i really can't stay

[mansionstaff]

Who: YOU
What: SNOW
When: DECEMBER 5th
Where: EVERYWHERE
WHAT: SNOW (BONUS TREE DECORATING)

As a quiet Tuesday dawned on the school's campus, one could perhaps...feel it in the air. A creeping chill, a silent, barely-detectable indication that yes. Tonight would be the night.



By Wednesday morning, the entire academy would be covered in snow.

BUT WAIT



That wasn't all--a large pine tree had made an appearance on the main quad, in desperate need of decoration.

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[makesitsweet]

Cilan never handled drastic changes in weather nicely, whether it be winter or summer.

He was staying inside, wrapped up in a blanket, trying to not let his sniffles progress into something worse.

[makesitcool]

Poor Cilan, having to sneeze indoors and huddle up while it snows outside. One of these times Cilan will find Cress mysteriously appear beside him with a warm mug of steaming cocoa made just for him.

[makesitsweet]

And Cilan accepts it with an apologetic smile.

"Thank you, Cress. I'm, um, am sorry for causing you trouble for this..."

He takes a sip of the cocoa. Delicious.

[makesitcool]

"Why, don't be silly. It's no trouble at all. Cress thought you could use a little something to warm you up. You looked so cold bundled up like this."

[makesitsweet]

"I think, um, I wasn't as prepared as I thought with the cold." A small sniffle from the runny nose, as well as a laugh. "To think Unova has just as cold seasons."

[makesitcool]

"Well, you never were good with harsh weather." He moved behind him and pulled more of the blanket over his shoulders, smoothing it over him and smiling softly. "Hopefully you remembered to bring warm clothes with you."

[makesitsweet]

"Ah, yes." Cilan replied, giving a thankful smile for the blanket. "I've made sure to pack extra with my warm clothes."

It was just that the timing of the snowfall in this world was different than what he was used to!

[makesitcool]

Cilan can never keep up with the timing of anything. What's new.

"It's good that you were thinking ahead." Despite that, Cilan would still get cold, wouldn't he? Cress didn't have anything to add to that, so he slipped into a momentary silence until he thought up something else to say. "How is Pansage faring?" He couldn't imagine the verdant little monkey to be any less sensitive.

[makesitsweet]

"Pansage is in his Pokeball, where it's warmer." Cilan replied with his usual stammer. "I don't think I can stand seeing him shivering in cold..."

His darling angel shouldn't go through the cold, no. Cilan, stop spoiling your Pokemon.

[makesitcool]

"A good decision," agreed Cress, the image of Pansage shivering in the snow with huge, moist eyes transpiring. "How has his training been coming along, if I may ask?" He didn't expect an incredible improvement out of the pair. He was just genuinely curious. It stood to be reasoned that if he and Panpour had only been taking itty bitty baby steps along the road to really making their skills shine, Cilan and Pansage would also be slowly but surely winning the race, so to speak.