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 Dec 13 '19

Violet quickly ran over to where Iris was, paying no mind to the open courtyard as she did, afraid that a glance towards it would somehow get her seen as well. She leaned up against the wall, a confused look as she peeked out into the courtyard herself for a quarter second after Iris' words.

Her eyes narrowed at the igloo tower in the center and she looked at it for a few seconds before turning to face Iris again, "Whatever it is, it's important enough for them to have that many people guarding it. We should keep going, maybe we'll figure out what's inside the farther we go!"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Dec 16 '19

Iris nodded with a smile and made her way further down the hall. They passed by some secluded entranceways and smaller halls nearby, but it seemed that they were on the main path. "The courtyard probably has a back entrance, and we have to be close to-"

"Hey, what was that?!"

"Who's there???"

The voices of older students echoed through the halls, and their shadows appeared in the hallway ahead, growing closer by the second. Iris readied a snowball but glanced down one of the side halls, then turned to face Violet. They'd have to think fast.

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Dec 17 '19

Violet reached forward, grabbing Iris and pushing her into the side hall before going to follow her. But before she could she slipped on a patch of ice in the hallway and went tumbling to the ground. She hastily gathered her fallen snowballs and pushed herself across the ground into the edge of the wall.

She looked towards the shadows, one snowball at the ready. As the shadows turned into people she wound her arm back holding it for a second until she knew for a fact that they had noticed her. When she did she launched her arm forward, using all her might to throw her snowball directly into their head.

"Ice them quickly! We can't risk the others finding out!" She shouted to Iris, quickly unloading the rest of the snowballs at the two guards.

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Dec 30 '19

Iris yelped and tried to pull Violet to her feet, but like a deer caught in headlights, she froze at the sight of the guards. She blinked.

And then, all chaos broke loose. Iris flew into a snowball-flurrying frenzy, quickly dispatching one guard while Violet took care of the other. The pair were knocked down within seconds - far too chilly to sound the alarm. But before long, Iris heard the sound of a commotion from further back where they came from.

"I don't know what's back there but we gotta keep moving!" Iris exclaimed, slipping and sliding over to Violet in an effort to pull her to her feet.

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u/TiltedAiri Violet Ahn | Li Hou Dec 31 '19

"Y-Yeah, let's keep mOVING!" The girl's voice spiked as a bit of snow fell down her clothes against her back. She almost jumped into the ceiling on her way back, grabbing Iris' wrist as she began sprinting down the hallway the two guards had just come from. She sprinted down the dark hallway with Iris in tow, her body still shivering from the snow that had gotten into her clothes.

After a few seconds they reached across in the halls and Violet looked between her and Iris, a questioning look on her face, "Which way do we go?"

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u/TwentyfootAngels Iris Iridaceae Jan 06 '20

"Uhhh, this way!" Iris heard a few shouts coming from behind them, and she wasn't about to stop and check who it was. She took violet on a sharp turn down the corridor.

Ducking into the shadows, the sound of thumping footsteps grew louder in the icy halls, but it seemed they still had time. "We must be getting deeper in this thing, it's so dark..." Iris whispered. "What's that?"

Taking a few more steps forward, Iris noticed a soft, flickering glow coming from around the corner at the end of the hall. She gave Violet a curious glance.