EVENT: Snowed In

[the_npcdo]

[Early Monday afternoon, the snow starts. At first, a charming novelty glimpsed through the classroom windows, but within minutes it becomes a veritable blizzard. Any classes being held outside are urged to bring themselves inside. Within half an hour, the power's cut out and the snow is piled high enough to make entry/exit from the buildings difficult. Within an hour, it's impossible. Snow is piled halfway up the first floor windows, and most of the doors have frozen shut. The second story windows seem to be working just fine, though, as are any rooftop access doors.]

[The blizzard finally calms down, but students and faculty are trapped inside--or outside, if they managed to be on the wrong side of the doors during the storm. The power's out and the cold is starting to seep in through the insulation. Worse, there seems to be some kind of unseen presence in the buildings, an eerie cackle echoing through the empty halls or an unsettling sense that you're not alone.]

[Someone's going to have to restart the generator before we end up with a school full of studentcicles. It wouldn't hurt to clear some pathways out of the buildings, either.]

Comments

[all_onis_are_true]

[Hiroshi is in his room, huddled under some blankets and reading more science books when he hears someone yelling outside his window. Seriously? He has a brief moment of cognitive dissonance between "They're probably somebody supernatural, can't they get out themselves" and "Wait, we're trying to pretend supernatural stuff doesn't exist" before finally sighing and going over to his window, opening it. Thank God it's not frozen shut.]

Who is out there?

[worldcup]

It's me!

[ Illya waves her arms in the air frantically. She may be powerful, but her familiars aren't big enough to carry her. ]

Are you going to help out or not?

[all_onis_are_true]

[Ah. Her. Yes.

He toys, briefly, with the idea of saying no. She's supposed to believe in magic and supernatural stuff, let HER figure it out. But politeness and empathy finally win over, and he has to admit she DOES look cold.]

Hold on. I will see what I can procure.

.[He ducks back in and looks around. Hmm, the sheets might...]

[worldcup]

Okay.

[ Her voice sounds tiny and worried, but nonetheless hopeful that he'll be able to help as quickly as possible. She is shivering a little, though. ]

[all_onis_are_true]

[It takes a bit, but eventually a good old-fashioned sheet rope falls out the window. Hiroshi ties the other end to his bed.]

Will that help?

[worldcup]

It does! [ Her eyes light up as she takes the rope made of sheets and ties it around her waist. ]

So... you'll pull me up, right?

[all_onis_are_true]

[...what.]

Please do not tell me you are incapable of climbing up yourself.

[worldcup]

I already tied it up... so it would be a waste if you didn't carry me, wouldn't it? I'm just a small, frail girl, after all.

[ It's not a lie in all retrospect. ]

[all_onis_are_true]

[Urrrgh. For a moment, he's tempted to tell her where to stuff that rope. But it's not getting any warmer in the BUILDING either.]

I do hope you realize you will be owing me quite a favor later.

[Okay, well. Heave. Ho. For a light girl, she's still pretty heavy though, so forgive him if he's a bit slow at it.]