shardofwinter: (Side note)
Reynard North ([personal profile] shardofwinter) wrote in [community profile] nexus_sages2016-01-11 11:23 pm
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In which Winter has a thematically appropriate query

Not all Nexus days can be sunshine and beautiful frost patterns. Days like this are a grim, sombre grey. The mist is so thin in places that all it does is make the distance fade away sooner than normal, but it does apply a more reserved filter on a place often filled with joyous shenanigans. No, this is unmistakeably a day which makes the multiverse feel close, secretive.

It's in this clandestine scenery that Reynard strolls about. Far from hopping or skating through the landscape, he strolls about the place, setting ice on the path and covering it with a dusting of snow. In the residential and commercial districts, he's sent ice along as many pipes as he could find. As he goes he rumbles a low slow tune. Some might recognise the sea shanty when he reaches the familiar 'Ho... Ho... and up she rises...'. He's not a bad singer, all things considered.

He looks up from his work and fixes his eyes on the nearest stranger, singing fading into a deep hum and then silence before he speaks. "What is the coldest thing you've ever done? The most cold hearted act you've ever brought yourself to commit. Go ahead. I'm not one to judge."

Just as the quiet settles back into place, he pipes up again. "Actually, you can tell me the literal coldest thing you've ever done too, if you'd prefer. I can't resist a good ice story."


((Reynard is still handing out Winter Curses & Blessings and causing trouble if you would like to avail of any. Other than that: Caution to those who talk to spirits, they are proud and fickle people.))


tsundoremi: (Rmrmrmr)

[personal profile] tsundoremi 2016-01-14 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
At the prelude to the more precise definition of the word cold, Seiji's mouth tapers to a point under his nose. More for the deliberate and piercing demeanor and delivery than the weather, he crosses his arms as if to stave off the cold.

"I guess that's not altogether a bad thing..."

In fact under other circumstances he would insist it's necessary, probably defensively. But as much as a good bit of seasonal artistry can put him off his stride, so too can the right theatrics put him off of his nerves. He makes utilitarianism sound so... well, cold.

"Anyone who isn't a complete, unthinking airhead's cold sometimes."
tsundoremi: (Baka.)

[personal profile] tsundoremi 2016-01-15 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
"You must think it's a pretty warm and fuzzy place if you don't think many people let themselves be." His eyes shift to ice on the pipes and the snow dustings he'd just seen the other man put out as if he was the one who brought winter. Looking back to the one responsible, he snorts out a white breath with a doubtful, sarcastic question. "What about you? Are you a warm type?"

Admittedly that isn't the contrast that Reynard's talking about and he knows it, but there would still be something pretty laughable about a "warm" person spraying snow and ice everywhere.
tsundoremi: (Well done son.)

[personal profile] tsundoremi 2016-01-16 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
"No, I'm normal." No matter what other people may tell him. For someone who was thrown so off kilter before, he's gotten comfortable enough to at least partially joke back; in his tone is the clear implication that while he himself is normal, Reynard is, by a number of meanings not entirely limited to the discussion at hand, not.
tsundoremi: (I'm so fabulous.)

[personal profile] tsundoremi 2016-01-17 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
As predicted, there's a momentary flinch of offense, surprise, a quickly passing knee-jerk urge to protest. But it tapers in an instant to a wry, self-deprecating smile.

"No, compared to multiverse at large here, that's probably an accurate label."
tsundoremi: (Uhg.)

[personal profile] tsundoremi 2016-01-18 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Self-deprecation isn't something he can keep up for more than a few seconds before becoming defensive.

"There's a reason 'special snowflake' is an insult, you know."