[Open] Hit the Slopes

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Characters: Everyone!
Location: Mount Hood, Oregon
Rating: Varies
Time: July 28th - 29th
Description: Skiing! Hot chocolate! Snowball fights! Hiking! Folks of Death City say 'screw the heat' and decide to take a frosty vacation a few states away. COMMENCE MISCHIEF.



The discounted price came at a surprisingly good time. With the temperatures in Nevada climbing and no end in sight, it seems the owners of a Pacific Northwestern lodge took pity on the Meisters and Weapons of Shibusen and offered them a break from the heat. Despite it being July, the snow was still plentiful for skiing, snowboarding, sledding and innertubing! Dress warm, rent some gear or bring your own and have at it, they say!

From dawn to dusk, the mountain is lively on all sides, boarders and ski nuts to ski newbies enjoying a mid-week break while nature buffs take hikes over the trails on the greener side of the mountain, reachable by a short bus ride from the main lodge. Whether you're more into the powdery white or the vivid green, there's a spot for you to take a breather on Mount Hood.

The question is, where do you even start?



[I volunteered to put up the log for the Oregon trip, and here it is! Tag in to one, two, or all three of the areas noted and start your own open or closed threads within. Tag yourselves in (you guys know the drill), mingle, and enjoy!]

Comments

[de_faulty_hero]

[He hisses in response to her attack, but he's already shifting his weight to put them into motion going down the hill.]

Sorry, going too fast, so hold on.

[He only adjusts his hold and picks up speed.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Holy shit, he's actually taking them down the slope while carrying her. This is... actually scary. A little. Just enough that she holds onto him tightly (and incidentally doesn't stop draining him with her ability) and closes her eyes as she clings.]

If you drop me, you are so dead!

[de_faulty_hero]

[Gaia, this woman! He has to concentrate on not falling down with her clinging to him, which is actually kind of funny given it's Akiha. He shifts and heads for a jump because if he's going to die, he may as well here her yell at him for it.]

If I drop you at this speed, don't you think I'd make sure to kill you first so I have a chance to get away?

[Oh yeah, that jump... it's happening right now. Cloud clears it and lands rather successfully. They're going much faster now.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[She's never been in this kind of situation before!]

You can't run fast enough from Sion!

[And then suddenly they were in the air and Akiha actually shrieks a little before burying her face in Cloud's neck. She didn't want to see the ground hit just before breaking all the bones in her body. The one time she wished she still had her demon blood. She's been pushed off a tall building before and only suffered a few scrapes and bruises.]

[de_faulty_hero]

[This is what friendship with him is going to be like. A lot of ups and downs.]

I'll just hit the slopes again and see how she fares the same way!

[Okay, the shriek does actually make the whole thing worth it, he admits. He settles and dares to shift her in his arms so he's got her bridal style. He continues down the hill only getting faster and doesn't even bother to slow for the next jump. He just takes it at break neck speed.]

You're allowed to have fun, Akiha! Aren't you having fun yet? Or are you wondering how Sephiroth puts up with me?

[They fly for longer this time, but he again lands like he's been doing this all day. Of course, that fast means they are at the bottom of the hill and he has to slow and stop.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[After the shift, one hand remains locked onto the back of Cloud's top while the other pounds against his chest. Only, she's not hitting as hard as he knows she can if only because she doesn't want to be dropped.

And yes, he gets another shriek, though this one is more muffled.]

I'm imagining the many ways to hurt you, you lunatic!

[She doesn't even notice they've come to a stop as her eyes are clenched shut and she's still holding on.]

[de_faulty_hero]

[Earning one shriek is a prize, but two? That's a gift from the planet from a woman like Akiha, and he enjoys it with full awareness he's going to get hurt at some point very soon.]

Lunatic? That's not very nice when I'm showing you the ropes to skiing!

[He waits for her to notice they've come to a stop but when she just holds on he clears his throat.]

You know, for a taken woman, you're holding onto me pretty tight while we're in the stop position. Oh, I know, you want to go again, yes?

[ritsu_kouyou]

[She opens her eyes and confirms that they are indeed stopped. Never mind how she's breathing like she was skiing it and not just along for the ride.

And then the question registers.]

No, I do not! Now, put. Me. Down.

[And that hand that's been pounding him on the chest? When it hits again, this time it has the sting of claws slicing at the soul as hit him with Soul Menace.]

[de_faulty_hero]

[He smirks at her reaction and shifts her in his arms so he can set her down on her skis rather than risk her falling. Then she digs into his soul, and he hisses and replies in kind by snapping an electrical Soul Menace response to her backside as he lets her go.]

You have a good shrieking voice, Akiha. Want to at least take the chairlift back to the top with me?

[He rubs his arm like that's the part she's wounded in her previous strike.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[She draws in a sharp breath at his retaliation and swats at his hand.]

Don't you go touching that. And I have no idea what you're talking about.

[SHE WILL DENY THE SHRIEKING.]

How do I know you're not going to try something so absurd again?

[de_faulty_hero]

[He just looks innocently the other direction and that would be towards the chairlift.]

I didn't touch it; I shocked it.

[He smirks and bends down to unhook one foot from the binding of his snowboard.]

I won't, I promise. I'll be good in the chairlift. [He's got to go looking for Sion after all.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

Close enough.

[Akiha considers, arms crossed as best as she can with her poles, before huffing.]

Fine. But if you aren't, I'm going to push you off it.

[de_faulty_hero]

I'm not a cheater.

[He smirks and pushes himself along with a foot against the snow, amused by the idea of her pushing him off. She must think he plans on staying all the way up.]

You're such a great friend.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Of course, I am. Whatever would you do without me?

[Said flatly as she shuffles after him. One more run and she'd be done. She was shivering.]

[de_faulty_hero]

I wouldn't be having women shrieking in my ear I guess. That's not something I can live without, you know?

[He keeps slow so that she can keep up with him.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

You're delusional to think such would ever be an ongoing thing in your life.

[de_faulty_hero]

[He smirks.]

Oh really? We'll see about that.

[Challenge accepted.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Falling into line next to him, Akiha looks over with a serious set to her eyes.]

Don't pick me up like that again. That wasn't fun, Cloud.