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

[aintwejust]

"huuck." Ow.

Very ow.

"Gimme a second and I'll do that." Give him a second period for the world to stop spinning and he'll throw a snowball.

Jayne barreling through the drift with a bark to tackle Ciri back also not part of the plan and technically he's smaller than most so it's all legal, right? Right.

[ichaer]

She reaches down, balling some snow into her hands about to drop it and return to guard the wall when a bark catches her off guard. There is barely a second to respond before she's barreled over and hits a snow drift in surprise.

What in the Maker's name, where was Garahel when she needed him?

[aintwejust]

"Good boy." Mal mumbles as he rolls over, sucking in air like it'll save his life. It just might, knock he took. Once he's got his feet under him again he scoops up a ball of snow and hurls it in the crazy warden's direction.

"Keep her busy while I try agian." Gett'n the momentum going is gonna be a bitch and a half.

[ichaer]

A part of her is trying REALLY HARD not to hurt the mabari in any way, wildly wondering if this was even in the rules and if she could call out for Kelpie. A horse couldn't tackle a man, sure but she could break that damned vaulting pole with ease.

Instead, Ciri reaches down and pushes a handful of snow into the mabari's face before hurrying to her feet. She had two options: chase the guy down and likely be tackle by his dog again or head back to high ground. She choose the latter and with one quit motion, she pulls the shield hanging from her back and drives it into the snow wall to help boost her over.

Sure, she loses the shield but she's where she needs to be. No mid-air tackling this time, no -- let him get over and hit their ice field courtyard. If not, they always had the black sheep in the fort itself.

[aintwejust]

Jayne whuffs in dismay and rolls off, shaking his head to get the snow out of his eyes and nose. No harm done, just startled- he loses a little time licking his jaw clean.

Mal, now, sprints, finds his point of launch and once again jumps with all he's worth. The pole holds his weight and flexes, helping to fling him up and over in a solid arc. Once he's sure he'll clear the battlement he releases, skidding and rolling to a stop in the courtyard.

"HA!" It worked. FINALLY!

[ichaer]

And Ciri wastes no time before leaping from the wall and landing in the banks of snow below, cushioning her drop. She isn't exactly happy about someone being in their courtyard but it's a whole lot more exciting, right?

About as exciting as fighting darkspawn which is probably not the best way to look at this but here we are.

"I give it a 6.4 out 10. Try to stick the landing next time!"

[aintwejust]

Well shit. Round two with white haired warrior woman that he can't tackle.

He can, and does, scoop up a handfull of snow to pack in a ball and hurl in her direction. "Maybe next time when I ain't been tackled by a fly'n banshee!"