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Let it Snow: Blue Start

The moment the doors open for purple to jump the train is speaking again. “Blue team to doors. Void shift imminent. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one” The train lurches and shudders as the windows flash the colour of the void for a split second before it shakes again and they are back in that frozen tundra.

The doors open and blue can jump down into a large snowdrift. They are at the foot of an impressive mountain range. Snow swirls around them, the wind hows. Ahead of them, half obscured by snow is a tunnel entrance.

Even getting there is exhausting, wading through the snow. Inside there is no snow but it is cold. The walls and floor shine with ice and the way is treacherous. It is pitch black.

Their task is to find those hiding in the tunnels. Some have formed makeshift camps in large caverns, others have fled into the small tunnels and have gotten themselves lost.

The voidtreckers are lucky to at least have a map on their SCA though it does not show where anybody else it. It is time to start the task of rounding everyone up and making sure they can survive the storm.

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Why is Blue team so damned short and jumping into a snowdrift? Ple Two would never allow the indignity of seeming like she needed help, and she struggled out of the snow on her own, brushing herself off. At least the clothes really were wonderfully warm.

"I could really use some kind of proper weapon." A kitchen knife was just too limited.

Icicles

...an aluminum baseball bat was no one's definition of 'proper' either, but even hardened monsters made out of ice were still more brittle. Ple Two had scavenged it, and was leaving things like 'communication' up to people who were good at it.

Despite appearances, she was just making sure those they rescued were safe. That meant using every bit of her superhuman reaction time to track the icicles they'd stumbled into, batting them away with every ounce of strength she could wring out of her too-human, too-skinny body. "Learn... your... lesson!"

Madoka feels tired already. Seriously, who did think to dump all these tiny Blues straight into the snow. It feels like she's been walking for a few miles instead of just wading to here through the snow.

But she knows she can't give up. This is no place for a nap, and she needs to do her part for the mission! So when she hears Ple Two speak up, Madoka is already walking up to her.

"Um.. If you want, we could try to look for one together."

Yes, one. Because please don't put any weapon in Madoka's hands, she might cry.

Snow is heavy and awful. THIS is the dark side of snow. And Madoka still isn't as tiny as Ple Two.

But there's no time to complain at this point. "A hatchet of some kind would be welcome." You know, like, for chopping wood? Repurposed for chopping...

Living things possibly.

Let's not discuss the repurpose. At least this way Madoka can pretend that maybe Ple Two is just.. going to use it to get rid of some ice if it gets in their way or something. That sounds totally reasonable, right.

".. I wonder if there's something like that in this tunnel.."

Mostly since she can only see darkness as she's staring ahead into it. It's hard to guess what they might find. "It almost looks as if there isn't anything down here at all."

That's not completely inaccurate - some of the monsters are made out of ice. Even if they're still living in some way.

It's fine.

"Perhaps someone had the same idea, but less nerve to stick with it." A dropped... anything. Even if there aren't hunting weapons, something to give her a little leverage to swing with would be nice.

For a moment the girl seems to hesitate a little. Not because of the topic of finding weapons, really, but it's mostly since she's glancing around and.. the idea of wandering off from the group even for a moment to go look feels a little worrisome to her. Then again, they could just find their way back to the rest, right? And it's not like they'd be alone as long as they have each other!

"T-- Then let's go look together really quickly! Maybe there's something really close to here.."

Madoka won't get hurt. Ple Two is entirely confident that she can keep Madoka safe, whatever comes, whatever she lets happen to herself.

So that's fine.

"The first useful weapon, I suppose, will be fine."

Truly the first rule of the blue team, always sacrifice yourself first...

Madoka - thankfully? - has no idea of what Ple Two is thinking though, so she instead nods in agreement. She glances from their surroundings back to Ple Two, and judging by her expression a different thought seems to occur to her at that exact moment.

".. um, please don't feel like you have to say yes to this, okay? I know you're not good with these things, at least definitely not when they come out of nowhere.." She's being rather long-winded about it, huh. Mostly since she doesn't want to say anything too rude. "But do you mind if we hold hands while we look around? I just.. I want to make sure we don't lose each other. If you don't want to, that's fine too, I understand..!"

It ought to be unnecessary anyways, although they should be quick about their search. Just in case.

Ple Two brushes herself off a little as Madoka speaks, and makes a bit of a speech out of a simple request - but she is the one who'd rather have people ask before things like hugging. It's not like Madoka can be expected to just know what she's okay with.

"It's a good idea, anyways, since we don't have anything to tie us together with." That would be even safer, but this is... practical.

She nods. "Alright then."

Honestly, Madoka is kind of relieved that's the answer. Because she's definitely not just thinking of the practical reason here - it's really hard to get seperated if you're literally holding the other's hand - but also the emotional reason. These missions can be really overwhelming and scary at times, but she thinks she would feel a lot more at ease just holding someone's hand for a bit.

So she moves to do so. She grabs Ple Two's hand and holds it.

.. she does feel kind of better already.

"Where should we go look?"

The practical reasons are excuse enough for Ple Two; the emotional support, obviously, is good for Madoka. Even through gloves, though, it's a little reassuring to have Madoka so close in reach.

Although she's going to have to somehow throw this girl if there's danger.

"Work our way outward until we spot any sign of something interesting or useful?"

"That sounds good.. I'll let you know if I spot anything first."

She doubts that'll be the case. There's no way Ple Two would overlook something when she always seems so amazing and competent! But still, she'll definitely tell the other if she spots something Ple Two doesn't, just in case.

But quietly walking now they're starting to move isn't really Madoka's thing. And she can definitely look around and talk at the same time, so she can't help but try to make some small talk along the way.

"You know, I don't think I've ever been to a place this cold before.."

Another set of eyes is always useful, especially in adverse conditions... so she won't be surprised if Madoka spots something of value.

Ple Two would rather keep quiet and move quickly, but there's... probably no harm in chatting. A little. "...space is very cold." Like that. Small talk.

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