2017-01-02: Greetings from Minnesota!

[Bob Schroeck]

Greetings from Minnesota!
By Robert M. Schroeck with Rob Kelk

Chapter 1: 2017-01-02 8:13 PM UTC to 2017-01-03 4:02 AM UTC

Welcome to the Displacees.yggdrasil message boards
Forum: Pictures
Subforum: Photos
Subject: Greetings from Minnesota!


Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-02 8:13 PM UTC
(Edited by Ruby Rose, 2017-01-02 8:25 PM UTC)

Happy New Year, everyone!

Kris's mom Eleanor has been taking pictures of all of us here at the farm ever since she moved in six weeks ago during that Thanksgiving holiday of yours. (And did I mention that I decided after that *huge* dinner that pumpkin pie with whipped cream is now my second-favorite dessert, right after cookies?) Anyway, Kris puts the pictures she takes up on the farm's server where we can all get at them, and I decided to share them with everyone else at the other residences because some of them are so cute!

I'll start with some of my favorites, and post more every few days. I don't want to overwhelm everyone now!


Talking about cute... Jaune and Pyrrha! Eleanor took this on Thanksgiving, and it wasn't nearly as warm out as you might think from looking at it, but she likes posing people on or near one of the sets of steps up to the porch. (For those of you who haven't been, the house is *huge* -- bigger than our house on Patch -- and we have a *lot* of porch!)



These next couple are from about a month later, after one of the snowstorms. Jaune helped dig us out:



Pyrrha had a little trouble handling the snow and the cold at first, because Mistral's a lot warmer than Minnesota. Kris said the climate of Mistral is supposed to be kind of like your Mediterranean area in a lot of ways? Anyway, when she's bundled up, she can cope with the winter weather:



Blake isn't that happy with the cold, though, no matter how much she bundles up. Sorry, Blake!




And since I've posted one of my team, here's the rest of us.

Don't you dare throw that snowball at me, Yang!



Weiss looking elegant like usual. (I get so jealous sometimes. Then I have a cookie and I'm better.)



And me! Eleanor takes such good pictures of all of us!



I guess it's only fair that I finish up Team JNPR, since I started with Jaune and Pyrrha.

Ren was trying to stay out of the snowball fight, although he was enjoying watching it. Of course, like ten seconds after Eleanor took this, Yang nailed him in the face with a snowball.




And Nora after Yang got *her* with a snowball, too.




EDIT: Oh, I just have to add this one. I talked Weiss into dressing like a farm girl, just for fun. She didn't want to but I pestered her until she did it just to shut me up. Never underestimate the power of persistence! Anyway, I think she looks *so* cute!



Anyway, that's it for this batch. I'll post more in a day or two!

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-02 8:49 PM UTC

Ruby! I told you not to show anyone that picture! You insufferable brat!

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm. No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom)
2017-01-02 11:12 PM UTC

We've got a lot of people here who need to cheer up. Can we come over and have a snowball fight?

Yes, we know you're huntsmen and huntresses. We have senshi and espers.

Ruiko Saten
Just a normal girl

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Taishi Kuhonbutsu (taishi.kuhonbutsu@dga)
2017-01-02 11:21 PM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Anyway, I think she looks *so* cute!

Cute? Cute? How dare you besmirch this angel! To call her merely "cute" is to describe the sun as a nightlight, to liken a symphony to a doorbell chime, to mistake a rare diamond for common glass. It is a criminal understatement — an act of linguistic larceny that robs splendor of its due.

Such a tragic failure of vocabulary demands corrective action! I shall see to the production of a doujin in her honor — no, an epic! Fifty pages at least, gorgeously inked, lovingly shaded, with rose petals on every page and sparkles in every panel. It will be sold at Comiket to gasps and reverence, and scholars shall debate its symbolism for decades. Only then will justice be done!

Taishi Kuhonbutsu
The Pen Behind the Passion,
Brother 2

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-02 11:47 PM UTC

Right.

Ruby, you and I are going to have *words* when I find you.

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm. No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51)
2017-01-02 11:51 PM UTC

Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom) said:
> We have senshi and espers.

We have a Hulk.

<waves> Hi, Dr. Banner!

Mrs. Wikstrom is a really good photographer. Do you think she'd be willing to take some pictures of me for the portfolio I'm putting together?

Glo
Telekinetic half-alien former juvenile delinquent, part-time superhero, and future model
I do not look like Courteney Cox. Stop telling me I do.

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 12:36 AM UTC

Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom) said:
> We've got a lot of people here who need to cheer up. Can we come over and have a snowball fight?
> Yes, we know you're huntsmen and huntresses. We have senshi and espers.

Hi, Ruiko! I can't answer for everyone (especially while I'm hiding from Weiss ) but I'd be happy to! But it'd have to be on Saturday or Sunday, when we don't have school. And you should probably ask Kris, just to be sure.

Would Usagi be coming? It was great to meet her at the Christmas party but I really didn't get to talk to her for very long.

Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51) said:
> Mrs. Wikstrom is a really good photographer. Do you think she'd be willing to take some pictures of me for the portfolio I'm putting together?

Hi, Glo! Maybe? I don't know. But she has an email address now, Skuld set her up with one just last week -- eleanor.wikstrom@managers.yggdrasil -- you should mail her directly and ask.

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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David Banner (david.banner@residence51)
2017-01-03 1:23 AM UTC

Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51) said:
> <waves> Hi, Dr. Banner!

And hello to you, Gloria. Do I want to know why I'm being discussed in this thread?

David Banner, M.D., Ph.D. (Genetics), Ph.D. (Biochemistry), Ph.D. (Physics)

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 1:43 AM UTC

David Banner (david.banner@residence51) said:
> Do I want to know why I'm being discussed in this thread?

Probably not. I know I wish *I* wasn't.

And Ruby? You do remember we share a bedroom? I *will* find you before the end of the day unless you plan on sleeping in the barn.

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm. No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Cameron Frye (cameron.frye@chicago)
2017-01-03 2:02 AM UTC

How can Yang go around in an open coat and a belly shirt in the middle of winter in Minnesota? I mean, Chicago's winters are almost as bad as yours, and no one here would do that.

And those are some weird cuffs on her coat sleeves.

Cameron Frye
Manager, Ben Rose House,
Chicago, IL, USA

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-03 2:27 AM UTC

Taishi Kuhonbutsu (taishi.kuhonbutsu@dga) said:
> How dare you besmirch this angel! To call her merely "cute" is to describe the sun as a nightlight, to liken a symphony to a doorbell chime, to mistake a rare diamond for common glass. It is a criminal understatement — an act of linguistic larceny that robs splendor of its due.

Kuno-baby? Is that you?

Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 2:53 AM UTC

Cameron Frye (cameron.frye@chicago) said:
> How can Yang go around in an open coat and a belly shirt in the middle of winter in Minnesota?

I'm just that hot, Cameron. Maybe too hot for you to handle.

Oh, and those aren't cuffs. That's Ember Celica, my weapon. Never leave home without it!

Yang Xiao Long
I Burn!

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Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom)
2017-01-03 2:54 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Would Usagi be coming? It was great to meet her at the Christmas party but I really didn't get to talk to her for very long.

You got to talk to her at the party? I thought she spent the entire party under the mistletoe with Mamoru. (We know he's your boyfriend, girl! Pay some attention to the rest of us!)

Yeah, we'll all come if it's on a Saturday. Except Rob-oji and Hyoga. They say they got enough snow on the solstice.

Ruiko Saten
Just a normal girl

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Taishi Kuhonbutsu (taishi.kuhonbutsu@dga)
2017-01-03 3:10 AM UTC

Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish) said:
> Kuno-baby? Is that you?

I know not this "Kuno-baby" of whom you speak, Ms. Tendo.

Taishi Kuhonbutsu
The Pen Behind the Passion,
Brother 2

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Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51)
2017-01-03 3:21 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> you should mail her directly and ask.

Okay, I'll do that. Thanks!

David Banner (david.banner@residence51) said:
> Do I want to know why I'm being discussed in this thread?

Sorry, Doctor, but Ruiko gave me such a perfect setup for an "Avengers" reference, I couldn't resist!

Glo
Telekinetic half-alien former juvenile delinquent, part-time superhero, and future model
I do not look like Courteney Cox. Stop telling me I do.

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 3:23 AM UTC

Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Oh, and those aren't cuffs. That's Ember Celica, my weapon. Never leave home without it!

I still say shooting down snowballs with it is cheating.

Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom) said:
> You got to talk to her at the party? I thought she spent the entire party under the mistletoe with Mamoru.

Yeah, that's why I didn't get to say anything to her much past "hi!"

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Sasami Masaki (sasami.masaki@masakihome)
2017-01-03 3:29 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> And Nora after Yang got *her* with a snowball, too.

Yang hit her hard enough to knock her over? Is she okay?

❤ Sasami Masaki ❤

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Nora Valkyrie (nora.valkyrie@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 3:41 AM UTC

Sasami Masaki (sasami.masaki@masakihome) said:
> Yang hit her hard enough to knock her over? Is she okay?

Nah, I'm fine. I was trying to dodge Yang's throw, and I slipped in the snow. Besides that was more than a week ago, and even if I did get hurt I'd be all healed up now anyway.

But thanks for asking!

Hey, Ruby, you can sleep in our room if you're still hiding from Weiss. We won't snitch!

⚡⚡⚡ NORA! ⚡⚡⚡
Oh, Ren... Boop!

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Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 3:52 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> I still say shooting down snowballs with it is cheating.

Shouldn't you be busy hiding from Weiss instead of complaining about a snowball fight a week ago?

Yang Xiao Long
I Burn!

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 4:02 AM UTC

Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Shouldn't you be busy hiding from Weiss instead of complaining about a snowball fight a week ago?

I've got my scroll with me -- I can do both!

Nora Valkyrie (nora.valkyrie@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Hey, Ruby, you can sleep in our room if you're still hiding from Weiss. We won't snitch!

Thanks, Nora, but I'm good. But I wouldn't mind if you wanted to stay between Weiss and me on the way to school tomorrow.

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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[Bob Schroeck]

Chapter 2: 2017-01-03 4:17 AM UTC to 2017-01-04 12:22 AM UTC

Welcome to the Displacees.yggdrasil message boards
Forum: Pictures
Subforum: Photos
Subject: Greetings from Minnesota!

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Ami Mizuno (ami.mizuno@blossom)
2017-01-03 11:14 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm) said:
>> Oh, and those aren't cuffs. That's Ember Celica, my weapon. Never leave home without it!
>
> I still say shooting down snowballs with it is cheating.

If we're allowed to use our powers during a snowball fight, that changes everything. "Mercury Snowball Rhapsody", anyone?

Ami Mizuno
I like this video

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Kazuki Sendo (kazuki.sendo@dga)
2017-01-03 11:31 AM UTC

Taishi Kuhonbutsu (taishi.kuhonbutsu@dga) said:
> I shall see to the production of a doujin in her honor — no, an epic! Fifty pages at least, gorgeously inked, lovingly shaded, with rose petals on every page and sparkles in every panel.

What are you volunteering me for this time, Taishi?

I'm sorry about Taishi's... exuberance, Ms. Schnee. I'll try to rein him in.

Kazuki Sendo
Doujin Artist,
Brother 2

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 12:15 PM UTC

Ami Mizuno (ami.mizuno@blossom) said:
> If we're allowed to use our powers during a snowball fight, that changes everything. "Mercury Snowball Rhapsody", anyone?

Look at what you've started, Yang!

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Kurz Weber (kurz.weber@adelaide)
2017-01-03 12:20 PM UTC

So, Ruby... I heard that there's this cute bunny girl living at the Dietmeier farm. Do you have any pictures of her?

Kurz Weber, Sergeant, MITHRIL
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 12:23 PM UTC

Ami Mizuno (ami.mizuno@blossom) said:
> If we're allowed to use our powers during a snowball fight, that changes everything. "Mercury Snowball Rhapsody", anyone?

Oh, it is *on*.

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Look at what you've started, Yang!

You need to *chill*, sis. Heh. Chill, snowballs...

Yang Xiao Long
I Burn!

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Melissa Mao (melissa.mao@adelaide)
2017-01-03 1:03 PM UTC

Kurz Weber (kurz.weber@adelaide) said:
> So, Ruby... I heard that there's this cute bunny girl living at the Dietmeier farm. Do you have any pictures of her?

Put your tongue back in your mouth, Kurz. She's not the kind of bunny girl you're no doubt imagining.

Melissa Mao, Sergeant, MITHRIL
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Ami Mizuno (ami.mizuno@blossom)
2017-01-03 8:11 PM UTC

Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Oh, it is *on*.

Well, then, all that remains is to decide when, and the rules of engagement.

Ami Mizuno
I like this video

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 8:44 PM UTC

I am pretending not to notice that my sister and Sailor Mercury are declaring war on each other. And I thought Ami was the calm, level-headed one! I think Yang corrupts anyone she comes in contact with.

Kurz Weber (kurz.weber@adelaide) said:
> So, Ruby... I heard that there's this cute bunny girl living at the Dietmeier farm. Do you have any pictures of her?

I don't know what kind of bunny girl Melissa *thinks* you're thinking of, but yeah, Velvet is our bunny girl, and she is *adorable*! (But don't tell her I said that, she'll get all embarrassed and hide behind Coco.)

Anyway, now I'm back home from school I'm taking that as my cue to post more pictures, starting with Velvet and Team CFVY!

Here she is just as she realized that Yang was aiming at *her* now.



Yatsuhashi was the only one who could make Yang back off, mainly because he threw these *huge* snowballs.



I'm not sure why we were surprised that Coco took part, but we were. And I knocked her beret off! She was actually a good sport about that.



Here's a nice shot of Fox that Eleanor took the next day.



And now Team SSSN!

Sun told me the part of him that got coldest during that snowball fight was his tail -- it got soaked with melted snow. When we were having hot chocolate later he asked Eleanor if there was any way he could get a sleeve for it and she said she'd ask one of her friends to knit one. Watching her stretching it out so she could measure it was weirdly funny!



Somehow Scarlet managed to avoid getting hit -- not that we didn't try! We voted him the afternoon's master tactician for coming out of the fight the only one of us completely dry.



Sage told me later that he'd never been in a snowball fight before, but he caught on fast!



I think if Neptune could have stayed on the porch, he would have. But Sun dragged him into the yard and later teased him for not knowing what to do about all that frozen water around him.



And just for you, Kurz, a bonus picture of Velvet taken the day after Thanksgiving:



Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Tsubaki Takamura (tsubaki.takamura@teikokukagekidan)
2017-01-03 9:01 PM UTC

Wait, wait, wait! Ruby, what happened with you and Weiss? Don't leave us hanging here, girl! What happened? Did she catch up to you?

Tsubaki Takamura, Lieutenant
Wind Division, Imperial Combat Revue

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Kurz Weber (kurz.weber@adelaide)
2017-01-03 9:22 PM UTC

Mao, you're right, she's not the kind of bunny girl I had in mind, but man, yeah, definitely cute. Velvet, you wouldn't happen to like guys in uniform, would you?

Kurz Weber, Sergeant, MITHRIL
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Coco Adel (coco.adel@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 9:54 PM UTC

Kurz Weber (kurz.weber@adelaide) said:
> Velvet, you wouldn't happen to like guys in uniform, would you?

Back off, soldier boy, you've reduced Bun-Bun to blushing stammers.

Coco Adel
Leader, Team CFVY
And if we can't help others, whenever we can, however we can -- then what are we here for?

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Blake Belladonna (blake.belladonna@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 10:12 PM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> I think Yang corrupts anyone she comes in contact with.

I'm doomed. I'm cold and I'm doomed.



Ruby, where *did* you sleep last night? It certainly wasn't in JNPR's room -- I checked while Yang sat on Weiss. I asked Kris if he knew, but he was useless. And Eleanor just smiled *and wouldn't tell me.*

Blake

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 10:27 PM UTC

I don't know if I want to say, Blake. I may need it again.

Yang sat on Weiss? Literally? Did you take pictures? Did Eleanor?

Tsubaki Takamura (tsubaki.takamura@teikokukagekidan) said:
> Ruby, what happened with you and Weiss? Don't leave us hanging here, girl! What happened? Did she catch up to you?

Not yet! Nora and Pyrrha kept her from getting at me on the bus both ways. (They were having fun doing it, too!) I dodged her all day at school (having different classes and lunch periods helped a *lot*). And I used my speed to go *right* to my hiding spot after we got back this afternoon.
We'll see what happens at dinner.

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom)
2017-01-03 10:55 PM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> I am pretending not to notice that my sister and Sailor Mercury are declaring war on each other. And I thought Ami was the calm, level-headed one!

Oh, no, Ami's *never* liked coming second. You should see what she did to a monster who she thought *tied* with her on a test.

Ruiko Saten
Just a normal girl

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Blake Belladonna (blake.belladonna@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 11:02 PM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Yang sat on Weiss? Literally? Did you take pictures? Did Eleanor?





Blake

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Vita (vita@steeple)
2017-01-03 11:21 PM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> And I knocked her beret off! She was actually a good sport about that.

You're lucky *I* wasn't there. Ask Nanoha what happened when she knocked *my* hat off during a fight.

Vita
Knight of the Iron Hammer
The Wolkenritter

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 11:37 PM UTC

Blake Belladonna (blake.belladonna@dietmeierfarm) said:
> [image]

I hate you all.

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm. No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-03 11:52 PM UTC

Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm) said:
> I hate you all.

How can you say that? You're like a sister to me.

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-04 12:13 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> How can you say that? You're like a sister to me.

I *know* your sister. That's not a compliment!

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm. No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-04 12:22 AM UTC

Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm) said:
> I *know* your sister. That's not a compliment!

I'm hurt that you would say something like that, Weiss. Truly, deeply hurt.

Yang Xiao Long
I Burn!

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Chapter 3: 2017-01-06 7:51 PM UTC to 2017-01-07 1:12 AM UTC

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Forum: Pictures
Subforum: Photos
Subject: Greetings from Minnesota!

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Suguru Misato (suguru.misato@southdetroit)
2017-01-06 7:51 PM UTC

No way, man. You'd think a girl strong enough to leap thirty feet in the air would be able to knock another girl off her back. Hot as it is, it's got to be staged.

Which, you have to admit, makes it *hotter*, because that means they both *wanted* to do it.

Suguru Misato
Club Lofts

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Toji Suzuhara (toji.suzuhara@santa-rosa)
2017-01-06 8:05 PM UTC

Suguru Misato (suguru.misato@southdetroit) said:
> You'd think a girl strong enough to leap thirty feet in the air would be able to knock another girl off her back. It's got to be staged.

I dunno. Yang's like, half again Weiss's weight at least, and don't leverage somehow matter?

Suguru Misato (suguru.misato@southdetroit) said:
> Which, you have to admit, makes it *hotter*

Can't argue with you there, dude.

Toji Suzuhara
Power Forward, Freshman Basketball Team,
Gulf Breeze High School

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Asuka Soryu (asuka.soryu@santa-rosa)
2017-01-06 8:17 PM UTC

Are you two morons *still* going on about this?

Asuka Soryu
Second Child, NERV
And I beat you, 'cause I'm awesome.

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Mahoro Ando (mahoro@southdetroit)
2017-01-06 8:18 PM UTC

Suguru Misato (suguru.misato@southdetroit) said:
> Which, you gotta admit, makes it *hotter*, because that means they both *wanted* to do it.

Suguru! Stop being perverted!

MAHORO

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-06 8:43 PM UTC

Ruby, I blame you for this.

You're going to have to come back to our room *sometime*. You can't have Yang smuggle clean clothes out for you forever.

And when you do...

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm. No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Asuka Soryu (asuka.soryu@santa-rosa)
2017-01-06 8:51 PM UTC

I'll belt Toji for you when I see him next, Weiss. Or maybe I'll just tell Hikari and let her deal with the stooge.

You're on your own for the other pervert though.

Asuka Soryu
Second Child, NERV
And I beat you, 'cause I'm awesome.

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Inara Serra (inara.serra@santa-rosa)
2017-01-06 9:17 PM UTC

Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Ruby, I blame you for this.

Oh, dear.

Being Weiss is suffering. This is one of the Four Noble Truths.

Persevere, child, persevere.

Inara Serra
Companion, Counselor, Archery Instructor

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Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-06 9:22 PM UTC

Toji Suzuhara (toji.suzuhara@santa-rosa) said:
> Yang's like, half again Weiss's weight at least

Do you really want me to portal over to Florida, kid? I'm only 135 pounds to Weiss's 102.

And 90% of her jumping is powered by her glyphs. She's not like Ruby, who can drag a giant nevermore up a sheer cliff face by the neck.

Suguru Misato (suguru.misato@southdetroit) said:
> Which, you gotta admit, makes it *hotter*, because that means they both *wanted* to do it.

Sorry, platinum blondes do *not* do it for me. The only time I got off was when I didn't need to sit on Weiss any more.

Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm) said:
> You can't have Yang smuggle clean clothes out for you forever.

Who says *I'm* the one doing the smuggling?

Yang Xiao Long
I Burn!

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Skuld Ravenhair (skuld@yggdrasil) (Moderator)
2017-01-06 10:37 PM UTC

@Suguru Misato, @Toji Suzuhara, @Kurz Weber, you three are blocked from posting to this thread for the next month. And don't try reposting the posts that I just deleted anywhere outside of the "Coping with Rule 34" forum.

Skuld Ravenhair
Norn of the Future
Leader of the Valkyries
Sysop and moderator

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Tina Foster (tina.foster@venice)
2017-01-06 10:51 PM UTC

Oh for god's sake, this is supposed to be a photo thread. Someone post some freaking pictures!

Tina Foster
Meiritsu University Photography Club member-at-large
Stranded in the USA

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Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom)
2017-01-06 11:03 PM UTC

Tina Foster (tina.foster@venice) said:
> Someone post some freaking pictures!

Since you asked so nicely...

Here's some that Rob-oji took -- he's given me permission to share them in this thread. First up, our team's co-captains practising over at the woods behind the Billings Estate.



Next, our smart girls getting in some practice. Ami's attacking, Kazari's spotting. When I asked Ami whether she was cold wearing just her Senshi uniform, she said she got a lot colder at D-Point. Medical school has been a bad influence on her sense of humour.



Here's one of Rei and Kuroko. I don't know how she manages to stay warm wearing tights instead of slacks in the weather we've been having this week.



Rob-oji got this shot of Mako-chan and Mina-chan stockpiling ammo. Mako-chan said to blame Yatsuhashi for the size of the snowball at the bottom of the stack.



After Chibiusa and Mamoru saw the snowball stack, they decided they wanted to play in the snow instead of fighting. Too bad, because Mamoru-san is really good at throwing things. OTOH, totes adorbs pic. Rob-oji caught the moment when the fourth snowball on the stack fell off.



Our resident Misaka Sisters decided that they wanted to play, too. Niiko (for folks who know of them but don't know them, she's number 10032) had to show off and use the others' vision... and use that big snowball that was set aside for Yatsuhashi. Spoiler alert: It was too big for any of the Misaka Sisters to throw very far. And they're getting good at faking emotions, aren't they?



And, finally, Kasumi and I aren't the best at throwing things. We're just normal girls. Oh, right; Kasumi's living here instead of with the rest of the Tendo family now, so she can get a tuition discount when she goes to university in September. And Rob-oji put me on a Scully Box so we'd look better in the photo.



We'll see you tomorrow!

Ruiko Saten
Just a normal girl

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May Hopkins (may.hopkins@chicago)
2017-01-06 11:25 PM UTC

Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom) said:
> We'll see you tomorrow!

Can't wait to see this. I'm putting my money on Blossom.

"Minnie-May" Hopkins
May wants big boom!

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-07 12:04 AM UTC

May Hopkins (may.hopkins@chicago) said:
> I'm putting my money on Blossom.

Blossom, huh? Bold move. Just remember -- house takes 15%.

All right, snowball degenerates, time to put your money where your mittens are. First shot flies at noon Lake Wobegon time (5 PM UTC) tomorrow, January 7. Betting closes at 11:45 AM sharp, so don't come crying to me if you're stuck in a portal queue and miss out.

Current odds (subject to shift if any of you high rollers decide to get cute in the next 24 hours, or if any more residences decide to join the fun):

Adelaide – 6:1
Anything Goes Cafe – 7:2
Appartements Mont-Royal Sud – 2:1
Aria House – 8:1
Banzai Institute - 5:1
Blossom Apartments – 2:1
Dietmeier Farm – 4:1
Douglass Gardens – 15:2
Gulfside Rest – 12:1
Idaho Springs – 3:1*
Kaluakoi Hotel - 11:1
Masaki Household - 2:1
Okeechobee – 10:1
The Steeple - 5:1
"Independents" (Individual participants from a residence not fielding a team, or ad hoc teams created on the spot) – 25:1

* Odds drop to 1:5 if someone upsets Dr. Banner. This is not a joke. If you want to test it, make sure your next of kin knows where your stash is. And no refunds.

Payouts are parimutuel (learn the term, it'll impress your dates), and final odds will be locked when betting closes. If your team's odds tank between now and then, maybe they should've trained harder.

All bets in person, cash only. No credit, no crypto, no IOUs scribbled on napkins. We have a portal system for a *reason*, people -- use it. Stop by the Café while you're here, grab some dumplings or ramen. (That's a paid plug. You're welcome, Cologne.)

See you in the snow.

Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Asuka Soryu (asuka.soryu@santa-rosa)
2017-01-07 12:10 AM UTC

Why the hell are we twelve to one?

Asuka Soryu
Second Child, NERV
And I beat you, 'cause I'm awesome.

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-07 12:14 AM UTC

Because they're not letting you bring the Evangelions.

Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Misato Katsuragi (misato.katsuragi@santa-rosa)
2017-01-07 12:14 PM UTC
(Edited by Misato Katsuragi, 2017-01-07 12:16 PM UTC)

Because you've never seen snow in your life, and wouldn't know what to do with it?

EDIT: Ninja'd, as the kids say in this universe.

Anyway, I won't be participating. I might not even come up to Minnesota -- I got my fill of snow at the South Pole.

Misato Katsuragi
Major, NERV

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Ami Mizuno (ami.mizuno@blossom)
2017-01-07 12:22 AM UTC

Just a reminder, here again are the ground rules that have been set for the snowball fight:

1. Have fun.
   
2. No lethal powers or equipment allowed. "Lethal" is defined by a normal baseline human, without Aura, invulnerability or other enhancement.
   
3. No powers or equipment that melt the snow or otherwise ruin things for the players.
   
4. Teams win, not individuals.
   
5. All "independent" players will be considered members of the same team.
   
6. The fight ends either when only one team is left standing or willing to continue, or at sundown, whichever comes first.
   
7. Deliberately injuring a member of another team or a bystander will result in the disqualification of the one who caused the injury and his entire team.
   
8. All fighting is to immediately pause if an injury is announced, until the injured individual is taken off the field.
   
9. No snow in the house.
   

Ami Mizuno
I like this video

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Sousuke Sagara (sousuke.sagara@adelaide)
2017-01-07 12:39 AM UTC

Ami Mizuno (ami.mizuno@blossom) said:
> No lethal powers or equipment allowed. "Lethal" is defined by a normal baseline human, without Aura, invulnerability or other enhancement.

Please confirm -- only non-lethal ordnance is to be employed on this mission?

Sousuke Sagara, Sergeant, MITHRIL
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Kensuke Aida (kensuke.aida@santa-rosa)
2017-01-07 12:51 AM UTC

Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish) said:
> Because they're not letting you bring the Evangelions.

You can't deny that an Evangelion snowball fight would be *awesome*, though.

Kensuke Aida
Military otaku par excellence

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Kaname Chidori (kaname.chidori@adelaide)
2017-01-07 1:03 AM UTC

Sousuke Sagara (sousuke.sagara@adelaide) said:
> Please confirm -- only non-lethal ordnance is to be employed on this mission?

*Snowballs*, Sousuke! *Only* snowballs!

Don't you dare bring something stupid like flash-bang grenades to the snowball fight! Tessa, tell him!

Kaname

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[Bob Schroeck]

Chapter 4: 2017-01-07 1:12 AM UTC to 2017-01-07 10:51 PM UTC

Welcome to the Displacees.yggdrasil message boards
Forum: Pictures
Subforum: Photos
Subject: Greetings from Minnesota!

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Teresa Testarossa (tessa@adelaide)
2017-01-07 1:12 AM UTC

Kaname Chidori (kaname.chidori@adelaide) said:
> Tessa, tell him!

Miss Chidori is quite correct, Sergeant. The only ordnance you are to use in tomorrow's conflict will be improvised missiles composed of local snow, loosely packed. Consider this a training exercise, where actual injury to the red team(s) is counterindicated.

Teresa Testarossa, Captain, MITHRIL
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-07 1:14 AM UTC

Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom) said:
> Here's one of Rei and Kuroko.

Looks like Rei let go of that snowball *way* too soon. I hope she throws better tomorrow.

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Melissa Mao (melissa.mao@adelaide)
2017-01-07 1:21 AM UTC

Kensuke Aida (kensuke.aida@santa-rosa) said:
> You can't deny that an Evangelion snowball fight would be *awesome*, though.

Little hard on the nearby terrain, though, don't you think?

Melissa Mao, Sergeant, MITHRIL
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-07 5:14 PM UTC

It's 45 minutes until zero hour, people, which means you have only 30 minutes left to get your bets in. I'm on site at the Dietmeier farm now -- and indoors, I'm no fool -- so find me there if you still want to place a wager.

The Wikstroms tell me there was a fresh snowfall overnight, so there's plenty of ammunition available.

Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-07 5:46 PM UTC

It's a quarter to noon -- bets are closed. And my older sister bet $10 on "no winner", so I won't get to keep all the money if there's a tie.

Way to spoil my fun, Kasumi.

Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Miki Kaoru (miki.kaoru@addams-mansion)
2017-01-07 6:06 PM UTC
(Edited by Miki Kaoru, 2017-01-07 6:11 PM UTC)

It's noon and the first snowball was just thrown. I'm watching from the porch of the house (at least for the moment -- it's *very* cold out here) and it's... well, snow is going in every direction, people are screaming and laughing, and unlike any snowball fight I've ever been in there are blasts of light and fire and who knows what else, except that it isn't, or isn't *just*, snow, going every which way.

And there's something blue lurking in the snowbanks that's jumping out at people, clinging to their heads for a moment, then diving back into the snow. I'm not sure what's going on there.

I'm (reluctantly) a spectator and not taking part in the fight because I couldn't talk my sempais into forming a team with me. Utena and Anthy came with me to watch, although I think Utena might have decided to jump into the action as a team of one. Which would be just like her.

EDIT: Mr. Wikstrom just let us know that the photo his mother took of all the participants before they started (she was standing on a ladder so she could get everyone) is now up on the farm's server for everyone to access. Here it is:




Miki Kaoru
Statistician and Squad Leader,
Varsity Fencing Team
The Urban School of San Francisco

Posted from my iPhone

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Lindy Harlaown (lindy.harlaown@steeple)
2017-01-07 6:29 PM UTC
(Edited by Lindy Harlaown, 2017-01-07 6:42 PM UTC)

I've been watching from the farmhouse for the last half-hour and I just have to say, this is not a snowball fight -- this is a snowball *war*, complete with its own war correspondent. Eleanor Wikstrom, the mother of the residence manager, is out there in the middle of the action with her digital camera, getting dangerously close to people doing more than just throwing snow. Doesn't anyone care if she gets hurt? At least she made sure to stay behind Nanoha when she lobbed that "Snowball Breaker" attack.

EDIT: I was just told that Ms. Xiao Long activated Mrs. Wikstrom's Aura -- whatever that means -- several weeks ago, so she's quite a bit tougher than she looks? And supposedly if she does get hurt she'll regenerate, possibly before they can carry her off the field. If it's compatible with magic, I'd like to see about having that done for all our people at the Steeple.

Lindy Harlaown
Admiral, TSAB

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Miki Kaoru (miki.kaoru@addams-mansion)
2017-01-07 7:16 PM UTC

I'm not sure what "activating someone's Aura" actually *is*, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was what gave Mrs. Wikstrom the energy to bound all over the field taking photos for the last hour. She's back inside right now, getting a cup of coffee, but from what I'm overhearing from the kitchen she's planning on going right out again. Mr. Wikstrom is trying to get her to stay inside but she's not having any of that. Something about not having this much fun since she was a little girl and don't you want close-ups of all the action? I don't think Mr. Wikstrom is going to win that argument.

Pretty much the first thing Mrs. Wikstrom did when she got back in was upload the pictures she took to the farm's server. Since I still had the folder open from before, I felt I should go ahead and share a few more of them. Mind you, I don't know who most of these people are, so I can't identify them for you.






















That last one I know from the first post in this thread -- that's Ruby Rose, who lives here at the farm. I haven't seen her here yet, though -- she's apparently still hiding from her roommate Weiss?

Is it just me, or is every displacee girl incredibly pretty? I mean, I'm used to being around pretty girls, what with living in the same house as Utena, Anthy, Wakaba, Nanami, Juri-sempai and of course my sister Kozue. Not to mention Mrs. Addams! But it seems like compared to all the other displacee girls they're the median.

Miki Kaoru
Statistician and Squad Leader,
Varsity Fencing Team
The Urban School of San Francisco

Posted from my iPhone

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Nana Misaka (nana.misaka@blossom)
2017-01-07 7:18 PM UTC

Miki Kaoru (miki.kaoru@addams-mansion) said:
> Is it just me, or is every displacee girl incredibly pretty?

Don't worry, Miki. You're pretty, too.

Nana Misaka
Formerly Misaka 13577
They've given me a name, and taken away my number.

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Jennifer Parker (jennifer.parker@lom)
2017-01-07 7:31 PM UTC

Miki Kaoru (miki.kaoru@addams-mansion) said:
> Mind you, I don't know who most of these people are

I know you were at the Christmas party, Miki, Marty and I met you there. So were most of people in those pictures; surely you must have met at least some of them?

Okay, let me quickly ID everyone for you that I can: The first picture is Nani Pelekai from Hawaii and her little sister Lilo. The next one is Sakura from Venice -- I don't remember her last name, but I remember her magic cards, because she let me look at them (but not touch! I remember, Sakura! ). After that is Kozue Sakaki and Chiho (Or is it Chiyo? I'm not sure) Mihama, also from Venice. The girl in the yellow coat in the next picture is Akane Tendo from Nova Scotia, but I don't recognize the redhead. The next two are Pecos and Big Norse from the Banzai Institute in New Jersey. (That's the only names I ever got for them.) And I'm pretty sure the little girl in the white coat with the gold staff thing is Nanoha Takamachi from Philly.

Jennifer Parker
The blonde one, not the brunette

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Miki Kaoru (miki.kaoru@addams-mansion)
2017-01-07 7:41 PM UTC

Jennifer Parker (jennifer.parker@lom) said:
> Okay, let me quickly ID everyone for you that I can:

Thank you, Jennifer. Now that you've put names to faces, yes, I do remember meeting some of them now. It's just that there's a big difference between what people look like dressed for a formal concert and what they look like dressed to play in the snow. Especially when you've only met some of them once.

Meanwhile, I think we've had our first injury. I've been indoors for a while now, and while I was in the kitchen getting some hot chocolate (Mrs. Wikstrom has recruited some friends of hers from her church to make cocoa and snacks for everyone) I heard an air horn go off. By the time I got back to where I could see the field, they had brought someone in and laid him on a divan in the big sitting room after getting him out of his boots and coat. There's still a small crowd around him, including that Sakura girl, so I haven't done more than just look into the room to see how he's doing.

Nana Misaka (nana.misaka@blossom) said:
> Don't worry, Miki. You're pretty, too.

Thank you, I think?

Miki Kaoru
Statistician and Squad Leader,
Varsity Fencing Team
The Urban School of San Francisco

Posted from my iPhone

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Touya Kinomoto (touya.kinomoto@venice)
2017-01-07 8:12 PM UTC

Ah, that was me, and it was my own damn fault for not paying attention to my surroundings. I was at the edge of the fight, looking for Sakura (my little sister, btw, so her family name is also Kinomoto, Jennifer), when I heard that big guy from Montreal start chanting somewhere behind me:

"I am the flesh and bone of my own snowball.
Ice flows through my body, and frost courses through my blood.
I have created over a thousand snowballs
Unknown to death, nor known to life.
I have withstood frostbite to create thousands of projectiles
And yet, those hands that have braved so much will never hold anything."

I noticed everyone else in the area was running away, and I had just enough time to think, "Oh, crap. That's right, he's from *that* game, isn't he." And just as I did, he finished up with

"So as I pray now, I call forth -- 'Unlimited Snowball Works!'"

And yeah, if you know "Fate/Stay Night", it was pretty much what you'd expect. Except I was trapped in a snow globe when it happened.

Ten minutes later I woke up in the parlor of the farmhouse with hot chocolate being waved under my nose.

I'm okay, really, but that's *more* than enough snowballs for me today.

Touya Kinomoto
I have nothing clever to say here.

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Minami Makimura (minami.makimura@dga)
2017-01-07 8:28 PM UTC

Touya Kinomoto (touya.kinomoto@venice) said:
> "So as I pray now, I call forth -- 'Unlimited Snowball Works!'"

Oh, I got a photo of that!




Minami Makimura
VP/Crisis Manager,
Double Exposure Inc.

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Touya Kinomoto (touya.kinomoto@venice)
2017-01-07 8:42 PM UTC

Minami Makimura (minami.makimura@dga) said:
> [image]

Huh. It seemed a whole lot bigger from the inside.

Touya Kinomoto
I have nothing clever to say here.

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Alice Carroll (alice.carroll@venice)
2017-01-07 9:02 PM UTC

Lindy Harlaown (lindy.harlaown@steeple) said:
> that "Snowball Breaker" attack

Oh, I've seen Nanoha's show -- did she come up with a mega special incantation just for the Snowball Breaker, like Archer did for his Unlimited Snowball Works? I mean, you already knew what it was called, Admiral Harlaown, so she must have been working on it over the last couple days, right?

Alice Carroll
Prima Undine, Aria Company
The "Alice in Wonderland" jokes are mega uncool, okay?

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Lindy Harlaown (lindy.harlaown@steeple)
2017-01-07 9:15 PM UTC

Alice Carroll (alice.carroll@venice) said:
> did she come up with a mega special incantation

Yes, she was in fact working on it for the last few days, and did finally come up with something that made both her and Fate giggle about it for the best part of an afternoon. I'm sure she won't mind if I post it here, as I believe she was somewhat disappointed that only a few people on the field of battle would ever hear it. And I certainly heard it often enough to have it memorized by now: "I summon the white of amusement down upon my opponents. O snow, gather, and become the white which covers everything. Hit them all in a blaze of white! SNOWBALL BREAKER!"

Lindy Harlaown
Admiral, TSAB

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Alice Carroll (alice.carroll@venice)
2017-01-07 9:31 PM UTC

Lindy Harlaown (lindy.harlaown@steeple) said:
> "I summon the white of amusement down upon my opponents. O snow, gather, and become the white which covers everything. Hit them all in a blaze of white! SNOWBALL BREAKER!"

Oh, I love it!

Alice Carroll
Prima Undine, Aria Company
The "Alice in Wonderland" jokes are mega uncool, okay?

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Minami Makimura (minami.makimura@dga)
2017-01-07 9:45 PM UTC

Jennifer Parker (jennifer.parker@lom) said:
> I remember her magic cards

Is it a Standard legal deck or more of a Commander thing?

Minami Makimura
VP/Crisis Manager,
Double Exposure Inc.

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Konata Izumi (meganekkogekilove@appartements-mont-royal-sud)
2017-01-07 10:15 PM UTC

Minami Makimura (minami.makimura@dga) said:
> Is it a Standard legal deck or more of a Commander thing?

Just what we need in this thread -- geeky gamer jokes.

Konata Izumi
Still waiting for my quest in this world

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Miki Kaoru (miki.kaoru@addams-mansion)
2017-01-07 10:51 PM UTC

The sun's down behind the western treeline and I just heard another air horn. I think it's over.

Most of the participants were still out on the field as recently as fifteen minutes ago. Don't hold me to this, but I don't think *anyone* won.

Miki Kaoru
Statistician and Squad Leader,
Varsity Fencing Team
The Urban School of San Francisco

Posted from my iPhone

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[Bob Schroeck]

Chapter 5: 2017-01-07 10:59 PM UTC to 2017-01-08 12:47 AM UTC

Welcome to the Displacees.yggdrasil message boards
Forum:  Pictures
Subforum:  Photos
Subject:  Greetings from Minnesota!

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-07 10:59 PM UTC

Well, it's about ten minutes after local sunset, if you haven't been keeping track, and the snowball war (and thank you to Admiral Harlaown for clarifying that) is officially done and dusted. Right now everyone's piling inside for cocoa and cookies, courtesy of the Lake Wobegon Lutheran Church Women's Auxiliary. Generous ladies, I'll give them that.

Of course, the farmhouse might be big, but it's not *that* big. And since nobody wants to freeze their butts off out there any longer, folks are portalling home as soon as they get their sugar fix.

Final results? Check back in an hour or so.  I know what it looks like right now, but I just need to confirm a few things before the formal announcement.

Big thanks to the Women's Auxiliary for playing hostess... though was it just me, or did they all act like we were just a bunch of ordinary grade-schoolers having good, clean fun? Cute, really.

Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Umi Ryuuzaki (umi.ryuuzaki@dga)
2017-01-07 11:15 PM UTC

Those photos that Ruiko posted yesterday were misleading! The Blossom team was a *lot* better than we expected. And who knew Kasumi knew martial arts snowball fighting? No way she's just a normal girl.

Umi Ryuuzaki
Magic Knight of Water

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Mii Konori (mii.konori@blossom)
2017-01-07 11:19 PM UTC

Umi Ryuuzaki (umi.ryuuzaki@dga) said:
> Those photos that Ruiko posted yesterday were misleading!

Of course they were misinformation. You didn't expect us to share our *real* capability and tactics, did you? You should have noticed that; we admitted to staging the photos when Saten-san mentioned the Scully Box.

Umi Ryuuzaki (umi.ryuuzaki@dga) said:
> And who knew Kasumi knew martial arts snowball fighting?

Kasumi grew up in the Tendo School of Anything Goes; of course she picked up a few skills, if only by osmosis. We didn't lie, she isn't the best at throwing things. Mamoru's better than she is. But she *is* pretty good.

Mii Konori
Carleton University, Class of 2020

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Shirou Emiya (shirou.emiya@appartements-mont-royal-sud)
2017-01-07 11:21 PM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> I am pretending not to notice that my sister and Sailor Mercury are declaring war on each other.

Who was close enough to get a good look when Yang and Ami started their "duel"?  Did anyone get pictures?  I was on the other side of the field when I saw Yang do her "I'm a living pillar of fire" thing and couldn't disengage to watch.

Come to think of it, wouldn't that have broken rule 3?

Shirou

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Subaru Mikage (subaru.mikage@dga)
2017-01-07 11:27 PM UTC

I was!  I watched them go at it for what must have been ten or fifteen minutes -- they're both amazing fighters with their own unique styles.  I've never seen anyone make the kind of leaps Yang made (of course she was using her gauntlets like rockets, but still...), and there were times when they were both moving so fast they were practically blurs.  As a merely normal human martial artist it was both inspiring and humbling.  I saw a few moves I *think* I can copy without having magic powers or a weapon like Yang's, but the rest... wow.  Just wow.

When I wasn't standing there with my mouth open I tried taking some pictures with my phone but most of them came out blurry.    I did get one nice one, right before the clouds rolled in:



And it wasn't "I'm a living pillar of fire" so much as "I style my hair with napalm".   The flames got nowhere near the snow so there was only a little meltage, and the snow that Sailor Mercury created more than made up for that.

You know, thinking about it, I'm going to have to draw a doujin about their fight.

They call me... Subie-chan
Doujin artist, martial artist, but not a martial doujin artist
Rutgers Class of 2020

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Melissa Mao (melissa.mao@adelaide)
2017-01-07 11:41 PM UTC

Subaru Mikage (subaru.mikage@dga) said:
> And it wasn't "I'm a living pillar of fire" so much as "I style my hair with napalm".

I got a great shot of that!  Remember when Yang punched the ground and made that cloud of fog, then launched herself into the air to drop on Ami?  I snapped a pic right after the wind blew the fog away, just as Ami started looking for her and she started coming down.  You can see the "hair on fire" thing just kicking in:



I really want to know how she does that, because it looks cool as hell.

And yes, before anyone gets shirty, I was gathering intelligence for MITHRIL.  If we know what our allies can do, the better we can plan what *we* can do at their sides.  Having fun while doing so is just icing on the cake.

Melissa Mao, Sergeant, MITHRIL
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-07 11:47 PM UTC

Subaru Mikage (subaru.mikage@dga) said:
> "I style my hair with napalm"

Heh.  I'm gonna have to remember that.  Thanks, "Subie-chan".

Melissa Mao (melissa.mao@adelaide) said:
> I really want to know how she does that, because it looks cool as hell.

What can I say?  Some girls got it.

I just want to say, Ami and I had a great time out there this afternoon.  I haven't had a really good fight since we got displaced, and from what she told me as we headed back into the house, Ami appreciated the chance to really cut loose -- which she really did.  Those so-called "experts" on the Internet who say Ami's the weakest of the Sailor Senshi have *no* idea what they're talking about.  Of course, part of that is probably the ice/water-vs-fire thing kicking things up a notch, but damn, girl, whenever you want a rematch -- or just a spar -- I'm down for it!

Anyhoo... Just as I was about to post this, a couple pics of Ami and me showed up on the farm's server.  I'm guessing Eleanor took them, although I don't remember seeing her anywhere near us.  I'll just stick them here before Miki can beat me to them.  (And Nana is right.  He's a cutie, even if he's a bit too young for me.)



While a lot of the action was ranged, we closed in and threw punches at each other a couple of times, too:






That shot there, though it might not look like it, is proof that Ami's a lot more badass than she looks -- it takes a *lot* to knock me off my feet, and she did it *twice*.  Girl has got *chops*.  (And if the blowhards online are right and she *is* the weakest Senshi... well, I'm not going to be pushing Usagi around anytime soon, I'll tell you that! )

Yang Xiao Long
I Burn!

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Ami Mizuno (ami.mizuno@blossom)
2017-01-07 11:59 PM UTC

Thank you, Yang.  I really enjoyed myself, too.  Fighting you was a great deal of fun and pushed me to my limits, something that doesn't happen often.  Even better I got to try a few new things I've been thinking of.  Like the shield, or this moment, which I'm sure you recall:



That was something new I'd never tried before (although it's based on something that the DD Girls used *against* us at D-Point), and I'm quite pleased with how well it came out.

And of course I'd love to go a second round with you!  Call me and maybe we can set something up soonish.

Ami Mizuno
I like this video

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Asuka Soryu (asuka.soryu@santa-rosa)
2017-01-08 12:01 AM UTC
(Edited by Skuld Ravenhair, 2017-01-07 12:02 PM UTC)

Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish) said:
> Final results? Check back in an hour or so.

It was rigged! Those two *****es from New Jersey and that ***** from that motorcycle club stole Shinji from us and formed their own team!

Asuka Soryu
Second Child, NERV
And I beat you, 'cause I'm awesome.

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Skuld Ravenhair (skuld@yggdrasil) (Moderator)
2017-01-08 12:03 AM UTC

@Asuka Soryu, this is your only warning. Keep the insulting profanity out of the all-ages forums. You are free to dislike other people, but keep a civil tongue in your head where pre-teens are exposed to your words.

Skuld Ravenhair
Norn of the Future
Leader of the Valkyries
Sysop and moderator

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Ui Hirasawa (ui.hirasawa@dga)
2017-01-08 12:08 AM UTC

Asuka Soryu (asuka.soryu@santa-rosa) said:
> Those ... stole Shinji from us and formed their own team!

Oh, but they look so cute together, like Yui-neesan is Shinji's big sister who's helping him learn about snowballs. Mio got a picture:




Ui Hirasawa
Douglass Gardens Apartments
Somerset, New Jersey, USA

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 12:13 AM UTC

Miki Kaoru (miki.kaoru@addams-mansion) said:
> she's apparently still hiding from her roommate Weiss?

Not any more -- that picture is of when Weiss caught up with me in the middle of the fight and didn't care that we were both on the same team.  Oh, well, hiding from her, fun as it was, was getting old. 

Hey, Weiss, didn't this afternoon remind you of the big food fight last year?

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 12:17 AM UTC

Unfortunately, yes -- both of them started when I got hit in the face by a certain someone's wild throw missing its target.

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm.  No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Nora Valkyrie (nora.valkyrie@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 12:20 AM UTC

Oh, no, Weiss, it didn't miss its target.  This time I *meant* to hit you!

⚡⚡⚡ NORA! ⚡⚡⚡
Oh, Ren...  Boop!

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 12:22 AM UTC

Of *course* you did.  <sigh>

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm.  No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Koyomi Mizuhara (koyomi.mizuhara@venice)
2017-01-08 12:26 AM UTC

Since when did Ranma have a "Sunōbōru Takabisha" attack?

Yomi
Compulsive reader, unwilling tsukkomi
Why me, o Lord? Why me?

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Makoto Kino (makoto.kino@blossom)
2017-01-08 12:29 AM UTC

Koyomi Mizuhara (koyomi.mizuhara@venice) said:
> Since when did Ranma have a "Sunōbōru Takabisha" attack?

And why was Ranma in girl form?

Makoto Kino
There is nothing you can see that is not a flower;
There is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
—Basho

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Jennifer Parker (jennifer.parker@lom)  
2017-01-08 12:34 PM UTC

Makoto Kino (makoto.kino@blossom) said:
> And why was Ranma in girl form?

Is that who the redhead in that one picture was?  How does that even *work*?

Jennifer Parker
The blonde one, not the brunette

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Ranma Saotome (ranma.saotome@antigonish)
2017-01-08 12:38 AM UTC

Koyomi Mizuhara (koyomi.mizuhara@venice) said:
> Since when did Ranma have a "Sunōbōru Takabisha" attack?

I invent new techniques when I need 'em. The style's called Anything Goes for a reason.  Didn't call the attack that, btw, but you know, I like it better than what I came up with, so I'm gonna use that from now on.  Thanks, Yomi.

Makoto Kino (makoto.kino@blossom) said:
> And why was Ranma in girl form?

Hey, it was a snowball fight. I was gonna get wet sooner or later.  I figured I might as well go girl right from the start and not have to keep hitchin' my pants up in the middle of the action.

Jennifer Parker (jennifer.parker@lom) said:
> How does that even *work*?

Too well.  It's a Chinese curse and a long story.  Ask someone if you can borrow the manga.

Ranma Saotome
Heir to the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts

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Konata Izumi (meganekkogekilove@appartements-mont-royal-sud)
2017-01-08 12:47 AM UTC

Ranma OP.  Norns pls nerf.

Konata Izumi
Still waiting for my quest in this world

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Lots of question marks where there should be emojis, Bob...

[Bob Schroeck]

Dammit, I thought I fixed all those. They showed up in the preview.

EDIT: And fixed.

[Bob Schroeck]

Chapter 6: 2017-01-08 12:51 AM UTC to 2017-01-08 3:39 AM UTC

Welcome to the Displacees.yggdrasil message boards
Forum: Pictures
Subforum: Photos
Subject: Greetings from Minnesota!

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Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom)
2017-01-08 12:51 AM UTC

Konata Izumi (meganekkogekilove@appartements-mont-royal-sud) said:
> Ranma OP.

Ranma OP? Did you *see* what Accelerator was doing?
Ruiko Saten
Just a normal girl

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Mamoru Chiba (mamoru.chiba@blossom)
2017-01-08 12:59 AM UTC

Ruiko Saten (ruiko.saten@blossom) said:
> Did you *see* what Accelerator was doing?

He *was* just standing there and letting us hit ourselves with our own snowballs, until *somebody* dared him to throw an entire *snowbank* at her.

Mamoru Chiba
And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods
Make heaven drowsy with the harmony.
—Love’s Labor’s Lost, Act IV, scene 3

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Konata Izumi (meganekkogekilove@appartements-mont-royal-sud)
2017-01-08 1:14 AM UTC

Mamoru Chiba (mamoru.chiba@blossom) said:
> He *was* just standing there and letting us hit ourselves with our own snowballs, until *somebody* dared him to throw an entire *snowbank* at her.

Accelerator's powers are bull****, BTW. Norns pls nerf.

Konata Izumi
Still waiting for my quest in this world

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Usagi Tsukino (usagi.tsukino@blossom)
2017-01-08 1:22 AM UTC

Mamoru Chiba (mamoru.chiba@blossom) said:
> until *somebody* dared him to throw an entire *snowbank* at her.

He didn't look like he was having fun! I thought it was the best way to get him involved and enjoying himself! It's not like he packed the whole thing into a single snowball.

Usagi Tsukino
In the Name of the Moon, I'll be your friend!

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Niiko Misaka (niiko.misaka@blossom)
2017-01-08 1:31 AM UTC

Usagi Tsukino (usagi.tsukino@blossom) said:
> He didn't look like he was having fun!

Pray to whatever you hold holy that you never see Accelerator looking like he's having fun, Misaka 10032 posts from personal experience.

Niiko Misaka
Better known as Misaka 10032
Sometimes you have to rely on friends to survive. That's when you learn who your real friends are.

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Mio Akiyama (mio.akiyama@dga)
2017-01-08 1:40 AM UTC

I got a picture of the two of them, right after Usagi dug herself out of The World's Biggest Snowball(TM) then sat there laughing:



Speaking of snowbanks, what was that blue thing that kept ambushing people from them and giving us snow scrubs while cackling?

Mio Akiyama
Douglass Gardens Apartments
Somerset, New Jersey, USA

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Nani Pelekai (nani.pelekai@kaluakoi-hotel)
2017-01-08 1:47 AM UTC

Mio Akiyama (mio.akiyama@dga) said:
> Speaking of snowbanks, what was that blue thing that kept ambushing people from them and giving us snow scrubs while cackling?

That's Stitch. Usually we tell people that he's our dog but half of you have probably already seen the Disney movie, so that won't fly. He's an alien that lives with us -- he's family.

He's a pain in the butt, too, half the time. But so is human family.

Before I forget, Stitch had a ... faceoff, I guess would be the best way to describe it, with this strange fat white cat wearing a stocking cap. What was that? An alien like Stitch, or someone's pet?

Nani
"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."

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Kaname Chidori (kaname.chidori@adelaide)
2017-01-08 1:55 AM UTC

Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish) said:
> Final results? Check back in an hour or so.

Don't leave us in suspense any more, Nabiki. Who won the betting pool?

Kaname

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-08 2:07 AM UTC

Kaname Chidori (kaname.chidori@adelaide) said:
> Who won the betting pool?

Nobody won the fight -- time ran out. Kasumi-neechan was the only person who bet on no winner, so she gets the entire pot. Less my commission, of course. (And I was hoping nobody would so I could keep the entire take. Yeah, yeah, I know I mentioned that already -- back on page five. Try to keep up.)

Sorry for the delay, but I wanted to get all the managers to sign off on the final results because a member of my family won.

Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Kasumi Tendo (kasumi.tendo@blossom)
2017-01-08 2:16 AM UTC

Since it's been mentioned, thank you to everybody who, shall we say, made a contribution to my tuition-and-books fund.

Kasumi Tendo
If you can't say something nice, say nothing.

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Blake Belladonna (blake.belladonna@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 2:31 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Oh, well, hiding from her, fun as it was, was getting old.

So can you tell us where you've been sleeping the last few nights now?

Blake

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 2:36 AM UTC

Blake Belladona (blake.belladonna@dietmeierfarm) said:
> So can you tell us where you've been sleeping the last few nights now?

Actually, in the barn, like Weiss threatened. Well, in the danger room in the barn. I had it do up a luxury hotel suite for me:





Mio Akiyama (mio.akiyama@dga) said:
> The World's Biggest Snowball(TM)

/me sings "I'm talkin' 'bout the biggest ball of snow in Minnesota!"



Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Alice Carroll (alice.carroll@venice)
2017-01-08 2:50 AM UTC

Nani Pelekai (nani.pelekai@kaluakoi-hotel) said:
> Before I forget, Stitch had a ... faceoff, I guess would be the best way to describe it, with this strange fat white cat wearing a stocking cap. What was that? An alien like Stitch, or someone's pet?

That's President Aria. He's a Mars Cat, so he's as much an alien as I am.

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> [image]

You can get a danger room to make a bedroom with a canopy bed? I have to go ask Brent for a danger room.

Alice Carroll
Prima Undine, Aria Company
The "Alice in Wonderland" jokes are mega uncool, okay?

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 2:55 AM UTC

Oh, it was a terribly dangerous canopy bed. It almost swallowed me whole! Even better, I could get room service. Don't ask me how that works, it just did.

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Blake Belladonna (blake.belladonna@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 3:07 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Even better, I could get room service.

No wonder you started skipping dinners, too. And here we thought you were just really dedicated to hiding from Weiss.

Blake

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 3:21 AM UTC

Nope! Well, yes, but I also spent every night eating pizza and watching cartoons!

Oh, and going through Eleanor's pictures of the fight, too -- did you see this great shot of Jaune and Pyrrha? I think she pulled them off to one side and had them pose for her.



Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Kagami Hiiragi (kagami.hiiragi@appartements-mont-royal-sud)
2017-01-08 3:22 AM UTC

Konata Izumi (meganekkogekilove@appartements-mont-royal-sud) said:
> Just what we need in this thread -- geeky gamer jokes.
> Ranma OP. Norns pls nerf.

<cough><cough>hypocrite<cough><cough>

Kagami Hiiragi
Senior, F.A.C.E.
Lawyer-in-Training

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Sun Wukong (sun.wukong@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 3:24 AM UTC

Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish) said:
> was it just me, or did they all act like we were just a bunch of ordinary grade-schoolers having good, clean fun?

Lake Wobegon's been like that since we got here. No one bats an eye at us faunus, and nothing any of us do is at all out of the ordinary. Like, I had a shopkeeper admire my tail and wish he had one. Velvet nearly freaked when another shopkeeper said, "Oh, you're from *Australia*!" after talking to her and then nodded like that explained *everything*. It's weird, but in a good way.

So where's Australia?

Sun Wukong
Dragonballs? What are dragonballs?

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Kensuke Aida (kensuke.aida@santa-rosa)
2017-01-08 3:31 AM UTC

Asuka Soryu (asuka.soryu@santa-rosa) said:
> Those ... stole Shinji from us and formed their own team!

So of course you had to ragequit on your teammates because of that. We could have used your skills on the field.

Kensuke Aida
Military otaku par excellence

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Mio Akiyama (mio.akiyama@dga)
2017-01-08 3:39 AM UTC

Kensuke Aida (kensuke.aida@santa-rosa) said:
> So of course you had to ragequit on your teammates because of that.

Is *that* why she left early? Again?

I got a photo of her.



Mio Akiyama
Douglass Gardens Apartments
Somerset, New Jersey, USA

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Chapter 7: 2017-01-08 3:46 AM UTC to 2017-01-08 4:22 PM UTC

Welcome to the Displacees.yggdrasil message boards
Forum:  Pictures
Subforum:  Photos
Subject:  Greetings from Minnesota!

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Jennifer Parker (jennifer.parker@lom)
2017-01-08 3:46 AM UTC

Mio Akiyama (mio.akiyama@dga) said:
> I got a photo of her.

Just what is her deal, anyway?

Jennifer Parker
The blonde one, not the brunette

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Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51)
2017-01-08 4:03 AM UTC

Jennifer Parker (jennifer.parker@lom) said:
> Just what is her deal, anyway?

She's got a hate on for that poor Shinji kid, seems like.  Halloween and Christmas (and a few other times, I hear), the moment she noticed him having any kind of fun or being the least bit happy, she had to roar over to him and ruin his day.

Glo
Telekinetic half-alien former juvenile delinquent, part-time superhero, and future model
I do not look like Courteney Cox.  Stop telling me I do.

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Kagami Hiiragi (kagami.hiiragi@appartements-mont-royal-sud)
2017-01-08 4:22 AM UTC

Oh, no, it's not like that at all.  If you watch "Evangelion" it's pretty clear she has a thing for him, only she's so wrapped up in her ego and insecurity she's got no way to express it other than trying to drag him away from any other girl who looks like she's interested in him.

It's kind of sad, when you think about it.

Kagami Hiiragi
Senior, F.A.C.E.
Lawyer-in-Training

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Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51)
2017-01-08 4:28 AM UTC

Six of one, half-dozen of the other.  Doesn't matter *why*, she's still going out of her way to make him miserable, and that spells B-*-*-*-H in my book.

Glo
Telekinetic half-alien former juvenile delinquent, part-time superhero, and future model
I do not look like Courteney Cox.  Stop telling me I do.

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Skuld Ravenhair (skuld@yggdrasil) (Moderator)
2017-01-08 4:50 AM UTC

@Asuka Soryu, your post has been deleted and you are *permanently* banned from this thread.  You were warned about your language once already, and if anything what you posted just now was an order of magnitude worse.  @Kagami Hiiragi, @Gloria Dinallo, your posts have also been deleted.  This is your only warning: You do not need to give as good as you get.  @ALL, I am temporarily closing this thread to let tempers cool. It will be re-opened in 30 minutes.

Skuld Ravenhair
Norn of the Future
Leader of the Valkyries
Sysop and moderator

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Chizuko Oe (chizuko.oe@southdetroit)
2017-01-08 5:29 AM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> but I also spent every night eating pizza and watching cartoons!

You could have tried *anything* and you only ordered pizza? We need to teach you about *real* food.

Tomorrow, because I'm about to fall asleep here. It was a *long* day. In a good way.

Chizuko Oe
I have a restaurant review blog (updated irregularly)

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 5:32 AM UTC

Chizuko Oe (chizuko.oe@southdetroit) said:
> You could have tried *anything* and you only ordered pizza? We need to teach you about *real* food.

I like pizza. (The round ones look like giant cookies!)  We don't have it on Remnant.

Chizuko Oe (chizuko.oe@southdetroit) said:
> I'm about to fall asleep here.

Yeah, me, too.  I had a lot of fun.

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51)
2017-01-08 5:45 AM UTC

Good riddance.

Rhiannon was taking pictures during the fight, and she's started putting them on our server here.  I'm too tired right now to sort through and find the best ones, so here are the first few just so we can keep our hand in:

First, Ree got a picture of that one girl from New Jersey going nuts chasing after snowballs right at the start.  Someone said she's actually a robot, which is all kinds of cool if you ask me.



Johnny did his part by just running past and sending up a wall of snow to hide us from everyone else.  And before anyone else asks, no, we're not putting him in a red suit with a lightning bolt on it any time soon.



I'm sure everyone remembers Jane and her baby from Christmas.  I'll bet no one is surprised that she stayed on the sidelines today:



Frank Superman -- I think this was right before he and Accelerator got into that ... not-quite-a-fight.



Shampoo (is that really her name?) from Nova Scotia saw Ree taking pictures and dropped everything to pose for her:



And here's Rin and Artoria from Montreal:



Oh, and Doctor Banner *not* turning green!



More tomorrow when I'm not about to get keyboard face.

Glo
Telekinetic half-alien former juvenile delinquent, part-time superhero, and future model
I do not look like Courteney Cox.  Stop telling me I do.

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Tenchi Masaki (tenchi.masaki@masakihome)
2017-01-08 6:04 AM UTC

It's just after 10 PM here in Coquitlam, and I think I'm the only one who hasn't crashed yet. (Other than Washuu-chan, of course.)  Garnett and Grandpa were taking pictures today, but if they've put them someplace I can get at them, they didn't tell me.  So I'm just going to post a few that Mrs. Wikstrom took.

First, Sasami, who told me she'd never been in a snowball fight before:



Aeka looking very scary.



Ryoko, one of the few times she was actually standing on the ground.  That's my hand there on the left, for anyone who wanted to see me in one of these photos.



And Mihoshi, who was having the time of her life.



And that's it for me tonight.  Like Glo, we should have more to post in the morning.

Tenchi

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Miki Kaoru (miki.kaoru@addams-mansion)
2017-01-08 6:07 AM UTC

I think we're all about to fall over, Tenchi.  It was a very strenuous day.  Before I crawl into my bed, though, I just wanted to post this picture of Utena that Mrs. Wikstrom took:



Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51) said:
> Someone said she's actually a robot

Atsuko's a cyborg, not a robot.  But I'm too exhausted to go into the details right now.

Miki Kaoru
Statistician and Squad Leader,
Varsity Fencing Team
The Urban School of San Francisco

Posted from my iPhone

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Yomiko Readman  (yomiko.readman@library)
2017-01-08 7:25 AM UTC

Sorry we couldn't be there, but it was the middle of the night for us and we were asleep. It looks like you had fun! Well, it looks like most of you had fun. Maybe next time Nancy, Michelle, Maggie, Anita, Junior, Nenene, and I can come and play, or you could come to Tokyo.

Yomiko Readman
Bibliophile
Substitute Teacher

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Melissa Mao (melissa.mao@adelaide)
2017-01-08 8:11 AM UTC

Yomiko Readman  (yomiko.readman@library) said:
> Sorry we couldn't be there, but it was the middle of the night for us and we were asleep

Most of our day watch was asleep, too, but with a couple of volunteers to take over for us, those of us on the night watch were allowed to take part -- and like I said a couple dozen messages or so back, we had an assignment, so it wasn't all play for us.

I didn't take many photos -- read "almost none" -- of our people, but I did get one great shot of Sagara that is *so* very *him*:



Kurz is standing over my shoulder right now and insisting that this photo should be entitled "I Do Not Understand This Mission".  If he weren't still banned from this thread for another three and a half weeks I'd tell him to do it himself, but as it is he won't leave me alone until I add it here.  Satisfied now, Kurz?  Good.  Now go sit down.

Talking about our mission again, here's an ally ability I think we'd like to know more about.  Anything you'd care to share with us, Madame Kě Lún?



Sun Wukong (sun.wukong@dietmeierfarm) said:
> So where's Australia?

Halfway around the world from where you live. Come visit us some time (but let us know ahead of time so we don't shoot you) and we'll find some locals for Velvet to talk with.

Melissa Mao, Sergeant, MITHRIL
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Ranma Saotome (ranma.saotome@antigonish)
2017-01-08 2:02 PM UTC

Yo, Shinji, I know something about crazy chicks messing with your life.  I can come down and we can sit on the beach and talk about it if you want.

Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51) said:
> Frank Superman -- I think this was right before he and Accelerator got into that ... not-quite-a-fight.

Full marks for style and chivalry, Frank, but zero points for thinking things through. And that's *me* saying that.

Gloria Dinallo (gloria.dinallo@residence51) said:
> Shampoo (is that really her name?)

It's actually something like "Shanpu" or maybe "Xian Pu"?  But if you're some dumb jock martial artist who's too busy running to pay attention to pronunciation, you might end up saying "Shampoo".  And then everyone else copies you...

Melissa Mao (melissa.mao@adelaide) said:
> Anything you'd care to share with us, Madame Kě Lún?

You're lucky the old ghoul didn't make a bear out of that ice.

Ranma Saotome
Heir to the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts

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Blake Belladonna (blake.belladonna@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 2:47 PM UTC

Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm) said:
> I also spent every night eating pizza and watching cartoons!

Eleanor knew, didn't she?  That's why she wasn't worried every night at dinner.

Blake

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 3:08 PM UTC

Blake Belladonna (blake.belladonna@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Eleanor knew, didn't she?

Yup!  And she's the one who brought me clean clothes, too.  So *there*, Weiss!

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Shinji Ikari (shinji.ikari@santa-rosa)
2017-01-08 3:15 PM UTC

Ranma Saotome (ranma.saotome@antigonish) said:
> I can come down and we can sit on the beach and talk about it if you want.

Yeah.  I think I'd like that.

Thanks, Ranma.

Shinji Ikari
Third Child, NERV
I'm thunderstruck.

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Minako Aino (minako.aino@blossom)
2017-01-08 3:29 PM UTC

Kurz was asking about bunny girls. He's been banned from this thread for the next month, so... bunny girls! <evil grin>

Usagi and Velvet demonstrating lapine solidarity after the Snowball War!



(I swear, Usagi makes friends *everywhere*.)

Mina!
The passion – c'est la vie

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Akane Tendo (akane.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-08 3:52 PM UTC

Minako Aino (minako.aino@blossom) said:
> (I swear, Usagi makes friends *everywhere*.)

Not everywhere. But she isn't as bad as some other people.

And we're already calling it a war?

Akane Tendo
Heir to the Tendo School of Anything Goes Martial Arts

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Coco Adel (coco.adel@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-08 4:06 PM UTC

Minako Aino (minako.aino@blossom) said:
> [image]

I haven't seen Bun-Bun laugh like that in ages.  Feel free to come by any time you want, Usagi.

Coco Adel
Leader, Team CFVY
And if we can't help others, whenever we can, however we can -- then what are we here for?

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Tomo Takino (tomo.takino@venice)
2017-01-08 4:22 PM UTC

So... are we giving awards, like we did at the Halloween party?

(I'm totally *not* wangling for another trophy for my shelf.  Really.  Yomi, on the other hand, could use one...)

Tomo Takino
Fifth Baroness of Ameno Uzume
Only true heir to Fujiko Mine
Enthusiastic boke
Proudly taking the Slauson Cutoff since 2016

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Observant readers will have noticed some characters mentioned here who haven't previously appeared in an "origin story" for the setting. In the case of the characters from the Read or Die 'verse, we might not write an introductory story for them at all. They aren't the first, they aren't bringing in setting-changing technology, they aren't going to be Patient Zero for a plague if they aren't quarantined... they're just there, with stories of their own taking place in a part of our shared world that we haven't looked at. Yet.

At least now we've revealed that there are at least one group of displacees in Japan, which (along with the crew of the Black Lagoon who appeared in one of our earlier stories) doubles the number of groups in Asia that we've shown to you. We still don't know who - if anyone - has shown up in Africa or South America.

Regarding Ruby's comment that Remnant doesn't have pizza: Yes, we know that a pizza appears in one illustration from the Great Food Fight in the RWBY manga. The manga is sufficiently divergent from the original show that we consider it a completely different timeline -- one that ''didn't'' have any displacees sent to Refuge.

[Bob Schroeck]

Chapter 8: 2017-01-10 9:41 PM UTC to 2017-01-12 12:15 AM UTC

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Sumire Saito (sumire.saito@dga)
2017-01-10 9:41 PM UTC

Sun Wukong (sun.wukong@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Velvet nearly freaked when another shopkeeper said, "Oh, you're from *Australia*!" after talking to her

You sound Australian, Velvet?  But Remnant doesn't have an Australia?  That's a bit bonkers.  I'm Aussie and I'm keen to have a chat to see if we can suss out what’s going on.

Sumire Saito
Drummer, Green Leaf Girls
Sophomore, Franklin High School
"Keeping the beat, one smile at a time."

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-10 10:12 PM UTC

Tomo Takino (tomo.takino@venice) said:
> No one has any more suggestions?  Okay, then, in my official position as a random person with no authority whatsoever, I declare the discussion closed!

Thank you, Tomo.  <rolls eyes>

So... compiling all the suggestions, that means the categories are:

• Cutest combatants
  
• Most egregiously stretched-out combat
  
• Best single attack
  
• Biggest snowball
  
• Sheer Volume Award
  
• Thank You For Not Turning Green Award
  
• Most egregious use of a superpower
  
• Most improved between the start and the end of the Snowball War
  
• Most impressive defence
  
• Most creative use of a kitchen tool
  
• *Still* didn't get wet
  
• Best improvised attack
  
• Unluckiest combatant
  
• Most creative use of the medium
  
• and, finally, Who you'd most want on your team the next time we do this?
  

(No, Yang, we're not using your suggestion. Not after Skuld censored it that badly.  And if she hadn't, I would have.  It was disgusting.)

Now that we've worked out the categories (and annoyed Tina again), get your votes in by email to the address that Washuu-chan set up for us.

Oh, and we need ideas for what the award will look like. Nora was insisting on a Golden Snowball until Kris told her how to make yellow snow.

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm.  No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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Tina Foster (tina.foster@venice)
2017-01-10 10:51 PM UTC

Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm) said:
> (and annoyed Tina again)

Yeah, I'm annoyed! But this time I'm doing something about it.

I didn't get very many good photos – I'm more a wildlife photographer than a portrait photographer – but I like this one that I took of Mahoro Ando from Windsor. I didn't know she even had a winter combat outfit.




Tina Foster
Meiritsu University Photography Club member-at-large
Stranded in the USA

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Rei Hino (rei.hino@blossom)
2017-01-11 1:31 AM UTC

@Yang Xiao Long, I wanted to say this in public: Thank you for taking Ami seriously as an opponent, even if it was only a game. Some of you heard the rumours about how she had her emotions controlled. Most people didn't hear how she didn't take it well when she found out. You gave Ami her self-confidence back in a way none of us could have.

Oh, and next time, *I'm* your opponent. Fire versus fire!

Rei Hino
Love and Passion can smoulder, or burn like a beacon

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Skuld Ravenhair (skuld@yggdrasil) (Moderator)
2017-01-11 4:50 AM UTC

Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm) said:
> get your votes in by email to the address that Washuu-chan set up for us

@ALL, This forum is not email. I've deleted the votes posted to the thread, and I have NOT forwarded them, so you'll need to vote again.

Skuld Ravenhair
Norn of the Future
Leader of the Valkyries
Sysop and moderator

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Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-11 4:55 AM UTC

Rei Hino (rei.hino@blossom) said:
> Thank you for taking Ami seriously as an opponent

What's not to take seriously?  Ami's a badass.  And a sweetheart.  But I'm glad I helped.

Rei Hino (rei.hino@blossom) said:
> Oh, and next time, *I'm* your opponent. Fire versus fire!

Bring it on, Mars!

Yang Xiao Long
I Burn!

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Ruby Rose (ruby.rose@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-11 1:12 PM UTC

Yang Xiao Long (yang.xiao.long@dietmeierfarm) said:
> Bring it on, Mars!

<sigh>  Here we go again.

Ruby Rose
"Victory is in a simple soul."
Yeah, no, I don't know what it means either.

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Shanpu (shanpu@antigonish)
2017-01-11 7:22 PM UTC
(Edited by Shanpu, 2017-01-11 7:29 PM UTC)

Ranma Saotome (ranma.saotome@antigonish) said:
> It's actually something like "Shanpu" or maybe "Xian Pu"? But if you're some dumb jock martial artist who's too busy running to pay attention to pronunciation, you might end up saying "Shampoo". And then everyone else copies you...

Shampoo (珊璞, Shanpu, mean "uncut coral", but no "Xian Pu", that stupid fan thing, mean nothing) understand and is no offended, Airen.  And used to it now.  Shampoo also clever enough appreciate puns come from mangle Chinese.  But that just Great-grandmother and stupid Mù Sī -- no believe fanfiction writers who say every person in Nyucheizu have silly grooming product name!  (Although one elder *did* marry outsider plumber who gave entire village running water long ago -- that fanfic too-too crazy coincidence.)

EDIT:  Also, please no use 山脯 for Shanpu.  Yes, Shampoo have impressive bust.  No, Shampoo *not* named "Big Tits".

Shampoo
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
"While there are green hills, there will always be firewood."

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Mio Akiyama (mio.akiyama@dga)
2017-01-11 8:32 PM UTC

All right now, now that we're done with picking awards and all that, and before we get any further sidetracked by discussion of translations and all, is it time to go back to posting pics before Tina complains again?

Mio Akiyama
Douglass Gardens Apartments
Somerset, New Jersey, USA

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-11 8:36 PM UTC

Mio Akiyama (mio.akiyama@dga) said:
> is it time to go back to posting pics before Tina complains again?

I'll let you have one photo for free. Mousse (Mù Sī? No, you just said we shouldn't get sidetracked by that) heard about lacrosse and adapted it to snowball throwing. Although I think that's more like a handheld trebuchet than a lacrosse stick, but he made it from a short staff and a soup ladle, so what do you expect?



Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Naru Osaka (naru.osaka@blossom)
2017-01-11 8:04 PM UTC

Shanpu (shanpu@antigonish) said:
> 珊璞, Shanpu, mean "uncut coral"

That's uncut like an uncut gem, unfaceted, right?  Mom has a bunch of faceted coral necklaces in her store.

Not that I'm advertising or anything!

Naru Osaka
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it.
— Proverbs 17:8

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Ferris Bueller (ferris.bueller@chicago)
2017-01-11 9:05 PM UTC

Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish) said:
> I'll let you have one photo for free.

First hit's on the house, eh, Nabiki?

Ferris Bueller
Ben Rose House, Chicago
Taking the day off from taking the day off.

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Nabiki Tendo (nabiki.tendo@antigonish)
2017-01-11 9:13 PM UTC

Ferris Bueller (ferris.bueller@chicago) said:
> First hit's on the house, eh, Nabiki?

Always!

Nabiki Tendo
Entrepreneur
If you want it, I can get it.

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Shanpu (shanpu@antigonish)
2017-01-11 9:22 PM UTC

Naru Osaka (naru.osaka@blossom) said:
> That's uncut like an uncut gem, unfaceted, right?

Jewelry girl have it right.

Shampoo
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
"While there are green hills, there will always be firewood."

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Sakura Kinomoto (sakura.kinomoto@venice)
2017-01-11 11:24 PM UTC

I think I'd better do something to help keep Tina happy.  <smile>  So let me just turn the tables on my best friend and post a photo of *her* for once!  Here's Tomoyo, who had no idea I took a picture of her while she was taking pictures.  (The zoom feature on my cell phone helped a whole lot there!)



Didn't your hands get cold, Tomoyo?

Sakura Kinomoto
Everything will surely be all right.

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Tomoyo Daidouji (tomoyo.daidouji@venice)
2017-01-11 11:41 PM UTC

Oh my... Sakura-chan, you've reversed our usual roles!

I never expected to see myself from your point of view. I must admit, it feels a little strange -- I'm so used to being the one behind the camera, recording everyone else's precious moments. To think you caught me in the middle of photographing someone other than you... fufufu, how uncharacteristic of me.

Seeing this photo reminds me that memories aren't just made by the subjects we treasure, but also by the people who care enough to notice us.

I suppose I should share those moments which took my attention away from you -- starting with Mister Archer from Montreal.  (You cannot guess how glad I am that you weren't the target of his "Unlimited Snowball Works".)



Miss Rin Suzunoki from Okeechobee very kindly spared a moment from the fight to let me take her photograph.



Miss Suzunoki's very good friend Miss Onsa Amano, also from Okeechobee, who was playfully teasing her a moment before I took this shot.  Then they started roughhousing in the snow.



Young Miss Wednesday Addams, from San Francisco, who I think is almost -- almost but not quite -- as adorable as Sakura-chan.  If only she'd smile more!



Here are two of the Undines from our residence in Venice Beach -- Miss Alice Carroll and Miss Aika Grantchester, who didn't see me taking their picture:



And two more who did, Miss Akari Mizunashi and Miss Alicia Florence.  (As I understand it, Miss Akira and Miss Athena chose to stay behind and keep their gondola business open.)



And finally, much like Sakura-chan I took a photo of a photographer -- but Miss Tina Foster spied me as I did:



And yes, my hands were cold, but I cannot operate my camera well with gloves.  The sacrifices we must make for our art...

Tomoyo Daidouji
Through the lens, every smile becomes eternal.

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Tsubaki Takamura (tsubaki.takamura@teikokukagekidan)
2017-01-11 11:41 PM UTC

Wait, wait, wait.  I'm confused.  *How* many people were on the field taking pictures?  Mrs. Wikstrom, of course, but also Tomoyo, Sakura, Tina, Mio, Minami, Melissa, Subie-chan... who else?

Tsubaki Takamura, Lieutenant
Wind Division, Imperial Combat Revue

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Mio Akiyama (mio.akiyama@dga)
2017-01-11 11:54 PM UTC

Katsuhito-sensei and Garnett from Coquitlam, too.

I just took a few pics with my cell phone.  I wasn't really out there to take photos.

Mio Akiyama
Douglass Gardens Apartments
Somerset, New Jersey, USA

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Sakura Kinomoto (sakura.kinomoto@venice)
2017-01-12 12:11 AM UTC

Me, too.  I only saw three people with actual cameras, not just their phones -- Mrs. Wikstrom, Tomoyo, and Tina.

Sakura Kinomoto
Everything will surely be all right.

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Weiss Schnee (weiss.schnee@dietmeierfarm)
2017-01-12 12:15 AM UTC

I still don't quite understand how it is that I ended up in charge of this whole process, but it apparently falls to me now to remind people that there are less than eight hours left in which to vote on the awards for the snowball war.  Submit your votes by 8 AM UTC, which for some unfathomable reason is the middle of the night for most of us who took part.  So basically your last chance to vote is right before you go to bed -- unless you're plagued by insomnia, in which case you have a few more hours.

In any case, get your votes in now or they won't be counted.

(Fortunately *I* don't have to count them -- Washuu-chan's systems will tally everything up automatically, thankfully.)

Weiss Schnee
Dietmeier Farm, Lake Wobegon, MN
Yes, I live on a farm.  No, I am *not* a farmgirl.

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