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
poeticverses: (Grand Scheme of Things)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-10 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that is his name. A strangely French name for a British dragon.

[But hey, he's not going to ask]

And when are there tangents we are eager to avoid?
lecentre: (shock)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-10 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Pardon? A dragon?

[Are you ill, Jehan? Do you hear what you're speaking of?]

There may be none, but one must always be prepared.
poeticverses: (For LaMarque!)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-10 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
True. And you heard me--Temeraire is a dragon, and Combeferre has spoken to him as well so this isn't some flight of fancy or delusion of mine.
lecentre: (with all the anger in the land)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-10 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I heard you, yes, but I find it difficult to believe. A British dragon?
poeticverses: (Do Not Mess With Me)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-10 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed. Napoleon apparently has one as well.
lecentre: (red!)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-14 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
He would, wouldn't he?

[If anyone were to have a dragon, it would be Bonaparte.]
poeticverses: (Grand Scheme of Things)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-14 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. She is not a very nice dragon, either. Thankfully, Temeraire does not hate all Frenchmen, just that one. I pray Pontmercy never meets him.
lecentre: (music of a people)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-14 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That's lucky for us, I suppose. It wouldn't do to be enemies with a dragon over something Bonaparte did.

[He chuckles a little and shakes his head.]

No, I can just imagine it now... Though I think he would back down from the debate with a dragon sooner than he would with Enjolras.
poeticverses: (Excited)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-14 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I imagine Temeraire would put an end to his argument faster than Combeferre! He would simply have to look at Pontmercy and he'd be silenced.
lecentre: (Default)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-14 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm tempted, now, to see this happen should Pontmercy ever arrive. I hesitate to even warn him of the consequences, in that case.
poeticverses: (Shy)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-14 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You are terrible, mon ami. I almost wish he would show up, now.
lecentre: (music of a people)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-14 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
In my defense, I was hoping for him to show up before I concocted this wicked plan. This only makes me yearn for my dear friend even more.
poeticverses: (Grantaire and Jehan)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-14 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I confess, I haven't the faintest idea how you were able to put up with the man for so long. He seemed nice enough, politics aside, but...
lecentre: (red!)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-14 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw something in him the rest of you hadn't managed to find yet. That is all.
poeticverses: (Focused)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-14 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish we all had your talent for that, Courfeyrac. I imagine the world would be a much more pleasant place.
lecentre: (red!)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-14 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Then it wouldn't be a talent, would it?

[He grins and nudges the poet a little.]

And then how would I make myself useful?
poeticverses: (Happy)

[personal profile] poeticverses 2013-03-14 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Surely you have more talents! Your ability to charm your way into any woman's good graces, for one.
lecentre: (damn girl)

[personal profile] lecentre 2013-03-14 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Not as useful for the revolution, but yes. That's another, I suppose.