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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polar diving
"Do you think they're mad to jump in the water when it's so cold? Where I'm from, we wouldn't dare." Sansa knows from experience, having crossed a river in the middle of winter.
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"But I'll admit it's fun to watch them make fools of themselves," she agrees. Mundanes find the strangest ways to entertain themselves, she sometimes thinks. Usually she's not overly judgmental about it, but things like this... it's like they want to test death. This seems like a pretty pointless way to do it.
The next contestant shrieks nearly the whole way down til they're engulfed by water and Isabelle giggles quietly.
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It seems like a very good way to die in Sansa's estimation but there's no accounting for taste. She turns her head a bit to look at Isabelle.
"You seem sensible, at least."
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“There are so many better ways to get an adrenaline rush,” she says, laughter still in her voice. She can think of a handful of ways with no trouble at all, though with a little distance she might also be able to admit her life is hardly normal. There's a reason the average human is referred to as a Mundane in her world.
She turns to Sansa more fully now at her next observation, and grins, cocking her head to the side a moment. “I've always thought so,” she says, reaching out her hand in introduction. “I'm Isabelle.”
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"Sansa," she says in return. "Well met, Isabelle."
There's more divers running and shrieking as they jump into the water but Sansa isn't nearly as interested in them as she is in conversing with Isabelle further.
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“It's nice to meet you, Sansa,” she says in return, even more curious now. “You said you were from the North?” she asks for clarity.
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"It is cold there nearly all the time, even in the summer."
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“Sounds like you could use the vacation,” she offers lightly. “It hasn't been peaceful where I came from,” she continues. “I'm hoping my... time here will give us some peace.”
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No one should have to endure battles the way she has. Sansa thinks she's endured more war than peace and she enjoys that Cadelle has provided a respite.
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“I hope you find some peace,” she says honestly, feeling a little overly formal but she can't seem to help it. “But it is hard to trust it,” she agrees a moment later, thinking of how she still wakes up expecting to have demons to hunt, missions to accomplish, enemies... it's not easy to just settle in to a new, peaceful way of life without waiting for the other shoe to drop.
“How long have you been here?” she asks, attempting to segue into, hopefully, a lighter topic of conversation. Not that she's opposed to talking of war if Sansa wants to, but she thinks that those who live it have less need to relive it.
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"It was summer when I arrived and the winter has come now, so five or six? The seasons are very different here so it's a little harder for me to track the days than it is at home."
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"I'm glad it's not always this cold here," she offers, even if she's snug in her parka.
"Do you like it here?" she asks, as if it's a simple question, even though she knows it can't be such a simple answer. She's hardly been in Cadelle at all and already her own answer feels complicated.
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All in all, she does like it here even if she's never put it so plainly before.
"It's so different from where I come from and it's so...safe. I haven't felt safe in a long time."
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"I'm sorry," she says sincerely, her smile fading, sorry that she hasn't known safety. It's something Isabelle has spent her life fighting for, if not always experiencing. Most people don't ever realize they're in danger.
"It's good to hear it's safe here," she continues, just a flash of a smirk, "Even if that puts me out of a job. Guess I'm on vacation, too."
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Sansa knows Jon wouldn't have taken as well to Cadelle as she has. He has to always be doing something for Winterfell or Westeros.
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"But you're right. It's strange to know that I don't have to be on duty here."
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It's strange but she's grown used to the feeling that here in Cadelle, she only has to care for herself and her own needs.
"I just have to find new things to fill them."
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"You and I both," she agrees. Just then another contestant hits the water with a shriek and a splash and Izzy laughs suddenly. "Anything but that," she says lightly.
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"I don't know why it couldn't be a dancing competition or something. Dancing is something you could do without risking frostbite."
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“Yes!” she agrees instantly. “I tried to add a little flair to the snow ballet,” she explains, “But I would have loved a real dance competition.” She assesses Sansa with new eyes, still smiling as sincerely as ever. “What kind of dancing do you do?”
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Sansa smiles, happy to talk about dancing and how much she's really come to enjoy it even if she's never had to work before. "I do love ballet, though. I like the idea of being powerful while being graceful at the same time."
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“I'd like to come to your class,” she says, after Sansa explains. “And maybe a ballet class. We can compare notes.” Already she's finding wonderful things to fill her time.
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Sansa has enjoyed it thoroughly and there's nothing she loves more than to teach someone else so they can share in that joy.