

And yet, maybe, somehow, when he falters on a spine due to the difficult snowy terrain, she manages to hit him in the shoulder. Only about half to 1/3 of the snowball actually made contact, but, you know, it counts.]

Huh- [ And he seems actually surprised.]

You got me!

[1/3 hit is still 1/3 success. She hit Magnus, he hit her and they played a great game of snowball. Incredible. Amazing. She throws her arms up in silent celebration of her victory.]

I almost couldn't hit you. You're very good at this game. This is your special talent.

[That's right, Mango. Running and throwing snow. That's his gift.]

[ He laughs. Who knows, maybe he's proficient at snowball fights too, and just never knew. Sure, that's a thing.]

You're a fast learner! You could probably win some 1-on-1 battles with a little more practice.

[It's totally a thing!! Look at this varied skillset this good Mango's got.]

Can we keep practicing? Until the sun goes down?

Oh- yeah, sure! [ This is fun, so he definitely doesn't mind.]

Hm, you know, there's a lot of stuff we can use for target practice.

And people, too.

[There's no shortage of people she recognizes huddling around this snowy wonderland and she's ready to hit every single one of them.]

We can throw them at Taako's hair-he'll look very pretty and then we can use everyone else for 'target practice.'

[IT'S. FINE. This is a great plan.]

[ Magnus accidentally makes a tiny sound like someone who knows that this is a bad idea, and yet, the amusement of it all is definitely worth the risk.]

Yeah. Yeah! He'll totally like that.

[ Lmao.]

Let's go find him.

[Because he'll totally like that, as Magnus said, and she's totally on board to look for her uncle until the sun goes down. Hopefully, he's off hiding somewhere because if not, a rude child has a terrible surprise for him.]

Lets go.

[ If he wasn't being a shit child of a man, he would be giving more thought to the fact that Taako will most definitely not like this, and that Magnus himself will probably play double for it, as he's sure Taako won't take it out on Ren.

But it's just snow. And he will look very pretty, probably. So maybe it won't be so bad?

Magnus scans the area.]

So where would he be...

[And thus, the hunt for that special boy begins. She has no idea where to look, but by golly she's going to find him and throw snow his way.

Maybe. Hopefully. One day.]

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