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[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

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[serannas]

Ellana is bad at the whole aiming thing. So when Ciri runs, she has an even tougher time following and firing snow balls. When she runs out, she stoops to make one more and then starts running again...

...until her feet go out from under her and she cries out in alarm, falling back into the snow with a thud. She lays there not moving, staring up at the sky. Of course it figures she would wind up this way.

[ichaer]

Okay, that thud was a lot louder than she expected for someone landing in a bunch of snow. She immediately slides to a stop, turning and jogging back to the woman in the snow.

"Ouch. You okay?" Yeah, they're all rivals at the moment but this was all for fun, no point in someone actually getting hurt.

[serannas]

If Ellana was devious, she would feign being hurt and whap Ciri in the face with a snow ball as she got close. But Ellana isn't. She doesn't even consider using the opportunity. Instead she sighs, and starts to push herself up.

"I'm fine. It's just typical that I can't even chase after someone; that's all." Luckily she braided back her long hair and twisted it into a bun, so her hair isn't drenched, and just has a slight coating of ice crystals, like her clothes. She brushes off her arms and gives her opponent a bit of a smile.

"You must have good grip on your boots."

[ichaer]

And Ciri would have absolutely deserved it before pelting back because that's totally what this is about, right? Having fun because she would have absolutely dropped a ton of snow back on her.

"Fun fact, they are the most expensive things I've ever bought." Everything like Kelpie and her sword have been gifts, sort of.

"I slipped in blood one too many times in a fight. It sucks and darkspawn blood never gets out."

[serannas]

"That's not something I'd want splattered all over me, even if I was a Warden." She pulls herself to her feet, continuing to brush snow off herself so it doesn't soak in.

"A fun fact for you: Dalish don't wear shoes. I found these boots when I arrived and claimed them for myself. I don't really know what good boots are like." So hers are old and busted, pretty much.

[ichaer]

"It's definitely on my top five of things I prefer not to be splattered on me."

She just sniffs, rubbing her gloved hands against her face in some attempt to warmth on her numb face. "There was a good two year period where I didn't wear shoes myself but that was more out of lack of funds than deciding on a new way of life. Good boots are nice though, fit like a glove but aren't too tight. It helps on those long marches."

[serannas]

"You've thought up a top five?" she asks, pausing in her brushing. Ellana's never given it that much thought, but belatedly, she realizes it's possible Ciri was kidding.

"Now that I have some money from working here, I should buy decent ones from somewhere. Though I wouldn't really know where to go. Or who would--" She hesitates. "Make them for elves."

[ichaer]

"Hasn't everyone?" She isn't kidding. She had a lot of time while stuck in Weisshaupt.

"Hmm." A good reason. "I used to have a shoemaker friend out Orlais that made boots for the group I ran with, never cared about race as long as you paid. I'll see if I can still get in touch with him and pass him your info?"

[serannas]

"Really?" Her voice is hopeful and her dour mood has seemingly fluttered away on the wind. "Do you mean my foot measurements? I can find a seamstress's tape somewhere and write it down for you!"