( open ) no gloves

[competing]

CHARACTERS: anyone? everyone!
DATE: jan. 8
WARNINGS: rough housing, dirty cheats, occasional profanity, copious amounts of snow puns i'm sure
SUMMARY: lance organized a snowball tag event and now everyone can hate him for it

[ the time has come. the day you have all been waiting for. today... we dine in snow hell heck.

or so you've been promised, anyway. whether you believe it or not, whether you decide to make the most of it or not, today is team audentes' annual (that's right, it's tradition now) game of SNOWBALL TAG! teams have been assigned, messaged, and given their team ribbons*. all were told to meet at their designated spots to go over battle plans, practice the team motto/battle cry, or just generally try and get a good idea of who you probably shouldn't be aiming for. the battle begins at high noon (shout out to mccree i love you bruh) and ends when there is only one team left standing...

the rules are as follows!! ]

1. no biting, eye-gouging, fish-hooking
2. no aiming below the belt
3. only hits to count are those that land in the torso region, front or back
4. three hits and you're out
5. seriously you're out WE'RE GOING BY AN HONOR SYSTEM OKAY
6. no cheating!
7. but feel free to make use of the terrain
8. battle grounds stretch from the lake to the forest and all around the exterior of the castle area
9. "friendly fire" totally counts so make sure you know who you're aiming for
10. have fun!! :)
[ *some team names and mottos had to be altered due to inappropriateness or just too dang long man i just asked for a soundbite yeesh. ]

TEAM TEAM VOLTRON	TEAM NO	TEAM CREW PROFANITIES
"I JUST SAW BALLS!"	"I'M SORRY, THAT WAS AWFUL!"	"FRICK THEM UP!"
RIBBON COLOR: ORANGE	RIBBON COLOR: PURPLE	RIBBON COLOR: PINK
Ramir	Zenyatta	Fiona
Chihiro	Sigma	Graham
Nami	Keats	Giovanni
Feferi	Peter	Peridot
McCree	Alice	Motochika
Stiles	Hanzo	Rhys
Keith	Sonia	Elizabeth
Kagari	Vaughn	Lance

( ooc; this log is open to EVERYBODY, whether you are actually part of the game or not. feel free to have your character be an innocent by-stander, an unaffiliated mercenary, a rogue warrior for justice, etc! characters are also not bound to the team assignments, though do expect lance to very loudly BOO! at your character if he ever finds out hmph >:'c )

Comments

elizabeth ( open )

[brooches]

go team crew profanities
[ Snow was a lot colder than she remembered. Of course, only getting it on her balcony in Columbia, Elizabeth had limited exposure to it. She's freezing and it's not until she's in the neck of it that she scrambling to keep her teeth from chattering.

But, Elizabeth does in fact bode well as a team mate. She's active, scurrying around as much as possible to dodge snowballs and toss her own. Whether she hits someone or not remains to be seen but for her team? She forgoes any concern. ]

H-Hey! Look out!

[ The shot is easy: someone is aiming at her teammate with a snowball and as it slow motion sails through the air, Elizabeth lunges forward and tackles her teammate (fairly hard, actually). The snowball narrowly misses but you have a girl laying ontop of you, team Crew Profanities. ]

They didn't hit you, did they?!

[ As Liz just sacked you, sorry. ]



cheater mccheater pants
A. - team

[ So, Elizabeth is definitely going to take advantage of her powers here. As the snow on her teams side is kind of dwindling, they'll see a static gray glow nearby. The glow is timid, but when one gets close, they'll see a large stack of neatly placed snowballs. Elizabeth, of course, was nearby. ]

They're real, trust me. [ She offers in the heat of an epic game of snowball tag when the numbers were becoming more scarce. Her hand pushes through the gray rift, grabbing a snowball and "pulling" it into their world. ] Just make good use of them!

B. - opposing teams
[ Caught red-handed with her pile of snowballs, Elizabeth waves her hand defensively. She's defensively curling one snowball in her hand, looking back and forth between the accuser who says this ~reality bending power~ was cheating. It soooo isn't. ]

No, there's nothing - there's no rule against this! It's not cheating! Is it?


elimination
[ Elizabeth is tired, cold, and now eliminated. As she stumbles to the sidelines, she's taking a breath. Luckily for her, there was ample amount of hot chocolate and coffee for those to keep warm with. Elizabeth is a bit quiet, watching the last bit unfold. ]

So... having fun? I mean - I think I busted my elbow, but this is... nice. [ Nice! Not depressing! ] I'm enjoying it.

TACKLIN'

[slapfight]

[Peridot goes down like a sack of potatoes making a variety of agitated noises, flailing and slapping, having not quite grasped the fact that she's been rescued by a teammate. it's a reflex. sorry, liz.

after a moment, her hindbrain stops going on overdrive and her logic starts to work again, allowing her to access the situation and look up. ah. this is one of her teammates.]

Affirmative. The only thing that hit me was you. Hnngh. [the gratitude will come later.

maybe.]

[brooches]

[ It takes her a few moments but Elizabeth is finally pushing away from Peridot with a groan on her own end. She sits onto her knees, a tiny bit dazed as their teammates "cover" them. They weren't sitting ducks. ]

Sorry! The one with the brown hair - he was aiming right at you...

[ Elizabeth looks extremely apologetic, but she finally stands up, offering a hand to her teammate. ]

How many have you taken out so far?

[slapfight]

[Peridot accepts her hand up, and starts brushing snow off herself with her free one.]

Four or five. My targeting improved once I started putting coins in the frozen water balls so I can maneuver them with my metal powers.

[that's cheating, Peridot.]

[brooches]

H-Holy smokes... That many? I think I got one.

[ Look, she's not the best at assault okay. But, when Peridot mentions the coins, she's perking a brow. ]

U-Uh... won't that hurt them upon impact?

[ SHE'S 2SPOOKED TO ASK ABOUT METAL POWERS. Give her a second. ]

crew profanities!

[ofobedience]

[It's still a little strange to him, too. The word of the Above may have been steeped in perpetual winter, but down deep underground, in a place where no natural light or air is able to reach, snow had been as alien to him as many of the sights he's seen since his recruitment with ALASTAIR. He can handle the cold better than most though, even if he can still feel it, and as such he's been participating with both energy and tactical skill (even if he does happen to throw those snowballs just a little too hard).

What is surprising, however, is having someone slam into him out of nowhere and tackle him to the ground. For all his inhuman strength he still goes down easily enough, thuds into the snow with a muffled thump and looks up with some confusion at the woman now sprawled on top of him.]

...No. Only you, it would seem.

[brooches]

[ In the few seconds it took for her to realize her actions were a bit too impulsive. She acted without really thinking - her body just booked itto try and make a save. Whatever tactics she was having - stay near the back and aim when her team was "reloading"... it was thrown out as her body spears the man.

Once the initial shock was over and her apologies were endless, she sits up and moves to the side, scrambling to show some true remorse for her action. ]

I didn't mean to - I thought snow would be a lot softer... and also, I... didn't think that far ahead.

[ofobedience]

[She scrambles off him and he pushes himself up with palms pressed flat to the snowy ground, sitting now rather than sprawled out on his back at least. But he laughs, just a few clipped syllables, doesn't seem especially concerned once the initial surprise bleeds out of him.]

Ah, well. It didn't hurt. Though perhaps you could try simply calling out, next time.

[brooches]

[ There's an awkward sprawl across her lips. This is all new to her - fancying talking with people, but accidentally tackling them in the process? The words fall a bit short. ]

O-Oh! Right. I'll be less physical and more proactive with calling out. I'm Elizabeth, and I'm sorry you were on the brunt of my flightiness.

cheater mccheater pants - a

[competing]

[ lance can only stare at the strange gray cloud thing, watching as his teammate pulls out a very tangible, very real snowball. it doesn't yet occur to him to take the proffered item, mind still working its way around what is definitely magic happening right now.

i mean.

technically.

technically, it's not against the rules. ]

So that just... that just happens around you.

[ technically. ]

[brooches]

[ Like this RNG favoritism didn't benefit him!!! His whole team had access to a cache of perfectly formed and firm snowballs with the right shape to really do some damage.

Elizabeth is ready to throw one snowball but stops mid reel back, looking at Lance a bit nervously. ]

Uh... happens? No. It's not - I created it, rather. We were running low and since... well, everyone else has used their powers!

[ is it cheating if other people are cheating? ]

[competing]

[ lance throws his hands up when her voice hitches in nervousness, attempting to calm her. ]

Hey, I'm not complaining! Just... [ he gestures vaguely at it, uncertain smile going a bit crooked. ]

Never seen anything like it before, you know? What is it?

[brooches]

[ She picks up on his nervousness - it mimics her own. Hers channels more directly with a fidget of her fingers and as she tosses the snowball - hitting no one in particular, mind you - she focuses back to him. ]

It's ... I call it a tear. I can control them and show things... that might be. [ Vaguely, but she clarifies a bit: ] Or would have been in another universe.

cheater b;

[weatherscience]

Of course it is!!

[ Nami waves her finger at the floating pile of snowballs... before grinning brightly at Elizabeth. wait, what? ]

I like it! It's not really a game until you use everything you have to win, right? [ the statement comes accompanied by a wink... it's not like she hasn't been cheating at every available opportunity, too. it's just the nature of the game! why play if you're not going to cheat, right? ]

[brooches]

[ Wait... Someone from the opposite team - instead of absolutely creaming her and taking her out, said something nice? It was a gesture that was a little unheard... the woman wasn't trying to eliminate her so strictly. ]

Wait - no! It's not cheating if everyone is doing as such. [ She calls out, trying to explain herself. ] That simply means there's a new set of rules... that everyone subconsciously unanimously agreed upon!

[weatherscience]

A new set of rules...?

[ she tilts her head, mulling over this. somehow it just doesn't sound right... ]

Eh, that's too complicated! Why are you acting like cheating is bad? It's not cheating if everyone does it! [ as if to prove her point, Nami twirls the strange-looking staff in her hand, declaring brightly, ] Hatch! Heat egg!

[ said egg (that looks more like a strange, floating sphere that glows faintly red), immediately takes off and slides through the air towards the snowball pile... and the closer it comes, the more the snow seems to start melting.

yes, it's quite literally a heat egg. ]

elimination

[feytality]

[Well, Maya isn't even playing, but that doesn't stop her from gorging herself on hot chocolate]

Yeah, it was pretty fun! I've never seen a big snowball fight like this.

[And then she sips her hot chocolate too quickly and burns her tongue]

-Ow!

[brooches]

[ It seems they were both in the same boat, definitely finding comfort with the hot chocolate. ]

Really? Everyone seemed so familiar with it, I thought I was the only one who didn't have a clue what I was do - [ And then, Maya dun goofed and she shoots a worried look. ] Miss?! That's hot! It-It's in the name. Please be careful.

[feytality]

Well... you throw snowballs. I know that much! [Except for one particular detail: Maya is a fatty]

[Maya sticks her tongue out when burned, wincing, then... bends down to put snow on her tongue]

[That's gonna help, surely]

Blurgh!

elimination

[digophelia]

[ For the rest of the evening, Alice will be wondering how she was dragged into a middle of a snowball fight. It was a poor choice on her part, walking out in the middle of it. How easily persuaded she was by her friends to be pulled into it. And, suffice to say, it was actually fun.

Fun was a foreign concept to Alice, who really never had any sort of playmates of fun of her own as a child. But like any social gatherings, once Alice is out and eliminated, she doesn't put up much of a fuss.

Other than trying to shake out any leftover snow in her long hair before it becomes too wet. Alice is only half-paying attention to the person she happenstance plopped next to. But from the voice, she's relieved that it's another woman. Though with any new person, Alice is weary of them and doesn't respond right away.

Eventually, Alice pauses, peering through her long, mussed hair. ]

How did you bust your elbow?

[ Being that most of Alice's life was wrought with tragedy, she was afraid to entertain the idea of "fun". ]

[brooches]

[ The company was appreciated. Elizabeth was catching her breath and definitely enjoying the abundance of little actions everyone pulled. Fair or unfair - she certainly had fun... it had been so long since she last saw snow and here she was, gingerly rubbing her foot against the half-melted snowball in front of her.

She gingerly rubs at her elbow, forcing a laugh even if she winces. ]

I'm not quite sure - if I'm to be honest. It may be between tackling Peridot or when I tripped on my own shoelaces...

[ There's a pause. ]

I - er... I made contact with the ground quiet a bit...

[digophelia]

[ Thankfully, she didn't take any falls (not that... Alice was slightly cheating or anything) and can't say she scuffed herself. ]

Tackling...?

[ She doesn't really look like the type. But neither does she and neither does Alice look like she's the type to really be rough or violent, at all. Ah, well- ]

It isn't bruised, is it?

cheatin' - a

[cachemoney]

[This is a) alarming and b) really cool, all at the same time. Fiona is not quite sure how to feel, so she hovers somewhere in the middle, tentatively sticking her hand into the rift and just... waving it around in there. Like you do.]

This isn't going to cause some kind of temporal disaster, is it? Like... will I wake up tomorrow and everyone is lizard people, or.

[brooches]

[ Fiona's question catches her off guard, but truthfully - how could it not? Lizard people? Oh my God. ]

No! I - I mean, that is to say I don't think so? It hasn't caused one before.... [ Now she's worried. ] Adding snowballs to a snowball fight won't have a heavy impact in the timeline.

[cachemoney]

[I don't think so, that is super comforting and great, good to hear. She instantly pulls her hand out of the rift like it just burned her, cradling it.] You don't-- where are they coming from?