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Anakin Skywalker ([personal profile] sith_happened) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh_ooc2018-12-11 08:37 pm
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Winter BDE: Snow Monsters Redux!

Greetings and salutations! The end of the semester is nigh, bringing with it thoughts of holiday treats, strange polar bears handing out sodas, and the BDE! This year we're bringing back a foe we haven't faced since the dawn of time Winter of 2006: SNOW MONSTERS!

They're bigger, they're badder, they are really unhappy about global warming!

...and they still bear an uncanny resemblance to Calvin and Hobbes' snowmen.

Here's how it'll play out:

Wednesday, December 19: A blizzard comes into Fandom, knocking out regular power supplies due to the heavy snow and winds. Smartypants with generators feel smug, the community center and school spontaneously generate fireplaces for coziness/not freezing to death for those without generators to slumber party it up. In the heavy snow of the blizzard, the arrival of a Giant Glacier of Doom, snapped off from the Arctic due to climate change and floating over by Ingvar, goes relatively unnoticed.
Thursday, December 20: It is still blizzarding. This is clearly not an Advent calendar shenanigan, and also it's flipping cold outside. The generators owned by the smartypants start being destroyed by *dun-dun-dun* snoooooow monsters, brought to Fandom via the Giant Glacier of Doom. The monsters are only appearing in singles/pairs for now, and can be modded for your fighty needs. You can also ask a friendly neighborhood mod to play a fight sequence out with you. The Glacier of Doom can also be seen through the snow, along with the snow monsters on it practicing their dance moves, carrying placards protesting global warming, and plotting to kill us all.
Friday, December 21: The blizzard has finally stopped but there is now a good two feet of snow on the ground, with drifts that can completely cover doorways. It's really tough to get around unless you are a snow monster. The snow monsters are tooootally ready to get you if you pop out of the few places that are warm, and are now running around in larger gangs of five-to-ten. Clearly they've got to go. Plotting to get rid of them commences!
Saturday, December 22: Big fighty/protest/dance scenes in town and outside the school walls. Research teams get together to combine their amazing/ridiculous ideas and send what monsters remain--but more importantly, the glacier--away. And then there's hot cocoa.

How can snow monsters hurt my character?

They're made of snow and ice, so think concussions, broken bones, and puncture wounds from icicles. If your character gets knocked out and left in the snow, exposure could also be a problem.

How do we beat them?!

Well, they're made of snow, so they melt. Coffee, hot water, lightsabers, battery-powered hair dryer, peeing on them (WE REMEMBER YOU, OLD SHEP), are all effective, but the monsters can re-form a few minutes later as long as there's still snow around. Making sure they're all gone means getting rid of the glacier itself, but we can't melt it down completely because that would raise the level of the ocean too much.

To mix this up, we've decided to try out two research groups--one centered in town and one in the school since getting between the two areas is going to be tough--to brainstorm solutions. We have a few ideas as back-ups, but we wanted to see what you crazy people came up with on your own. We'll limit the research groups to four characters each for ease of conversation/coding and will RNG it on Sunday, December 16 if we get more volunteers than we need. We've also added a brainstorming OOC thread down here for those who have amazing ideas but not necessarily a character who could pull them off.

Since we're close to Christmas and the New Year, this is going to be a pretty light, fun event where you can get as involved as your RL lets you. We will be preplaying the glacier removal, but everything else will be live!

Questions, comments, funny stories?
furnaceface: (Fire - Point)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] furnaceface 2018-12-12 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'm going to throw Jono here for in town!

BUT ALSO, if you need someone who can communicate island-wide without benefit of electricity, hello, this boy also happens to be a telepath. Could very well touch base from time to time with whoever is on the school team, too.
that_oldsaying: (Yay! (w/jacket and hair up))

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2018-12-12 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Nina goes here for the school! Because, come on, she'll suggest ANY crazy idea.
throughaphase: (hanging out)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] throughaphase 2018-12-12 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
You can have Sabine at the school when she's not attempting to blow things up, probably.
intotheout: (Default)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] intotheout 2018-12-12 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Tip's in for at-school researching!
vdistinctive: (note taking-face)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] vdistinctive 2018-12-12 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Eliot can go on the list for town research!

In between punching snowmen, anyway.
died8yearsago: (mm coffee)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] died8yearsago 2018-12-12 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Rosa's definitely in for researching in the town. It's, you know, her job and whatnot.
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Default)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2018-12-13 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
All my nerds are in town, but Verity and Hardison for research please!
whatdattonguedotho: (Default)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] whatdattonguedotho 2018-12-13 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll put Tony and Eddie here!
misshapen_spark: (Default)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] misshapen_spark 2018-12-15 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yang and John at the school, please. He'll sleep in the library so people have access to Special Collections if needed.

Ghanima in town.
unusual_sith: (Default)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] unusual_sith 2018-12-15 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Hannibal and Miguel for in town, please, and Lana for the school!
in_sidon_we_trust: (turn around bright eyes)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] in_sidon_we_trust 2018-12-16 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Kind of last minute, but let's put Sidon in for research at the school! Since he's pretty useless in the snow, anyway!
meepmeepmeep: (Default)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] meepmeepmeep 2018-12-17 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Beaker because he needs to have the option for a BDE :)
firstofitskind: (taelon shit)

Re: Sign me up for researching!

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2018-12-17 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Liam is in town and down for some research!
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Gymnast Smile)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2018-12-12 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Marry it off to a very strict other glacier that, has like, 10 tiny ice floes that require looking after.
notallbluemonks: (3/4 From Behind)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2018-12-12 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
I . . . Need this to happen now. Very badly.
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Singing)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2018-12-12 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
Raindrops on lichen and polar bear toeses. Bright Northern sky-lights and leopard seal noses. Round the clock darkness that winter sure brings. These are a few of my favorite things!

Snow, a coat, a bright, white coat
Ray, a drop of midnight sun
Ski, some long and polished wood
Firn, snow that's not much fun!
Edited 2018-12-12 06:46 (UTC)
2_old_for_this: (Default)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] 2_old_for_this 2018-12-12 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Melt all the snow on the island off one side somehow, and make a big wave to push it away.
uncertain_dume: (Beard Stroke)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] uncertain_dume 2018-12-12 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Rig the whole sucker up with a big ol' motor and convince the snowmen to pilot it back up North where it's comfortably cold for them.

... Possibly have it as the condition for losing a dance-off contest.
that_oldsaying: (Default)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2018-12-12 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
They shame the glacier by reciting all of the bad deeds it and the monsters have done to people around the island! The shame gets the glacier so hot under the collar that it flees from the Big Meanies we are!

(Though oh my god, I want Nu's idea badly.)
throughaphase: (Default)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] throughaphase 2018-12-12 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
F R E E Z E R A Y
deaddadsclub: (first in my class)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] deaddadsclub 2018-12-12 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Throw frozen sharks at it Tie ropes around it and use jets/spaceships to drag it back to the arctic!

. . . Also, I'm terrible and I want a really big ritzy ocean liner to crash into it. (One with enough lifeboats, though)
Edited 2018-12-12 03:07 (UTC)
spectre_alenko: Kaidan looking oh so very serious (Default)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] spectre_alenko 2018-12-12 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Not a glacier idea but hey Sam, your store has infinite hot water dispensers. Also terrible coffee.

I'm just sayin'.
battlewithstyle: (sparkles)

Re: OOC: Brainstorming!

[personal profile] battlewithstyle 2018-12-12 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...Legitimately all I can think of: https://youtu.be/svKq044qrYU
Edited 2018-12-12 15:38 (UTC)
spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Wave)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2018-12-12 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Will the island be cut off for the duration? Or can people be like, "You know, I just remembered, winter is terrible, BYE!" halfway through?
heroic_jawline: (Default)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] heroic_jawline 2018-12-12 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
They can absolutely leave! Alternatively, alumni can show up all, "It can't be THAT bad, oh, wait, no, it is."
that_oldsaying: (Yay! (w/jacket and hair up))

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2018-12-12 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
What kinds of hot cocoa will there be after all the fighting is done? Inquiring minds want to know!
myownface: (Ooookay)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] myownface 2018-12-12 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
COFFEE CRISP HOT CHOCOLATE OR BUST.
that_oldsaying: (Yay! (w/jacket and hair up))

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] that_oldsaying 2018-12-12 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
WHAT HE SAID!
heroic_jawline: (Default)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] heroic_jawline 2018-12-12 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS BUT NOW I FEEL I MUST.
furnaceface: (Shirtless!)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] furnaceface 2018-12-12 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
I MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT SEVERAL BAGS WHEN THEY STOPPED SELLING IT IN SINGLE SERVINGS IN CARNATION VARIETY BOXES ONLY, AND STARTED ACTUALLY JUST SELLING IT ON ITS OWN.

IT'S MAGICAL.
throughaphase: (omg)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] throughaphase 2018-12-12 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
WAIT.

WAIT.

THIS IS A THING?????????
furnaceface: (Gym uniform!)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] furnaceface 2018-12-12 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
IT IS AND IT'S AMAZING. CANADA, THE LAND OF WONDER, I TELL YOU.
sharp_man: (flower crown - real)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] sharp_man 2018-12-12 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
CAN CONFIRM. I have a bag back home!
revengenotebook: (i'm smiling. kinda pityingly but take it)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] revengenotebook 2018-12-13 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
WE SAY THAT YES, YES IT DOES.

It does not, however, let you pee sleet like the snow monsters can.
throughaphase: (brain go sproing)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] throughaphase 2018-12-13 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
WAIT WHAT
heroic_jawline: (Default)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] heroic_jawline 2018-12-13 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
ONLY IF PROVOKED OKAY. DON'T PEE ON THEM AND NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
intotheout: (Default)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] intotheout 2018-12-13 01:58 am (UTC)(link)

.... noted!

notallbluemonks: (Staff Fighting 2)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] notallbluemonks 2018-12-12 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
HOW WERE THE ORIGINAL SNOW MONSTERS TWELVE YEARS AGO. HOW.
heroic_jawline: (Default)

Re: I have another question!

[personal profile] heroic_jawline 2018-12-12 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I DON'T KNOW. I LOOKED IT UP AND WENT, "...WAIT THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT."
deaddadsclub: (freezing)

Re: I have a funny story or witty GIF to share!

[personal profile] deaddadsclub 2018-12-12 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
You know, I was totally going to have Cristina leave pretty much tomorrow night after her class finishes, but I think I need to have her stick around for this. Treat some injuries. Use this icon.

Get impaled by another icicle.
battlewithstyle: (buh)

Re: OOC

[personal profile] battlewithstyle 2018-12-12 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
oh god i remember the first time i am so old