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

[fledglingenchanter]

By the time she'd lobbed the snowball, Sadira had already ducked behind cover, giving Ellana time to get moving before she again peered over the edge of the fort. Upon not immediately seeing Ellana, Sadira again crouched down and readied some snowballs, guessing that there was an imminent assault on the fort. Rather than defend the battlements, she retreated into the flag room, to set up an ambush. It looked like Ellana was smaller than her, so she wanted to get into a position where the other woman couldn't tackle her.

[serannas]

She may not have been one of the hunters in her clan, but Ellana can be stealthy if the occasion calls for it. It's helped that Leliana referred her to one of her scouts for training in this very thing too. So she creeps closer to the fort, and hugs the wall until she can peek into the door. After checking all angles, she enters, pleased to see that Adelaide's students had a set blueprint to work from and that this resembles her own team's fort. That means she knows where the flags are. It's just a matter of steeling herself to grab one.

She knows she can't be tackled by anyone on this team but Merrill, so if Merrill isn't currently around, then Ellana is going to rely on speed. She can be blocked from getting out with the flag and pummeled with snow balls in the process, so she's going to throw all hers to get them out of her way, grab the flag, and take off.

At least, that's her immediate plan. She really has no back up plan except abandoning the flag and giving up. She really doesn't like that.

But in she goes, running into the flag room with eyes darting around to see who's there. When it's only Sadira, she flings two balls at her, drops the rest in a panic because throwing them will take too long, and makes a grab for the flag. When she actually feels her fingers close around it, she's amazed she even made it this far.

[fledglingenchanter]

Although there was no cover, she was laying in wait all the same, shield raised high enough to duck behind should the inevitable snowballs come flying at her. Which they did. She, however, was ready with her own, and she had time to aim no less. She threw one hard and fast at Ellana, trying to distract the elf even as her fingers closed around the flag. Another one soon followed and a third, hastily pulled from her satchel stuffed with pre-made snowballs.

[serannas]

"Augh!" Ellana cries out, pulling the flag from its pole and turning to shield her body from the snow. Then she stuffs the fabric inside her coat and takes off running, having no balls to throw in return.

[fledglingenchanter]

Graceful, Sadira was not as she flounders after the elf. Not being able to tackle smaller opponents was making this so much harder. Needing help, Sadira pushes down her pride and sucks in a deep breath.

"Hey! She has our flag!"

Even as she calls out, she is already trying to pick up the pace, while trying to mash together enough snow on the run to make a sizable snowball.

[serannas]

Ellana has already been making far too much noise in trying to get this flag, and at Sadira's shout, it takes everything in Ellana's power not to screech in alarm. She knows no one can tackle her to the ground, but that doesn't mean they can't bury her in snow. She doesn't want to return to her fort as a little frozen elf.

She darts and dashes, eyes wide as a startled deer as she tries to get back out of the fort. There is no time to stop and grab any snowballs, and at this point, she thinks doing so would be a hindrance instead of a helpful solution. What she needs is to just make it out and back to the safety of her fort and her team.

[fledglingenchanter]

Popsicle elves are all the rage! She could pose as a living ice sculpture, really the Orlesians would be impressed! No? Sadira trudged after her, huffing softly as she jogged through the snow. She couldn't tackle her, so the chance of doing anything beyond pelting her with snow was pretty much out of the question. Fumbling into her satchel for more snow, preparing snowballs to toss at Ellana and possibly steer her away from her intended goal.

[serannas]

Impressing Orlesians is far from Ellana's goal here, so no frozen elf today! Besides being covered in snow from Sadira's assault. But Ellana takes it, arms pumping and leg muscles burning as snow explodes against her on impact. She doesn't stop, but her adrenaline is coursing through her veins, so nothing short of an avalanche is going to stop her from running away.

[fledglingenchanter]

Panting heavily in the manufactured cold, Sadira chased after her, loosing ground however as she paused to lob snowballs. Eventually, she had to concede that Ellana had escaped with the flag as the exertion from running in the snow soon had Sadira doubled over and wheezing.