duskofthegods_logs | Winter has Come (Open)

Who: You! (This post is meant to be a weather-related event that anyone can use. Elsa herself will have a top level.)
What: The first and last snows of a new winter fall in the month of March. It's quite heavy and very cold. Elsa's still working on her control. Might as well have some fun?
When: March 7-20, the beginning of spring.
Where: All around, though there's patches of warmth for those who don't feel like dealing with this sort of thing.
Warnings: If players choose to include it, feelings of melancholy are amplified during the snows. Please include warnings if you do anything rough in the scene. But otherwise, it's just snow and ice.

After about a week and the return of "her" priesthood, Elsa had finally felt the power of winter fully under her control. A few scattered flurries had fallen to herald the return of a god of winter. Now, however, she had been asked to exert her power and show the world that winter had, indeed, returned in force. The goal of this snow was to be cold enough to ensure that bugs in the spring wouldn't be too strong and that the spring would be a welcome reprieve.

But, between the fact that she had only just now returned and was still very worried about her sister and being trapped in this place, things weren't going according to plan. Heavy snowfalls began to land on the 7th and a bitter, fierce cold covered the land through to the end of winter. Thankfully, the throne of spring had been claimed, but for the remaining weeks of winter, the land would be covered in a heavy blanket of snow. The whole of the waters around the city froze over and nearly a foot of snow fell. Everything, however, had a dirty feel because of the air quality and the brown, brackish waters that were feeling.

With it, the whole environment just felt a bit depressing. Winter had come, and it would freeze deep into the soil. It was going to end soon, hopefully, but it wasn't necessarily the most pleasant of sights.

So, what's happening?
-A foot of snow or more falls and stays through from the 7th until the 20th. It will melt with the official start of spring and temperatures will abruptly begin to warm once again.
-Temperatures are well below freezing in town, the waters near town are frozen entirely, but because there is no water deity or air deity, the snows and ice are very dirty and the air quality is still poor.
-Melancholy is easier to feel (though not everyone will feel it if you'd rather not), and it is very easy to feel the season is a bit more depressing than normal.

Options:
Hey, it's a winter thread. Want to make slightly dirty snowmen? Snow angels? Snowball fights? Drink hot cocoa to get past the weather? Come complain to Elsa in the temple of winter? Go ice skating on frozen, muddy waters? Go nuts. The world is your oyster. Feel free to do a starting post with your own prompts and bring your friends. I'll have a top level for Elsa and can happily join yours too. She will be a little mopey because this doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped.

Threaded | Flat

Temple)
Elsa was in her temple for a lot of the remains of winter, hearing complaint after complaint. Admittedly, these complaints were mostly coming in the looks of people who were clearly upset with the conditions and the harshness of the winter. It was much worse than you would expect in March. Thankfully, with someone claiming the throne of communication again, she could understand what was said, but she could do little more than apologize and promise that she would do what she could to help.

It was frustrating, exhausting and a bit depressing. Elsa looked sad as she had a momentary reprieve in the petitions. She was doing what she could, but her control wasn't powerful yet. Thankfully, the Temple of Spring was awake, so hopefully this wouldn't last forever. But, for now she was easy to find in a white gown that looked fashioned of scintillating frost and seated on her pale throne, looking at the person who came to speak to her.

Out and About)
When she was not serving as a 'goddess,' Elsa wanted to visit and see her snows, the creations that she had made. While they were dirty, it was still snow and the cold itself barely touched her. She walked out into the midst of the glimmering and white beauty, looking with sadness at it all.

It was hard for her to bring herself to smile, not the way that she wanted to. This would have been so much easier with Anna around, and she felt terrible for thinking such a thing. She would not wish for her sister to suffer all of this, not if she could help it, but the loneliness was powerful right now.

Impromptu Snowball Fights)
No matter how sad she was, though, when a snowball struck her from behind it was hard not to smile. The reason was because of the source. There were children out and about, hurling the little orbs at each other and playing loudly. Apparently her snows were interfering with school, and the children were all taking advantage of the chance for some good old fashioned fun.

She grinned and balled up some light snow to return fire, grateful that children so often seemed immune to that deep melancholy winter could bring. Her second snowball throw, however, definitely didn't hit one of the kids. She managed to look a little abashed as she waved and covered her mouth with her hand.

Wildcard)
(OOC: Want something else? Feel free to ask. Hot cocoa to stave off the cold, ice skating, almost anything.)

Edited 2018-03-07 18:32 (UTC)

i. Out and About
Ed couldn't say that he was happy with the weather. It had been cold when he arrived, but now it was as if he had been dragged back up north to Briggs. He didn't have anything personal against winter weather, but the sheep festival had been in full swing in Resembool when he found himself transported here, and it took place during warm spring days. The snow felt like a slap to the face now that he had been teased with nice weather.

Despite the cold, Ed's going to be exploring the town in a bit more depth. He's going to poke his nose inside some temples, and if anyone is there he's try to see what he can learn from them. He'll also be found out and about the town, dodging children playing in the snow and looking generally unhappy about everything.

ii. Melancholy
The snow seems to brought melancholy along with it. While Ed couldn't pinpoint why, he seemed to be going through some kind of depression. Memories of his mother and Nina kept nagging him, and the fact that he had yet to find Alphonse before he wound up here was also bugging him.

It wasn't like Ed to mope, but as the weather worsened, he found it more and more difficult to push those thoughts from his head. Going out and exploring helped to distract him, but he still found himself staring out of the windows of cafes with a cup of tea that got colder and colder the more he lost himself in his thoughts. Feel free to approach. He could use a distraction.

Elsa | Frozen (OTA)

Edward Elric | Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga) | OTA (Sad FMA stuff)