walking in a winter wonderland. (MINGLE)

[mirroromirror]

Who: Everyone on the planet!
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Snow planet, it's a winter wonderland~
When: From when the planet is in reach until it's time to leave!

[ ooooh the weather outside is frightful

but the fire is soooo delightful

and since we've got places to goooo

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! ]

[ ooc: link to planet info! ]

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[catamite]

[he glances up just long enough to be surprised that she's there, before his eyes are down on the little snow totems again]

...Where did they come from??

[payback]

[Seriously? She tilts her head at him and mulls it over... but just for a second or two.]

They were just here when I got here.

[SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY ROLLING A SNOWBALL.]

I think this snow might be... alive.

[catamite]

What... really??

[he doesn't spend the time to be suspicious. he's immediately looking down at his feet, taking a step or two backward and picking up one foot since he lacks the ability to pick them both up at the same time and hover.

maybe he trusts her too much to doubt her. ...maybe he's just really gullible.]

[payback]

Yeah.

[She leaves off the snow she was... obviously wadding up, Nel, please... and stalks towards him, holding her hands out and wiggling her fingers. OoooOOOOooooooooh.]

I heard somebody saying... if you go out in the woods... and you listen very quietly... you can hear the snow whispering.

[catamite]

[as someone who is... already kind of terrified of sentient forests, this visibly chills him to the bone.]

...Are you serious??

[payback]

[She pauses a little. Is she going too far?

But... but... but...]

I'm serious! Absolutely!

I hear it says... Neeeeel... come make snowmen with us...

[catamite]

But why?

[staring down at the snowmen again, totally missing the point here]

[payback]

[She cannot believe that he asked that question so she actually laughs, before she bites it off. Her busting out in giggles wo uld have to give things away, right?]

I think it's friendly.

[catamite]

[the giggling is obviously very confusing, and he's at least latching onto the fact that he's missing something big and important here. he's just looking at her now, wheels spinning uselessly in his head.]

...I don't get it.

[payback]

It's inviting you, Nel. Come play in the snow.

[And she leans down and starts wadding up a ball of it. Still grinning a little. Aww, he's so clueless... she feels a little bad too...]

[catamite]

Is that... safe?

[he has come into this encounter completely unarmed.]

[payback]

[Dramatically:] Maybe not...

[She stands up, completed snowball packed, and takes a step towards him, raising her arm to throw it!]

... for you!

[catamite]

--Aah!

[as much as he didn't understand what she was doing in the snow before, and all the tall tales, he is just as bewildered as to why she's suddenly threatening to throw something at him.

he just... startles and flinches, pitifully throwing up his arms to shield his face. and that's about it.]

[payback]

-- Nel!

[The snow wasn't packed hard, so it just bursts when it hits him. Ploof! Soft whiteness everywhere. Rin starts laughing.]

Come on. It's harmless.

[catamite]

[he just... blinks and starts trying to brush the snowy remnants from his shirt]

It's cold...

[not that it really bothers him that much more than being underdressed for standing around in the snow already is. it's probably more the laughing that gets him.]

[payback]

Nel... haven't you ever had a snowball fight in your life?

[... okay, she can see how maybe he wouldn't have, but... c'mon!]

[catamite]

A fight? ...No?

[yeah no he doesn't have any idea what she's talking about, really.]

[payback]

It's where you throw snow at another person until you're both tired.

[But since she could see Nel being pretty lousy at anything involving actual fighting...]

Why don't you just make some snowmen with me?

[catamite]

[yeah, he looks pretty hesitant about the snowball idea... so snowmen are automatically preferable.]

Make snowmen?

[payback]

[She points... at the weird, featureless little snow totems she was working on before Nel brightened her day.]

Snowmen. These are snowmen. I made them, Nel.

[catamite]

...Oh.

[--to all aspects of that revelation.

and he still doesn't get it. back to square one.]

What are they?

[payback]

[jfc]

... They're snowmen! Little snow... people, Nel. Made out of snow. See, the lower part is the body and the top part is the head... [She's gonna come over and try to pull Nel into a crouch to get closer to it all...]

[catamite]

[his legs obediently fold underneath him like a baby deer, but it's mostly because he's still thinking.]

But... what are they? Like... what are they for? Why did you make them?

Is it, like... religious?

[payback]

[s-sigh... so impossible... she rubs one hand over her face. It's cold.]

They're... people... they're not for anything! They're just cute... I just wanted to play in the snow... it's not religious. [what the heck

she takes one of his wrists and tries to push his hand into the snow.]

It's fun! It's just for fun.

[catamite]

[his hand mushes into the snow and does very little there, while he tries to puzzle the rest of this out.]

Just for fun? Like... do you play with them? ...Is it a game or something?