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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"He doesn't?" Ellana asks, thinking that's not really fair. Alistair is such a child himself, that he really shouldn't be competitive against a child, and if it's some kind of character building exercise, Ellana thinks it's stupid. You should definitely let a child win sometimes.

"Do you think I could sneak up behind him and put a snow ball down his back?"

Shaking his head, Kieran sighs, as heavily as a boy of ten can. "No, sometimes I win but he's very serious. He's been a Grey Warden for a very long time." That must explain it, and he glances to Morrigan who gives a smile and an expansive gesture because she's never really quite sure what she's meant to do when she watches those battles taking place in her study. Kieran is more serious than his father.

But the thought of that has Kieran bouncing on the spot, a flurry of snow kicking up about him. "Yes!" Doghren barks her support of this plan. "If you can be sneaky. He's big, but you're small."

"Believe me," Morrigan adds since she's known Alistair the longest. "He can be remarkably oblivious in a true battle."

Ellana laughs and nods that she's definitely be doing this.

"I've been practicing my stealth with one of Leliana's scouts," she explains. The spymaster had suggested it to her when Ellana offered her services as a shapeshifted scout. Leliana had wanted her to have some knowledge of stealth itself, even as an animal.

"Should I tell him that you encouraged me in this, or leave you a silent partner?"

Why is Morrigan surrounded by children? Maddening: A Skyhold Sequel. At least Kieran has the excuse of being a literal child.

"We must make the time to practice together," Morrigan suggests, since she never had anyone else to do those sorts of things with before, and Kieran's busy trying to decide what would make Zevran more proud since he's teammates with Ellana so he might witness it.

"After. When there's lots and lots of snow, as far down his back as possible. Then some in his face." There, look at that little evil smile, he's definitely Morrigan's son.

"I'd like that," Ellana agrees with a nod, before focusing on Kieran once more.

"That sounds like the best idea, really. Let him think it's all me until I reveal the truth. Can't you just picture the look on his face?"

"Like when I attack him with my dragon!" The shiny obsidian one in Morrigan's study that almost passes for a pretty ornament? That one. "Oh! Make sure Zevran sees? He'll laugh. He should laugh more."

"I can try to make sure Zevran sees, but I wouldn't want to make a promise I can't keep. It could be difficult to have all three of us at the same place at once." And here she leans in a little, like she's revealing a secret.

"Besides, if Zevran has found Alistair, I won't have the chance to attack. Zevran will do it first."

That's a very true point that Kieran hadn't considered since he doesn't really play with Zevran, only Alistair. Morrigan can only handle so many manchildren in her life honestly, and until very recently she and Zevran hadn't actually rebuilt the bridge she'd burnt after the Anders situation.

"Sometimes there's friendly fire." Sometimes a boy is his mother's son.

"Oh, so I should risk hitting my teammate in the pursuit of Alistair? You really want to make sure I get him, don't you?"

And, in true child fashion, complete with toe-scuffing comes a mumbled response.

"Maybe." He doesn't want to seem too eager, after all, even with the smile threatening once again.

Ellana smiles and bends down a little so she can see Kieran's face and he can see hers.

"I'll see what I can do." And then she's winking, standing upright, and giving him a gentle pat on the arm.

"I'd better go. We're starting soon."

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