Winter Clarity[Open]

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

The airfield was usually Steve's conjured fantasy, and not Miku's. And while he was still skittish to the idea of entering it, that didn't mean Miku had to keep away. So, instead of fall grasses or summertime, the airfield was plunged into deep winter.

She sat at on a snowbank, making snow bunnies. Her breath left white puffs in the air as she worked to smooth out the snow, and she'd long since pushed her red hood back from her face to keep it out of her way. Satisfied with the little family of snow bunnies, Miku nodded to herself and wandered further into the field.

She'd only gone about six steps when suddenly she sank into the snow to her waist. "Oh! Hey!" She tried to pull herself up, but having the physical strength of a piece of straw, gave up quickly and fell back against the side of the hole she'd fallen into with a sigh

Well, maybe she'd just sit here for a few minutes.

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[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate was just thinking of a practice to distract her from recent matters. Seeing the snow in the Sensorium room was surprising however. It had been so long since she had seen snow at all. Real snow that is. Last time was during that holiday mission. Other than that, not since her world went away.

She then walked over when she saw the figure lying in it.

"Hey, you ok?"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

She'd just been thinking about another attempt at freeing herself when Kate interrupted her. "Oh... ah..." Miku smiled sheepishly. "I, ah, I've gotten myself stuck, I think."

Well, not think. She was stuck.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate was only about average height herself so the snow came up to mid thigh on her. It was hard to walk in, and she fell down a few times herself.

"I'll dig you out." She now had warm gloves and a coat so she started pawing and digging at the snow.

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Oh, she liked snow. But, respectfully as ever, Miku muffled her giggle as Kate made her way over. "Oh... why didn't I think of that?" Miku sighed at herself and began to help Kate dig. "Thank you, very much."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"You were probably just about to," Kate remarked with a small smirk back as she continued digging a trench out in the snow. It was hard tiring work.

[igotjetdog.livejournal.com]

Rock wanders into the Sensoriums, looking for something, anything, entertaining to do. So imagine the joy that strikes a ten year old's mind when he finds... "Snow!" And so, so much snow. He barrels in with tangible glee, tossing snow left and right.

Until he notice a hole in the snow. With some poor lady stuck in it up to her waist. He trots over, peering at her, and then waves. "Hi! Um. Do you need some help?" Because this little kid will totally pull you out, Miku.

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

...The little boy that approached her looked strangely familiar. Maybe she'd seen something on TV, or one of those advertisements on the train while she wandered around the city. Still, he was there, and was willing to help her up.

Which was good, because her legs were starting to feel like two skinny icicles. "Yes, thank you!"

[igotjetdog.livejournal.com]

He beams at her. A chance to be helpful! "All right!" He gets a little closer, then moves to brace his feet for balance.

...Well. Something one shouldn't forget is that he's a robot. Rock weighs about two hundred and thirty pounds. While he's reaching out to grab Miku, his foot sinks into the snow, and he loses his balance. Comically flailing to keep from falling on her, Rock falls next to her, sending a large floomf of snow into the air. As the powdered snow falls, his sheepish voice comes from his hole. "I meant to do that."

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

"Ah! Are you alright?" Miku leaned over the edge of her hole and peered down into Rock's hole. Apparently the snow of Minnenenenenenenenenesooooota was more wily than anticipated. Some of the powdered snow dusted over her hair and shoulders. "You aren't hurt?"

[craaazyisland]

Miku might have been surprised by a voice over her shoulder. "Man, now this looks like Minnesota."

Steve had gone looking for her and was oddly flattered to find her in the sensoriums, using his airfield. She even managed to get the snow right-- waist deep and almost covering everything around them. He may have still been a little shy about using the sensoriums, but he could never feel uncomfortable at the airfield.

"You need some help?" he teased her.

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Miku's lower lip jutted out at him. "Please? My legs are so cold!"

At least he wouldn't be mean and bury her in it, right? Right. Miku held her arms up for him to grab.

[craaazyisland]

Steve leaned over and let her grab onto his shoulders, doing his best to brace himself on the solid part of the snow while he pulled her out. As he took a step backwards, her foot caught on the hole in the snow and he slipped, sending both of them crashing to the ground and landing in another snowdrift.

"That... didn't work," he mumbled, muffled by the snow.

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Under their snowy prison, Miku giggled. Her head popped out of the loose snow at the top and she looked around before digging a hole out around Steve. It wasn't as though she needed too much help, though, some of the snow was melting.

"Well, at least we have each other?" she asked, and then burst into more giggles.

[governorkang]

Kang hadn't seen this much snow in years, not since the first winter with the girls. Teyr didn't get much more than the occasional winter storm, and most of the snow typically fell on the other side of the mountains.

The cold came as a bit of a shock to his system; he'd gotten used to the warm, humid atmosphere of Stacy, and being a reptile, he didn't handle temperature extremes as well as other races. Fortunately, it wasn't cold enough to affect him too badly, the sun was out, and with it being the sensoriums, he could easily imagine up a fire if it was necessary. At the very least, some dark furs would work to keep him from losing too much heat.

It didn't take him long to spot the girl trapped in the snow. "Have to be careful with snow banks. You never know how deep they are."

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Miku had sat there long enough now she'd taken to counting how many snowflakes had fallen on her. "Oh, I think I've just learned that loud and clear." The winters in her hometown had generally been mild, after all, without all this heavy snow.

"Please be careful, too." Miku added.

[governorkang]

"It shouldn't hamper me too much," Kang grinned. He was quite a bit heavier than the average human, being over 350 pounds, but he was also stronger, so it was relatively easy for him to make his way through the bank. "Need some help getting out?"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

She didn't look too certain at Kang's statement (but then again, he was much bigger than she was, and this was probably a non-issue for him as it was), but nodded, "Yes, please."

[chosenlightchld.livejournal.com]

Hikari shivered, not having realized that the sensorium had been already in use when she had come down here to get some more training in.

She blinked though as she saw that there was a woman... well, stuck in the snow. "Hey, are you okay?"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm fine!" Miku assured the little girl.

Well, "fine" was relative, but she wasn't hurt, and she didn't want to worry her, either. Actually, in the snow in front of Miku, she'd started to play Tic-Tac-Toe with herself.

[chosenlightchld.livejournal.com]

Hikari blinked, looking down at Miku a bit. "Umm, are you sure? I mean, I could try helping you out of there..."

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

"Well, we'll try. I just don't want you getting hurt." That was more important than Miku being stuck in snow she could just think away.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Holy crap this is cold!"

There is a native Texan somewhere nearby whose idea of "deep winter" was thinking about putting on long pants before deciding he's manly enough to stick to his cargo shorts.

Paco stood in the doorway, shivering and thinking about whether or not he wanted to go into those drifts. The possibility of snowballs was definitely tempting...

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

"Is someone over there?" Miku called as loudly as she could. Her feet scrambled on the wall of her snow hole, as she tried (unsuccessfully) to lift herself out of it.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

Hey, he recognized that voice. "Miku? Hey Miku, it's Paco!"

He stepped inside and peered around, making a couple attempts to rub his arms and then realizing "cold metal is cold!" every time his flesh came into contact with his metal arm. "Where are you?"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

"I'm over here, Pakkun!" Miku tugged off her glove and threw it in the air, hoping to catch Paco's attention with the bright red glove. "I fell in the snow, and I can't get out." This seemed to be a theme today. She needed to find new hobbies.

And now her hand was cold.