wintershepherd: (windswept)
Jack Frost ([personal profile] wintershepherd) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-03-07 08:05 pm

[OPEN EVENT] Weekend Winter Wonderland

Characters: All?
Date: March 8th-11th
Location: All of Keeliai
Situation: It's been a stressful month thus far for a lot of people, but Jack is determined to Make All The Happy and decides he needs to get back to his wintery roots by giving the city a proper snowing.
Warnings/Rating: People high on snow glitter?
NOTES: Actionspam OR prose, whatever is preferred! (Settings were just easier to prose.) Make your own thread headers if none of these suit! ♥



Jack had spent the last three hours balanced motionlessly on the top of a flagpole, head tilted back as he listened to the wind and the sound of the city below. Where is Winter? it asked. I'm here! the spirit replied, but he knew it didn't mean his physical presence. He'd had too much on his mind and too much in his heart and in that sense he had indeed been absent these last few weeks.

Eyes closed and thoughtlessly trusting, he tipped forward into open air, letting the wind catch him and hurl him upward into the misty cloud cover that scudded across the stars tonight. At his touch they thickened, fat and pale grey against the indigo backdrop and Jack swirled them up, the motions so ingrained in him they felt just like breathing. In the small hours of the morning snowflakes began to fall on the sleeping city, specks at first but then quickly becoming heavier.

Now with a fresh canvas to work with, Jack was really in his element. He could never have done something like this back home, not anywhere in his world. It would have been too strange, too inexplicable, drawn too much attention. But here on the turtle, things were different. There wasn't really a semblance of normal and Jack poured his imagination and heart into the things he wanted most to share, and from the snow rose gleaming swirls of snow and blue light, forming things of exceptional detail and delight.

By the time the sun rose, a solid three feet of the snow had blanketed the city, glistening and crisp and Jack went rocketing down the streets, rapping on doors and windows to leave spirals of frost on every surface.

"Whooohoo! Snow day! Get up sleepyheads, everyone come out and play!"


THREAD STARTERS
Ice Skating | Snowball Battle | Sledding Hill | Ice Cityscapes | Kids Playground | OOC Plot Post
imaginate: ([lantern] doves)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-03-08 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks completely bewildered for a second, and then laughs, because she made a joke, it was funny, and therefore he should laugh.

He begins to tug the sled up the hill.]
This way!
Edited (I CAN READ) 2013-03-08 03:58 (UTC)
thewaythatiam: (look to the sky (default))

[personal profile] thewaythatiam 2013-03-08 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ One of the advantages of darker skin, she's found, is that when she blushes it is not as obviously apparent as with lighter-skinned people, especially to lighter skinned people.

It's not an embarrassed blush in this situation, though, as it so often was growing up, and instead is a flush of pleasure that she rarely experiences.

She appreciates it when people catch her jokes.
]

The statistical probabilities of injury while sledding is extremely high, for something that children are allowed to do unsupervised. [ As she climbs up the hill behind him ]
imaginate: ([lantern] cruising)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-03-08 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
The probability of serious injuries is not that high. Don't worry, you're perfectly safe with me. [He's ahead of her, and he waves cheerfully from where he is in the middle of climbing before continuing onwards.]
thewaythatiam: (about to be brave)

[personal profile] thewaythatiam 2013-03-08 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
It is responsible for an average 90,000 reported injuries annually in the United States alone, and over half that number are children. I believe most people would consider the statistical probability of injury to be quite high.

[ As she reaches the top, she looks out around them - it really is a nice view, if nothing else. ]

It will be an interesting experience, I am sure.
imaginate: ([ion] woohoo)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-03-08 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He shrugs. Well, one can't really argue with solid numbers now, can they. He surveys the hill too, before he gets on the sled and gestures to her to sit down, leaving some space between them.] Ready?
thewaythatiam: (deer in the headlights)

[personal profile] thewaythatiam 2013-03-08 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Astrid settles gingerly on the sled and takes a deep calming breath.

She is NOT scared of sledding. She is a Fringe agent.
]

Yes.
imaginate: (kyle ☇ look here)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-03-08 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives her a few seconds to catch her breath, and then decides maybe prolonging the wait isn't a good idea, like when you're sitting on top of a rollercoaster.

So he pushes off and they gather speed going down the hill.]
WOOHOO YEAH!
thewaythatiam: (big adorable smile)

[personal profile] thewaythatiam 2013-03-08 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ She screams as they go down, from the sudden adrenaline rush more than anything. They hit a bump at the bottom of the hill and Astrid (at least) goes sprawling into a snowbank.

And something about the snow, creeping down her shirt getting in her hair and face, gives her a rush of... excitement. Of fun. She can't remember the last time she felt quite like this. She pushes up out of the snow and shakes it out of her hair, breaking into a wide smile and letting out a small... well, it can only be called a giggle, really.
]

That was extremely enjoyable, may we do it again?
imaginate: (lantern ☇ make my day)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-03-08 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Kyle has fallen off the sled too, and he is laughing when he gets up and goes to the sled.] Sure, as many times as you want.
thewaythatiam: (big adorable smile)

[personal profile] thewaythatiam 2013-03-15 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ she stands and brushes herself off, though not too thoroughly ] I believe at least twice more will be necessary. Perhaps more. For research.

[ Totally research. ]
imaginate: ([lantern] :D)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-03-15 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Sledding for science. I should put up a sign. [He is tugging it back up the slope, waving at her to follow him.]
thewaythatiam: (big adorable smile)

[personal profile] thewaythatiam 2013-03-15 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
It would have the potential for more efficient data gathering. [ More people sledding! ] And also add many variables that would be difficult to account for.

[ not that she'd mind! She's still smiling, if not as HUGE AND WIDE, as she follows him up the hill. She's not quite running - she doesn't like to run - but she's moving a little looser than usual as she climbs ]

Have you done this often?
imaginate: ([lantern] team green)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-03-15 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe I should put up a video recorder so you can analyse the footage later. [He's noticing the loosening up. VICTORY!] Not as often as I'd like. I have a pretty demanding job.
thewaythatiam: (look to the sky (default))

[personal profile] thewaythatiam 2013-03-15 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
I believe such action would contaminate the data. [ aka - it would ruin the moment ] Do not bother.

As do I. You have never told me what you do precisely. [ though she has some theories ]
imaginate: ([kyle] okay??)

[personal profile] imaginate 2013-03-15 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Slight eyebrow raise until he gets it. Oh.] I work for a magazine, in NYC.

[Evasion, a little. He doesn't doubt her trustworthiness, but he's trying to keep a cap on how many people know since more Leaguers are showing up and he has to keep the circle small. Even so, he's starting to doubt actually keeping this secret is going to do any good at all in the long run.]