Snow

[rockinthrutime.livejournal.com]

Who: Everyone
What: Snow day
Where: Campus
When: December 2nd-3rd
Warnings: Snow

[The weather outside is cold. More than below freezing. It was only a matter of time then.

By tomorrow, the entire campus will be covered in a tiny layer of white.]

[[OOC - There will be a thread for one specific time; 14:23. Those that wish to catch the first snowflake can fight for it there! Please note that apart from the fact it has 7 sides, and doesn't seem to melt, the snowflake does not hold special powers. Otherwise, start threads as you see fit.]]

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[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

NO THAT WAS NOT HAPPENING.

FUCKING. WINTER.

Vinnie was still in bed, feeling pretty miserable and cold and goddamn this seasonal plant empathy because he did not want to do anything or go anywhere right now.

With a groan (exaggerated for loudness), he smushed his face into his pillow. A muffled "FUCKKK" could be heard.

[punchvolcanoes]

"Awww come on, don't be so miserable. At least as a human you can wear coats." How did he survive on the mountain before? The grump. Sasha nearly tore the cover off.

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

It was easy for you to say, Fire has a type advantage over Ice. Vinnie fought for his blanket back, but from the state of him it looked like the onset of cold had been keeping him from his usual morning routine. Some of his tattoos were peeling off and getting leafy.

"You're not even allowed in boy dorms get out and gimme back my goddamn blanket" GRUMBLE GRUMBLE GRUMP

[punchvolcanoes]

"How about...no. Side's it's morning, not night. Curfew is over." She threw her in his bed (it was big enough), chest first so not to set his entire bed on fire.

"Come on, come on, come on, I'm sure they have sufficient clothing here for you so you'll feel completely warm!"

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

"Yeah I can't tell cuz the sun goes down too fuckin' early now." Why did he forget how to do Sunny Day. It was so nice. Just... sun, wherever he wanted.

At least Sasha was toasty. And capable of setting him on fire. Made his bed a little warmer just by her being there (she had better not be on beds anywhere else in the boy's dorms or else).

"This sucks. I feel so tired without it."

[punchvolcanoes]

"Yeah it's called something like daylight savings or...I forget. At least it's Antarctica! Did you know what I read? I read that, over there, the sun doesn't set for 6 months...but then...it doesn't rise for 6 months!" Dude she was totally smart, reading all those books.

Thankfully she had not been in anyone else's beds (yet).

She pondered this and realized having him grumpy all winter would suck.

"Maybe we could get you a lamp? Like one of those they use for plants during winter that are like sunlight."

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

Vinnie, alas, did not give a crap about wherever Antarctica was.

Mumble. "I want."

[punchvolcanoes]

"You want want?"

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

Sleepily, he just kept thinking out loud. "Maybe Erika knows where to get one..."

But asking her meant getting up, didn't it.

UGHHH

[punchvolcanoes]

"What about Bob?" Sasha suggested, thinking having more than one person could be incredibly helpful. She looked at groaning Vinnie. "Maybe if I hold this lamp it will help you for now?" Sasha pointed at the poor lamp that stood on the workdesk.

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

"I'm not gonna ask God for a lamp," he muttered as he, very unwillingly, tried to shuffle out of bed while at the same time keeping maximum blanket snuggle warmth.

Vinnie wasn't about to go bothering Bob about every little thing. (Nevermind she already baked him muffins and went on a train ride with him.) If the Venusaur really wanted to ask something from her, he was at least reverent enough to save it for the really big favours.

But at least he was (kind of, very hesitantly) getting out of bed. And dreading that very first moment where bare feet touched ground.

[punchvolcanoes]

"Really? But she seems so nice..." perhaps Sasha didn't see the wrongness if asking Arceus for anything since she had so many classes with her. They even traded notes! "I could ask her myself if you want..."

But yay he was getting up! She had already jumped off and grabbed his flower flip flops, tossing them at him.

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

Yesss, flip-flops. Vinnie hugged the blanket around him like a cloak, and dragging it off the edge of the bed as he trudged away to find some clothes to wear.

"I know she's nice. She's really nice. That's why I don't wanna." He grabbed a pair of pants, trying to put them on while 1) not leaving the residual warmth of his covers, and 2) not touching the ground with bare feet. "There's people'd take advantage of that."

So they never ended up going out to snow day.

[punchvolcanoes]

"True, but when you think about it...it's Arceus right? I think she'd be smart enough to know when she's being used and when she's being helpful." Sasha shrugged, with a tiny grin growing across her mouth. "You've already asked Erika a lot of favors too..."

The humanized charizard was looking in Vinnie's closet, tossing him the new school outfit. "Here, start with this!"

[punchvolcanoes]

Put it on slowly.

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

Oh baby

Vinnie caught the new clothes, quietly wishing they were a bit more colourful. But oh, he saw that smirk - and started growing a bit flustered in response. "What?! I just take naps in the greenhouse, okay. Where the hell'd you get that from?"

[punchvolcanoes]

Don't think Sasha didn't see that flustering in return...it was quite amusing. Endearing actually. "Your closet," she answered earnestly. "I think the headmasters put them in everyone's." she twirled around in hers. "See?"

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

You did that on purpose I CAN SEE THROUGH YOUR WILES.

"You know what I mean," growled Vinnie as he finally sloughed off his blanket and threw on the shirt. He gave Sasha a look as he buttoned up.

"Erika just gives some good advice, okay? I don't know where you're getting this thing where I'm askin' shit of her."

[punchvolcanoes]

"Oh I thought you'd have Vileplume's address, by now," she teased back with a grin. "But really, I meant asking Bob for advice too, not telling her she should get us a lamp. Although now that I think about it...they might have some IN the greenhouses supplies already! I've read the school's manual..." yeah she'd been reading a lot more since the mansion incident. "And there's a storage supply for a lot of the faculties downstairs. Oh! Did you know there's an underground facility that can house the entire city? That's pretty wild!"

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

Sheesh, that's what she meant? Vinnie grumbled some more. "Yeah, as if I would." (That was very much under his breath and not accompanied by any embarrassment, no sir.)

"There's a difference between asking them something and asking them for something." He put on the black outer coat and sloppily draped the tie around his neck. Hell if he knew how to actually tie the thing properly. "What a weirdass place. Al'right, let's go."

[punchvolcanoes]

"OH BOY AN ADVENTURE!" Sasha might have screamed out that last part (read, everything) very loudly. "Come on, come on, I bet it's not that cold down there and think of the lamps if we find them!"

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

"Okay, okay."

Normally Sasha's cheeriness was infectious for him, but it was That Time Of The Year Again. The lack of proper sun wasn't helping either. He trudged after her, still half-asleep.

The leaves were making his back itch under that uniform too. Why did everything suck.

[punchvolcanoes]

Vinnie on his period was something pretty special, but if these lamps could help, Sasha was all for it.

"We should take an elevator once we get down to the basement!" she said with a grin. "They are so much fun!" Yeah she found a lot of things exciting when she could be human. "We need to find corridor 4F, Room 534."

*gold star*

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

Uh no escalators were clearly way more fun than elevators.

"Fine..." Scratch scratch. Vinnie had no idea where that room was, or how to even get to the basement. "Please tell me you've got the map on you, then."

Re: *gold star*

[punchvolcanoes]

"well uh...no. We should go to the library first, I guess." She looked awkwardly at him before continuing. "But maybe there are good enough signs everywhere!"

She pointed to a convenient one just on the wall! Drawn by Crazy himself. To be honest, it looked more like am impressionist piece than anything else.