The Great Snow Battle Machine Battle

[is_the_motion]

Outside there is a fresh fall of snow, and it's time for the Scouts to compete in a snow battle. They've had just under two weeks to design and prepare a non-electric machine to throw snow as far as possible.

Bonnie has drawn a line in the snow for them to line their machines up to, and erected the two Patrol's banners for them to compete under.

"All right, let the game begin." she says, getting her trundle wheel ready.

(Afterwards there will be plenty of time to chuck snow at each other too, and hot chocolate)

[ooc: Threadhopping encouraged! All child-friendly pups who aren't Scouts are welcome to come and join in the snow fight after the competition :)
And of course, there is a badge]

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Cat Patrol

[is_the_motion]

If your single or team entry is for the Cat Patrol, take your place on the left.

[ooc: Your machine's distance is entirely up to you, if you want to make it random, roll the d20.]

Re: Cat Patrol

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy isn't officially allowed to help the older kids, but Brooke and Coral are a bit too small to do this on their own.

However, after it broke and smacked him in the face, he has made a much simpler one for her to play with which is literally just a long Y-shaped stick stuck in the ground with an elastic slingshot attached.

By the time he has it set up, the two girls are building a snowman.

Re: Cat Patrol

[like_quicksilver]

Building a snow machine wasn't easy, but then Gyda didn't expect it to be. While she made repairs around the farm and helped the bar, she hadn't yet built something to this scale. Finding ideas and how to build within the guidelines was tricky and resulted in a lot of trail and error, especially since all she had to go on by was books.

The over all design was made from wood, stretchy rope (really called bungy cords) and a shallow sauce pan from the kitchens. She'd tried a shovel at first, but found that actually keeping the snow in the shovel was too much of a hassle. Her personal touch, of course, was her own shield as a defense against oncoming snowballs. All in all, she was very proud of herself.

Now the hard part, getting it to aim properly. The wood she found was as limber as it got, helped by the cords. All it took now was adjusting the cords while pulling back the lever.

Gyda's first strike was a good distance by four feet..only it swerved to the left rather than straight.

So close though.

Re: Cat Patrol

[coral_sandhu]

"Yours is better than ours." Coral says. "And we weren't even supposed to get Dad to help."

Re: Cat Patrol

[like_quicksilver]

Gyda smiled. She'd worked really hard, but her hands were already tough from weaving and weapons training. "Thank you. I've never built anything like this, but I like working with ropes."

Fire Fish Patrol

[is_the_motion]

If your single or team entry is for the Fire Fish Patrol, take your place on the left.

[ooc: Your machine's distance is entirely up to you, if you want to make it random, roll the d20.]

Re: Fire Fish Patrol

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae Seddon is there in her Scouts hoodie, bright yellow scarf wrapped around her neck. She has her snow machine made from a shovel, rubber bands, and a decon-/reconstructed sawhorse, and she's ready to do battle.

Fierce, vicious, snowy battle.

Re: Fire Fish Patrol

[fry_sandhu]

Rae's teammate is ready with gloves on.

"We're going to win!" he says confidently.

Re: Fire Fish Patrol

[sunbaked_baker]

"Definitely!" Rae agrees, cheerful, her breath a brief fog in the chilly air. "You ready? I'll pull the shovel back so we can load it. Athelstan and I added a hook that'll keep the shovel secured until it's ready to fire."

Re: Fire Fish Patrol

[bigarmy_strangepants]

If she fires in the direction of the goat pen, she might accidentally hit Gyda's dad.

Re: Fire Fish Patrol

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae hadn't really been looking. It was only a test-run, after all.

With the sharp sound of metal on wood as the shovel handle impacts the sawhorse, a shovel-full of snow is flung swiftly across the open area towards... whoops.

Snow Fight!

[is_the_motion]

Probably best not to use your machines for this part...

Re: Snow Fight!

[herr_bookman]

Autor doesn't have a machine, but he's more than ready for a snowball fight. He's been packing snowballs around a small raised shelf of snow.

Re: Snow Fight!

[auxin]

Auxin hasn't decided quite whether he ought to join the Scouts yet, though looking at the scene it's getting more tempted by the day.

He slips up into a tree near Autor though, ready for a rematch.

Re: Snow Fight!

[herr_bookman]

Autor sees him, and tosses a snowball his way. "What are you doing up in that tree?"

Re: Snow Fight!

[sunbaked_baker]

"Hey Autor!" Rae calls cheerfully, just in time for a sneak attack. A barrage of not-terribly-well-aimed snowballs is sent his direction. Most piff harmlessly upon his shelf of snow, but some may get through.

Re: Snow Fight!

[herr_bookman]

A couple of them smack straight into his chest and shoulders, and he laughs as he starts tossing snowballs back. "Hi, little Rae! Watch out, I'm well armed!"

Re: Snow Fight!

[a1enzo]

Enzo figures he ought to at least take a break from his Lovelace's Birthday preparations to fling some snow! He's gone human for the moment, this being a water-intensive activity.

Re: Snow Fight!

[sunbaked_baker]

Grinning, Rae pops up from behind a low snow wall to lob a snowball at Enzo. "Attaaaack!"

She would reason that sometimes, elaborate battle-cries are not necessary.

Re: Snow Fight!

[a1enzo]

"Hyaaaaaa!"

Indeed. Have a snowball right back at you before he dives behind a tree!

Re: Snow Fight!

[like_quicksilver]

Gyda's prepared. Besides her pile of snowballs, she has her shield with her. Much as it was a part of her machine, it was only a shield and not necessary for it to work.

Re: Snow Fight!

[herr_bookman]

Autor tosses a snowball her way, his breath fogging up in the frigid air as he laughs.

Refreshments

[is_the_motion]

There's hot chocolate with all the trimmings.

Re: Refreshments

[is_the_motion]

Bonnie has been watching the afternoon with satisfaction, and is now enjoying chocolate with marshmallows.

Re: Refreshments

[athelstanthescribe]

Athelstan makes straight for the hot chocolate.