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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Malia knows a little something about dead sisters and things they never got to achieve, but she wasn't old enough for Malia to make plans like this with her. If this is something Derek wanted to do with Laura, then he should do it and she will support him. Just don't expect her to do it with him.
"They have things like this back home?"
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He has a feeling Malia understands. While Derek doesn't know a ton about her past, he knows enough to know that Malia understands loss.
"Promise not to make fun of me if I come up sputtering and shouting like a wimp because it's cold?" he asks, laughing a little before adding, "because I'm good with cold, but I've also never willingly jumped into a mostly frozen lake before, so this is probably going to be exponentially more unpleasant than I'm imagining in my head right now..."
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"I can promise to have a blanket ready?"
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His eyes move away from her when his number gets called to stand by. "All right, I guess here goes nothing..."
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The fall is probably the most refreshing thing he's ever experienced. There's a peacefulness in the rush of cold air and he'd done a backflip, so it's kind of cool to be able to look up at the person who'll be taking their turn after him, rather than out at the people waiting to laugh if he looks like an idiot coming back out of it.
He's never felt anything like the ice water he's plunged into. Somehow it's so cold that it burns and it might be a little bit of shock that keeps him quiet when he pops back out of the water, shaking his head and letting out a huff that would typically have had sound except it feels like the wind got knocked right out of him, but also not quite.
When he climbs back out, in spite of the fact that the water is actually colder than the air, so it's something of a relief, Derek's whole body is still shaking and shuddering from the chill as he searches out Malia in the sea of faces and heads right for her, because as promised, she's waiting with a blanket. "Holy sh-sh-shit, never again," he manages to stutter out.
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But she obligingly extends the blanket in his direction so he can bundle up and not turn blue. She doubts he can actually get sick from being cold and wet but hypothermia is a thing that even werewolves have to worry about.
"But at least now you can say you did it."
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He looks around, curious to see if any of the people who competed before him appear to be as cold and uncomfortable as he is.
"I kind of don't actually care what my score is...I'm fucking freezing. I need to get dressed or go for a four-legged run or something; I don't care."
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She unlocks the doors and slides into the driver's seat, waiting until he's inside before she asks: "Back to Gamma?"
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There's something very satisfying about that.
"Yeah, I need to take the hottest shower of all time," he replies, huffing a laugh and rolling his eyes. "Thanks Malia. Seriously. I appreciate it."
((ooc: we could call it done with one more from you, if you want!))
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And with that, off they go to head back to Gamma house.