Who: Everyone! Where: One more city wide event, for good measure! When: December 20th-22nd Summary: The winter festivities get interrupted, with animated and angry snowmen on the prowl. Warnings: Snowmen violence.
It's been a (relatively) calm few days of snowfall and winter celebration. The snow has settled over Saeng Seong like a fluffy white blanket, with more and more snowmen popping up as the days go by. It all looks quiet and serene.
Naturally, this can't last forever. And that stillness is fractured in the afternoon, with the appearance of odd dark stones placed on those snowmen that have been showing up. The peace breaks completely at sundown, when the snowmen lurch into motion, with moans and growls that sound a lot more at home in a zombie movie than a winter wonderland. Then again, these certainly don't LOOK like cheery snowmen, either. In fact, they look down right hostile. Especially when they pack more snow into themselves, and the cold air twists them into more sinister looking forms.
In fact, the only thing that gives them pause are some green eyes, peering out of different parts of the city, along with some mewing sounds. (And mewing that might be familiar, to some of the residents!) It's an odd contrast and thing for them to avoid, but avoid it they do. Which only serves to make them that much more violent when they DO find someone in the streets.
[It was gone. The last shred of normality that Pilouette had held on to so desperately was gone, ripped away by a pack of horrifying evil snowmen that seemed intent on...well, whatever it was, it wasn't good.
She thinks that if she can just get back to the apartments, she'll be safe. After all, a snowman can't possibly exist indoors where there was heat, right? Unfortunately, as hard as she tried, every snowman she encountered just drove her further and further away from District 1. So, for the time being, she runs. Unfortunately, being the nonathelete she is, even her fastest sprint is pretty slow and the occasional hail of snowballs isn't making staying ahead of them any easier.
So this is what sheer terror feels like. ...It's not great.
Finding her stamina winding down, she skitters into a narrow alley, taking shelter behind a pile of wooden crates. She lets out a scream and flinches at the sound of snowballs and chunks of ice hitting the front of the crates causing some of them to break and splinter, her body tensing with each loud crack. After a few moments, it stops and Pilouette peers around the boxes. Though they seem to have given up on getting to her for the moment, many of them still loom ominously outside the alley. But she can't just stay in this alley forever. For the moment, she tries to figure out just what in the heck she's supposed to do now.]
[ There's surprisingly no sound at all when someone jumps down from the (fairly high) fence on the other side of the alleyway onto the ground, nor when said person walks over to Pilouette - it's completely silent, and it's why the snowmen hardly notice there's even someone else in the alleyway. So by the time Josuke arrives right behind the girl without making a sound and taps her on the shoulder, it probably comes as a complete surprise.. but he isn't thinking of that just yet. Completely oblivious as usually. ]
[Pilouette is still taking the occasional peek toward the open end of the alley, while trying to keep as out of sight as possible. She jumps at the sudden tap on the shoulder, letting out a short scream of surprise before clapping her hands over her mouth. She whirls around, wide-eyed...then breathes a sigh of relief.]
Oh...Josuke, it's you...!
[Wait, Josuke?]
When did you...? W-Wait, that's not important. Like, wh-what's going on...?!
[ At first he doesn't reply, instead shaking his head and putting his fingers to his lips, as if he's telling her to be quiet. He doesn't exactly want the snowmen to come waltzing over here and try to take the two of them on all at the same time, after all. Instead he summons his Stand, even though it's probably invisible to Pilouette. But what is noticable is him softly mumbling to himself-- ]
Soft & Wet.. [ He makes the Stand send out a bubble that pops at the entrace of the ally between them and the snowmen, taking the sound away from there so they can just talk easily over here. ]
.. It seems our captors have finally done something to harm us. Or.. well, it has to be them. [ Snowmen usually don't come to life by themselves, hes'.. pretty sure of that fact..?? ] Are you alright?
[A puzzled expression crosses her face when she hears him talking to himself, completely unaware that he's even doing anything. Even after he speaks to her she keeps her voice quiet, still frightened by what's going on around them.]
I...I think I'm okay. If I hadn't ducked into this alley when I did I probably would have been like, totally done...! Y-You really think the people who brought us here are doing this?
[It isn't so much that she's doubting what he's saying as it is that she can't comprehend why they would do something like this. She wants to believe that everyone really was brought here to help, but...well. She takes another cautious peek toward the snowmen roaming around open end of the alley and lets out a worried little whine. With things like that suddenly attacking anything in sight, or even suddenly existing, it's hard to know what to believe.]
Geez, how does anyone even deal with something like this...?
[ He probably.. should've said that a little sooner, but oh well, at least he did now. Hence why his speaking volume is pretty much the same as always, and despite the situation he seems rather calm.. ]
If you can climb well and quickly, we could escape through the other side of this alley. But otherwise I'll have to take care of them first. [ Although he's not entirely sure if he can handle the bigger ones, but the smaller ones shouldn't be one of a problem whatsoever. ]
[She doesn't really get it, but she's...just not gonna question it at the moment as there are more pressing matters. Pilouette looks back and forth between the fence and the alley anxiously. As someone who's incredibly nonathletic, she's actually not sure she can scale that fence. However, even if he's a little strange, he's just a regular guy as far as she knows and there's no way she can ask him to go up against those things, right? She looks back at the fence, then to Josuke.]
I...I think trying to climb the fence is probably safer for both of us, right?
It would be the easier way out. [ He'll agree with that much. Not that Josuke minds going up against those things, but it's more important to make sure she's safe first - if he goes and fight and she's still sitting there, protecting her will make fighting harder. So he glances backwards towards the fence. ]
.. Do you think you could make it or do you need help?
[ He doesn't seem to judge her if she needs it, going by his tone. ]
[She really wants to say she can do it on her own. She would like for such a tall fence to not be a problem for her. But...when she actually looks back at the fence, she knows better.]
I...I might need some help.
[Taking another nervous glance back at the roaming snowmen near the other end of the alley, she starts to move toward the fence trying to stay close to the wall at as she moves.]
[ It's not like Josuke would judge her either way, even if she might not exactly know that. So he just nods at her before making his way back up to the fence as well. He stares at it, pondering how to do this for a moment, but then he turns his back towards her. ]
Just hold onto my back. [ Piggyback ride! He doesn't seem to think it's really weird or embarassing, but then again, Josuke never.. would... ]
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She thinks that if she can just get back to the apartments, she'll be safe. After all, a snowman can't possibly exist indoors where there was heat, right? Unfortunately, as hard as she tried, every snowman she encountered just drove her further and further away from District 1. So, for the time being, she runs. Unfortunately, being the nonathelete she is, even her fastest sprint is pretty slow and the occasional hail of snowballs isn't making staying ahead of them any easier.
So this is what sheer terror feels like. ...It's not great.
Finding her stamina winding down, she skitters into a narrow alley, taking shelter behind a pile of wooden crates. She lets out a scream and flinches at the sound of snowballs and chunks of ice hitting the front of the crates causing some of them to break and splinter, her body tensing with each loud crack. After a few moments, it stops and Pilouette peers around the boxes. Though they seem to have given up on getting to her for the moment, many of them still loom ominously outside the alley. But she can't just stay in this alley forever. For the moment, she tries to figure out just what in the heck she's supposed to do now.]
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Oh...Josuke, it's you...!
[Wait, Josuke?]
When did you...? W-Wait, that's not important. Like, wh-what's going on...?!
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Soft & Wet.. [ He makes the Stand send out a bubble that pops at the entrace of the ally between them and the snowmen, taking the sound away from there so they can just talk easily over here. ]
.. It seems our captors have finally done something to harm us. Or.. well, it has to be them. [ Snowmen usually don't come to life by themselves, hes'.. pretty sure of that fact..?? ] Are you alright?
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I...I think I'm okay. If I hadn't ducked into this alley when I did I probably would have been like, totally done...! Y-You really think the people who brought us here are doing this?
[It isn't so much that she's doubting what he's saying as it is that she can't comprehend why they would do something like this. She wants to believe that everyone really was brought here to help, but...well. She takes another cautious peek toward the snowmen roaming around open end of the alley and lets out a worried little whine. With things like that suddenly attacking anything in sight, or even suddenly existing, it's hard to know what to believe.]
Geez, how does anyone even deal with something like this...?
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[ He probably.. should've said that a little sooner, but oh well, at least he did now. Hence why his speaking volume is pretty much the same as always, and despite the situation he seems rather calm.. ]
If you can climb well and quickly, we could escape through the other side of this alley. But otherwise I'll have to take care of them first. [ Although he's not entirely sure if he can handle the bigger ones, but the smaller ones shouldn't be one of a problem whatsoever. ]
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[She doesn't really get it, but she's...just not gonna question it at the moment as there are more pressing matters. Pilouette looks back and forth between the fence and the alley anxiously. As someone who's incredibly nonathletic, she's actually not sure she can scale that fence. However, even if he's a little strange, he's just a regular guy
as far as she knowsand there's no way she can ask him to go up against those things, right? She looks back at the fence, then to Josuke.]I...I think trying to climb the fence is probably safer for both of us, right?
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.. Do you think you could make it or do you need help?
[ He doesn't seem to judge her if she needs it, going by his tone. ]
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I...I might need some help.
[Taking another nervous glance back at the roaming snowmen near the other end of the alley, she starts to move toward the fence trying to stay close to the wall at as she moves.]
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Just hold onto my back. [ Piggyback ride! He doesn't seem to think it's really weird or embarassing, but then again, Josuke never.. would... ]