[ what the hell, who kicked him? xichen blinks and sits up--
--and gets attacked. xichen shouts and grabs the broken ski at his side and slams the shattered edges into the wolf's eye, giving it the strongest shove he can to get the wolf off of him. ]
[Deadgata seems to be having some trouble with this wolf. It manages to grab the ski in its huge, strong jaws and yanks. He’ll either have to let go of the ski or fall out of the tree.
Binghe you’ve murdered that wolf. Wolf murder. It’s super dead. Wow. Maybe it was an endangered species? Rude? There are mournful howls off in the distance. Blood and eggnog drops onto the snow. Festive.
Xichen . . . with his gorp power just
stabs the ski straight through the wolf’s skull? Jesus christ. It’s very dead. Who doesn’t love gorp.]
Anyway he's letting go of the ski just to give the wolf the distraction while he grabs his other ski to try his stab maneuver a second time!! He wants to kill a wolf too????]
[ it'd probably be nice to go help ogata. binghe is not going to do that.
now that he's covered in eggnog and wolf blood, he gives the corpse a final kick and sits up, shaking the snow from his hair and looking over at xichen. he didn't even get to see him die, and instead just sees his sick ski attack on this wolf.
his eyebrows raise, and he gives him the sup nod of appreciation. wow. ] Are you alright?
[ and anyway, he's getting up now and absolutely not dropping his glass shiv.
I, I'm not sure. [ he reaches up to the back of his head and rubs the spot where he's sure he felt himself get kicked and then knocked forward. ]
Something hit me from behind and then... [ but he's up, and not dead. xichen frowns as he tries to put the pieces back together when he spots ogata still getting mauled. ]
[He could have gotten that gun but he missed his opportunity. This time he has a mild success - the ski stabs into the wolf’s mouth and it howls with pain, though it isn’t dead yet. Just more determined to eat him now. Trying to claw up the tree to get at him.
Everyone else might hear some slightly more distant howls . . . but not that distant.]
Ogata ignore's Xichen's offer of help, but hey maybe he's just preoccupied? He tries to jab the ski in further to do more damage, since that's what's worked so far!!]
but getting away from wolves is definitely. a thing they have to do so, ] Indeed. [ which direction do they have to go to get away from the sound of wolves, and what's over there ]
[Has Ogata considered there might be something on his person that’s making this a wee bit harder than it has to be? No? Well that’s fine. The ski continues to deep throat the wolf, who mostly just seems irritated by what’s happening and not super hurt.
So there’s a couple of directions they can go! There’s straight down the steep slope - The Buttcracker - and off over a ridge they can’t quite see all the way down. Who knows what’s at the bottom! They can also go up it, if they want to try. And a path that does seem to lead off into the woods. Wolves mournfully howl, the sound echoing all around them. It’s hard to tell exactly what direction the howls are coming from though.]
[I'm gonna feel really stupid if this is right. Anyway, seeing the ski do nothing further, Ogata is going to think about what else he has on him and remember the very cursed gemstone. He takes it out, and before just throwing it at the wolf, he's going to like, move it around a little and see if the wolf's eyes follow it? If they do he's going to throw it as far away as possible in the hopes the wolf is going to chase after it. Please.
If he DOES throw it, it isn't in the direction of where Binghe and Xichen are standing. I just want to say this. Away from that direction.]
[ as expected. the wolf howls continue! majima is out there.
and, as two wolf murderers, it will probably be bad to continue standing here. binghe's gonna walk to the edge of the ridge and look over it, giving xichen a last look since ogata seem to have his wolf problems taken care of.
...wolf problem.
....actually...
looking at the corpse of the wolf he just murdered, binghe gives it a shove to get it moving. and then another shove. and then another shove, using the benefits of a steep ass hill and gravity to take it back over to the edge of the ridge.
there's a beat. he steps on the wolf corpse to leave it in place. ]
I'm not going up - climbing in these boots is going to be difficult. It's down or through the woods.
[ and with that he's going to yeet this wolf corpse off the side of the ridge. can they at least hear the sound of a wolf body hitting the ground or see a puff of snow? does this count as item use.
this also seems as good a time as any to casually eat a handful of gorp. you know, that whole starving thing. ]
[ he watches binghe curiously as he just kicks around a wolf corpse like his own personal football, but he does follow down the toward the ridge and nods in agreement. going up is only going to be more difficult.
he does keep an eye on ogata too, in case something goes really wrong with his wolf problem. ]
Given the fact we are being chased by wolves and the hour, the woods are rather risky. [ but so is this ramp, if it's way too steep.
he will also have some gorp, because why not, and inspects the ramp if there are any tracks for skis or wolves, and if there are any lights in the distance as a sign of shelter. ]
[The wolf’s eyes do, in fact, follow it! It is so shiny and beautiful, and clearly cursed. When Ogata throws it off into the distance, the wolf leaps after it and immediately tries to swallow it!!!!!!
Then it starts choking to death. It just makes choking noises in the background while you guys debate your directions.
The wolf corpse that Binghe is abusing just goes slip-sliding down the hill quickly. It zips off out of their eyesight. You don’t see where it goes, but it doesn’t seem to stop shortly after going over the ridge or anything. Bad roll, sorry. He can also eat some gorp, and feels incredibly powerful and cool and strong. He has advantage on a roll whenever he wants to use it.
Xichen ate his gorp already!!! He reaches into his little plastic ziploc and finds nothing left but the like, raisins! It sucks! He feels sad! Boo! The snow is all freshly fallen, so there’s no tracks of any kind to be seen here. There . . . might be some twinkly lights in the distance down there? Hm!]
[... Well! In Ogata's defense the wolves killing Steve was probably a mercy from the sound of it. He won't take responsibility for any wolf related violence. He's just going to climb down from the tree and go to join Binghe and Xichen.]
I don't suppose you two came up with an idea as to how to get down while I was preoccupied?
i mean. whatever. the wolf corpse seems to be going a long ways, and he can't hear any sounds of it falling, which is disconcerting... but there are lights that way, and no sounds of the wolf corpse being mangled by a giant yeti or anything, so. ]
Look. [ pointing! to the lights!! ] It's going to be slippery, so tread carefully, but this is probably the best option.
[ can't think of much else!! so. binghe's gonna go hop over the edge of the ridge and start to head carefully down. he's not standing still to get eaten by wolves. ]
[ why the raisin hate? he'll eat raisins damn. it's not as good as the full gorp experience but he's not about to complain. ]
It looks like it's the only way closer to somewhere we can find other people, so we might as well.
[ he'll head down too, walking with his body at an angle like how you're supposed to when you hike downhill to keep your weight from tipping you forward and falling flat on your face. he also will walk beside binghe instead of behind him, again, in case anyone slips. ]
[The wolf that choked on the crystal lays in the snow and out of its mouth . . . a shining, clearly cursed glow appears. You’re all picking your way down the ski slope when
well, there’s a rather loud rumbling sound behind you.]
[ when binghe gets home he is going to beat the shit out of mobei-jun. that's what he decides, as he hears this rumbling noise, because that's either an avalanche or ogata's gonna get eaten by a bear again.
he looks into the void for a long second. is there any cover nearby? or is it just a long slope of death. ]
at least you’re getting down the hill faster? It’s all wolf bodies and snow and tumbling head over heels for a few loud, horrible minutes before everything seems to finally come to a stand still. You’re all buried in the snow, alive at least, and probably you can’t see each other - though you can attempt to feel it out. What now?]
[Honestly Ogata has half a mind to just give up and let the snow consume him, but he knows Xichen and Binghe will absolutely just leave him here without a care. The urge to live out of spite is, as always, his strongest motivator.
I feel like I should be able to argue that figuring out which way is up in an avalanche is also something Ogata could have learned in the army, which is to spit and see which direction it goes, because the opposite way is up! And he's going to try and dig his way out. Hopefully he's not too far from the surface?]
[ alright, time to start feeling around in the snow. binghe does not know this spit trick, but that's fine.
he'll just hulk his way out of here if he has to. he's gonna start digging out in swimming motions! in a direction that is hopefully up! jeezy creezy ]
[ welp. not gonna stay here and rot! xichen uses his ski poles to help him dig himself out of this mess, loosening up the snow and feeling if they break free to the surface (or hit the ground, so he can go the other way) until he can get his bearings and sit up.
as soon as he does get out of the snow he'll look around for signs of the other two and see how far apart they are. ]
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--and gets attacked. xichen shouts and grabs the broken ski at his side and slams the shattered edges into the wolf's eye, giving it the strongest shove he can to get the wolf off of him. ]
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Binghe you’ve murdered that wolf. Wolf murder. It’s super dead. Wow. Maybe it was an endangered species? Rude? There are mournful howls off in the distance. Blood and eggnog drops onto the snow. Festive.
Xichen . . . with his gorp power just
stabs the ski straight through the wolf’s skull? Jesus christ. It’s very dead. Who doesn’t love gorp.]
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Anyway he's letting go of the ski just to give the wolf the distraction while he grabs his other ski to try his stab maneuver a second time!! He wants to kill a wolf too????]
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now that he's covered in eggnog and wolf blood, he gives the corpse a final kick and sits up, shaking the snow from his hair and looking over at xichen. he didn't even get to see him die, and instead just sees his sick ski attack on this wolf.
his eyebrows raise, and he gives him the sup nod of appreciation. wow. ] Are you alright?
[ and anyway, he's getting up now and absolutely not dropping his glass shiv.
good luck, ogata. ]
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Something hit me from behind and then... [ but he's up, and not dead. xichen frowns as he tries to put the pieces back together when he spots ogata still getting mauled. ]
Ah, do you need help?!
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Everyone else might hear some slightly more distant howls . . . but not that distant.]
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Ogata ignore's Xichen's offer of help, but hey maybe he's just preoccupied? He tries to jab the ski in further to do more damage, since that's what's worked so far!!]
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still just not helping ogata at all ]
We need to get moving. Where there's one, there are going to be more.
[ so uh. what's the terrain looking like. is there a distant lodge, are there just trees for days, what's goin on. ]
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but getting away from wolves is definitely. a thing they have to do so, ] Indeed. [ which direction do they have to go to get away from the sound of wolves, and what's over there ]
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So there’s a couple of directions they can go! There’s straight down the steep slope - The Buttcracker - and off over a ridge they can’t quite see all the way down. Who knows what’s at the bottom! They can also go up it, if they want to try. And a path that does seem to lead off into the woods. Wolves mournfully howl, the sound echoing all around them. It’s hard to tell exactly what direction the howls are coming from though.]
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If he DOES throw it, it isn't in the direction of where Binghe and Xichen are standing. I just want to say this. Away from that direction.]
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and, as two wolf murderers, it will probably be bad to continue standing here. binghe's gonna walk to the edge of the ridge and look over it, giving xichen a last look since ogata seem to have his wolf problems taken care of.
...wolf problem.
....actually...
looking at the corpse of the wolf he just murdered, binghe gives it a shove to get it moving. and then another shove. and then another shove, using the benefits of a steep ass hill and gravity to take it back over to the edge of the ridge.
there's a beat. he steps on the wolf corpse to leave it in place. ]
I'm not going up - climbing in these boots is going to be difficult. It's down or through the woods.
[ and with that he's going to yeet this wolf corpse off the side of the ridge. can they at least hear the sound of a wolf body hitting the ground or see a puff of snow? does this count as item use.
this also seems as good a time as any to casually eat a handful of gorp. you know, that whole starving thing. ]
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he does keep an eye on ogata too, in case something goes really wrong with his wolf problem. ]
Given the fact we are being chased by wolves and the hour, the woods are rather risky. [ but so is this ramp, if it's way too steep.
he will also have some gorp, because why not, and inspects the ramp if there are any tracks for skis or wolves, and if there are any lights in the distance as a sign of shelter. ]
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Then it starts choking to death. It just makes choking noises in the background while you guys debate your directions.
The wolf corpse that Binghe is abusing just goes slip-sliding down the hill quickly. It zips off out of their eyesight. You don’t see where it goes, but it doesn’t seem to stop shortly after going over the ridge or anything. Bad roll, sorry. He can also eat some gorp, and feels incredibly powerful and cool and strong. He has advantage on a roll whenever he wants to use it.
Xichen ate his gorp already!!! He reaches into his little plastic ziploc and finds nothing left but the like, raisins! It sucks! He feels sad! Boo! The snow is all freshly fallen, so there’s no tracks of any kind to be seen here. There . . . might be some twinkly lights in the distance down there? Hm!]
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I don't suppose you two came up with an idea as to how to get down while I was preoccupied?
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i mean. whatever. the wolf corpse seems to be going a long ways, and he can't hear any sounds of it falling, which is disconcerting... but there are lights that way, and no sounds of the wolf corpse being mangled by a giant yeti or anything, so. ]
Look. [ pointing! to the lights!! ] It's going to be slippery, so tread carefully, but this is probably the best option.
[ can't think of much else!! so. binghe's gonna go hop over the edge of the ridge and start to head carefully down. he's not standing still to get eaten by wolves. ]
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It looks like it's the only way closer to somewhere we can find other people, so we might as well.
[ he'll head down too, walking with his body at an angle like how you're supposed to when you hike downhill to keep your weight from tipping you forward and falling flat on your face. he also will walk beside binghe instead of behind him, again, in case anyone slips. ]
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well, there’s a rather loud rumbling sound behind you.]
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[WHY DID I HAVE TO ROLL THIS CURSED GEM!!! WHY!!!
Anyway Ogata is heading down the slop after Binghe and Xichen, but he does look back to see what the rumbling noise is.]
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he looks into the void for a long second. is there any cover nearby? or is it just a long slope of death. ]
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also still
still gonna keep going down because whatever it is he doesn't want to get hit by it
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definitely an avalanche
at least you’re getting down the hill faster? It’s all wolf bodies and snow and tumbling head over heels for a few loud, horrible minutes before everything seems to finally come to a stand still. You’re all buried in the snow, alive at least, and probably you can’t see each other - though you can attempt to feel it out. What now?]
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I feel like I should be able to argue that figuring out which way is up in an avalanche is also something Ogata could have learned in the army, which is to spit and see which direction it goes, because the opposite way is up! And he's going to try and dig his way out. Hopefully he's not too far from the surface?]
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he'll just hulk his way out of here if he has to. he's gonna start digging out in swimming motions! in a direction that is hopefully up! jeezy creezy ]
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as soon as he does get out of the snow he'll look around for signs of the other two and see how far apart they are. ]
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