Cold and Clean and White, Shining Diamond Bright

[shutter_hime]

⌛ Who: Kokoro and Everyone That Loves Not Dying from Heat
⌛ What: An unseasonably snowy day
⌛ When: July 3rd
⌛ Where: A Park in Tokyo
⌛ Warnings: N/A until they are



[The whole business with people (like her) being kidnapped and forced into bondage against their will sucked. Anyway, Kokoro wanted to forget all that, even if the tattoo around her arm wouldn't come off. (She'd tried to freeze it off, but nothing worked when you were immune to the cold.) Anyway, the summer in Tokyo was oppressively humid and hot, enough to make the yuki-onna want to cry and figure out a way to run to Hokkaido.

So the next best thing would have to be implemented. The extra energy she'd received through kizuna was more than enough for her to do this and also not need emergency kisses. A cloud appeared over the park she'd chosen, as she transformed into her full yuki-onna form, blue fingertips and lips and all floating white hair. Snow began to fall from the clouds as the temperature in the park dropped from oppressively hot to chilly, to nice and cold, just like she needed it.

With the extra kizuna, she could freeze more than 100 yards of the small park, further than she'd ever been able to before. That finished, Kokoro sat down on a blanket and picked out her favorite onigiri from a basket she'd brought along with her. Now all that was left was to let everyone know:]

As promised, I've got a lovely snow day for all of us who are melting from the heat. Please come to the park I've indicated on the map I've made! Let's have a nice day!

Comments

[dreamvour]

[Baku isn't really bothered by the heat, but a snow day does sound like it'd be interesting to see, especially in the middle of summer. And it's sort of hard to miss a big ol' cloud over Tokyo anyway, so she makes her way down to see -

So imagine her surprise and utterly delight when she arrives and sees a yuki-onna, openly using her powers. Certainly not the yuki-onna she's used to, but that doesn't really matter to her; the differences are just as exciting.

Rather than playing in the snow, she approaches Kokoro and crouches down next to her, hugging her knees]

This is really impressive. You managed this all on your own?

[shutter_hime]

[Kokoro holds up a finger to finish chewing and swallowing her food before she replies.]

Yep! It's all the extra energy I've accumulated from kissing to generate kizuna. It had to go somewhere, so why not a nice snow day?

[She motioned to her appearance,] This doesn't freak you out?

[dreamvour]

[she hums a little, impressed] I don't think a lot of people would consider a nice snow day, but I guess that energy has to go somewhere.

But I'm not freaked out. [she tilts her head] Should I be?

[shutter_hime]

To be fair, most people would be a little freaked out by this, but that really hasn't been the case among the refugees here.

[Which, really, how weird were all of them if that was the case?]

Also, it's too hot to live and I was pretty sure I was going to be a puddle if I didn't do this. I don't handle heat well anymore. [She giggled and offered Baku an onigiri,] Do you want one? They're vegetarian.

[dreamvour]

Ah, thank you. [she takes one of the offered onigiri, but doesn't eat it yet]

I don't think anyone handles this sort of heat well, at least, that's my impression walking around. [at least she's lost her uniform jacket to better blend in] But I'm not freaked out because I know what you are. Or at least, what you seem to be. It's rude to assume.

[getcloser]

[he doesn't see the post (read: he ignored it like he's ignored most other posts) so walking through the park she's picked for a winter wonderland is a surprise. Not a pleasant or unpleasant one, really, but he still pauses just outside the area before walking through it, eyebrows raised.

Okay surprise over, he'll cut through the sudden winter to get where he's going. He passes right by Kokoro, and despite her appearance only gets a brief look of curiosity. Honestly at this point, he's seen enough weird shit that she seems almost normal in comparison.

But anyway, passing through, nothing to see here, etc]

[shutter_hime]

[It is rare that Kokoro sees someone not tall, but Tall. Taller than her. It makes her pause and double take at the boy as he goes past. Is he really just walking through? That's rude.]

Hey, stop! Enjoy this a bit, I worked really hard!

[getcloser]

[he really was planning on just walking through, what a rude boy. But he does pause when she calls to him, glancing around before he turns to her properly]

Enjoy it how?

[shutter_hime]

Well, not sweating to death, for one. Two, snowball fights. Three, it's almost a garaunteed way to meet new refuges. Like me.

[Kokoro motioned to her very chilly-looking self.]

I don't normally look like this, though. I'm Amamiya.

[getcloser]

[he would rather sweat to death to be honest, not that he's really that bothered by the heat. He shoves his hands in his pockets and, when she draws attention to her appearance, looks her up and down before shrugging]

Kujo. [...] Or Jotaro, I don't really care. [no one calls him Kujo anymore outside of like, teachers]

How did you make all of this? [he will be . . . vaguely nice, look at him trying]

[holeful]

[Fukuda doesn't particularly mind the heat, but he's a curious person and the prospect of a snow day in the summer is too interesting to NOT investigate. So he's wandering up, pulling on a coat as he reaches the area of effect. When he spots Kokoro, he'll jog up because based on her appearance... surely she's the one who did it.]

Haha, this is very cool, miss!
[In both senses of the word. A joke!]

Do you do this sort of thing a lot?

[shutter_hime]

[Kokoro jumped in surprise as someone jogged up to her (yuki-onna were nervy sorts, and she felt more inclined to flight instead of fight when she looked like this to begin with. She swallowed down her bite of onigiri before answering.]

Nothing this big, usually; I'm just expending a lot of overflow energy I've gained. I didn't think it'd go quite this far, but it's nice anyway. I'm Amamiya Kokoro, who are you?

[At least she wasn't trying to stare at/in the hole from this position.]

[holeful]

[Listen it's fine either way lots of people stare at the hole.]
It's nice of you to share it with everyone, then! Ah, I'm Fukuda Tamotsu.

[But, since she has a Japanese name, and the snow;]

Are you a yuki-onna?

[shutter_hime]

It's nice to meet you, Fukuda-san. And... I... yeah. Yeah, I am. How did you know? Most people see us and go in the opposite direction.

[Miss. Miss. Do you know you feed of human energy, or did you forget?]

[holeful]

Well, it was just an educated guess, I suppose? What with the snow.

[He is not running. If anything he looks jazzed.]

That's cool. I've never met a yuki-onna before.

[steponme]

[It's cold??? He's so happy.]

[Of course, as a vampire, Shell doesn't feel cold, so he's not even remotely dressed for it -- wearing just a thin white shirt and pants. Rather, he's just delighted by the absence of heat. He eventually spots Kokoro, making his way over and--]

[...i-is she okay?? She looks like a human with frostbite.]

I'm assuming it's not the case, but... are you sure you're not too cold right now?

[shutter_hime]

No, I'm not cold at all, actually.

[The snow lightened a little as she showed him she was actually a healthy, pink color. It went back to stark white and blue almost immediately after, though. Gotta keep that concentration going.].

The snow's nice though, right? There was more than enough humidity in the air to help with it.

[steponme]

I'd say it's more than nice-- it feels wonderful! I can't really stand being outside during the day here, but this makes it much more tolerable.

[He'll still probably get a sunburn tho, rip.]

Do you mind if I sit with you, Miss... ah, I don't believe I got your name before, actually.

[Calling her Miss Piffle Princess seems oddly condescending??]

[shutter_hime]

Not at all, I'm happy to help out all the same.

[Kokoro is a polite girl by nature, after all. She pats the blanket beside her and offers him an onigiri.]

My name is Amamiya Kokoro, [She bows from her seated position.] It's nice to meet you!

[steponme]

It's nice to meet you as well, Amamiya. My name is Shell Overlord-- just Shell is fine.

[I can't believe two of my characters in a row are making the same name mistake smh.]

[But he raises a hand to pass on the onigiri.]

Ah, sorry, I'm afraid I can't eat those. But... what are they, exactly?

[jasidian]

[ Klaus hasn't really seen snow before in the history of ever, so he just sort of...sinks into it for a while, before taking off a single glove and touching it with his bare hands.

And then immediately regretting it and putting his glove back on.

He starts assembling a small, lopsided snowman, and looks around to see if there's anything he can put on its face to resemble orc tusks. ]

[shutter_hime]

[Kokoro looks around and spots the sad snorc. And the half-orc making him. He isn't the type of monster she's ever seen before. So, she stands up, freezes and snaps off two small branches and because she's frozen them, one has a slightly lopsided curve to it. ]

I wasn't sure if you wanted arms, but here are a couple. Kinda relaxed looking, right?

[jasidian]

[ He studies it, then breaks off some of the smaller sub-twigs on each stick. ]

It works perfectly, thank you!

[ So he's gonna add some arms, and then...use the tiny twigs to make tusks. A snow orc. ]

[shutter_hime]

It's cute!

So I guess it's a snow... ogre?

[Forgive her, Klaus, she doesn't know how fantasy races work.]

[jasidian]

Ah...a snow-orc, actually?

Ogres are a bit different, at least the ones I'm aware of.