jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell

[mansionstaff]

Who: YOU
What: SNOW
When: DECEMBER 6th
Where: EVERYWHERE
WHAT: SNOW (BONUS TREE DECORATING)

As a quiet Friday 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 Saturday 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.

Comments

some hours later

[cplusplus]

[forgetbeam]

why do you hurt me so

[cplusplus]

Twitch. The smile suddenly dulled out, however Chihiro nodded despite the rather evident hesitance he had. "Christmas is coming in a few weeks, and then New Years will come shortly after."

"To end this year and start anew, it's kind of hard to believe that it's already that long," he sheepishly added.

[cplusplus]

At first, Chihiro blinked once, then twice.

But then, as Aoi explained, his mouth started to curve into a smile. "Well, I couldn't get an important matter be ignored, can't I? Ehehehe..."

[cowardlyjustice]

Wow that look like it had really smarted.

Feeling slightly guilty, Brown shouted, "Hajime! You doin' pretty there, dude?"

no angst here either oops

[cowardlyjustice]

Beep boop, hey there girl.

Suddenly there was a snowball thrown at Vivian.

[nottheproblem]

She almost laughed, actually. Almost. If anything, just hearing him made her smile grow a little bit more. He was... a bit idiotic, but she hadn't really forgotten that they had a deeper connection that she still wasn't fully informed of. Well, more or less that he certainly looked a bit like Connor in some facial features and her suspicion was that there was likely a relation there. And her son, while filled with good intentions, was occasionally proven to be something akin to a dim bulb.

It was a shame humour skipped Connor's generation.

"I see," she replied as casually as she could. "And now you are doing what you ought to have done to begin with." And how she moved into it was seamless and fluid, proof that Connor had spoken to her of him and their connections- modern day assassins and everything. "I assume Ratonhnhaké:ton will be assisting you."

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

always the bad guy around here huh

[kuragekasa]

"Really?! Aaah..." Clear sighed contentedly, dipping his head to nuzzle into her hair. She was only about a few inches shorter than him, just enough for him to be able to do something like that.

Finally, however, he pulled away, his expression still steadily pleased as though he'd just seen her at that very second.

"It has been some time, Ikusaba-san! I had wondered where you'd gone." He craned his head curiously, a soft giggle passing through his reddened, frost-nipped lips. "Have you been well?"

[kuragekasa]

"Time does fly, doesn't it?" Clear's agreement came with a curt nod, his smile still strong despite Chihiro's having faded away. "It was a fine year, though, wasn't it, Fujisaki-san? We should close the year out with celebration."

Slowly, however, he began to notice that he wasn't quite as enthusiastic, if not a little reluctant to speak, and his brows started to stoop concernedly. "Is that okay? Or... are you not feeling well?"

[jonny_talbain]

He went to peek around the same corner, causing their foreheads to bump - Not too hard, luckily!

"I scented you on the wind so decided to come over and say How Do. You look like you're having fun, Candlebottom." he said, clambering into the fort and extending his hands towards the flame on her tail.

"Blimey, I'd forgotten what a boon you are to have around during chill weather."

[punchthedoritos]

"He's like that with everyone, though! He's just got a frosty disposition. Just give him a hug and that chill will start to melt and he'll really warm up to you!"

And, of course, he was so busy making silly snow puns that he couldn't defend himself and just wore both snowballs full on before chucking another one of his own.

[punchthedoritos]

"Sure thing, your Burliness!" Sonny replied, quickly squidging the snowmo sapiens head into the right sort of roundish shape.

"Do you have any specific requests as to the kind of features I give him? I have small rocks, pinecones, twigs, larger sticks and the green parts that normally are on the tops of carrots." he asked Bowser, who was probably very concerned with the aesthetics of this snowman.

[ihateplumbers]

"Big rocks," said Bowser. "Really big rocks."

I'm here to help

[ihateplumbers]

Bower laughed his scaly ass off, then shoved some snow into Chihiro's pants.

[notstevejobs]

"I need you to help me test out the recoil and speed, to tell me if it's too fast or if it has too much of a kick. Any input as to the ease of use would be appreciated as well."

They continued to walk to the tree. "I'll demonstrate and then you can join in, if that's alright."

Tactical Espionage Action

[rivalthunderbolts]

There was a guy. He was creeping around trying to avoid being seen.

And he was making snowballs.

[punchthedoritos]

"Hmm. I don't have any here. I can get some though." Sonny replied with a nod, immediately turning his mind to the logistics of procuring large rocks from the nearby area. "I'll be back in a few minutes. How many did you want?"

[ihateplumbers]

"As many as your fat arms can carry," ordered Bowser.

[punchthedoritos]

"That's a lot!" Sonny asserted helpfully before setting off on an intrepid rock claiming mission.

And it was not too terribly long before he returned with quite the handsome pile of large rocks. He'd taken them from the surrounding area and there was quite a variety of colors and shapes, but they were all fairly large.

...he had no idea exactly why you would need huge rocks like these for when building snowmen. BUT HEY he was a good worker and he didn't get gold coins to ask questions.

[ihateplumbers]

Correct, you do not get gold coins to ask questions.

"Now, put them in the snowman," said Bowser. "I don't care how you do it, just do it."

Nothing can possibly go wrong.

[thereyouare]

Giving up on her observations and keeping to his side, Vivian nodded. "Okay. I'll do what you ask."

Ah, how exciting. She knew she could help Dr. Robotnik but this was the first time another student had really requested her assistance without prompt. Maybe she really could fit in if she did well!

perfect

[thereyouare]

Vivian appeared to still be lost in thought, but the girl had pretty good reflexes alongside that inhuman strength, so she didn't catch the snowball chucked at her but she threw her defenses up fast enough to have it shatter against her forearm.

When he limb fell, she looked surprised in the direction it came from. "Um... hello?" Who would throw something at her? That seemed unusual.

[punchthedoritos]

"Inside the snowman? Hmm..."

Well. This was a dilly of a pickle. Clearly, this snowman was about to gain some serious weight. More than most people gained during the festive season.

He started by carefully removing and setting down the head, followed by the snowman's rib cageular area. Then he started scooping the guts part out of the snowman's bottom half. Before stuffing rocks in there.

"This guy is going to be a pretty heavy snowman." he observed, setting the last rock on the pile of other rocks inside the snowman's stomach. He then started re-assembling the other parts. "OK! Snowman surgery is complete!" he said, quickly jamming in a pinecone nose and some carrot top hair to go with the little pebble eyes and big smiley mouth.

"Acceptable, your Burliness?"

[ihateplumbers]

"Yes, minion," Bowser answered. "Good job. You're an important member of Team Bowser."

Bowser swaggered over and hefted it up. "It's a lot heavier. Good." He was going to have to be careful not to break it on his trip back to his clown copter.

"As you were, soldier," he said as he walked off with his beautiful prize.