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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( Sansa thinks he means well, honestly, but she doesn't understand how else to be other than a champion for House Stark. )
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[ Reid knows better than to argue with someone about their own culture, religion, moral beliefs-- or indoctrinated subservience. Whichever one this is, which he's not really in a position to know. Regardless, he doesn't think it would hurt anything for her to feel encouraged to value herself. ]
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( Perhaps she shouldn't. Perhaps he is right and she should be thinking of herself and to that end, her wish had even been to get some time to herself, but Sansa still cannot help but feel badly about it. Maybe that feeling will fade with time. )
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[ He's such an even-keel person while discussing things like this, serious topics. Unless you try to poke him in a sore spot, aka his own vulnerabilities, or get him talking on one of his favorite subjects, Reid is steady.
There's a lot of things he can say here to make his point further, but that's just not how Reid is. He's about the furthest thing from pushy. He's said what he wanted to say and is content to let her think about it further, or not, on her own time. So, instead: ] We're almost there.
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( Sansa has learned that life is just learning a series of rules for a game and once you're good at the game, the rules change and the players change and you're having to learn a new game. All her life has been a series of games, one after the other, and Cadelle is just another version of the game she's been playing since she was a child. )
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Well-- you can disagree and I won't take it as arguing. If that's better. It must be difficult to have all the rules change.
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( It's a bit cryptic, yes, but Sansa has learned to try and keep some parts of herself away from others as a shield to keep her true self safe. It hasn't seemed as necessary in Cadelle but she still does it, from time to time. )
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He thinks about that for a moment. ] If you're determined to play. [ He glances at her sidelong, making steady time even with his cane. ] If there's any 'rules' you need to ask about, you can ask me.
[ Reid says this like it's nothing remarkable, an offer he makes to everyone. Truth is, as a weedy beanpole of a man with a subdued, intellectual demeanor, he often gets the role of unintimidating male on the team. He's used to serving as the line of contact perceived to be safe, and unthreatening. It mostly works, largely because Reid isn't faking any of it: he's a bad shot, he couldn't tackle anyone to the ground, and he has jumped in front of bullets for people he barely knows and would do so again. Hell, he rarely raises his voice. Reid's not ashamed of using that where he can, if it helps someone, or more often, the investigation at hand. ]
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( Sansa gives him a look that's softer, a bit more vulnerable than she usually is. She isn't as reserved in Cadelle as she is back in Westeros but now she feels a little more open than she normally does. Perhaps she shouldn't. Trusting people has ended up hurting her before, after all, but she cannot write everyone off, can she? Not if she wants to achieve her wish. )
Sometimes you just end up having to play by the rules to survive. I have gathered that most people who come to Cadelle don't come from places like I did.
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I get that. Not that I came from anywhere like Westeros. My job, I encounter a lot of people who have... survived extraordinary things. [ Including himself. Not that Reid's about to bring that up. His voice softens. ] You should never feel ashamed or embarrassed for what you do to survive. Some people have a hard time understanding strength that looks like weakness.
[ He'd rather she did feel free to argue with him, but half the reason Reid consistently gets cast at work as unthreatening male is because he doesn't expect more from people than what they can give. ]
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The lone wolf dies but the pack survives. My father used to say that.
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Human beings are social creatures. We benefit from continued social support and group hierarchies. [ By now they've reached the library, a formal brickwork building looming up ahead of them, and Reid pauses in front of it. ]
Ready to go in? You can read on site as long as you like, but we'll have to get you a card if you want to borrow anything.
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I am ready. It’s strange. I never thought I would be excited to go into a library.
( Books have never really been her thing but here in Cadelle, she’s discovering it’s all right to do things outside of her narrowly defined role as a lady. Sometimes she doesn’t like what she tries but it’s different and new and Sansa supposes that’s the important thing. )
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He levers himself up the steps and then heads for the door. ] I thought of some books to start you off with on the way for your request, but is there anything else you want to look into?
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I wouldn’t have any idea where to begin. ( It’s a soft confession, slightly embarrassed. )
There’s so many books in here that I think there’s more than I’ve ever seen in my whole life, much less all at once. I don’t know if I could tell you anything else I wanted. If you have ideas, I would have them?
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Either while you were here or in general? Anything you like to do that you could get books on?
[ If you let Reid off on his own to pick out books, she'll end up with an incredibly varied assortment. Which he wouldn't mind doing, but he figures he'll at least ask if she has any particular interests to focus on first. ]
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( It's an advantage to know where your conversation partner comes from and what sort of country it is. Sansa only knows about America inasmuch as she could glean from others and she needs to know more. )
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[ Reid glances over at her, ponders being tactful, but ultimately Reid is just too prone to factual statements to give way to diplomacy. ]
Women being expected to be obedient servants of their house was a concept America espoused until fairly recently. 19th century authors such as Jane Austen dealt with those themes regularly.
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But women aren’t expected to be that in America any longer, correct? I rule my house now but I still must serve it and its interests. I have to put my house before any personal desires.
( It’s something Sansa has always grown up knowing and it’s a part of her as much as her hair or her eyes. She doesn’t know if Reid understands that but he seems kind and well-meaning and she hopes he does. )
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His free hand makes a see-saw motion in the air. ] Sort of. Nominally speaking, we're past all that, but the mentality still exists. For example, women still do the majority of the housework and child rearing, even if they work full time as well. You should think of it as an ongoing struggle. Some women are more traditional or more progressive. I'm sure there's variation in a woman's fealty in Westeros, like there is in anything.
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( And, yet, Sansa has two examples ready to hand in spite of how unusual that is. Hmm. )
Desperate times call for houses to adapt.
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You sound pretty progressive yourself. Your brother must trust you if he's leaving all that to you.
[ Probably that's a safer topic. Probably. It's complimentary, at least? ]
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( Sansa pauses, trying to think how to explain her relationship with Jon. )
I think of him as my true brother, though. I miss him.
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I don't blame you. [ A moment's hesitation, because he doesn't usually talk about this, but-- Spencer affects being casual about it, pausing to pull down a book. ] I spend so much time with my team, I probably should've expected how much I'll miss them while I'm here. I got used to having them around.
Here. [ He hands her over the book, which is a nice, readable history of colonial America and the Revolutionary War, not too textbook-like. Probably best not to overload her, and starting at the beginning is always logical. ]
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