[December Catch-All] In the lane, snow is glistening...

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Who: Azula and maybe you?
Which: Open log plus closed prompts
Where: Around Songerein
What: An open log for December!
Warnings: None in the toplevels, will warn for anything in threads or if I add a warnable toplevel.

(OOC Note: If you have something else in mind or want to discuss a closed prompt, feel free to hit me up on my plotting post, on the game discord, or on plurk at yonfellow )

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I. [Action] It's a time for play, it's a whipped cream day

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[Azula comes from a tropical island. She doesn't care for snow. She didn't last year, and she doesn't this year.

But hiding out inside, alone, will definitely render her stir-crazy, so she'll put up with the cold and venture out into the snow, but she sure won't be happy about it.

Dealing with Azula in this weather is worse than dealing with her normally. But what's even worse than that? Dealing with the snowmen around her. She's in such a bad mood that snowmen around her will become particularly vicious, mixing ice and rocks into the snowballs they throw and aiming for sensitive areas. You might run into her attacking the snowmen with (weakened) fire, or the attack might come while you're already talking to her.

Either way, it's a fun time. We have fun.]

II. [Action] And hearts will be glowing...

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[This year, Azula has been blessedly free of Mistlefoe infestations- but that doesn't mean she's fully escaped the wrath of the gumdrops. Instead, everywhere she goes, she seems to attract the attention of any Fluff Gumdrops nearby, who really want her to cheer up.

She is mostly ignoring them, but that only works for so long, especially if the gumdrops think they've found her a... let's be generous and say 'friend.']

III [Action] Don we now our gay apparel (For Aang / @all_the_aangles)

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[By the mid-month, Azula is no longer in a foul mood.

Instead, she's bewildered and in a foul mood.

The weather is awful, and she doesn't know how anybody tolerates it. The decorations all over town are garish and tacky and use entirely too many dead plants and colored baubles. The gumdrop fairies are incessant, constantly trying to 'cheer her up,' which is roughly as counterproductive as it is possible to be.

And worse still is the music. It barely counts as music. It's just... noise. And it's everywhere, the noise.

She's beginning to hate Christmas. The whole Christmas season. And the thing she would like in the least, is to run into Uncle right now... or, almost as bad-]

... Avatar.

[She's clearly unhappy, carrying a cup of tea from the coffee shop and wearing a winter coat and a seriously disgruntled expression. It clearly didn't improve on seeing Aang.]

IV [Action, dated to the 26th] I can't remember a worse December (For Shealtiel / @lemoncandy)

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[Azula was frustrated enough with the light, pleasant, picturesque snow.

When the aggressive blizzard rolls in, she takes the initiative very quickly, using her firebending to melt away the snow around her treehouse. She tries repeatedly to clear paths, but the snow is falling too hard- and the longer she's out there, the weaker her firebending becomes, thanks to the cold

Eventually, she winds up surrendering to the inevitable- instead of clearing the snow from the ground, she instead focuses on simply clearing her own balcony and stairs- and then hopping over and doing the same for Shealtiel's. She does not consult him regarding this decision.

Unfortunately, the longer she keeps this up, the more clear it is that her firebending is struggling, and so is she. She's clearly forcing herself to keep going out of sheer determination, but the blizzard isn't letting up, and she's not getting any warmer out there.]