Normally, the scarab would have let Jaime know about Tomo's ambush, but they were both a bit preoccupied as he trudged through the snow.
"...yes, 'it' refers to objects, I told you that already." Jaime paused, listening to the voice only he could hear. "Well, you decided you didn't want to be a 'he' or a 'she', what else was I gonna do?"
He smirked at the response. "No, I'm not gonna make up a gender-neutral pronoun."
Shaking his head, he lowered his voice as he approached the courtyard. "Make up your mind already. First you want to be called 'he', then you don't, then you're getting offended by 'it.' Trust me, I know you're not an object. Objects don't snark back at me like--"
And then Tomo popped up with a "GOTCHA!" and Jaime instinctively ducked. Not like he had to, though, she'd aimed a bit too high anyway - which was evident when it hit Soichiro smack in the face.
Tomo pointed at Jaime. "No way! He did it!"
Pay no attention to that incriminating second snowball all ready to go in her free hand. Really.
"Really." Soichiro let a small smile flit across his lips. "Because the evidence does point to you, young lady," he added, gesturing to the snowball.
It's at this time that Ed brought Sparky out to play. Sparky began to dig through the snow at something (doesn't really matter what) and Ed decided to dig too. With the result that snow went flying everywhere.
"Evidence! Ha! I scoff at your evidence! This is DEFENSIVE ARTILLERY!" Tomo said, not noticing that Jaime had yet to come out of his crouch and was scooping snow off the ground. "I'll protect you frommmphAUGH!"
The speech was abruptly cut off by a snowball smack in the face as Tomo toppled backwards and landed on her butt in the snow. Jaime smirked. "Doing a great job so far, Fido." Was it cheating to use alien aiming technology? Probably, but he didn't really care.
Of course, then a glob of snow from Sparky's digging hit him in the back of the head. "Aah! What the?"
Taking advantage of the distraction, Tomo stumbled to her feet with hands full of snow and started throwing wildly in their general direction. "I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!"
Snow piled on Ed. She popped up from the snowpile that formed and saw Tomo lobbing snow at Jaime, Sparky, and Soichiro.
"Ed will help!" Ed gathered snow from her pile and ran toward the boys, helping Tomo pelt them as much as possible.
Soichiro took refuge behind a tree. A small smirk got on his face as he formed a small snowball, took careful aim, and threw it toward Tomo, ducking back behind the tree.
Just as Jaime finished giving Susan and Liz and Shaun the rundown, Ed had to go and up the ante. "Okay, make that two conspirators," he muttered. Tomo, whoever was lurking behind her mini-fort (Richard, although he didn't know that yet), and now Ed.
"ALL RIGHT!" Tomo greeted Ed's offer of help with her usual enthusiasm, and shouted at Jaime, "We're gonna take you down!"
Soichiro's snowball caught her in the top of the head then, and her next snowball throw went wild, sailing over the heads of those in the courtyard. From behind the barrier, Richard snorted. "Nice shot."
"I don't see you doing any better!"
The warlock smirked. A second later, a seeming tidal wave of snow exploded from behind their barrier, showering the entire courtyard. "How's that?"
Ed giggled as all that snow came crashing on everyone. "Ed is a snowman!" Which only encouraged her to lob snowballs every which way.
Soichiro continued his strategy of forming one snowball, throwing it, and ducking behind the tree. It would be entirely too easy to sneak up behind him.
Soichiro blinked, wiping the snow off his face.
"What just happened?"
Then he looked around and spotted Tomo.
"Did you just throw this?"
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"...yes, 'it' refers to objects, I told you that already." Jaime paused, listening to the voice only he could hear. "Well, you decided you didn't want to be a 'he' or a 'she', what else was I gonna do?"
He smirked at the response. "No, I'm not gonna make up a gender-neutral pronoun."
Shaking his head, he lowered his voice as he approached the courtyard. "Make up your mind already. First you want to be called 'he', then you don't, then you're getting offended by 'it.' Trust me, I know you're not an object. Objects don't snark back at me like--"
And then Tomo popped up with a "GOTCHA!" and Jaime instinctively ducked. Not like he had to, though, she'd aimed a bit too high anyway - which was evident when it hit Soichiro smack in the face.
Tomo pointed at Jaime. "No way! He did it!"
Pay no attention to that incriminating second snowball all ready to go in her free hand. Really.
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It's at this time that Ed brought Sparky out to play. Sparky began to dig through the snow at something (doesn't really matter what) and Ed decided to dig too. With the result that snow went flying everywhere.
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"Evidence! Ha! I scoff at your evidence! This is DEFENSIVE ARTILLERY!" Tomo said, not noticing that Jaime had yet to come out of his crouch and was scooping snow off the ground. "I'll protect you frommmphAUGH!"
The speech was abruptly cut off by a snowball smack in the face as Tomo toppled backwards and landed on her butt in the snow. Jaime smirked. "Doing a great job so far, Fido." Was it cheating to use alien aiming technology? Probably, but he didn't really care.
Of course, then a glob of snow from Sparky's digging hit him in the back of the head. "Aah! What the?"
Taking advantage of the distraction, Tomo stumbled to her feet with hands full of snow and started throwing wildly in their general direction. "I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!"
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"Ed will help!" Ed gathered snow from her pile and ran toward the boys, helping Tomo pelt them as much as possible.
Soichiro took refuge behind a tree. A small smirk got on his face as he formed a small snowball, took careful aim, and threw it toward Tomo, ducking back behind the tree.
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"ALL RIGHT!" Tomo greeted Ed's offer of help with her usual enthusiasm, and shouted at Jaime, "We're gonna take you down!"
Soichiro's snowball caught her in the top of the head then, and her next snowball throw went wild, sailing over the heads of those in the courtyard. From behind the barrier, Richard snorted. "Nice shot."
"I don't see you doing any better!"
The warlock smirked. A second later, a seeming tidal wave of snow exploded from behind their barrier, showering the entire courtyard. "How's that?"
Hey, it wasn't hail, but it was still fun.
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Soichiro continued his strategy of forming one snowball, throwing it, and ducking behind the tree. It would be entirely too easy to sneak up behind him.
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