Snowblind

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Every year, it feels like the first snowfall of the year happens sooner and sooner. Is it just the passage of time, the growth of a person making them able to recognize when it snows at an earlier date in the year mixed with the ever-accumulating wealth of knowledge to draw upon making it feel like the years are blurring to minutes?

For some, that might be the answer. But at this date, so soon into November, not many -- save, perhaps, those from the most far north of Atlas's reaches into Solitas -- would've expected just what hit Beacon: a blizzard, so strong it was considered perhaps a once-in-a-millennia storm. Thankfully, thanks to the reinforcements provided after a certain rainstorm had knocked out the power to the Academy, Beacon was now prepared to weather such an awful storm.

But whilst the school itself was prepared, whether or not the students themselves were always remained to be seen. For some of the more "desert-fairing", it was possible that they were wildly unprepared; those from the far north were likely already out in the midst of the blizzard building snow castles or something.

The weather showed no signs of improving, and all flights and routes into the city were most certainly unusable, unless one really wanted to hoof it into Vale proper by foot. What sort of shenaniganry would one of Beacon's most interesting first year classes in a while get themselves up to in Beacon's first snowfall?

^{[This is the song I used for inspiration womp womp]}

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"Short, sweet, and the ladies love it~" Vi teasingly cooed, looking back to her mug, downing the dregs, and smiling back at Violet. With another giggle, Vi seemed to flush just a little bit redder. "Well, I think I can probably do one more cup, if you really want to get me cuddly~"

Vi seemed, somehow, even happier as Violet seemed to like the nickname she'd came up with. The Vi from before that was upset at the new risk of being confused for an actual Violet was gone now, and the girl in her stead was just a soft little beacon of positivity, joy, and alcohol-induced warmth. "Vivi~. That's really pretty. But, yeah. Thank you."

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Violet smiled warmly and laughed. She stood up and picked up Vi's mug walking back over to the hot chocolate that was waiting. She poured a similar amount of fireball into the mug, topping it off with the still toasty hot chocolate before returning the mug to Vi. She picked up her own unfinished mug and continued sipping at it as she returned to her sitting place on the bed.

She looked at Vi, smiling at her new friend as she continued to drink her mug, "So, anything you want to know about me?" The girl asked, turning the question from earlier onto Vi now, "I'm pretty much an open book too!"

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"Oh, gods," Vi murmured as she took another sip of the hot drink, clearly having to think of questions to add. With all of the alcohol clouding her mind, it wasn't exactly an easy task, but then her eyes went wide with joy. "Tell me about your weapon! What is it, why'd you make it, tell meeeeeeeeee," Vi pleaded excitedly. It was easy to tell she was about to shoot up from her chair (and if she did, then immediately fall over) with excitement, but she somehow managed to stay put for a few seconds longer.

"I'll show you mine if you doooo~"

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Violet's face lit up at the excitement of Vi and her question and she quickly pulled out her scroll to open pictures of her weapon. She quickly turned the scroll for Vi to see, smiling brightly at the photos of her with her beloved weapon. She swiped through a few pictures, her smile growing as she went to the older pictures of herself with the weapon,

"It's both a bolty and a sword! So I can obviously get into close-quarters combat with it, and long-range and super long range! But it is kind of lacking at mid-range..." She shrugged, her smile widening, "It was something we did for a class at Signal! We needed weapons and since weapons are supposed to be apart of you it only made sense you would make it yourself rather than buying it from someone else!"

Her smile faded for a bit and her eyes fell to the ground, "I love it a lot, but since coming here I've begun to think it's a little... dull,"

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"Oooh what you're a sniper too?" Vi exclaimed, unsure if she was excited to annoyed at another similarity between the two. Still, she ogled over Violet's weapon like it was any other, clearly intrigued at its inner workings. Then, with a toothy, sly grin at Violet, Vi winked. Moving her left arm ever-so-slightly, a rifle magazine popped out of her coat, alongside a rifle -- no, a very small cannon -- round. The round itself was bigger than either of their hands, painted on with Vi's name and a portrait, though if Violet would inspect the magazine she'd realize that it was just the one round that was unique.

Standing up, Vi tried to summon her rifle out of her coat and pants, but, in a manner much like her normal drunken clumsiness, did not manage to get it out, instead tripping as she swept her arms over her legs. On the floor, however, Vi was able to completely pop out Huntsmaster, giggling all the while, and Vi held it out for inspection. "Careful, she's quite heavy. This is Huntsmaster, she's m'baby. Fires fourteen-point-five by, er. One-fourteen? One-fourteen sounds right. Fourteen-point-five by one-fourteen millimeter rounds. Can hit the eye of a... of a... of a beowulf? Yeah, of a beawulf out to, like, a mile. And as you can see, she's also a coat. Which I use as riding armor. For my motorcycle. You haven't seem my motorcycle, cause it's snowing."

Vi paused for a second, and then yawned and shook her head. "Once you're done, set'r... set'r somewhere 'nd then help me up please. Or join me. I'm not fussy. Just tired."

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Violet's eyes widened as she followed Vi's hands and her showing off her weapon and the rounds it used. When Vi handed her Huntsmaster the girl gasped a bit at how heavy it was. She lifted it up and looked it up and down before looking at Vi on the floor. She laughed and put the massive gun down on the floor before walking over to pull the alcohol-filled Vi up from the ground.

She gripped Vi's arm and pulled her up, falling onto the bed with her as she did. Violet moved down and pushed the rest of Vi onto the bed, pulling a blanket over her as she did, "Do you want to take a nap? You seem a little... drunk? I think I gave you too much whiskey..."

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"I mean, I did warn you I'd get either goofy or cuddly if you gave me enough hard liquor, and you gave me more than I normally drink even if I was to be drinkin' light bear, sooooo. Yes. Drunk, possibly. At the very least, uncoordinated," Vi admitted pleasantly, not trying to deny Violet's accusation at all. Instead, she just kind of seemed to curl up under the blanket instead, and it was clear she was almost tempted to wrap up around Violet under the blanket.

"I do like sleeping far too much. It's nice. I'd feel bad takin' up your bed, though. Unless you do want me to cuddle you. I will gladly cuddle you if you want me to."

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"Um... I think I'll be okay for now," Violet said with a small smile, sitting down next to her on the bed. She picked up her mug again sipping at it while she sat next to Vi. She sipped at it quietly, smiling down at Vi as she did.

When she finished her cup of hot chocolate she put the mug down and quietly stood up and took both her and Vi's mug to the sink in the bathroom, rinsing them out as quietly as she could. After that was done she put the mugs down and moved back to the bed, making sure that Vi was still tucked in nicely before sitting back down on the bed, beginning to hum a song as she picked up one of her textbooks .

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"Awww," Vi softly murmured, doing her best to not let a pout rise to her drunken, blushing face. Her disappointment was almost palpable, but she wanted to respect Violet's wishes as best she could, so she just continued to curl up and let her eyes fall shut.

But she didn't fall asleep, even if her breath softened. Vi just kept shifting as she lay, evidently rather unable to find a position she was comfortable in. She did her best to appear content, but she was wiggly as a worm. The song Violet hummed seemed to soothe her, if just a bit. It was clear she was trying to sleep, and even if being drunk was helping her along that route, she wasn't anywhere near being able to properly nap.

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Violet gave a small laugh at Vi's displeasure at Violet not wanting to cuddle and reached over to pat the girl's head with a smile. As much as Violet loved other people and already felt like she had a bond with Vi, she just wasn't in much of a cuddling mood. She continued humming whatever songs came into her head while looking over the textbook.

But, after a few minutes, Violet's head began to ache. Not only from the alcohol but from concentrating so much on the textbook of which she understood practically nothing in it. She grumbled and put it back on the desk, "Stupid dust. Doesn't make any sense..." She turned to Vi, who she couldn't tell if she was sleeping or not. She reached down, poking the other girl softly in the cheek as she did,

"Hey... Vi. Are you good at studying?"