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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!

organfarm: (✚ 015)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-28 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
No, it's okay! Um, I'm a soldier, a medic. So it's my job to try and take care of people -- well, mostly people who're injured, but in general too, I guess.

[ He laughs sheepishly, and even as his breath fogs up, he presses the blanket into Riku's hands. ]

And to be honest, right before I got here, I was stationed somewhere pretty cold. So I'm probably a little more used to the cold. I'll be okay, at least for a bit, so you should definitely use it for now!
organfarm: (✚ 008)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-28 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
"... do you think it would've been easier on you if it was a Japanese design?" Jion doesn't even mean it sarcastically, musing it out loud as he looks off down the hallway. "I mean, it's mostly the cold that's so hard, but I do think the fact that it's a castle is kinda ... confusing? Disorienting?"

That wasn't quite the word he was looking for, either, and he hums in thought before continuing.

"Like ... I've done survival training in snowy areas and stuff, so I feel like if this place was just cold, like in the woods or something, I'd have a better idea what to do? But the fact that it's this whole castle feels pretty strange. Makes me feel like there's something specific we should be doing, but who knows what that is, you know?"
organfarm: (✚ 011)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-28 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not even close -- he's going to have to stitch that up as soon as possible, unless they run across someone who can magically heal it. But after Jion quickly examines her shoulder to make sure the bandages are securely in place, he nods. He holds Lottie's hand, letting her grab as hard as she wants and only gently squeezing back. ]

Yeah. Sorry, that must've hurt, but you did great. [ He makes sure to keep his voice as calm and soothing as possible. ] We just have to get moving now, so you can lie down and rest, okay? I'm going to pick you up, so it might jostle you a little bit.

[ He's been keeping an ear out for those knights, and they're lucky that the one that hurt Lottie hasn't stumbled upon them. But Jion isn't intent on pushing their luck, so he quickly pockets that cut-off chunk of her jacket, then moves to pick Lottie up, bridal-style. It feels a little unfamiliar -- he's far more used to the fireman's carry -- but he figures it'd be the least uncomfortable for Lottie.

And as he sets off on a steady trot, he offers Lottie his best attempt at a reassuring smile. ]


And um, let's fix your jacket as soon as we're out of here, okay? We can get it clean if we get to it quick, and I've been practicing sewing, so I think I can make it work. It's from your friend, right? So let's do our best to fix it up nice! [ He has no idea if he really can fix something as elaborate as a jacket. But it might be a good thought to help keep her focused. ]
dualtone: (ɪ ᴘᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ)

[personal profile] dualtone 2018-11-28 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Fushimi looks at her, weighs his options -- there's being a jerk and then there's being a jerk to, like, what, a ten year old? -- and crouches down, offering her his hand. ]

You okay? [ It's more concern than Fushimi has shown to just about anyone else in the past sixteen years, treasure it well. ]

Did it hurt you?
dualtone: (ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɪɴs)

sip sip judgement

[personal profile] dualtone 2018-11-28 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Fushimi just stares at Riku, looking completely unimpressed and unconvinced. Sure, it's not weird at all to put your inhaler in your mouth. He looks at the canister, but Fushimi has never had asthma, so he doesn't quite get it. ]

Putting your inhaler in your mouth isn't any less weird than putting something else in your mouth.

[ By "something else" he means "whatever metal thing you could have had before I knew what it was", but it comes out... a little more suggestive... oops. ]
theshowsover: (dynasty decapitated)

[personal profile] theshowsover 2018-11-28 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Akira watches, now feeling impressed himself. It's true that it's not graceful like Joker's movements, but it's certainly not bad at all.]

I see that.

[He's grinning, spinning his dagger in his hand idly.]

You know how to use that after all.
trepidate: <user name=vertebral> (12.)

[personal profile] trepidate 2018-11-28 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Complicated can be saved for a later time, as this issue with the fire is becoming more pressing. ]

Then it's something wrong with me?

[ They sound exasperated, but not... surprised. Almost as if this is a regular thing, in fact. An irritated pout wears their expression down as they reach an arm out - the golden alloy extending their hand until it's nearly in the fire itself. ]

Maybe I'm just not close enough to feel it.
dualtone: (ɪ ᴘᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ)

you think they'll start a fist fight

[personal profile] dualtone 2018-11-28 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yata's doing a dead-on impersonation of Fushimi, but Fushimi doesn't feel annoyed -- he just feels worried. Which, actually, makes him annoyed, because who the hell does Yata think he is, making Fushimi worry about him? Fushimi has a very limited amount of emotional energy and he can't spend it all worrying! ]

Why didn't you? [ Yata's never the sort of person to turn his back on a fight... he's usually the one leading the pack, ready to go before anyone else even has their coat on. ]
good_ideas: (geez || This takes me back)

[personal profile] good_ideas 2018-11-28 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. [Now she's kind of curious as to what happens at concerts.

She looks unharmed, albeit still wrapped up in a blanket, her hair in a braid and wearing socks on her feet.]


I'm fine. I guess. It's kind of hard to walk here though. [She just keeps sliding everywhere...]

What about you? Are you okay?
messianic: (time means succession)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-28 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a long pause....and then, sheepishly:]

Because it's...cold...?

[Yeah, that's it. It was too cold for him to fight off the soldiers.]

... That's a bad reason, isn't it...
neronian: <user name="tanabata"> (❧ acqui terme)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-28 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shakes her head to his question. ]

I have been fine, and I am blessed with the ability to keep myself warm despite the cold here.

[ Nero is quite lucky, she knows, because some strange things have been happening all over to the people in the castle. If only a certain grumpy-grandpa-in-a-little-boy's-body Caster were here right now to explain things... ]

What of yourself? You ask because you have also noticed the strange affliction going around, correct? A sharp one.

[ A strange affliction that renders someone cold, with no amount of fire able to warm them up, it seems. ]
messianic: (In vain we look; in vain uplift)

[personal profile] messianic 2018-11-28 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
... Okay.

Then I want you to hold onto it.

[Softly, but warmly.]

And I won't apologize. Deal?
organfarm: (✚ 014)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-28 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, the what?

[ It's not even that he's not paying attention. But how do you not get distracted by such a casual mention of sirens. ]

Sirens? Like, as in, mermaids? And, uh, are we sure everyone here? Is there any chance there's only, like, a handful of people left behind that we haven't noticed yet?
neronian: <user name="tanabata"> (❧ suasa)

[personal profile] neronian 2018-11-28 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ Umu!!! She's never quite had someone's chin rest on her head like this, but she likes it! Nero hugs back. ]

Perfect! Wonderful!

[ But it's still way warmer than a human's touch. ]

Is it an ability of yours? Some self-modification skill, perhaps?
hypertoxic: (pic#12162373)

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-11-28 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Another sigh, this one even quieter, but now she smiles, just a little bit. She shrugs the jacket back on. ]

Deal.

[ She'll shift, moving over till she can lean against him. ]

... trolls are given to terrible nightmares. It's something that is simply inherent to our species. The dead don't need to sleep, so mostly I just ... don't. Ever.

[ Imagine, never being able to rest? ]

My planet never got this cold, anywhere, ever. I didn't think it would affect me as badly as it has, to be honest.
organfarm: (✚ 015)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-28 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm? Is that such a bad thing to ask ... ?

[ He says it with a low laugh, but he's really only partly joking. It's not like he has a lot of experience with schoolyard-type romantic gossip, so he'd just assumed. Incorrectly, apparently.

At least he knows better than to push the issue, glancing outside as he changes the subject a little. ]
Um, I guess you're right though, that there's lots of people who're really incredible even if they're just a regular human. I know there's people like that here, too! Though I guess that just makes me worry a bit more about how everyone's dealing with the cold ...
organfarm: (✚ 008)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-28 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I dunno if I'd call them supplies, exactly, but I passed by what looked like a kitchen earlier and it looked like there was stuff there? So we can go check it out?

[ He starts down the hallway, and gestures for Maribelle to follow; he's careful to make sure she keeps up. ]

It wasn't far from here.
organfarm: (✚ 015)

[personal profile] organfarm 2018-11-28 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, mine! It's mine, there's no way I'd get it from someone else! [ He laughs awkwardly, flapping a hand in denial. ] Now that I think about it, I guess it does look a little creepy, huh ... I was getting kinda tired from the digging, so I might not have thought that through.

[ Jion sits up and scrunches up smaller deeper inside the trench before giving Nero a little nod. ]

Um, you can come in if you want, though? It's kinda cramped, but it's definitely warmer than out there.
good_ideas: (geez || kinda worried. maybe. sorta.)

[personal profile] good_ideas 2018-11-28 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
...Then just come over here and sit down with me. [Against her own embarrassment, she even opens up one corner of her blanket to accommodate Maribelle.]
good_ideas: (geez || that kind of relationship)

[personal profile] good_ideas 2018-11-28 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[That is absolutely valid since she is a brat. But she's never going to admit to that.]

I did nothing-

[And she's sure she absolutely doesn't deserve to be hoisted up like a stack of potatoes, one hand coming up to smack him in the side.]

Hey! Who carries a young lady like this?! [She's complaining already.]
good_ideas: (evil || yeah I really don't care)

[personal profile] good_ideas 2018-11-28 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Shiho doesn't want to choke her. But she also doesn't want to hit the floor and with her hand holding the hood she has at least some inkling of Vriska's intentions thanks to her psychometry.

So she lets go. Have fun hitting that ice, Vriska.]


I know a little. [For one, she's seen the fate of a lot of cold case victims.]
good_ideas: (evil || oh my gosh that's like)

[personal profile] good_ideas 2018-11-28 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Hm~

[She's still not coming closer.]

Is it that obvious?

[Except right after that she sneezes even if she tries to cover it up with a cough right after.]
trepidate: <user name=vertebral> (24.)

[personal profile] trepidate 2018-11-28 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ Later, they'll actually be able to appreciate the way that Cairngorm is such a careful person. From the safekeeping of their shards to the studying of the storybooks in the library to make sense of everything, it's exactly the sort of thing keeping their end of this partnership from teetering into the deep end.

When that gratitude isn't stuck under a thick layer of ice, Phos will remember to express it. For now, they can barely manage to look at Cairngorm when even moving their eyes feels like dragging impossibly heavy weights. ]


You.

[ That's a question, even without the right tone. But if it's permission Cairngorm needs, Phos can't- wouldn't- say no to reversing this curse. ]
bisection: (Babies turn blue when they're ignored)

[personal profile] bisection 2018-11-28 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ They're both very kind. It's a lot to take in. Sometimes, the quality of the friends he's made hits him right in the gut. ]

They will warm up soon, Kisa. I am sure.

[ It's hard to let them fuss over him, but he's feeling weak and doesn't have the energy to fight their efforts. He looks up at Minato when the coat is draped over him. He looks concerned. ]

But you will be cold instead, Minato.
heartsteals: (in just one dance)

[personal profile] heartsteals 2018-11-28 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Your master...?

[ that gets him to tilt his head a bit, looking a little perturbed (his first thought is that she's a slave, and he strongly disapproves), but he stops himself from pressing the question further. There's something important he's forgetting. ]

Sorry. I'm asking you all these questions, and I haven't even introduced myself. Just terrible. My name is Arsène Lupin - just Lupin is fine. [ he reaches up to tip his hat with a gentlemanly flourish. ] Might I have the honor of knowing yours?