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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awashlogs2018-11-23 06:51 pm

Event Fourteen.





Roses bloom and cease to be,
But we shall the Christ-child see.





t's very, very cold. It's cold enough that you'll see your breath fog in the air before you, that goosebumps appear on your arms and legs and a chill goes up your spine. You're inside, in a huge palace with sweeping arches and rooms, but it's no real shelter from the cold -- it's just as cold inside as out.

There's a throne room, a kitchen, various rooms and even a dungeon to be explored -- and outside, a frigid, frozen garden, a lake that's naturally frozen over, and miles, and miles of snow as far as the eye can see.

But be careful while you explore. The snowflake soldiers are naturally dangerous, but even more dangerous than that...there's that creeping sensation of numbness going up your arm, a pang through your chest, and the slow, slow freezing from the inside out.

Try not to leave any of your friends behind, okay? Even if they might look a bit too uncannily like some of the statues hanging around for decoration when they're frozen over.




Welcome to Awash's fourteenth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to make your own logs for this event, but please keep in mind the lack of laptop function during this event when it comes to forum posts!

If there are any questions, please ask them here. Thank you!

doublesharp: (pic#12160109)

[personal profile] doublesharp 2018-11-27 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Luck or not, you still had the courage to do something! [He wheezes out a weak laugh, smiling more brightly than he probably should be, considering that he could have easily died back there.] You were really cool! Thanks!

[In spite of smiling, however, he still doesn't look too great... Honestly, no one does, given that they're all shivering (and some people look worse than others).]

I'm Riku! Riku Nanase. [And as luck would have it, as he tries to laugh sheepishly under his breath, the noise that comes out is more of a wheeze.] I'm okay now, thanks to you! I don't do very well in cold weather, and I can't fight either... aha.
organfarm: (✚ 006)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-27 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Jion listens quietly but intently, nodding at key points to confirm that he's paying attention. And once Maya's done, he's silent for a moment as he digests it all. Fairy tales aren't really his thing, but he does get the gist of it, mostly. He thinks. ]

You're right, that definitely matches those creepy mirrors. And seeing bad things in the mirror. So I guess that'd make this the palace of the Snow Queen? Though I don't think there was any Queen around ... and we have to, uh, kiss someone, then? And we'll get sent home?

[ Wait, that doesn't feel right. ]
neronian: <user name="septentrione"> (❧ belum)

i;

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-27 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Draped by a blanket without warning...she did sense someone coming by, but quickly discerned that it wasn't someone malicious or particularly troublesome, since he isn't trying to conceal his presence.

But she lights up when she recognizes the voice of said blanket-draper. Umu! ]


I will graciously allow it!
doublesharp: (pic#12160024)

[personal profile] doublesharp 2018-11-27 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! I always liked the little girl the best. She just really wanted to save her friend and had no bad intentions. This is making me want to read it again!

[...But now really isn't the time for that, and he rubs at his arms to warm himself up as they speak.]

That doesn't mean you're defective! I can't cry on cue either... I don't think many people can. [Is.... Is this guy okay....] But I'd rather cry than kiss someone too. I'm an idol, so I can't really go kissing people for no reason if there's another option... I don't think you'd offend anyone if you were saving their life, though!
organfarm: (✚ 014)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-27 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ That was ... not the reaction he was expecting? Jion blinks at the offered knife before shaking his head. ]

No, it's okay, I have a scalpel. [ He touches at the first aid kit he always carries. ] The sword's just in case something big comes up. I, uh, I produce organs for transplant, so I need to get those out -- I should have done this yesterday, so it's starting to hurt a bit from the pressure.

[ His words trail off as he gives Ryan a curious look. ]

... man, it feels kind of nice not having people look at me weird when I say that. What do you usually do? Are you some sort of monster surgeon?
awamori: (hmm?)

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[personal profile] awamori 2018-11-27 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Since Tenn left Ryuu does his best to keep him safe while trying to give him some space. However, there are times when they become separated that really makes him worry. Ryuu called out Riku's name as he walked around the palace. He's trying to convince himself that Riku can take care of himself, he knows what to do, but the air being cold makes Ryuu's worry about him grow. Ryuu is doing his best not to sound frantic as he calls out his name when he goes from room to room.]

Riku! Riku! Where are you?
doublesharp: (pic#12160108)

[personal profile] doublesharp 2018-11-27 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Riku's heart may still be pounding wildly, but it thankfully doesn't take long to realize that Lux isn't one of those pesky snowflake knights (or the Snow Queen herself). Honestly, given the way this young woman shimmers in the light, she's much more suited to be the queen than anyone else here.]

Oh, yeah! It's a story about a young boy who's taken away to a frozen palace by a mean woman called the Snow Queen, and then his pure-hearted friend comes and saves him from her evil magic, showing that good people always win over the bad ones. But there are mirrors that show bad sides of people in the story too, and now that we're in a palace like this...
espritdecorpse: (imp)

1/3

[personal profile] espritdecorpse 2018-11-27 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's flirting with him. That's good. It's very good. He's managed to steer her in a better direction, to happier topics.

Still, her words are enough to make him blush. He'll get shy, unless he acts shamelessly. So, as she flatters his hair, he shakes his ponytail out, making it flip to and fro; as she praises his skin, he presses his hand against his cheek; as she describes his eyes, he flutters them at her; as she teases him about keeping secrets, he raises his brows and tilts his head to one side, coyly. Yes, I have secrets. Wouldn't you like to know what they are? ]
Edited 2018-11-27 04:10 (UTC)
passio: (pic#12160328)

[personal profile] passio 2018-11-27 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ protects it from ice was the thing i meant to say, but that’s fine.

in any case, dextera nods—cairngorm probably can’t generate body heat themselves, but neither can a lot of creatures that live in the neuro tower. many of them, while alive, are no longer organic, and these objects that litter the tower are useful for them, too. ]


Does it help?
espritdecorpse: (jin ling why)

[personal profile] espritdecorpse 2018-11-27 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ And then... he realizes he hasn't got through to her at all. ]
doublesharp: (pic#11132895)

[personal profile] doublesharp 2018-11-27 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[He's purposely trying to hide so no one has to see him do this, HE KNOWS IT LOOKS STUPID... Why!!!!

Naturally, Riku palms the inhaler's canister as quickly as he can once Yata speaks up, turning toward him with a barely mortified expression.]


Huh?! N-No, I'm not eating it! It's too cold to work, so I'm just warming it up! It doesn't taste good at all!
espritdecorpse: (contemplation)

[personal profile] espritdecorpse 2018-11-27 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Quietly: ]

At that time, everyone I loved had turned against me, or...

[ In his mind's eye, he can see his sister, her body lifeless, stabbed through with a sword meant for him. He sighs. ]

..or died for me. Dying was the only thing left for me to do. There was no reason for me to keep living. If someone like you were to die for my sake, you wouldn't save me. You'd only be extinguishing your own life and compounding my sorrows.

[ He blinks. Tears spill out of his eyes. He's astonished. Ah... back then, he'd never had time to weep for JiangYi. ]
scooptimistic: (My god that's actually smart)

[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-11-27 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
... You know, it's probably not that simple. But I think we'll just have to see how much of the story this situation continues to follow.

[ Too bad, though, she can only imagine the hilarity of everyone kissing each other to get out of here. ]
organfarm: (✚ 008)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-27 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's fine! [ It might have caused a hairline fracture, but something like that should heal up pretty easily, so he's not worried; Jion gives an easy nod. ] I guess I just get nervous around these swords. I'm not really used to being around them, not like I am with guns ... Um, down here, I think?

[ He gestures for Kaoru to follow, managing to play calm for a moment longer, then finally gives in and blurts out, ] -- so how're you, uh, doing what you're doing? With those guys? The floating?
hypertoxic: (ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴛᴜʀɴ ⇒ [augh])

1/2

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-11-27 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nope. Nuh-uh. Nope. For a moment Vriska is too mortified to speak, face buried in her hands, shaking her head. (This means her hands move with her head, in order to keep her face hidden, you see, and the overall effect is very goofy.)

Only when she's had a moment to get this massive freak out under control does she even chance a look up at him, her hands moving only to reveal her eyes. But even so, between her fingers, it's clear how blue in the face she is. ]


I -- I don't know! There's no way I shouldn't know, but that is definitely not what--
neronian: <user name="septentrione"> (❧ pistoria)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-27 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
But of course! Did you expect otherwise, from the strongest of Servant classes? My flames shall consume any knights of frost who dare to cross my path.

[ Wait a second. He recognizes her as a Saber (or rather, "Saber-san"), but is not a Servant as far as she can tell, so it's someone who she introduced herself to. That someone's voice rings familiarly in her ears, and that frizzy black mop of hair can only really belong to one person she knows here, so...her eyes widen. ]

Ah, it is you, Akira, is it not?

[ She'll address the Phantom Thief thing in a sec. ]
hypertoxic: (ғʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴡ ⇒ [thoughtful])

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-11-27 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ a pause. slowly she lowers her hands. ]

... you're embarrassed, [ she says, with a sort of quiet realization. ]
skatebird: (ɪ was thinking)

[personal profile] skatebird 2018-11-27 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
... Oh.

[ That actually makes some degree of sense. Yata holds out his hand. ]

Here. I can warm it up fast.

[ It was just in Riku's mouth, but that doesn't seem to be a concern to Yata. ]
averagemedium: (pic#8964021)

[personal profile] averagemedium 2018-11-27 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely not a monster surgeon, just-- somebody else used to getting looked at weird. Long story short, I see dead people.

[The knife gets tucked safely back into his pocket for now, and he waves off what he just said easily enough.]

But you don't want that whole story right this second, probably-- did you seriously say you produce organs?

[His eyes are slightly wide behind his glasses, a little bit of disbelief in his tone. That's something even he hasn't ever heard of, and while "that's kind of gross" would probably be the expected response here, what comes out instead is:]

That's kind of neat, actually. Not, you know, not the part where you have to take them out, but just- conceptually.
stripedown: (So damn unimpressed you plebe)

[personal profile] stripedown 2018-11-27 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ Leave? After she finally found her? That doesn't strike Kisa as particularly fine, but that either means that something's wrong with Sierra or that she must have somehow messed up.

From the way she flinches, she's apparently decided it's the latter. ]
glaciers: (78)

[personal profile] glaciers 2018-11-27 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be embarrassed?

[Maybe because he wasn't feeling a singular thing a few minutes ago. Not that the thought hits him in the middle of his embarrassment. Shouto doesn't get very red, but there's a faint pink blush where there isn't a scar.]
neronian: <user name="septentrione"> (❧ aeclanum)

ii;

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-27 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Squinting!! At the red writing in the snow, since that's pretty much never a good sign...so she steps closer, carefully, as she peers into the shelter. ]

...I was expecting something more ominous.

[ He probably should've picked a different color or something. ]
stripedown: (I didn't mean to cook your dog)

[personal profile] stripedown 2018-11-27 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Uh. Well. She's certainly pretty and Kisa is cowed by this and also how she murdered an ice knight, but--

She shakes her head, apologetically, and taps her throat. ]
stripedown: (There were arms to hold you)

[personal profile] stripedown 2018-11-27 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's a great question. But for now, they only have each other, so Kisa kind of wobbles closer to try and cling to Shiho instead. Surely this will help them both stay upright. ]
regrede: (pic#12551597)

[personal profile] regrede 2018-11-27 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ that flinch should bother her, shouldn’t it?

sierra saw kisa’s mirror, after all. she knows that kisa struggles with feeling like a burden to those around her. she may not have said anything explicit, but those sorts of self-esteem issues can find their way to color any conflict in a person’s life.

the problem is that it just doesn’t register as something to be concerned about.

the ice creeps up her neck, toward her corner of her mouth, turning her lips blue even as she gazes down at kisa with her cold red eyes. ]


You cannot stay here.

[ a warning, or…? ]