faderift | the kids'll blow dandelion fuzz

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.

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Sadira snorted softly, giggling as well, "I had my misgiving about it too!"

Embedded as she was in a snowbank, she didn't have the energy currently to try and dodge, so instead just flung up a hand to cover her face, "then again red snow is almost as bad!"

"At least there's no brown!"

Granted, once it all melts together... it'll probably be brown. Whoops. For now, at least, there's plenty of white snow still left. Flailing a bit in it, Merrill goes to stand, laughing again.

"Here- I'll help you up. Right now we look like newborn halla."

"Then we'd be in real trouble." In spite of herself, she bursts out into laughter as she takes Merrill's assistance in standing. Briefly, she harbors the thought of chucking the elf back into the snow but then decides against it. A temporary truce was best at least until she got her breath back "I've never seen newborn halla, but I think I get the idea." Standing, it was easier to assess her aches and pains, especially since Merrill had crashed into her with some force. "Maker you do hit hard."

"Newborn horses would be the same, I think. They've both at least got very long legs to get used to." There's a little wince at the mention of the crash, one hand coming up to rub at the back of her neck. "That would be Martel -- he tossed me. I can ask him to throw a bit lighter, next time. Are you sure you're okay?"

Sadira nodded, imagining the other farms. Though it had been rare and her memory of that time was faded, she recalled occasionally seeing a newborn animals gambol about in the fields. Somehow, she figured even they looked more graceful than a human wallowing in the snow. The thought elicited a chuckle from her, which turned into a grin hearing Merrill's explanation for hitting as hard as she did.

"No wonder you are like a tiny battering ram. I'm alright, I promise. It's just a very unexpected tactic. It's pretty handy, and I think only one or two teams could use it other than you."

"Luckily, Martel seems quite happy to use it." Probably because he thinks it's hilarious, and also probably because most of her team is practically rabid in their pursuit of victory. Who knew Team Raspberry was so competitive?

There's a little laugh, pleased at the thought, and then Merrill realizes- "Oh! I'm Merrill- I don't think we've met before?"

A warm laugh spills out of Sadira as she grins, even more, flashing a toothy grin to Merrill, "Pleasure to meet you, Merrill, I am Sadira." Was it silly to be friendly in the midst of an epic snow fight? She didn't care, this was all in fun anyway. "Even though we didn't know each other before, I think it's safe to say that we know each other fairly intimately now."

There's a little bit of a flush as Merrill grins back. Whoops, they sure do. At least Sadira was a nice person to land on. "We could always gang up on another team for a bit, if you wanted." It's not silly if you make an alliance out of it!

Teaming up sounded perfect. "Is there a victim you had in mind? Or was it more for general mayhem. I've noticed a few people already teaming up to bring another team down."

Sadira admittedly wasn't in it to win, she was just in this mess to have a good time.

"Well, I'm certainly all for general mayhem." It sounded fun, at least. While Merrill would like to win, having fun and bonding were far more important than coming out on top.

"Do you think there's a good way, without breaking the rules, to cause as much mayhem as possible for everyone?"

Sadira looked over what she could see of the battlefield. The snowbanks, forts and natural lay of the land made it hard to see everything, but her attention drifted over towards the catapult. Grinning, she pointed towards it with a glint of amusement in her eyes.

"We could commandeer that and just start throwing giant snowballs indiscriminately at everyone within reach."

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