voidtreckerexpress | Winter Wonderland [Event]

”Good Morning passengers. Today is day Twenty Four of the month of Catfish. You may wish to look out of the window.”

As passengers wake in their beds they will indeed notice something different about the light. If they look out of the window, instead of the ever changing void they will see white slopes of mountains, flakes of snow alling down around them and frost covered trees zipping past the windows. If they glance at the ICP on the table they will see a message.

Investigating the dressing cart they will find the drawers and cupboards unlocked once again. However, instead of the fantasy-esque clothing of world #25768 they will find thick winter coats, hats, gloves and scarves. There are heavy fur lined boots and even some ice skates.

Entering the garden carriage they will see that the glass dome of the roof has opened, leaving the carriage exposed to a bright blue sky. Any nonsense of the past few weeks has vanished, leaving the carriage pristine. Not that that is easy to notice as it is covered in a thick layer of snow. The paths are clearer, a light dusting of snow but easy to talk through. Around the paths the drifts are high, perfect for snowman building or a snowball fight.

The streams and the pond in the centre are solid ice. Anyone brave enough to try to find the ice holds their weight for ice skating.

And the ICP message was correct. There is hot chocolate in the stores.

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It's a good thing that he seems to have an idea as to how to show that on a snowman, since Madoka's first instinct is to look completely puzzled at the statement. Not since the statement itself is surprising, but mostly since she thought about stuff like his face or hair which you could show on a snowman..

But the surprise fades into relief when he mentions having an idea, and so she instead nods with a smile. "Okay!"

She pats the ball of snow they're working on. "I think this first one is almost done.. So we can start with that second layer soon." Otherwise the snowman would definitely get way too high for poor tiny Madoka to be working on it. "But.. that's such a sweet answer though, mister Ignis. Of course a kind person like you would first think of that of all things though."

The advisor got back down to pack more snow in and thought of how to emphasize such a feature as a heart. But a few ideas hit him and so he nodded with a smile at Madoka's okay.

He was so happy that she invited him out here to do this project. This had to be one of the best things that happened to him on the train and he wished he could repay her somehow. And it was she who gently shook him out of his thoughts talking about the second layer.

"Of course. I'll finish up here, so you can start on the second layer if you like." Again, here Ignis was trying to give her the confidence to lead even with something as simple and small as this.

Looking up at Madoka in surprise that she liked his answer and thought the advisor kind due to it made him smile and his head shook at her praise. "Thank you. But indeed, I daresay his heaet is his best and most hidden feature."

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Madoka nods at him as he suggests that she can start on the second layer. She's a big girl, she can handle it! .. Or, well, at least she can handle rolling a ball of snow, especially since it's not the biggest one anymore now. That's still something she can do, so she doesn't seem worried at all by Ignis giving her that responsibility. (Although she definitely doesn't realise he's letting her take the lead on purpose, otherwise she would've thanked him already for thinking of her so much.)

Instead she just focuses on starting to form a new ball big enough so she can roll it, looking at the snow she's packing together as she replies.

"It really is great! Um.. Is it really that hidden though? I think it's pretty obvious that mister Stark is nice.." Apparently she doesn't realise that's just since she assumes the best out of anyone. And may get nicer treatment since she's adorable.

Ignis just smiled at her and thought of how much fun this was. There was nowhere else he had to be, so this precious project didn't have a time frame which was refreshing.
this allowed him time to relax and see this project through to completion. No one else was around so he got to enjoy listening to the sound of his boots crunching in the snow as they worked diligently on this project.

With Madoka's question though, he smiled warmly. "Not to those he chooses to show it to. To others he can appear quite formidable and ready to take on the world by himself." He smiled a little more thoughtfully and nodded. "One day he'll learn he doesn't have to do so alone."

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The ball for the second layer that she's forming is finally getting enough of a decent size that she can start carefully rolling it around so it grows bigger as it makes more of the snow stick to itself.

But even though she seems pretty concentrated on making sure this second layer ends up just as good as the base they made, something about what Ignis is saying makes her look up from her little project here and over at him. For a second her facial expression is a little surprised, but it quickly melts into a small smile instead.

"Of course! There's so many of us here, no one has to do anything alone." They even have the whole team structure, after all. Even though it's not something thought up by them, it still helps people to know there are people to rely on in a pinch. "Just like you have the whole blue team to rely on, mister Ignis!"

Madoka laughs, with a hint of something awkward in it.

"I know I'm not really the strongest or most reliable member of the team, but I always want to help out with whatever I can do too."

Between Madoka and Romeo, Ignis wasn't sure which team member was sweeter. They both grew on him pretty fast and he wasn't one for children. He recalled feeling pretty awkward around them as if he wasn't sure if he should even be around them or not. However, they were members of his team (which was tinier at the time) and he would look after them.

The advisor hadn't asked to be on the council he hadn't even voted for anyone or filled out Tony's nefarious survey. But he found himself the Blue Team leader and he accepted it gracefully. And now Madoka was reminding him that no one was alone here. All Ignis could do was smile at her and his heart melted at her laugh.

"You help more than you know, whether we're in battle or not." He tried to appear dignified, but he was pretty sure that was collapsing a bit here so he stared hard at the snow structure. "After all, I've never made a snowman before and you changed that."

She almost says that she's not quite sure how making a snowman is some sort of big help, but on the other hand.. it clearly does seem important to Ignis, so it's probably better to not question it. Maybe Madoka ought to just accept for once that she did do a good thing here instead of putting herself down like usually.

"Well.. If you like this, then we can of course do more fun things together." If he's never gotten to play in the snow, then maybe there are other kinds of playing that Ignis never got to do before? Although she's not too sure what he would or would not enjoy, with as serious as he seems. "We could play Hungry Hungry Hippos in the game room. Have you ever played that before, mister Ignis? I taught Ple Two how to play that too, maybe all of us could play together. She's real good at it."

"Things such as?" There's a curiousity to his question. But then Madoka starts listing things and he had to admit that he'd never heard of this hippos game. "No..but I would most certainly be interested in learning." There's a surprise in his eyes as he hears how she's played with Ple Two, and Ignis nodded. "That sounds rather lovely, team game night."

Maybe they could come up with prizes or something too. He could see it, his team laughing and playing games together and he'd be leaning against a wall having coffee. Tony would come up and hold his hand and Madoka would come up to smile at them.

But for now, cold reality and this serious business of building this snowman.

Winter Wonderland [Event]

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