Snowball fight -- party post!

[no_mere_marble]

Contrary to popular belief, there is snow in the higher mountains of Greece and Asia Minor in winter.

When Antinoos came in from sweltering Thebes tonight and found snow outside, he got himself warm clothes like a Greek hunter or Roman soldier in winter would wear, and ran right outside. He had missed snow!

Now he's out there, enjoying the snow and the cold, and acting, for once, exactly as young as he is. After a while, he finds that he can't resist the idea of surprising some poor unfortunate (he's outside, so it's no violence, right), and when a somewhat small and scruffy fellow comes outside, he gets a soft, large snowball right in the face, from a safe position twenty yards away, in the bushes.

Ned Poins, however, is well versed with ambushes, so he spots soon where the attack came from, and gathers snow to retaliate, running towards the shrubbery -- and so, the battle is joined, and soon, there is a big white-and-brown dog yelping excitedly, and a big, blond Scotsman grinning widely and waiting to decide which side to take.

However, when you come outside today, you might get caught in the crossfire; or perhaps you'd like to join the battle just for the fun of it?



[[OOC: Party post -- tag in, then splat somebody else! Have at! Open until the weekend ends. Snowball fight as per this post.]]
[[ETA: Gone to bed now -- please threadhop and have the snowball fight among yourselves! Thanks!]]

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[againsttherules]

There's a new contender involved.

The other two might not have noticed him yet, but Jack, in some fresh civvies came out the door just in time to see the first snowball. He promptly went back indoors for a proper winter coat and gloves, before coming out to have a bit of fun.

He's now down by the lake, amongst the boulders there, from which he launches a short snow storm of snowballs at the pair of them.

[poins]

Indeed, there is another one attacking, and one of his fine balls hits Poins upon his back, so he will try to flush out the new contender, also!

[againsttherules]

Jack does his best to avoid getting hit, but sometimes glancing deflections can be very annoying. Either way, he's soon out of snow in the immediately local area, so he needs to move again. Hence, launching another barrage to try to prevent any return fire as he darts away.

[waco_jim]

A cowboy in mittens, body wrapped in an absurd number of layers, has joined the fray.

The first wave of snowballs rains down upon all parties from above like fire from an A-10 attack plane. One would expect nothing less from the Waco Kid.

[scots_wolf]

The tall Scotsman with the dog bends to pick up some snow and find out where that new wave of attack comes from.

Perhaps now is a good time to join the fray.

[waco_jim]

He may have to look up - it's coming from the branches of a nearby pine tree. Another barrage descends from on high.

[visible_sariel]

Product of the tropics that she is, Sariel is not a huge fan of snow and cold. That doesn't mean she entirely avoids the outdoors when it gets to be winter in Milliways, however.

There's a curly-haired woman in warm winter layers inbound, coming from the bar's back door.

Look out, ensign...

[no_mere_marble]

Because the snowballs are coming!

Antinoos hits her by accident, and just says 'Ooops' in case she doesn't want to take part.

[visible_sariel]

Dun dun, dun dun, dun dun...

"Ah!" That, Antinoos, is the sound of a Starfleet officer getting splatted by a snowball. It explodes in a powdery *poof* against her arm, and leaves her looking bemusedly down at her coat sleeve for a second or so.

Normally, she isn't the snowball fighting sort. It's questionable whether she's been involved in one before; wrong part of the world, when she's on Earth. But it... does look fun...

The snowball she sends back might be a bit clumsily made, but its trajectory is distinctly better than its construction. Wheeeeee...!

[friend_of_lucy]

Tumnus was not expecting Milliways to have as much snow when he went outside and he dodges a snowball with a smile.

This is one of the good parts of the season and he moves behind a tree, blocking some snowballs with his umbrella and tossing one out into the fray, it ends up in Sariel's direction.

[visible_sariel]

The snowball ends up being a narrow miss, but when something goes whizzing past your ear, you're going to notice. "Ooh..." Now where did that come from?

Somebody's moving slowly in the direction of your tree, Tumnus, and they have a snowball or two in hand before long.

[says_the_booyah]

Cy can never resist a snowball fight.

OK, that isn't true. Winter gear often leaves him feeling clumsy. And there isn't much snow in the Jump City area.

But sometimes you just have to play in the snow. All he needs is a good target.

[poins]

Pelting an armed knight with snow, Poins knows, will not be that much profit.

But on the other hand, the joints get rusty -- and thus, Ned Poins looses a volley of snow at the new-comer.

[janisthorn]

Leela approaches the scene cautiously, dressed in a self-made fur coat and boots.

Her face twists in confusion. "...What is this?"

[says_the_booyah]

There comes a distant "BOOYAH" from behind a tree twenty feet away. And a large mass of snow heading right towards the woman!

[gavin62truck]

Tommy is grouchy today.

Somehow, he's made it outside and escaped Bar's attempt at wishing him a happy birthday. That would've made him even grouchier, to be honest.

But it's no big deal. He just needs a cigarette.

Except that he's not supposed to have one. But he's going to light one up anyway.

Screw the snow.

[ikissdhimbck]

The nice thing about falling snow is that it makes everything softer, quieter.

Such as the approach of the woman sneaking up behind him on cat's paw.

She's not all that practiced at making a proper snowball, so the thing that hits Tommy between his shoulders is flimsy, exploding in a shower of fluff almost immediately.

It's not the technique that counts, it's the challenge.

[ikissdhimbck]

Kate had a feeling it was going to snow today. It's really starting to accumulate now, and the hotblooded Texan is fighting with the delighted little girl inside of her. It's cold.

But it's so pretty.

She's hanging back by the paddocks, just enjoying the winter wonderland, when she notices the fracas. Wide blue eyes take it all in. It's been ... well. It's been a long time since she's played in the snow.


[ooc: oh please, somebody annihilate her. ^__^ May be slow during days, but should be around weeknights/weekend.]

[says_the_booyah]

"Boooooyah!"

SPLAT

[scots_wolf]

She may not have much of a choice -- soon, Franz the dog comes running, with a stick in his mouth and lots of snow in his fur, jumping excitedly.

[not_his_pa]

William loves the snow and he's also near the paddock and yells at her, "Hey, Miss Kate."

When she turns, she'll get a well aimed snowball at her chest.

[justdyedit]

Jessica may be a California girl, but snow is always fun. She's in her civies today; a brown flannel shirt, blue jeans and a black wool pea coat, which she buttons up once she gets near enough to see the snow balls flying.

With a wicked grin, she leaps into a tree to look for a target as she makes her first snow ball.

[no_mere_marble]

Antinoos is in the middle of the fray, but he can spare a glance for the figure leaping into the tree.

And perhaps a snowball.

[a1enzo]

Enzo needs no winter clothing, but he has grabbed a surgical mask (of the more rigid variety) from the infirmary to keep the snow out of his mouth.

You know what they say about sprites with big hands... Big snowballs!

[ikissdhimbck]

You know what they say about tiny, sneaky cowgirls.

Surprise attack masters!



Kate hits him between the shoulders with a perfect 'curveball'; a technique she's only just learned moments ago.