nexus_sages | Winter wonderland

The Nexus has been covered in snow, from the highest rooftop to the lowest gutter. Some of it even persists on the gaudy Nexus sign. Winter has officially landed in the multiverse, and where there's Winter, there's a Winter spirit.

Reynard appears to be making an attempt at being anywhere and everywhere. He's skipping along the rooftops and skating along the path despite a lack of ice. The lakes and ponds in the parklands are frozen over, the windows of houses and shops are frosted, and it's really quite funny watching people try to get through the thicker parts of the snow.

Anyone looking particularly glum will have a snowball flung their way, with some passer-by looking like the culprit. Although someone is already on causing a snowball fight which is an encouraging sign. Occasionally he'll take to making a safe path an ice rink. Only when someone is already on it, of course. He may or may not be putting up the mistletoe too, with a preference for corners and hanging above benches. Certain places carry sound like the mountaintops, with even the quietest word being shared with everyone around. That's not even getting started on all the ice patterns he's spread about the place.

Reynard stops to fold his arms and admire his own work, commenting to whoever happens to be nearby. "Beautiful, don't you think?"

((Feel free to have Winter mishaps and misunderstandings galore here, thread hopping allowed and snow based mishaps encouraged. As noted here, Reynard will be causing trouble for the three months he's a Winter spirit. There is a list of Curses and Blessings here! For those who already looked: Double check as I added a couple.))

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Reynard peers at the captain. There's a choice to be made here. A completely arbitrary choice. One will hurt more for poor Jim but be rather amusing for the Winter spirit. The other will be full of Wintery fun. "That depends. How much do you love Winter?"

"I thought we had this conversation already?" Jim quirks an eyebrow and rocks back on his heels.

"The season's great. Everything else? I fucking hate it. Christmas, new years, all that bullshit."

"It's harder to sweet talk someone twice with the same line," he comments easily and casts his eye around the wonderland. He points to a pile of snow. "You'll want that one."

It's not the deepest snowdrift and Jim might get a nasty bump from jumping into it from a height, but it doesn't have anything underneath it. A compromise, because he likes Jim.

"You know, the celebrations are all part of the Season. Part of your Season, certainly. The human experience."

"Yeah well, I can live without it." Jim's grinning and shrugging because Reynard has given him a nice big drift to go and play in. It certainly looks mighty deep, and there's even a tree nearby he can scale.

"The snow and stuff though? This is the sort of thing I look forward to all year." Hup. Good, the tree is nice and sturdy. Jim scrambles his way up it and flops down into the snow with a satisfying FWUMP.

"Aww!" Ow, ah man. The snow wasn't deep enough to keep him from hitting the ground, and ow that is gonna bruise later. The good news is he's completely submerged by the snow, the Nexus gone quiet in his little hole.

Reynard walks over, and peers into the mound. It's difficult to hide his smirk. "Whoops... My mistake."

Jim was waiting for that one. He's still laying on his back in the snow, but with a snowball firmly in hand.

Which he throws.

"I'm sure it was, ya jerk."

Spirit-reactions make for difficult targets and Reynard narrowly manages to avoid that one, but he laughs as he does. The stepping back is only in case of further attempts at throwing snow.

"You know what would make you feel better? Some eggnog by a warm fire while listening to some angelic carolling."

"One, maaaybe two of those would. The third would irritate the hell out of me." Jim sits up and slowly gets to his feet. The snow drift is about waist height now that he's standing at the bottom of it.

There's snow in Jim's hair and on his eyelashes. Jim shakes his head a bit, but only manages to dust his face even more with the flakes. Oh well.

"Trying to get rid of me already?"

"I'm trying to get you to stop being a Scrooge. All you'd need to do is call 'bah-humbug!' every so often and it would be impossible to tell the difference. Tell me you don't really hate gathering those close to you, having a good hearty meal, sharing wine, singing badly and exchanging gifts. Or spending time with friends to tell stories and decorate your homes with baubles and lights to brighten up the dark days."

"I can, and I do." This time, Jim shakes the snow off with his hands, getting himself more or less clear.

"Nothing good has ever happened this time of the year." Jim claps his hands together now, getting the snow off of them, too. "If it were just the season, I'd be quite happy." Someone just isn't changing their mind.

"Hm. Stubborn, aren't you? You aren't going to listen to me, either, I'll wager. Even with me being who I am. Maybe someone else can persuade you. Someone closer to you."

"You're so hard to please, when you're like this, you know that? I'm outside, I'm playing in the snow. What more do you want?"

Good thing anyone that could technically be called close to Jim Kirk is either here in the Nexus already or half a goddamn galaxy away. Seriously the last thing Jim Kirk needs is a family get together.

Wonder why that came to mind, suddenly?

"A sign that you're at all connected with Winter would be nice. You're neither here nor there on the spectrum." Reynard sighs. "I shouldn't be surprised. This is what staying in space for too long does to a person. You need a reminder of festive spirit."

But he likes Jim, so he won't outright curse him to sympathise with the Season... He will, however, give him a Winter gift. Waving his hand at the captain as he talks and using a little magic to encourage some part of Jim's past to reappear. Family, or maybe long lost friends.

Winter wonderland

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Honestly didn't spot the title of Jim's post until I was about to post comment XD

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