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

b!

[justice_is_blond]

[[ooc: Sam and Anders are heading over from here, if that's cool!]]

Violet stands out against the snow, and there are two people looking for a target - one with apricot, and one with periwinkle. Anders doesn't know who the woman is, but she's playing the game. And, bonus, if he doesn't know who she is, she may not know who he is.

"There," he calls to Sam, scooping up snow. He's... not great at subtle.

[el_tybs]

There.

It takes a moment for Sam to pinpoint exactly whom Anders is singling out, tilting his head a bit as he watches the woman running towards her fort if he's looking at it right. He doesn't recognize her, so he doesn't even know who they're targeting.

Nice subtly, Anders. Quickly he starts to pack another snowball as well. "She got a flag?"

[youwonscience]

[[ooc: Works great!]]

Given the many colors of snow with which Cosima has been hit, making out a flag might be difficult; there's certainly not one immediately apparent. The sash is definitely violet, or at least dark purple.

"Run" is probably a generous description of her slow but steady jog. It's been a fun day, mostly, but she's tired and doesn't want to trip while she's half blind from the condensation.

Anders' call is loud enough that she instinctively glances back and pauses, trying to make out where the voices came from and unintentionally making herself a stationary target.

[justice_is_blond]

"I've no idea," Anders replies, throwing the first shot. "She's an enemy and..." And standing still, and possibly confused, and now Anders feels a little bad. It's cold out. She might not be all right, and he's leading an ambush.

"Are you all right down there?" He calls it out, still standing out in the open. And people wonder how he got caught after escaping seven times.

[youwonscience]

His first throw catches her shoulder and she spins. "You mean besides being sucker-punched with a snowball?" she calls back, bemused but not seemingly in actual distress. She's cold, but not in danger - and with enough wits about her to draw together a snowball herself.

(Can she see to aim it? Details.)

[[ooc: jumped order to reply to the direct question, hope that's okay!]]

[el_tybs]

[OoC: Perfectly fine]

The hesitation in Anders' voice has Sam stopping from throwing his own snowball, arms lowering when the man out right starts asking if she's alright after having just hit her.

He's not sure what a 'sucker-punch' is but he's not sure a snowball can punch. Either way their cover is blown, Sam standing there awkwardly, not knowing if they were still fighting now and looking at Anders beside him on top of the snow hill within throwing distance.

[justice_is_blond]

He sees Sam stopping as well, but his question is answered.

"She can crack jokes back and she's gathering snow. She's fine. It's time to attack." Snark doesn't always mean someone is fine, but he didn't hear any anger or pain in her voice. They're good. Anders kneels down to start gathering more snow as well, balling it up as quickly as he can.

[youwonscience]

She can kind of see them, even through her wet lenses, since they're obligingly standing out in the open. She's not going to outrun them, that's obvious, so instead she just lobs some snow at one of them - she has no idea which one hit her, and it doesn't really matter - to see what they do.

If they get close enough, she's definitely smaller. She could try to tackle them. She's not sure it would be very effective.

[el_tybs]

Just as Anders is discussing that their target is gathering snow, Sam turns to look - only to get hit with a snowball. Well more like it grazes his leg, but technically that's still being hit. "I guess you're right."

He doesn't blame whomever it is for fighting back, but since they are, it doesn't seem like it's much of a big deal to attack back. With that in mind, Sam tosses his own snowball down at the figure, not stopping to see if the apricot colored snow actually hit before starting on a new one.