2017-01-02: Greetings from Minnesota!

[Bob Schroeck]

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

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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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