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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He sighed with a small smile. "It came with the job. Someone had to take care of the riff raff." Obviously there was no true insult and the words had come out rather affectionately. After hearing about Raven's team, he couldn't help but compare.

"I find it interesting you had a team the same number as us." He thought for a moment that at one point she had mentioned another, but left the topic alone. That was for another day perhaps.

"We had one more, counting me. So 5 to your 4." Raven corrects with a hint of smile. "But hopefully you take my point. Robin could be serious, very much and often too much of the time. But it also meant a lot when he wasn't--when we were all more than just a team." That's why Ignis is getting the small smile.

"Right." Ignis replied. They didn't have five, unless the guest appearances by Iris counted or when they briefly dealt with Cindy or Aranea. More often than not though it was four which worked well.

Taking the hint, he couldn't help but smile a little in return. He had the feeling that Raven was seeing him as her friend and was remarking on his resemblance in personality to this Robin fellow.

"Point taken."

She was glad to hear it, and a satisfied little nod met his statement.

"How are you doing, besides worrying about everyone on blue team. And on the other teams. And Tony."

There was the smallest telltale sign that Raven understood Ignis' constant worry dilemma. "Doing rather well actually, thank you for inquiring."

The part about Tony made the advisor smile almost against his will but he couldn't deny that man. Try as he might to downplay their relationship and be just the Blue Team leader, everyone knew about them.

Besides, if he couldn't worry about Tony or his team or friends, he would constantly be in the kitchen making recipes. "He can be a full time job."

"And yet you took on blue-team leadership too." Raven was shaking her head, but there was no bite in her words. "Have you been able to enjoy snow like this before?"

"It was given to me by no volition of my own." Ignis shook his own head. "I came aboard and hadn't filled out the survey nor did I place any vote for a council member since I wasn't well informed about any other passenger at the time." He sighed. "The next thing I know I'm on the council. And not only that, I was now the Blue Team leader. Still, I accepted it and I'm here." Saddled with responsibility since aged six, this was nothing new.

At the change in topic, the advisor gave a small smile. "I've found it to be rather cold but it's been an experience." Looking over at Raven he had a thought. "I haven't seen you out in the snow."

"It's snow, it's supposed to be cold." Raven responded dryly, but she hadn't forgotten the rest of what he'd said. He hadn't even been given the choice? That was just wrong. No wonder he was so serious, and reminded her so much of Robin. At least how Robin used to be...

"Anyone get you with snowballs yet, or have you avoided that?"

"So I've found." There was a small smile but it disappeared pretty quickly. Hearing the part about snowballs, he nodded with another brief smile. "Yes, Peter and Tony made sure that they inducted me into that tradition earlier."

And he was sure that they had been pretty easy on him considering the way the two carried on with each other seemed to be a little more competitive.

"I'm pretty sure they did so because they care." At least, that was probably it. "What about building a snowman?"

"Perhaps." Tony Ignis didn't doubt cared. Peter was a different story in that the advisor didn't want to get his hopes up thinking that the boy looked at him as anything other than a man who fed him and was Mister Stark's beau.

His thoughts were dragged away from the contemplation by the snowman and the advisor gestured towards where it was. "Madoka saw to that detail earlier as well." He smiled recalling his time with the sweet girl. "My first snowman and my first snowball fight." He wished he could tell the guys...sort of.

"Good. I'm glad Madoka did." Raven agreed with a hint of smile. "Did you have fun?"

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