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 Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2025 8:06 pm
Quote: Biting Chill ( 18 ) : The cold is strangely harsh, and even the still wind is vicious enough to sting. But the cold isn't the worst part of tonight--it's what comes with it. Out of a swirl of blowing snow, a massive, wispy wolf takes shape, enormous and snarling, with fur spiked like jagged icicles. Its eyes glow with a cold, wild intelligence, and before you can even react, it lunges as though you’ve trespassed deep into its territory. Every strike it makes feels like the bite of winter itself. Wherever its claws slash, wherever its jaws snap, frost cakes over. Even if you're lucky enough not to take massive damage, the cold seeps bone deep. When you manage to land a hit, the creature bleeds a strange, clear blood--icy water that freezes instantly into slush on the ground. The more damage it takes, the more its form flickers, shredded like wind-torn snow. The wolf fights with the relentless instinct of a dire beast, but it is not invulnerable. It will never run. It will fight until its body is broken and flickering, then--finally--a sudden gust will rip through the air and carry its dissolving body away. Howls echo on the wind. The rest of its pack probably isn't too far behind.
The chibi shivered, less out of cold and more out of discomfort. Being Powered up meant she wasn't really all that cold out here in this weather, even though her sleeves were functionally made out of ribbons. But it was unpleasant how cold and nasty the weather was turning this Christmas. Sure, it didn't usually get this nasty in Destiny City, and it would have been dreadfully pretty and picturesque, if you ignored the dirty snow that piled up along curbs and in the corners of parking lots, and could avoid the wind.
The wind ripped and howled its way along, making Aquitania wish she'd elected to wait at home for her mother and brother, instead of deciding to walk herself to join them at the nearest commuter train parking lot, empty enough on a weekend to be a good place for Khaz to practice his winter driving without accidentally hitting anybody.
At least deciding to turn the walk into a patrol was keeping her warmer than she might be with just her winter clothes on. She'd still need to find a good spot to Power down before she got to the lot, but she still had time.
Around her, the wind howled, a primordial, animalistic sound. And then there was a snarl, like the scraping of ice from a windshield.
The chibi whipped her head around in time to see eyes glowing like the Aurora Borealis on the snow, and then a lupine shape was leaping at her, mouth open, claws extended, fur spiked like icicles.
With a muffled scream, Aquitania skidded out of the way, finding inadequate purchase on the icy snow beneath her boots.
Oh.
Nooo.
Well. At least she was already all Powered up and ready to go. Not as ready as she wanted to be, but startled little chibis ambushed by ice wolves didn't really get to be choosy about their battles.itspao_ Howsoever you'd like Weser to come in. 8>
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2025 10:41 pm
It was cold.
Even in her uniform, Weser, on one of her first patrols in snow-covered Destiny City, quickly came to realize that her uniform simply wasn't enough. And how could she have thought it was, honestly? But it hadn't been that bad! Not at first, before the snow. When it was just the wind and rain and threats of snow, it had been fine! But now... Now it was just too much, so she found a decent coat that she thought would match her uniform rather nicely.
And she was right! Or at least she thought she was right.
Clad in her new, pretty winter coat, Weser went along on her patrol, flute tucked safely away in one of the pockets. It had been a relatively uneventful evening, as most of her patrols blessedly were. The times that she had encountered things had been absolutely awful! She learned quickly that she wasn't much of a fighter, and her flute was made of very fragile, already nearly cracking, glass so not exactly good for making into a weapon, makeshift or otherwise.
Which was unfortunate for her because as she rounded a corner she saw it—the frightening form of a wolf materializing out of thin, freezing cold air. It was all she could do not to scream in surprise, but thankfully encounters with youma that looked far more disturbing had knocked that initial reaction right out of her. The Page leapt to action, not knowing what she could do but knowing she had to do something to help the senshi get away from it.
"Come on!" she said, taking hold of her arm and pulling her hopefully out of the wolf's immediate reach. She slipped in front of the senshi then, and did her best to glare down at the wolf, who was snarling at the pair of them, its head low and eyes focused on Weser.
"Are you okay? Did it get you?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 7:40 am
Aquitania briefly felt the flare of a friendly energy signal, before someone in pinks and yellows and blues skidded in front of her and pulled her out of the way.
Blinking owlishly, she glanced up at the figure. The older girl didn't look like a senshi; maybe a knight? Underneath the heavy winter coat, the girl wore a frilly outfit, emblazoned with what looked like it might be a heavily stylized crown, or maybe one of those headbands with a unicorn horn on it. Knight, then, but of a faction she didn't recognize.
The chibi relaxed slightly. That was good. Even if this was a new knight, she trusted knights. Frankly, she liked every knight she'd come across, and she seemed to run into an awful lot of knights.
"I'm okay, it missed me," she replied reassuringly. Looking around, she didn't see anything that would work for fighting back against the snow wolf, though, in her personal experience, even something as simple as kicking it, or using mundane objects, would work. There was snow, which could make for snowballs, but that might not be sufficient without something harder as a core. Besides, they'd need some time if they wanted to try some snowballs.
"Ummm, what's your weapon like right now? If it's not ready for a fight, I think we should consider running, or trying to attack it from two directions? Oh! Also!"
She pumped her free fist in the air, and shouted, "Aquitania Courage BOOST!" While she hoped it would help out the unfamiliar knight, frankly, if it brought wildlife to their aid, the chibi wouldn't say no to that, either.Quote: Aquitania Courage Boost!Aquitania pumps her fist in the air clutching a small ball of light and calls out this attack, and allies within a 5' radius feel a small boost of courage. The effects last for about 25 seconds. It will mostly counteract the effects of first stage emotional attacks, will only partially counteract the effects of second stage emotional attacks, and will not counteract the effects of third stage emotional attacks. The ball of light cannot be used for attack. It can be used three times per day.
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