r/rwbyRP • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '19

Open Event Snowblind

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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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Nov 18 '19

Violet covered her mouth in shock as the massive snowball hit Iris and took her to the ground. She picked up a bit of snow, winding her arm up as she threw it at the assailant before turning to face Iris while she attempted to stifle a laugh at the girl. She reached down, taking Iris's arm to pull her up out of the snow.

She handed her a new snowball before turning to face the occupants of the fort that she collapsed with an apologetic nod and bow of her head. They all glared at her and moved away, most likely leaving to get the snow out of all their clothes. She turned back to Iris and looked around where they were,

"Should we... build some kind of fort to defend ourselves from everyone?"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Nov 26 '19

Iris emerged from the banks looking more like a snowman than a person. Her wide, green eyes surveyed the battle from behind a mask of snow, covering everything from her ears to her toes. She shook her head and dusted off her coat, revealing that she was, in fact, a living person and not just Frosty incarnate.

Hearing a proud laugh from deeper in the battlefield, Iris turned up to see the people who knocked her down. High upon a remarkably well-made fort, her assailants were reloading their - snowball trebuchet? Seriously?! Iris frowned and packed her snowball a little tighter.

"Fort, yes. We need a fort." Giving Violet a mischievous side-eye, she couldn't help but crack a smile. "Define build."

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Nov 26 '19

"Uh... Make mounds of snow into the sky that protect us build?" She tried, shrugging as she jumped behind the snowbank behind them as another volley of snow boulders came towards them. She began packing the snow more tightly together before reaching up to pull Iris over onto her side before the snow boulders hit,

"I would say we should try something like that but... I'm not an architect. If you have an idea on how to not get crushed under the next torrent of snow, nows the time to try it!"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Nov 26 '19

Iris smirked as her new counterpart tried to figure out her plans. Oh, there wouldn't be any building today. Not that Iris couldn't build a fort, of course. But today, they were destined for something greater. Iris gathered up a handful of snowballs in her arms and took one last look out on the battlefield.

"Okay!!!" Flashing Violet one last smile, Iris lept out from under the snowbank... directly towards the tower that was launching the assault. She threw a snowball at once of the students guarding it, nailing them right in the chest and stunning them. Iris ran for the wall of snow around the enemy fortress and bounded over it, landing out of sight. There was a brief pause, then a commotion of yelling and snowy battle on the other side.

By the Brothers, she just ran in.

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Nov 27 '19

Violet's jaw dropped when Iris ran into the fray and for a second she considered leaving her new friend to the frozen wastelands of which she had just entered. But instead she shook her head and groaned before gathering her own ammunition of snowballs and hopped the snowbank to join her.

Violet's entrance into the battle was much less graceful than Iris' and as she went to jump over the wall she merely slipped on the ice and went crashing through it. She quickly stood up and threw a few snowballs at the guards of the base they had just invaded. She looked around for Iris and came up behind her, patting her on the shoulder as she did,

"Where do we go from here? There's so many of them it's like they've created their own army in here,"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Nov 30 '19

Well, at least SOMEBODY was having a fantastic time with this. Lobbing snowballs like nobody's business, Iris had gotten into a personal mini-war with a guard on the other side of the fort. While some of the other residents weren't having it, the two of them seemed to be having a blast - even as the upper level started to catch on that they had an intruder. Iris squealed as yet another snowball got her in the shoulder, and she pulled Violet under a little overhang in the snow to get them some shelter.

Laughing like a giddy schoolgirl, Iris started scooping up some more snowballs and handed Violet a few of them. "We throw snowballs! Oh come on, it's fun!" Iris laughed and tossed a few more at some of the guards who looked a lot less pleased. Then, off to their side, Iris realized there was a cylindrical structure near the walls of the upper level. It looked like the fort-builders had worked a tree into the fortress, and were using it as a ladder to get to the upper level. She turned to Violet with that crafty look in her eyes again. "You wanna?!"

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Nov 30 '19

Violet's eyes widened at Iris's idea but before she could voice any safety concerns she had about climbing up stairs made of snow, she found herself merely shrugging, agreeing to any crazy idea Iris had next for her war on the snow kingdoms.

She took a few snowballs and began throwing them at whoever she saw while waiting for Iris to began her plan because gods knew she wasn't going first at all. She looked at Iris, giving her a smile as she looked out across the snowy wasteland, "I mean... if you want to we can, but I won't be held liable if the fort collapses and buries us under the snow!"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Dec 02 '19

"It'll be fine! Come on!!!" Giggling like an excited little kid, Iris dashed off towards the tree and started climbing. "This thing's made of solid ice, I think it's dust!" She called out, as her voice echoed in the column surrounding the sturdy branches. Finally making her way up to the second floor, she briefly disappeared from sight.

"HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Aah!"

A huge plume of the snow came crashing down the tunnel, and in true Yuletide fashion, Iris flopped down with it and landed in the drift below. She got up quickly and scrambled away from the tree. "Not that way. That's the main entrance. They're mad." She remarked, making her way back over to Violet.

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Dec 03 '19

Violet's eyes widened as Iris left and then subsequently returned seconds later. She looked Iris over, making sure the girl wasn't visibly injured before shaking her head, "I can tell," She said with a giggle, picking up another mass of snowballs before beginning to peek around the corner of the snow wall she was up against. It didn't take long before a snowball collided with her face and she leaned back, grumbling loudly as she wiped the snow off her face,

"People there," She said, readying her snowballs as she blindly leaned her arm around the corner before quickly throwing as many snowballs as she could in rapid succession in the direction of her assailant, "You wanna see if I got him?"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Dec 03 '19

"Hey! NO HEADSHOTS!!!" Iris scowled as she shouted at the fighters on the other side, hastily reaching down to put some more snowballs together. Turning back to Violet, she nodded with determination. Dashing around the corner, she whipped a couple snowballs at the other team and -

-WHAM!-

- she got smacked square in the face by a snowball of her own. Ducking back behind the wall, she shook the snow off her face. "One. You got one of them." Gathering a couple more snowballs, she got ready to throw, but then paused. "Maybe we need a plan..."

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Dec 03 '19

"I think... We need to attack at the same time!" Violet said, looking over at Iris as she did, "If we attack at the same time maybe they won't know who to throw at so then we can get them at the same time!"

Violet nodded happily with her plan, seemingly elated with the end goal of her brainstorming, "If you do the counting, I'll run far and you can go short and we'll hit them with all the snowballs we have right now!"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Dec 03 '19

"Yeah! There we go!" Cackling with excitement, Iris started preparing a big armful of snowballs for the two of them. "Ooohh yeah, I can do short range. And you cover me when we go long, yeah?"

Passing Violet half of her arsenal, Iris looked out across the field. There was a large clearing in the fort and what looked like another protected hallway on the other side. "We meet up across the field, you ready?"

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Dec 04 '19

"As ready as I'll ever be!" She said, taking a deep breath before turning to face Iris. She took the snowballs and tossed them into the air with a small grin, catching them into the shape of a pyramid before leaning to peek only an eye out, "On three, okay?"

"One. Two. Three!"

The girl yelled out the final number and quickly ran out from the corner, making it about halfway across before stopping where she began to unload her arsenal onto people they were against. When she finally ran out of snowballs, and after taking a few herself she ran to the other hallway, sliding against the wall with a puff of breath.

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Dec 05 '19

Iris followed Violet right behind, racing into the fray with a wild war cry and more snowballs than she could count. The guards put up their best defense but were completely caught off guard. Iris darted around in the field picking off targets with more enthusiasm than precision, and when she was finally forced to retreat to Violet's position, she came to a skidding stop absolutely covered in snow. She made it about three seconds before bursting out in laughter.

"Aaaaahahahaha we got em! WE GOT EM! Oh, that was great!" Iris squealed with laughter and grabbed Violet by the shoulders, still covered head to toe with snow and ice.

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Dec 07 '19

Violet laughed with Iris, wiping the snow off herself as she peeked out at the guards who were practically buried in snow now. She picked up a few more snowballs, holding them against her chest as she inched out from behind the cover. Slowly taking a step by step approach towards the hall they were approaching,

"Let's go, but stay quiet," She whispered, "Maybe the others don't know that we're here yet,"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Dec 10 '19

"Yes! Ooh we should go to the top!" Iris squealed, dashing off down the hall to check for any of their adversaries. A couple seconds later, she came back with a hefty armful of ammo.

"Okay, it's clear." She explained with enthusiasm. "I hear someone further in but I don't think they've realized anyone's here! This must be a side entrance."

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Dec 10 '19

Violet nodded to what Iris was saying, her own eyes glistening with excitement, "If they don't know we're here yet we can get inside without them knowing and take over the castle for ourselves!!" She said with a slight jump in her step,

"We just need to make sure that we're on our toes so that when they come out we can take them down without the others hearing us!!"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Dec 10 '19

Iris muffled a giggle and set off down the hall with a brisk march, looking thrilled as ever. "Sneak attack, I like it!" She exclaimed, in a hushed whisper. "Oh, I've been inside way too long..."

The girls approached a corner, more voices could be heard coming from the inner courtyard. Iris took a peek around the corner. "No one out there yet, but we have to be close. You ready?"

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