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

Aleron | Team Periwinkle | OTA

[lifeofendurance]

[Clearly someone missed the memo that the day was intended to be fun. That or he's got no concept what that is meant to mean. He's come in full armor, and while he's given up his weapon on someone's insistence, Aleron still looks all serious business and not ready for snow play.

He's been coaxed out, most unwillingly, with a nagging scold about doing his part to help. Of course, somehow he was given the impression this was a training exercise for the young mages present in Skyhold. But what he sees of the training makes very little sense and he's not quite sure what he's meant to be doing.

Thus, he's propped up against a tree looking both baffled and bored. Also looking very much like an easy target.]

[justice_is_blond]

What are you doing?

[On the list of who was on his team there had been a couple names that got Anders raising his eyebrows. Aleron's is one of them. He hadn't gotten much of a sense of fun from the Seeker, and this is confirming it.]

You've heard the directions, right?

[lifeofendurance]

I have, though I confess they don't make much sense to me. What is the purpose?

[Still leaning against the tree and not too motivated to move. Fun? What is that?]

I was told this was to be some training exercise for the young mage children, but I'm not entirely certain how I'm meant to help.

[justice_is_blond]

Training exercise for young mage children.

[He glances back at the activity, as someone gets stuffed into a snowbank, someone else gets hit by a series of snowballs, and an elf goes flying. They're all adults. Any kids would be trampled here.

Anders looks back, shaking his head. A dozen possible motivators come up, like 'unity' and 'fun,' but if the guy can't see the purpose, those are going to go over his head.]

Bethany's somewhere here. I saw her earlier. She'll be watching. If you help your team win, or even have a triumphant moment for your team, she'll be impressed. People like seeing people they've interest in win, even if it's simply a one-on-one encounter. My lover's watching; I'm going to get an extra kiss tonight even if we come in last place.

[gatheringstorm]

[Full armor in snow is a liablity, Aleron. It seems he's forgotten that, but Korrin will happily remind him when she's close enough. The Vashoth woman is lightly-armored, wanting some padding but still nothing that would slow her down, and has a sling in front, with seafoam-colored snowballs in front. One of those snowballs is aimed at his head.]

[lifeofendurance]

[Not a liability when he was under the impression that there were young children that could toss fire and make ice that needed some sort of adult supervision. Clearly someone has stretched the truth.

When that snowball connects with his head, he pushes off the tree and looks around for the source.]

What the-?

[gatheringstorm]

Wake up, Seeker! There's a war on!

[Korrin readies another seafoam-colored snowball while he's still looking around. You snooze, you lose. Pick up the pace and give her a challenge, man.]

[aintwejust]

Think fast!

[ Armor and standing still doesn't stop Mal from lobbing a brightly colored ball of snow in Aleron's direction. Either get with it or get off the field, Ser. ]

[lifeofendurance]

[Not for the first time today, another snowball connects with Aleron's head and then breaks apart, dripping bits of snow and ice into his armor. The tunic underneath is sopping wet and cold. Maker, what has he gotten into?]

Thinking fast has never been my forte.

[Which is obvious from the bits and blobs of color he'll have to be washing off his armor later.]

[aintwejust]

Clearly. [ He drawls, peering at the armor. ]

Don't suppose you got one of them flags, do ya?

Re: Aleron | Team Periwinkle | OTA

[sunshinethroughgrey]

Oh come on, Aleron!

[Came a call from the bleachers, and Bethany dimpled in his direction when he looked up from his grumpy position.]

Throw a few snowballs at least!

[lifeofendurance]

[Oh there we are! A reason to quit the field of nonsense and do something far more enjoyable. Excuse him while he leaves the fight to go admire his sweetheart and her dimples, thanks.]

I didn't realize you'd be out here. Are you cold?

[sunshinethroughgrey]

[She beams at him as he approaches, holding aloft her mug of nicely warmed cider.]

This is keeping me quite toasty, as is my cloak and blankets. You're looking a bit blue about the nose and ears, though. Come have a sip, warm up next to me.

[She'll give him those dimples again, before she asks.] So why aren't you in there, fighting the good fight?

[universal_charm]

_{[ Well this won't do at all, will it? They need all hands on deck, and if the other wishes to freeze themselves in armor, they could do it in a more appropriate and useful place than a tree. Besides, seeing all that armor, Kirk has an idea. He sidles up to Aleron and grins, wearing the same color as him to denote they are of the same team. ]}

Question - how fast can you run in that?

[lifeofendurance]

[Blink. Blink blink. It takes the Seeker a long moment to consider the question in all its possible meanings. Because Aleron is brutally dull like that and doesn't quite understand the whole purpose of coming out to be pelted with snow and ice.]

Fast enough to dodge a druffalo stampede should it be necessary. Is there something for me to be doing now?

[universal_charm]

_{[ He had no idea what a druffalo was. Well, he sort of did, but he had yet to see one in person. Anyways. It was all he needed to know. ]}

Well, I had an idea of something you could do. Anyone in that much armor out here is going to draw attention, and we do need someone to switch out as a diversion.

_{[ See where he's going, Aleron? ]}

[lifeofendurance]

[Strategy! Now that is something that Aleron understands and does well with. It probably should have been the approach taken in the first place.]

So use myself as a lure for others. It's a sound approach.

[Okay so it's not registering as fun but he at least has something to do that makes reasonable sense. Sort of. Why are they doing this again?]

[universal_charm]

Hope you don't mind snow down the back of your armor, since you will probably get a lot of it down there.

_{[ Fair warning and all. Disclaimers and whatnot. ]}

[obi_wanmanshow]

Come on, Aleron! Get in the fight!

[Bellowing the order from across the field is two things. First, it is undignified, except in that harried battlefield way of commanders under heavy fire. The second thing it is, is unsportsmanlike, because it draws attention to Aleron's status as the world's most stationary target.]