[... 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. ]
[Ogata does in fact get a bonus for knowing that fact. He’s super successful, and for that he manages to quickly dig his way out of the snow and he’ll find that all of his items are safe and intact.
Binghe. Buddy. Oh no. Binghe just digs further into the snow. Goodbyeghe.
Xichen does okay - he’ll find that he got rattled around pretty good and his ski poles are broken and useless now, all bent and breaking. He struggles to the surface eventually.
The two that are up can see that they’re really close to those lights now - a little cabin at the mountain base, fairy lights set up all around it, a bit of smoke rising from the chimney. But there’s also a crunching sound of something moving through the snow nearby . . . ]
[Ogata looks around for about 30 seconds after Xichen surfaces, before deciding that's all the time Binghe deserves and he starts heading off, down to the cabin.]
Lets go, before anything else terrible decides to happen. [Goodbyeghe indeed.]
Wait, where is Luo Binghe? [ is there any sign of binghe? a little tuft of hair? a shaking pile of snow?
xichen will walk forward toward the cabin, but slowly, making sure he's not missing any signs of their missing member. also he's looking to see where that weird crunchy sound is coming from. ]
[Well you’re all rudely abandoning Binghe to the snow
which is fine because a moment later he erupts from it like a glorious snow dolphin or a whale or other sea life that leaps from water. A flying fish. It’s beautiful and everyone is entranced, which is slightly unlucky because
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Xichen is getting suddenly winged across the head (and his knot! Where he died!) with something.]
Oops! My bad! Whoa there, bros! Where do you think you’re going?
[ having burst free from the snow in a truly majestic and sick move, binghe is now free to move again. he's still getting his footing and misses whatever flies through the air to smack lan xichen.
he brushes the front of his ski suit off and turns at the familiar voice, brow furrowing.
[A ski sticks out right in front of Ogata’s legs to trip him. Not so fast, bud. The snow seems to kick up around them, suddenly up into a blizzard. Almost like a boss battle arena?
It is, in fact, your old friend Steve. Except he looks a lot worse for wear? He’s covered in blood, his eyes are wild and roving, and on his head is a wolf skin - the jaws of it balanced over him like a barbarian.]
Just gonna leave me up on that mountain, huh? Well, we’ll see about that, won’t we, friends? Didn’t even try to practice your new skills on the way down! I had to take care of myself out there, I survived, I’M KING OF THE MOUNTAIN.
[UGH. He turns around to look at Steve with great disdain and annoyance.]
The skills these two never got the chance to learn? With broken skis and ski poles?
[Anyway;] It sounded like you were killed by wolves, going back for lost causes is a surefire way to end up dead yourself. That's what I learned in the army.
You disappeared after you fell, there was not much we could do for you. If we could have helped, we would have. [ he steps up next to ogata this time and hands him the gun since he seems to actually know how to use it and steve is really
The army, Mr. Jr. Deputy?! Well I learned in Ski Instructor Training that violence doesn’t solve every problem, but that sure didn’t stop you guys! So I’m gonna give it a try too! If you really are my cool buds who want to bond over the slopes, you’ll have to prove it!
[Steve raises his arms out - holding two ski poles sharped to points out - and starts spinning!!!! SPIN ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!]
[Yeah as soon as Steve starts giving his boss speech, Ogata is quickdrawing and shooting him directly in the head. You better give me advantage on this roll because guns is literally Ogata's whole life.]
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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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Binghe. Buddy. Oh no. Binghe just digs further into the snow. Goodbyeghe.
Xichen does okay - he’ll find that he got rattled around pretty good and his ski poles are broken and useless now, all bent and breaking. He struggles to the surface eventually.
The two that are up can see that they’re really close to those lights now - a little cabin at the mountain base, fairy lights set up all around it, a bit of smoke rising from the chimney. But there’s also a crunching sound of something moving through the snow nearby . . . ]
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Lets go, before anything else terrible decides to happen.
[Goodbyeghe indeed.]
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alas that is not true.
LET ME OUT OF SNOW PRISON he's going to keep trying!!! rather, when that's not getting anywhere, let's try a different direction. ]
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xichen will walk forward toward the cabin, but slowly, making sure he's not missing any signs of their missing member. also he's looking to see where that weird crunchy sound is coming from. ]
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which is fine because a moment later he erupts from it like a glorious snow dolphin or a whale or other sea life that leaps from water. A flying fish. It’s beautiful and everyone is entranced, which is slightly unlucky because
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Xichen is getting suddenly winged across the head (and his knot! Where he died!) with something.]
Oops! My bad! Whoa there, bros! Where do you think you’re going?
[. . . Who could that be!!!!]
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In his defense "where do you think you're going?" is a phrase that it is always best to flee from. No thanks!!!]
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he brushes the front of his ski suit off and turns at the familiar voice, brow furrowing.
what the fuck ] ...The instructor?
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Please be more careful. [ is it actually steve and does he look like a reanimated zombie? ]
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It is, in fact, your old friend Steve. Except he looks a lot worse for wear? He’s covered in blood, his eyes are wild and roving, and on his head is a wolf skin - the jaws of it balanced over him like a barbarian.]
Just gonna leave me up on that mountain, huh? Well, we’ll see about that, won’t we, friends? Didn’t even try to practice your new skills on the way down! I had to take care of myself out there, I survived, I’M KING OF THE MOUNTAIN.
[Steve, it’s been like, two hours.]
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The skills these two never got the chance to learn? With broken skis and ski poles?
[Anyway;]
It sounded like you were killed by wolves, going back for lost causes is a surefire way to end up dead yourself. That's what I learned in the army.
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he spent five years in hell fighting demons shut up steve ]
It's been barely an incense stick's time. Congratulations on surviving so far. [ ... ] Friend.
[ he has no sword. he has a glass shiv and a piece of a ski.
that's fine he'll ballroom blitz this if necessary. ]
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something right now. ]
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[Steve raises his arms out - holding two ski poles sharped to points out - and starts spinning!!!! SPIN ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!]
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