( 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

[p66]

[ It's a good-natured joke, so she'll take it with a laugh. ]

There should be a uniform in your quarters. Did you claim a room for yourself yet, Maya? I could go with you as a guide if you'd like.

[ The girl looks like she could use a hot drink, too. ]

[feytality]

[Reika's not wrong.....]

You were supposed to claim a room? Geez, this is all so official... [Looks like Maya did nothing but play with her magitek, so thankfully, Reika's here]

You really know a lot about this stuff, huh...? Are you part of Alicetar?

[p66]

[ Apparently not. Well, it's time to engage Mom Mode (TM). ]

Yeah. You can sleep there at night and put your things in it. [ She doesn't have hers since she's staying with Julius, but... shhh. ] Let's go. Or do you want to stay and play a little more?

[ Maya doesn't even pronounce ALASTAIR properly... did someone forget to give her an introduction, or something? ]

I've been here a few weeks. There are others who've been here much longer, though.

[feytality]

[More like Maya paid only 10% attention to the whole thing...... Too long, did not listen]

Nah, I'm good. I can whoop these guys' butts later, let's get some cool uniforms and stuff!

[Maya tilts her head curiously]

Like... a month? That much longer?

[p66]

Okay.

[ She sets off at an easy pace towards the quarters. ]

More like a year and then some, I think. [ Very long, in her opinion. ] Do you like hot chocolate, Maya?

[feytality]

A year? [Maya toddles along after her, but frowns at that.] Nah, that can't be right. That's way too long to be stuck here!

[A couple of weeks, a month, maybe, but could people really be here for years? Maya can't afford to stay here for that long. She has to become a full-fledged medium and go back to Nick!]

[But: Reika distracts her right out of that train of thought with the mention of it]

Hot chocolate is perfect for this kind of weather! Are you saying they have some at the castle thingy?

[p66]

[ She'll bring up the year later. It seems Maya is still in her adjustment period. ]

There's a kitchen for us to use. I'll make you some later.

[ It's a short walk to their destination, so they still have some time to chat. ]

[feytality]

You will...?

[Well, if Reika wants to, Maya's not going to question it. People here are oddly nice to her, she doesn't really know what to do with it] Alright! This is gonna be the best tour ever!

[p66]

Yep.

[ It's always better to make friends through gestures, that's what she believes. ]

Where do you come from, Maya?

[feytality]

Weeell... I dunno if you've heard of it, but it's way up in the mountains! Kurain Village. Kinda close to LA.

[In West Japanifornia, born and raised.....!]

What about you, um.... [She's just now realizing she never got Reika's name]

[p66]

[ What's LA... ]

Reika Kagura. I'm from Japan. It's known as the Far East in my time, though.

[ More people seem to know it by 'Japan' than that name, so there's that. ]

I think we're here. Some of the rooms are empty, just pick an empty one and take the key hanging inside.

[feytality]

Nice to meet you, Ms. Kagura. Um... Reika? [She clasps her hands together and bows her head together by way of hello. But also:]

In your time? Are you saying you're from the ancient past? [But Maya does know some about Japan, since her family came from there.]

Is that really all I need to do? I don't need to.. sign something, or something?

[Maya opens a random room and peers in... huh, this is so informal]

[p66]

Just Reika is okay. I'm from the 2070s, which I think is in the future for most.

[ Anyway... ]

There aren't any forms, yes. It's very strange, but the rooms are keyed to you once you go in and take the key, so...? I'm not sure how it works myself, but it does.

[ She hasn't done it before due to sharing with Julius, but that's what she's heard. ]

[feytality]

Seriously?! You're a time traveler?!

[Sure, sure, finding a place to live, but before that Reika's going to be barraged with a million questions]

Do you have robot samurai in the future?!

[p66]

Not exactly. I think we come from different versions of Earth.

[ She doesn't want to break it to Maya that Earth becomes a ruin in the future. It's not a pleasant thought. ]

Do you like robot samurai?

[feytality]

You mean a lame alternate earth that doesn't have robots?

[But that's still pretty cool.] What's it like? Do you have spaceships yet?

[Don't ask Maya about samurai, Reika...] All samurai are awesome! But robot ones fit with the whole 'future' thing, so sure.

[p66]

[ That might sound kind of insulting, but she knows Maya doesn't mean it. Robots are kind of a nice concept. ]

We do have some sort of robots, but they're more of cyborgs, I think? Not pure metal. [ Gently ignoring the spaceship question now... ] Is that how the future looks like, in your world?

[feytality]

[Reika, so gracious with this motormouth and her lack of tact.....]

Nah, that's just what I see in movies all the time. So they're like... manmachines?!

[p66]

[ Maya isn't the first motormouth she's met. It's even a little endearing. ]

That sounds amazing. [ Steering Maya into an empty room now... ] What do they do?

[ Look, there's a key! This should work. ]

[feytality]

You know, kick butt! Don't they do that in your future?

[It sure does!! Looks like Reika's done her civic duty... flee while you can, Reika]

[p66]

Law enforcement, you mean? Well, our cyborgs aren't that standard yet...

[ What is fleeing when you have a young lady to feed... anyways, they'll probably head off to the kitchens now because boy Maya needs a hot drink. And then much Maya nattering was had. ]