[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.]
[That's fine. That's what Ogata was expecting to happen. He discharges the spent casing from the gun, and finding that it just had that one bullet in it, makes an annoyed noise and just drops it in the snow before turning on his heel to head down to the cabin.]
[ wow. he should try and create a cultivation technique along those lines.
anyway. ogata gets a nod, as he has gained one (1) point of respect, and binghe's gonna swoop up that gun and tuck it in his sleeve instead of his ski fragment because it still looks like something you could beat a wolf or a random rabid ski instructor with.
he gives xichen a brief look, too, to make sure he's following! off they go! ]
Well done. [ that was actually impressive. xichen also nods in respect as well.
well, binghe took his idea of taking the gun as a quality blunt force instrument of pain but that's fine. as long as one of them has it. to the cabin they go - anything look strange about it? signs of blood or wolves or anything? ]
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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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so that's what a gun does! ]
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still though xichen's going to step back to get out of the way of this spin attack, thanks. he has had Enough. ]
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me, with a gun to my head, crying: i already said id reward creative item use
anyway
this is exactly what I hoped would happen
Steve is shot in the head and instantly dies. He just falls over dead. You guys are really mean.]
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Lets go.
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anyway. ogata gets a nod, as he has gained one (1) point of respect, and binghe's gonna swoop up that gun and tuck it in his sleeve instead of his ski fragment because it still looks like something you could beat a wolf or a random rabid ski instructor with.
he gives xichen a brief look, too, to make sure he's following! off they go! ]
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well, binghe took his idea of taking the gun as a quality blunt force instrument of pain but that's fine. as long as one of them has it. to the cabin they go - anything look strange about it? signs of blood or wolves or anything? ]
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Getting on the floor. Everyone walk the dinosaur.
No he's actually standing aside to let Binghe or Xichen open the door because What If There's Traps.]
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