First Husk

[apocashrriipp]

[Paige is outside, trekking up a steep but short incline on the edge of the woodland that glistens from the snow and the decorations therein. Under her arm is a thick sheet of card and a black plastic bag. She is wrapped up against the elements, green duffle and black hat and mittens. Her huffing breath is caught by the journal, as are her crunching footfalls.]

Ah...Can't remember the last time Ah saw snow. Ah can't feel my ears!

[A sputter of laughter.]

Anyone else wanna suffer potential serious injury by sleddin'?

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[rapscalliongirl]

Yes! I do! Can I?

[apocashrriipp]

Ah don't know, Dumplin', can you?

[Her tone is jovial and her words accompanied by the sound of rustling plastic.]

Get yo'self outside! Ah'm out over here.

[A pause while Paige props herself against a thick tree. A map appears, her location marked. ]

Ah picked a little one...To start.

[rapscalliongirl]

Dumplin? I'm Razol.

[ She observes the map for a few moments, and heads out a window after pulling on some warmer clothes over her armor. There's a thump when she lands in the snow. ]

Are there bigger ones too then?

[apocashrriipp]

[Paige grins as she arrives, hailing her with a wave.]

Ah spotted a couple of bigger ones further out.

[She pushes the card inside the plastic bag. The effect is very basic; there are no stones she won't get bruises from on the way down. But that was part of the fun.]

Your pick.

[She gestures beyond the tree line where just inside there is a small wooden sled and another budget sled yet to be made up, the cardboard wrapped loosely by the black plastic bag.

[rapscalliongirl]

[ She does a sort of salute; it's nothing that she's done before, because it's not the way they greet people in Reim but it seems fun. ]

Hoooh...

[ Interesting. ]

I didn't know they could look like that.

[pompous_today]

I would much prefer if people tried to avoid the serious injury part, personally.

[apocashrriipp]

[A huff.]

Aw, spoilsport. Sledding ain't sledding unless you bash somethin', break somethin' or cut somethin' open.

[Paige has hardcore interpretations of what it meant to have a little jovial fun .]

[pompous_today]

Mmm, I suppose I might feel differently if I did not have to patch up the bashes, cuts and scrapes.

[apocashrriipp]

Oh! You're the resident doc, eh? Just so Ah know, for, uhm, emergency purposes, what room number's that?

[The rustle of plastic as Paige wrestles the cardboard into the bag, dropping it onto the snow-covered crest of the slope. There's a pause as Paige drops to the floor, wriggling into the compact snow that is so cold. A gasp rips through the journal, followed by another burst of laughter.]

Of course, you could just come out to play, and then Ah won't have to come knockin' on yo' door with my arm hanging off. Ah'll let you have the sturdy sled an' everythin'.

[pompous_today]

We have a dedicated clinic inside the castle, actually. For this potential emergency and any future ones. [Simon draws a simple map.]

I may come outside, but I don't think I will be indulging in any sledding. Knowing my luck, I would be the one to injure myself.

[apocashrriipp]

Aww, c'mon Doc. You know you wanna. Don't you wanna be a kid again for a little while?

[A pause as she considers how to sweeten the deal.]

What if you had a helmet?

[pompous_today]

I would probably still politely decline. I am not opposed to the idea of having fun, but I would like to keep myself hale and hearty in case someone actually does seriously injure themselves.

[apocashrriipp]

Aww. Suit yo'self doc. If Ah break somethin' Ah'll be sure to let you know.

[For a moment there is rustling, then. She can't help herself.]

What do you do for fun where you come from? Other'n play doctor that is.

[pompous_today]

We will be primed and ready, just in case.

[Simon isn't really sure how to reply. In his life before Serenity, there was a lot of studying- which he considered fun- and a lot of playing with his sister while his parents attended social events and, when he was older, attending social events himself. On Serenity, a lot of their time was spent evading the law.]

My friends and I would play cards and board games a lot. Our meals together could stretch on a long time, too, when all of us were present and got wrapped up in conversation and swapping stories. My girlfriend made wine as a hobby.

dictated;

[freeslider]

I am so there.

Re: dictated;

[apocashrriipp]

[A little map appears, circling Paige's location, followed by a larger number of exclamation points than necessary.]

What'll it be? injury by plastic bag an' card, or actual sled? Ah've managed to get my hands on both. Gotta have variety.

dictated;

[freeslider]

Can't argue with that. A real sled would be nice, though. I'm from California. Snow and real sleds are hard to come by.

[apocashrriipp]

Ah know that feelin' real well.

[To be honest, it was initially just nice to feel the sun on her skin again, without the claggy, bitter air. But snow? Snow was a hundred times more like it.]

Ah'd encourage you to try the plastic bag later. Rougher ride but so worth it.

dictated -> action

[freeslider]

I'll consider it. Be out in a jiff!

[Wade quickly bundles up in boots, a leather jacket, gloves, and a long powder blue scarf, and races out the place the other girl had marked on the map]

[apocashrriipp]

[Wade would find Paige wrapped up against the elements, bright red hair, clearly from a box, stuffed down by her hat and, having been outside a while, earmuffs. earmuffs. In her hands she holds her 'sled', draping it over her arm as Wade approaches. With a grin that seems too big for her face, Paige waves.]

Yo' chariot awaits.

[She gestures to a, frankly, dodgy looking sled. As old as it was old fashioned.]

[freeslider]

Wow, where'd you dig that up? [She's grinning back anyway, amused more than she is put off by the appearance of the thing]

[dictated]

[nooooo]

Sledding would be so much cooler if it wasn't cold.

Or outside.

There's magic here; someone should get on that.

[apocashrriipp]

[Paige chortles.]

A little cold reminds you you're alive. A little frostbite didn't kill nobody.

[uhm...]

[nooooo]

That's definitely not true.

[apocashrriipp]

Okay fine. It's a total lie. But that absolutely won't happen. Ah can vaguely guarantee it.

[nooooo]

Dude. You are the least genuine-sounding person I've ever met.





It's amazing.

[apocashrriipp]

Ah find 'genuine' is just a synonym for 'miserable'. And that's borin'!

[nooooo]

So boring. Lie all the time, I say.

[givetheslip]

Sledding is supposed to be merriment, not battle.

[apocashrriipp]

[That brings as flutter of a grin to Paige's face.]

Ah reckon it'd make a fine battlefield. In fact. Best. Game. ever. We need a basin of snow...get enough momentum an...like dodgems, you know?

[Dodgems. A distant memory to Paige.]

[givetheslip]

Like...what?

[Must be a future thing.]

Whatever those are, one would hope the battlefield would be less bloody.

[apocashrriipp]

Dodgems! Bumper Cars?

[Repetition of the word probably won't help but she does it anyway.]

Like. Cars, electric cars that you sit in and just. .. ram at each other until you can't stop yo'teeth from shakin' in yo' mouth. You usually get 'em at fairgrounds.

[givetheslip]

I...think those things must all be past my time.

They're meant to be used for fun?