the kids'll blow dandelion fuzz

[eviscerates]

WHO: The Righteous Snow Teams & anyone who wants to watch (and laugh, and judge.)
WHAT: A GIANT SNOW FIGHT.
WHEN: 13th July or whatever the IC equivalent is.
WHERE: In the valley near Skyhold.
NOTES: ooc post 1 and also ooc post 2. The snow fight itself is closed to those that signed up, but the observation/chilling afterwards stuff is open. No warnings to add here, please put any that come up in the subject lines!

Also we have room for one more last minute sign up!

Wrap up warm! It probably goes without saying that certain medical personnel will be less than sympathetic to those who come to them with colds after this.

The valley near Skyhold has never really completely defrosted, given how high up they are in the Frostbacks, and Adelaide's students have found themselves working with an environment very receptive to the reintroduction of cold, even in the summer months.

The battle field is impressive. Each of the six teams has their own fortress, forming a rough circle on a thick blanket of snow. Each fort has one flag flapping over all others, the only one each has that cannot be stolen (or, at least, would be very challenging.) Their other seven flags are considerably smaller, and where they are depends entirely on how the team opts to defend them. The vast majority of the snow is white, but there are generous patches within and around each fort that matches that Team Fort's colour. Each fort is a little different, but comes with a catapult build inside it, and scattered around the field are large snow drifts, some battering rams, and a trebuchet. (No trebearchet, sadly. We can always dream.)

Every team member is given a sash of their team colour, and a round wooden shield that is so padded that hurting someone with it would actually be quite an accomplishment.

Far enough away to be spared the fighting, but not to entirely escape the chill that has been renewed in the valley, are some benches. There is warm cider and some food being served, and people are welcome to come and watch (and laugh, and judge) and/or hang out with the noble warriors once the fight has wound down.



Recap of OOC & IC Info;

ADELAIDE	BLACKWALL	CASSANDRA	MERRILL	NORRINGTON	OBI-WAN
violet	apricot	seafoam	raspberry	goldenrod	periwinkle
Andra	Zevran	Eirlys	Sabine	Sadira	Vasran
Alistair	Samouel	Church	Ruby	Clarke	Anders
Cosima	Rydia	Korrin	Martel	Mal	Aleron
Daenerys	Cullen	Sherlock	Ciri	Hermione	Ingrid
Bellamy	Kas	Aveline	Bruce	Taashath	Katniss
Pel	Ellana	Velanna	Lexa	Cyril	Merrick
Anakin	Jeannot	Emma	-	Val	Kirk

Plus Teren as a wildcard and liferiner. No other wildcards on the field!

IC-ish RULES AND STUFF.
1. NO WEAPONS, NO MAGIC.
Assume there is unlimited snow - some dyed to match team colours - so there are snowballs galore! Every person also gets an extremely well padded round shield as a chance to defend themselves. Don't use the shield as a weapon, pls and ty.

2. FLAAAAGS.
Each team gets seven flags that match their team colour. The IC goal is to capture as many flags as you can, but OOCly this is flexible and timey wimey and you don't need to worry about keeping track of flags bc who has time for that?

3. NO VIOLENCE.
Or, more accurately, no going out there to hurt people - it is a snow fight and there is siege equipment, let's not kid ourselves. That said; no tackling anyone smoller than you. If you hurt someone, apologise and don't be an ass. Don't make an NPC referee come after you.

4. BASICALLY JUST HAVE FUN.
Characters can't be eliminated unless they're being a big jerk, but no one wants that to happen because friendship is magic, or something. If it's fun and its awesome then odds are it's totally fine, unless it'd put a character in danger.


There will be an IC prize for winning, which will be ICly due to happen after Orlais since that opens up so soon after the snow fight.

A quick recap on how the winners will be determined OOCly - in three weeks time I will do a tally of points based on comment count and tagging around done per team. Three weeks will hopefully allow everyone a chance to dive in even if unexpected RL things happen, as they are wont to do, and not put on too much pressure with the Orlais plots opening up.


How to get points:
1. Open starters! Every team will get 2 points per team member that posts an open starter.

2. Tag around! Every team will get 2 points every time a team member tags a new person. (If character A tags characters B, C & D they will get 6 points total for tagging around - three different threads with character A and character B would still only result in 2 points.)

3. Keep threads going, hop around and have fun! Every comment by a team member will be worth 1 point. (Multi-comment responses ie. one tag split over two or more comments will still only count for 1 point.)

4. Be hilarious, do something awesome, idk persuade me that something is worth an extra point. NO SERIOUSLY, TELL ME I love excuses to reward people for puns and/or being absurd.

5. IC rule breaking may result in points being taken away because how rude.

Comments

[serannas]

[ Ellana's spent some time guarding her own fort, but now she wants to get out there and at least try to get a flag from at least one fort. She doesn't have very high hopes for herself. But she at least has some Dalish stealth, and doesn't approach James's fort from the front, but rather the side. Without finding a way in, however, she is forced to head for the front gate, and there is James, ready to go. She doesn't see this ending well for her, but she'll try. For Team Apricot.

So she rushes forward with shield raised. James is definitely bigger than she is, so she can try and knock him over to get inside. ]

[judgemewhole]

[Well, James isn't allowed to tackle Ellana, and nor is he allowed to hurt her. So the best he can do? Is brace himself and send her into a snowbank, for the others to pick off.]

[So he sets his feet, giving her a challenging gleam in his green eyes as he braces for elf-impact.]

[serannas]

[ Ellana goes low -- probably too low, because her shield digs into the snow as she reaches him -- and she shoves all her weight forward with her shoulder, hoping for success.

It is not very successful. ]

Oof! You're heavy!

[judgemewhole]

I know. That's why I'm in the front.

[He shoved her back, before his lips twitched up again.]

Now, I don't want to use you as a projectile for your own fortress, but don't think I won't.

[serannas]

You would throw me?

[ She looks perplexed. ]

But you're not allowed to attack people smaller than you.

[judgemewhole]

Well, not quite the way you are thinking.

[And with that, he shifts his shield down almost to the ground, hoping to catch her right by the shield and her knees, to knock her atop his own shield, so he can take her aloft, carrying her atop his own padded shield.]

[serannas]

Hey! Stop it!

[ She just came out to have a good time and honestly? She is feeling so attacked right now. ]

H-How?! What do you eat?

[judgemewhole]

I am afraid that I am not allowed to harm you, as you are much, much smaller than I am. Although you will be pleased to hear that I do not eat smaller combatants for breakfast.

[Is James's cheery reply, as he walks her over to the highest snowbank he can find, and just lets her ... slide right off into it.]

And now, I shall point you towards the Raspberry Fortress. They are much less likely to dump you in snow.

[serannas]

That's because their leader is Merrill, and Merrill is the best.

[ So there. But as she rests in the snow drift, she begins forming snowballs. They're not her team's color but they'll do well enough.

And then, casually, ]

I thank you for taking the time to find juuuuust the right sized snow bank for me. It means you've spent longer away from the front gate.

[ No, she actually doesn't know if anyone for any team slipped through while James was focused on her, but her smile suggests this was her plan all along, just to plant a seed of doubt. ]

[judgemewhole]

Merrill is the best. The very best.

[He smiles down at her cheerily, before he turns abruptly towards the opening of the fortress and then heads off running. For a few steps, at the very least.

...before he realized that she, had, in fact, lied. And now he held his shoulders because he knew he was about to take snowballs to the back of his head.]

[serannas]

[ Ellana thought lying was supposed to feel bad, but this type of lying has her grinning widely as she stands and flings a snow ball at him before taking off.

Another time, James! Your flags won't be safe forever! ]

[judgemewhole]

[James shakes his fist at her, smirking all the while.

Oh he'll be waiting for you, Ellana. Sneaky.]