With the blizzard come and gone, the city administration makes quick work of transforming the landscape from a post-apocalyptic white dream (or nightmare) to a more picturesque winter wonderland. While the heavy snow drifts are easily plowed away and the sheets of ice quickly cleared from roofs and bridges, the grounds of the city's parks and sidewalks still enjoy their seasonal coating of soft, fresh snow.
By mid-month, new posters begin to pop up on bulletin boards and network advertisements, featuring the cheerful sound of trumpets and the encouraging view of your favorite volunteer coordinators, inviting you to take part in the city's annual winter games. It's not quite olympian, and no previous experience is required — any and all are welcome to sign up for as many events as they'd like, and while medals aren't awarded, winners may very well find themselves bequeathed with something even more fun! (We hear bar tabs and instachecks are all the rage these days!)
Feeling festive? Come join the fun this weekend at the games!
▸ Are you freakishly flexible? Are you beauty? Are you grace? (We recommend not punching the judges in the face.) Ski ballet may be just the game for you! Play your walk up song as you emerge on skis to Cadelle's adoring crowds. You'll have 90 seconds to make your way downhill while twirling, spinning, kicking and leaping your way with style. Don't want to go it alone? This year Cadelle's offering the chance to compete in pairs. Let's hope your chemistry sets the rain slopes on fire.
▸ Does anyone remember that phrase 'Go sit on a block of ice?' Well, the sport of ice blocking takes that little idiom rather literally as participants slide down one of the city's grassier hills with little more than a giant block of ice, graciously provided by the local ice master. First one down is the winner! Though, just as a reminder: the city is not responsible for any stuck tongues, buns, or other body parts that may result from this event.
▸ Are you crazy about water? Are you unafraid of those freezing waves? The sport of polar diving may be perfect for you! Be sure to slather on the providied petroleum jelly all over your exposed skin and climb on top of the recently built high dive board at Lake Bunton — once you're poised and ready, let loose with your best swan dive... or bellyflop. Three judges will score your stylish dive on a scale of 1-10. The best average score wins!
▸ Are you a fixture at Lucky Lanes? Or is that elusive perfect 300 a pipe dream? Either way, what happens when you mix winter weather, pins, and big round balls? Epic fun, of course, in the form of a fantastically frenzied game of ice bowling! Just.... try not to fall over as you do your victory shuffle after you get that 7-10 split.
Of course, if you're not the sporting type, there's still plenty to see and do during the games! Maybe you'll opt to cheer on your friends and neighbors in their exploits — flags, vuvuzelas, and all manner of spectator accessories are available for purchase from nearby vendors, and for those who may not want to spend a fortune, the city offers free decorate-it-yourself kits for banners at the entrance to the viewing stands! More entreprenurial citizens may choose to invest in a willing market; visit the barking traveling bookies to place a wager on your favored winner, or maybe lay down a few cuddlebucks on an implausible yet possible end scenario — Ireland wins but Russia gets the snitch, anyone?
Whether you've opted to practice your best polar bear performance, rolled a turkey on the ice, or maybe just kept warm in your parka on the stands, be sure to keep a space open in the end of your weekend for the city's closing ceremony. There's the traditional pomp and circumstance, of course, in the issuance of awards and winner's trophies; more important and certainly more exciting, though, is the hosted dinner, held outdoors under a gleaming white tent just beyond the shores of Blue Springs Pool. It's a beautiful place to enjoy a delicious meal with friends, so the city certainly hopes you'll make time to attend!
Howdy, cuddlers!
With the excitement of the 2018 Winter Games just around the corner, we thought it might be fun for you to get to enjoy some sportsmanship of your own this time of year. While the Olympic Games are certainly reserved for the best of the best, Cadelle's version is open to all, and focuses less on swiftly navigating down snowy hills on your preferred mode of transportation (because, really, what else differentiates snowboarding from skiing from bobsled racing and luge...?) and more on the way you choose to move! We hope your characters have a blast while they dance on skis, slide on giant blocks of ice, dive into freezing cold water, or just roll an ice ball down a slick plane of frozen grass... or maybe just watch all their friends make fools of themselves instead!
If you have any further questions specific to this event, we encourage you to ask away on our QUESTIONS COMMENT here in this post. If you have general questions, or prefer a more private venue, our GENERAL INBOX (and SCREENED INBOX) is always available for you. In addition, if you've got an idea for a future event, feel free to drop us a line at our EVENTS SUGGESTION POST.
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( Diana has never ski jumped before but after watching some of the other competitors, she feels comfortable enough to try. She's athletic and agile and it's not long before she's zipping down the hills and spinning and pirouetting like she's done this her entire life. The physical things have always come so easily for her and this is no exception. She has no idea if she'll place but she just lives for the thrill of the competition, of getting out there and giving it her best try. When she's finished her latest set, she steps off the path and starts working on unhooking her skis. )
Did you see? I hope I'll place but I'm not entirely sure. There were some others who did really, really well. I've never done this before but I couldn't help but try.
➨ice block
( Diana has a little less luck with the ice block. She thinks, in hindsight, she should have heeded the advice of the administration and used the petroleum jelly they'd offered but now she's here and she's literally stuck on an ice block. There's no real delicate way to get herself out of this situation and she looks to someone off to the side, smiling awkwardly; Diana doesn't have an awkward bone in her body normally but this is something completely outside of her experience. )
A little help? I seem to have gotten stuck.
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have another idea? hit me up.
Ice block
I think melting the ice too much might be frowned upon, but needs must. This is clearly a sport with hidden dangers.
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You have my thanks. ( There is, though, the matter of magic. Diana isn't entirely unused to superpowers, being in possession of a set herself, but this feels different. )
How did you do that? Have you always been able to or is it the result of some accident?
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That was magic, an easy spell. I'm a warlock, and you may be disqualified from this round, but if you'd care to join me on the sidelines? I'm Magnus, by the way, Magnus Bane.
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I would love to join you. I'm Diana Prince.
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[Magnus offers an elbow and they walk back to the sidelines, and he even holds the rope up for her to duck under first before he ducks under himself.]
Where is it you're from, if you don't mind my asking? I'm usually very good with accents, but I can't quite place yours.
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It's a small island off the coast of Greece. Themyscira, to be exact.
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[Why does that sound familiar? He knows he's heard that name before. Has he been there? He'd spent some time hopping from one Greek island to the next, but no, that's not it.
He blinks when he realizes he's been thinking on it a little longer than strictly necessary and waves it off.]
Well, in my experience, small Greek islands are paradise. I can only imagine growing up on one would be an experience.
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It was paradise. I miss it very much. Still, it was perfect and you cannot appreciate true beauty unless you've seen something that isn't beautiful to compare it to.
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You're right. Do you know, that's one of the most difficult things to tell people who don't want to hear it? Right alongside "You'll never truly appreciate something until it's gone."
[Someone else might ask why she hadn't visited again, but Magnus has had far too many perfect places swept away by time to ask something like that. It's enough that she remembers it and it was perfect in her mind.]
Do you still have family there?
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( Diana shakes her head and smiles a little. It all sounds a little crazy to someone who hasn't lived her life or walked in her shoes but she hopes she's explaining it to Magnus well enough. It's been a long time since she was open with who she was and had a chance to tell her story. )
I have to fight for those who can't. It's what I do.
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[As she talks, Magnus goes through surprise, sympathy, and understanding in rapid succession. Fighting for those who can't sounds suspiciously like looking after the people who need it, even when they don't appreciate it. Even when they don't know it's happening.]
Well, the world doesn't know the gift it's been given, then. I'm sorry you can't go home again.
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( At the mention of not going home again, Diana's eyes well with tears for a moment before she blinks them away. )
I miss my home very much. I've just had to make new homes.
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[But everyone needs help eventually. Magnus, always soft-hearted and demonstrative even at the best of times, reaches out immediately to press one of Diana's hands between his.]
Well, you've already found friends here.
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I am very glad to have met you. There's too few people like us in the world.
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[He gives her hands another little squeeze before letting her go again, but he stays comfortably close. Diana has lost a lot in her life, and so has Magnus, but it hasn't darkened either of their spirits. She's right, people like them are rare.]
And how much of this world have you explored? You seem like the adventurous type, and I was considering an adventure.
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( Diana smiles a bit as she thinks about the world back home, though, and all the things she's done since she left Themyscira. )
But since I left my original home so long ago I've been hundreds of places and met thousands of people. I work for the Louvre.
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[And then all thoughts of wildflowers and the potions that can be brewed with them go out the window as he lights up.]
You work for the Louvre? I love it there! Oh, I haven't been back since...my god, it must be decades, that's terrible. What do you do? Tell me everything.
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I work in acquisition and verification of antiquities, particularly from Greece and Turkey.
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[Because everyone uses priceless antiques to make an apartment seem more homey, right?]
Well, I think it's settled. Come by to take a look, and then we'll go exploring. It will be a full but fun day, what do you think?
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( It's always good to meet those who have an appreciation for art and antiquities and Magnus seems a good sort. )