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[mister_10_below]

[Bobby's outside, holding the journal facing towards him with one hand and tossing a snowball with the other.]

I promise this is not my fault! I had absolutely nothing to do with this.

[Not that anyone except for maybe two people would have any reason to suspect him. But he's too used to having to give a disclaimer every time snow comes when it

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[spellsdeadwrong]

[AH-HA. HE SEES THIS POST.]

...now that you've said that, I'm all the more likely to blame you.

[Okay, so he's more amused now than anything else. But it's cold! So he's blaming you!

Because he can.]

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[spellsdeadwrong]

[Asuka's grinning as he lopes the last few yards to close the distance. He lifts a hand, palm up, then closes his fingers and pulls it in. As he does so, all the water will be pulled out of Bobby's clothing, cast away to one side. There, it's like it never even happened!]

Not like that hasn't already happened today!

It's like I told you earlier--you were only half right.

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[mister_10_below]

[He looks down, watching the water get removed from his clothing, and then looks back up with another grin.]

Maybe only a face half full of snow, since you were nice enough to provide clean-up.

That is so cool! So are you fire and ice, or fire and water?

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[spellsdeadwrong]

Hey, did you really think I was going to just leave you dripping out here? It's cold, even if you are immune to ice.

Fire and water. You remember I was talking about the summoners earlier? That's the only way to be able to control two elements like that.

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[mister_10_below]

Thank you for taking my health into account and not deciding to leave me to catch hypothermia.

[He grins. It's not like he actually could catch hypothermia, but that's beside the point.]

So you're one of those summoners, in charge of making sure your village has water? That's pretty epic.

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[spellsdeadwrong]

[What's hypothermia? ...you know what, never mind.]

Yeah, I'm one of them. [A shrug, though the smile on his face may give away his pride.] Since I was sixteen.

[That said, he allows his attention to be recaptured by the snowman Bobby was building. He's seen a couple of them (Equius had been building one!), and he's curious.]

So what're you building here, anyways?

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[mister_10_below]

[Bobby smiles, clearly impressed.]

That's really cool, man.

[And then his own attention is turned back to the snowman, and he grins.]

Oh! It's a snowman. It's a tradition on my world. I have no real idea why, actually, but I'm not going to protest anything that involves making stuff out of snow. People can get really detailed with them and make all sorts of sculptures, but I went with the standard three ball version.

[He eyes the unfinished snowman, which is currently just the three balls stacked on each other, with slight depressions where his eyes and such should be.]

Now I've just got to find him stuff for his face. And buttons. And some sticks for arms. And maybe a scarf.

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[spellsdeadwrong]

[Asuka studies the snowman critically for a moment, before looking back up to Bobby.]

...why does he need a scarf? It's not hot out.

[This is crazy talk :C]

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[mister_10_below]

[He pauses briefly.]

Yeah, I've always wondered that, too. If anything, wouldn't he need something to keep him colder? That's tradition, too, but I have no clue how it started

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[spellsdeadwrong]

[That statement also throws Asuka for a moment. He's used to scarves being used to wipe sweat away aboveground, not for keeping one warmer. But all his feelings on the idea can be summed up in one simple sentence.]

Snowmen are weird.

[Bam.]

I bet we could find buttons in the clothing tower, though.

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[mister_10_below]

[He laughs at that.]

Yeah, they kind of are. Especially for someone who hasn't grown up with them and isn't just used to them.

[Which is an interesting thing to consider, actually. Having to explain so many things that he's just taken for granted on his world to people from other worlds, and hearing about them in return, is making him look at things differently.

Well. Kind of. But not in a way that he's not completely distracted again at the mention of buttons.]

We probably could! I wonder if I could pinch a carrot from the kitchen for his nose, too.

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[spellsdeadwrong]

A carrot? Why not just use another button?

...I bet you could get one, though.

[ooc: comment was too long for the header XD BUT I suddenly feel like Asuka and Bobby should find out what happens if they leave the snowman alone...]

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[mister_10_below]

So his nose is pointy? Or at least different from the rest of the things on him.

I definitely think a button and carrot finding mission is in order. Just let me put his stick arms in first.

[ooc: ...yeah, I totally agree with this. XD want to have them leave and come back?]

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[spellsdeadwrong]

[Don't mind Asuka, he's just going to... take a quick cross-eyed look at his nose while Bobby's still working. A carrot for a nose? But... his nose doesn't stick out -that- far... and neither does anybody else's he's seen!

Snowmen are just weird.]

[ooc: So much yes! Feel free to skip it forward in your next tag if you'd like?]

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[mister_10_below]

[Everything about snow is weird, Asuka.

Bobby sticks the branches he'd found into the sides of the snowman, adjusting them a bit so they actually resemble arms, then he nods and dusts off his hands.]

Fear not, Mr. Snowman, we'll return to actually give you a face.

[He gives the snowman a salute, then turns to head back towards the Keep.]

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[spellsdeadwrong]

[And when Bobby turns to head back, Asuka does as well. In fact, he even picks up the speed a little bit, getting ahead of him. He's -cold-, and getting back into the keep for even a moment's warmth sounds like a brilliant idea.

So when the first snowball hits the back of his head, he's not expecting it.

Immediately Asuka swings around, looking at Bobby.]

Hey! That was dirty.