A Wintery Wonderland

"Come on!" Grappa exclaimed to her sister and Beaux, the both of which who were lagging behind her. The spirit of the holidays was in full blossom, and it would be the twins' first real adventure in the snow. Sje raced out of the pathway leading to the Rune Knights headquarters and found themselves in front of a festival celebrating the winter season. Ribbons and poles decorated with every type of ornament imaginable would be displayed for all to see. "Wow! Look at all of it! This is so cool! Look at the lights and trees!" Her sibling would walk behind her, keeping an arm to keep Grappa from taking off and getting lost. Again. She had to admit, this was pretty impressive in its own right. "So, gang, where are we going first?" she asked their handler for the day, considering the person who normally kept after them was away in Magnolia for the holidays, visiting family. Grappa raised her hand.

"No, we can't go on a mission. Seri's orders." "But Jelliiiiii..." "Hot chocolate it is then."

The crimson eyed twin led the way to the hot chocolate tent with her sister, who would smile up at Beaux in her usual friendly fashion. "If you want, you can go and have fun at another station! Jellisha usually makes sure I don't get lost." Grappa found herself at a station for the hot chocolate tasting event, which would be right near where they had entered. Jellisha would take the handle of a peppermint chocolate cup and carefully take a sip. The delicious taste of sweet goodness entered her mouth as she smiled widely. "Here, taste this." she passed it to her sister, who would take a much larger sip and perk up. "Whoa, this is amazing!~"

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The twins remained enthralled with sitting under the heated tent, sipping hot chocolate to their heart's content. But then Grappa would look away towards thr Knights' HQ and let out a sigh. Jellisha, catching onto her sister's lack of usual fun, would cast her a concerned yet serious glance. "Is, uh, anything wrong? Too much hot chocolate? Burn your tongue?" The emerald eyed youth shook her head and would look back at her sister. She knew those troubled eyes her sister held. They had been seen many times, for as far back as Jellisha could recall. "I'm okay. It's just..." her gaze went back towards the building again, crossing her arms. "Seri and Mythal are always busy nowadays. We barely ever see them, even when we're not stuck in the work shop..." Jellisha racked her mind for something to take her mind off of the subject. The deadlines for papers, being taught by the magic instructor, even that super secret project they had been working on. Clearly, her sister had been rather upset at their lack of being around them, moreso than her. "They're Generals, sis. They can't always be around." Grappa sighed again as Jellisha mentally kicked herself. Why was being the shoulder to lean on this hard? After silently cursed to herself, she put a hand on Grappa's arm. "Besides, we can't sit in their shadow forever. Do you remember why we started that project?" "Because nobody else had done it yet...and we wanted to show how cool engineering was?" "Right! So when people came to engineering, they wouldn't think we were the weakest branch!" Jellisha smiled confidently, taking another sip of her mint chocolate drink. "Plus, think how proud they'll be of us if they find out we got a few commendations without them. It'll make seeing them feel even better." Grappa perked up a little more from her words.

"Did that help?" "Yeah..." "Good."

Grappa smiled in return before catching sight of the Major General on the ice rink, performing a complex skating rink dance while she pointed across at him. "Jelli! Look at Beaux!" Both pairs of eyes traced his form as her spin around in the rink like some kind of master. Grappa's eyes would hold an immense amount of awe at the performance given. "Wow, he's so cool!" After almost running into several people and a few slip ups, Beaux left the rink and wandered back over to them. He'd find the twins cheering for him, stepping off of their seats to congratulate his efforts. "That was so cool! Can you teach us how to do that?" "Is it hard? How long have you been ice skating?" The twins continued to barrage him with questions. Once they were done, the twins scurried to the ice rink as he had done, paying the Jewel fee to rent a pair of ice skates and hop onto the ice...and promptly fall over from this being their first time on skates. Grappa hugged the wall for balance while Jellisha would be sliding all over the place.

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Rolling for wet t-shirt contest~

The member 'Beaux' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

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'Monster Dice' :

The girls, though slipping and sliding all around the ice rink, would be having fun together just as Beaux would be hurrying over to hand them helmets to protect their precious heads. With their protection now mostly guaranteed, both girls would be perfectly ready to set out and learn how to skate. The skating ring angel returned to the ice rink and would guide the kids' hands on how to skate perfectly. Or at least for a beginner! He first showed Grappa, who would be having problems with starting and coming to a stop. Both were rather generous statements for her flailing around mid skate. Once Beaux had shown them how to, the emerald eyed twin would do her best to copy how he had. "Okay, here I go..." She moved slowly at first, leaning slightly forward and proceeding to raise one leg at a time to push her forward. The resulting action was watching as she tumbled down onto the ice rink, face first. Jellisha stumbled over and helped her up. Grappa's face was crimson with embarrassment while their tutor would encourage them to try again. Once more on her legs, the young mage would slowly mimic the action that Beaux had done for them, this time centering her balance more as to not put any more weight on either leg than the other. This time, Grappa would start and stop on a dime. "Woo! I did it!" she celebrated in front of the General, egging Jellisha on to follow in her footsteps. She was still have an issue with standing on her feet because of the shoes, but was enjoying herself nonetheless. A big smile was on her face, a rarity for the normally serious and sarcastic twin. "I'm coming! Hold up! Much like her sister, there was some difficulty, but was quickly overcome with the guidance of Beaux and his glorious mastery of the art. The following time was spent with many tricks and basic gestures that were taught by him, with Grappa and Jellisha almost tripping onto the ice, nearly hitting another person, or running into a wall, in one very specific case which wasn't totally because Grappa had been thirsty for another hot chocolate again.

The group got off the ice after an hour or so more, with the twins still giddy from excitement of what had just transpired out on the ice. "Thank you so much for the help, Beaux!" Grappa said, still in amazement of the man's skills out on the ice. "One day, I wanna be as good as you are! And then I'll go see all around the world and show everyone!" Jellisha chuckled a little at her sibling while walking alongside the man. It was comforting to see her happy and not worrying about their par-er, caretakers. The trio of Rune Knights traveled down the way of booths and other fun activities until Beaux stumbled across a strange one in particular. "Frozen t-shirt contest?" Jellisha asked aloud alongside the Major General, arching an eyebrow in confusion while they would both be befuddled in unison. "Maybe it's like making a frozen shirt or something?" Grappa asked. They went closer to get a small hint of the rules being given, which gave a lot more sense than what Grappa had suggested. The man would move closer to the announcer, both girls following the white haired General Major as to not lose him in the crowd. "Oh, unfolding a frozen t-shirt, huh? That makes a lot more sense!" Grappa said happily, watching as Beaux volunteered himself to take part in the game.

He hopped up on stage and would begin to try and chisel off the ice the fastest than any of his competitors. Grappa would be on the sidelines, cheering for the angel as he would pick and pick. "GO GENERAL MAJOR! YOU CAN DO IT!" All that cheering paid off, as several moments later, his ice had been fully removed, leaving only a sweater that was wrinkled to hell...and also incredibly wet. He won the contest as two tokens, which the girls flocked to congratulate him for. "Awesome job! Let's go home and get hot chocolate!" Grappa said, pushing Beaux to lead them back home and towards the fireplace.

( 5 / 5 Tokens l 1,500 / 1,500 words )