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Pahuuden Maa Event Catch All Log

Who: You and everyone else
What: Exploring Pahuuden Maa, the newly expanded universe
When: Pre-dated Dec 15 - but all events in this thread happen Dec 21 - Jan 4
Where: Pahuuden Maa
Rating/Warnings: Please add approprite CW/TW labels to your threads if necessary when necessary
NOTES: Solstice Plot Dec 2020: Pahuuden Maa

Welcome to a new universe, everyone.

Please use this as a Catch All Log Event post for all your winter adventuring needs. You may use the link above to remember all the various things you can do in this new space. But below, we've listed a summary

1. Visit the Ice Palace

• The Ice Palace has gardens with ice and snow sculptures
• There is also the ice maze to have fun in.
• The Ballroom
• Fine dining

2. The outdoor ice rink

Spend a day skating the whole way around, there are skate rentals and food all the way around the rink.

3. Visit the Ski Lodge

• For skiing and snowshoeing
• Rent a room for a night or week, or whatever
• There's the dining room for a good warm meal
• The saunas
• The hotsprings

4. Explore the Mountains and Forests

• Go for a walk
• Take note of the unique plants (get high?)
• Take a picture of the unique animals
• Run into a wild Energy Burst

5. Visit the town

• Go shopping!
• Go for a sleigh ride
• Remember, there's a big trolley pulled by a team of reindeer that is essentially a bar on wheels
• Visit the reindeer stables
• Run into/capture some mischievous Energy Bursts

6. Generally marvel at the magic in this place

7. Have fun!

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Ice Sculptures/Maze
Wei Wuxian was kind of happy to see the sudden portals appearing around town. They were a good distraction from the buzz and busy of the holidays. He didn't have any family to visit, gifts to wrap, loved ones to make plans with...so for him, Christmas time is just another day, week and month like any other. Just perhaps a little colder. Usually he doesn't mind the whole orphan thing...but it just seems to get really nailed into his soul around this time of year.

So to have the portals around to explore in gives him an excuse to not be around all the festivities going on in town. Flask in hand, he has taken to wandering around the ice sculptures and eventually ends up at the maze.

He stares at the entrance of it, wondering if it is wise to enter a maze made of ice. "I suppose if I can't find my way out I could just start a fire and melt the walls down." Of course he has noticed that things aren't particularly cold and so fire might not be particularly effective...But it might make for a fun experiment.

Ballroom
All someone had to say was that there would be drinks after 9PM. So at promptly that time, Wei Wuxian appears in the ballroom. He's very ready to sample the alcohol available and not at all ashamed to show off some moves on the dance floor. Of course his style of dance is significantly different from what everyone else has been doing, but he doesn't particularly care. A dance floor is there to have fun on and their stuffy ways of sliding around the room is no where near fun enough.

It doesn't help that he's quite drunk and unaware of the eyes staring him down...

Skating
Wei Wuxian hasn't quite had the confidence to venture out onto the ice yet. He stares at it from the outside, bundled up in as many layers as he could find in his apartment. He isn't a huge fan of winter but that doesn't mean he wants to stay inside until it passes. Which means he should at least attempt to enjoy the winter activities that are available.

He just...doesn't like the idea of falling down.

Ski lodge
Bundled up by the fire is exactly what Wei Wuxian wants to do after spending all day outside. Wrapped up in a blanket, he is enjoying a warm drink while staring into the flames. He never expected to be spending a vacation in an alternate dimension but he is rather enjoying the perks of doing so.

He sips at the glass of cocoa in his hands, then smiles brightly at anyone who comes close, "This is way better then being out in the cold."

Hot Springs
At first when he was told he would have to wear a bathing suit into the hot springs, Wei Wuxian protested pretty mightily. But eventually his desire to be soaking in the warm water won over his desire to be naked in it.

It is worth it though as he sinks into the hot water up to his chin, enjoying that heat as it takes away any last remaining bit of cold that has chilled his bones since arriving there. The fire in the lodge was nice, but this was like heaven. He could stay in this all day.

Energy Burst
In one of the rare moments that Wei Wuxian decided to head outside, he was suddenly accosted by a strange energy burst. At first he thinks nothing of it, but then suddenly it is like this feet are frozen into place where he was walking. He tries to pull at his feet but nothing is freeing them. He even tries to untie his boots and pulls his feet out but still they won't budge.

"What the hell is going on?"

York, on the other hand, has rented a pair of skates and is walking toward Xian with them on. He's already told Xian about his plans to move to Texas by the end of the month, so these portals appearing is a welcome way for them to farewell from one another.

"Don't tell me you're planning to go out on the ice in your shoes," he remarks with a smile.

He looks over when he hears the familiar voice and smiles, perhaps a bit more subdued then it normally would be. Knowing that York is leaving soon makes it all a little bittersweet. He's going to miss him more then he cares to admit. But he also knows that York has to do what he has to do. He's going to try and enjoy as much of their time left together as he can though and points towards the ice.

"If it means I will fall down less, then yes I would do it in my shoes." Of course with all the layers he has on, it isn't likely he would even feel it if he fell.

Ice Palace

Hands tucked into his coat pockets, Elliott smiled as he carefully wandered into the palace halls.

"It's beautiful," he marveled, turning in a slow circle to take in the sculpted and glistening ice everywhere he looked. The palace had been impressive from the outside with its ice block walls and grand scale, but the interior was so much more ornate- like every small detail had been thought of and seen to.

He shivered, then laughed shortly. "Not somewhere I'd want to live, though."

Sleigh Ride

Bundled up with the blanket and an ice crystal-print scarf he'd bought in town, Elliott's eyes shone with delight as the carriage lumbered up the snowy mountain slope.

"I've never been on a ski lift," he said conversationally, "But this has to be way better than that. This is more like the old horse-drawn carriages, but with actual reindeer."

Ski Lodge

Elliott had little intention of actually going skiing, but the absolute familiar comfort of the lodge successfully lured him into staying at least one night. Rustic, that was the word, right? The charm of it tugged at the part of him connected to his past self.

He settled in the common area near the fireplace and tucked into a wonderfully warm meal.

"Pretty sure this place is trying to make me spend all my money, but mmn, this was definitely worth it."

Snowshoeing/Wild Energy Burst

Once he'd gotten used to having tennis racket-shaped contraptions strapped to his feet, Elliott took to exploring the mountain trail with a thrill of escaping into nature.

"Don't see this in the city," he remarked, peering around at the tall tree branches laden with snow and watching the slow-falling flakes drift to the snow-covered ground.

A sparkle caught his eye, glittering dimly just above ground level.

"Oh," he said, breath catching. "Hello."

While he would have been content to stand there and just observe it, something wet dripped down the back of his neck beneath his scarf. A cloud had formed over his head, dropping thick flakes of snow onto his head. He shivered and pulled up his hood.

"Uh hey, could you maybe not?"

Ice Maze

He may be a little lost in the ice maze and a little bit chilled, jumping at every little sound. He had thought it brave to come through this bloody portal and now he was having second thoughts. He might never find his way out. Come and help? Or make it worse.

Forest Exploring

He is watching an energy burst warily. They are not too far apart, though neither of them seem to be moving. Alec doesn't really no what to make of it or even if he should be afraid of it, but not moving seems to be a good idea so for right now he refrains-- though he may bolt at the slightest noise.

Not Your Ordinary Snow Bunny //Locked to Martin

Alec stared at the slip of paper that the young woman had slipped to him at the lodge earlier this afternoon when he had been a bit tired of his adventures. He couldn't imagine what she would mean by it, but she had been beautiful and charming and bought him hot cocoa for reasons he couldn't imagine.

Either way now that it was getting late, he'd finally decided to man up and visit the cabin she'd written down, the numbers slightly smudged. It was getting dark and a icy wind was picking up from somewhere-- He picked up his pace and read the words she'd written below:

'Come on in <3' a few times before blinking and pushing open the door to the welcome warmth of the cabin.

"Hallo?"

Casimir had some... difficulty manoeuvring his way around this snow. He wasn't used to snow like this... But he was finally starting to figure out how to get around without slipping on ice.

And he thought he saw a glimmer off to the side, but when he looks, it seems a snow drip decided to attack another person.

A gleeful, "Ha!" escapes Casimir's lips, unable to resist chuckling at the prank nature played on this poor man. Especially when he asked nature not to. It was too comical.

"I don't think nature will listen," he snickers.

A party? That's all anyone needed to tell Casimir to have him show up. He looks oh-so forward to this gathering. There's even free food and drink! Not that the fine dining area wasn't enough, but he's always here for food and drink.

He can't help but raise a curious eyebrow at... Wei's interesting moves. But when in Rome, he figures.

When he finds a place to set his hors d'oeuvres down, he takes to the dance floor beside Wei and holds out his hand.

"May I join you?" he asks with his most charming smile.

He never expected someone to come and ask him to dance with him so the first expression he has is surprise as he looks at the hand that is offered to him. Then there is a bright smile that spreads across his face as he takes the hand in his own.

"Of course. Dancing is always more fun with a partner."

Wei Wuxian was stuck in the maze. Or perhaps just wandering through it and mapping the many options it has. But when he makes a turn that he has pretty sure he has made at least twice before he spots the familiar man in the distance.

It's kind of impossible to sneak up on someone when the snow is crunching under his boots so he calls out to him to make sure he doesn't surprise him too much with coming up behind him.

"I hope you have a better idea how to get out of this then I do."

Riding that traveling Bar
The traveling trolley tavern pulled by a large team of reindeer, making rounds of the town, was really such an ingenious idea in Anakin’s mind. Why weren’t more bars on wheels? You could get on, travel around a bit, and when you got back to where you were staying or needed to go, you got off.

And the constantly changing scenery was great for Anakin’s ADHD, time really didn’t feel like it was lagging when he always had something new to look at.

He picked a table and sat down, anyone was free to take the seat opposite him while he worked on some cider.

Petting the baby reindeer
Anakin found this stable by accident, but he was glad he did find it. Was there anything quite as cute as a baby reindeer? Of course, Anakin would pay the fee to get a chance to pet that very fuzzing face – over the waist high fence – because going into the pen wasn’t an option. He’d also bought some carrots and apples that were on offer to customers to feed to the mother.

The little guy tried to smell what was in Anakin’s hand as he held it out to the mother to take (he used his right hand because he was sure if she accidentally nipped his metal fingers it wouldn’t hurt him).

“No, this is for your mother,” he said to the most adorable fuzzy face. “She gives you food.”

Skiing – or attempting to
After watching how other people were using the ski lift, Anakin tottered over and took his turn getting on.

He’d never gone skiing in his life, but he was about to figure it out.

Or tumble down the hill and break his neck.

The ride up to the mountain was kind of peaceful. He kind of enjoyed it when the lift and the ground grew further apart. It made him wonder how the lift was made in the first place given the place’s lack of technological advancement.

But soon enough, he was at the first stop, the bunny slope – oh, Anakin wasn’t stupid enough to try the most difficult trail his first time out.

Dismounting from the lift was easier than he’d expected, he just had to let the lift push him off, essentially. And then he had some momentum to carry him out to the top of the slope.

Putting a ski pole in each hand, Anakin watched the people around him for a bit. There were people all around him getting off the lift, too, getting ready to start down the slope, and those just going for it. He got some sense of what he was supposed to do from watching them, but he still had questions.

“So how do you stop when you get to the bottom? Or stay up as you go down, even?”

Dinner in the Ski Lodge
After learning how to ski – however successful that was – Anakin dropped off his skies and poles and headed straight to the dining hall to order a full meal. He was starving, even though he had a full lunch. Something about going up and down the mountain in the frigid temperature just made him so hungry he could almost eat a horse.

But it was bowlfuls of beef stew instead and hearty rolls with plenty of butter. He had a cup both of hot cider and refreshing water.

Anyone was free to sit with him and have their own meal while he dived into another bowl.

Dealing with an Energy Burst
Anakin really did hate the cold. He grew up in Arizona and didn’t know all the proper winter-wear he needed. He had a coat and gloves and a hat because he’d learned that the hard way last winter in New York City, but he’d never encountered this much snow.

And just his luck, he hadn’t been looking where he was going, just walking through town, and he’d stepped in it- a great big puddle of shockingly cold slush.

With a gasp and a loud curse, he pulled his foot out of the freezing water.

How was it even possible this cold out?

He sighed deeply, trying to find a calm center, and stepped backward… only to land his foot in another slush puddle- one that was not there just a moment before!

“What the fuck?” he shouted, angrily, looking around.

And that’s when he saw it, hovering about five yards away. A sparkly ball of light, bluish-greenish white in color.

“What the-?”

"Not a bloody clue." He rubs his arms against the chill and blows out a frosty breath. "I knew that coming through that portal was a bad idea. This is absolutely mad." He shakes his head.

"How long have you been here?"

He hooks his arm through Alec's with a grin. Best way to be warm is through contact, right?

"Thirty minutes? An hour? Not sure exactly. Long enough to know what turns to not make. I think I've started to narrow down my options."

He gives the other a look but doesn't try to shake him off. It's warm and he doesn't have the energy for this shit.

"Do you remember the direction you went in with?" He doesn't. "We might be able to navigate by the sun." Before it set. Which looked like they had a few hours on the outside.

"I already know that going to the right will eventually wrap us back around to here. So I suggest we go to the left." If nothing else all his wrong turns will hopefully help him keep from doing them again.

He does look up at the sun. He's not sure how to use that as a guide point but he is willing to try anything to get out of the ice and into some warmth.

Martin had rented the cabin not long after hearing of their availability... all the patients under stress from the holidays and lectures of avoiding the typical fatty foods at gatherings had worn him right out, and he was feeling glad for the break ... especially since it didn't seem quite as strange and unfamiliar as Krajna Bostiev had been. He had stocked up the little pantry with a few essentials: makings for soup and French toast, coffee, tea - and of course, a nice bottle of scotch. He'd just gotten the fire up to a steady crackle and been about to put his feet up with a book when the knock came at the door.

"Who in the world ..." He set the bottle of scotch down and padded toward it, clearing the kitchen doorway just in time to see Alec open the door.

"Uh ... hellllll-lo." Martin's mouth remained pursed as he looked Alec over, a few flakes swirling in around his feet on the evening wind.

He has been letting things slide with Anakin for way, way too long - due to his own discomfort, and due to not having a damn clue what to do about it. Their memories were shared, in places, but their experiences of those memories were so different-

He didn't and does not know how to bridge that.

He just knows it matters.

He slides into the seat across from Anakin with a drink he already has. "Hey."

Ski Lodge - Sauna
Martin has bought a guidebook to Pahuuden Maa and is carrying it tucked under his arm, a broad, thick, soft towel slung over his shoulder as he heads for the sauna. His cheeks are red from the outside chill, and he glances around as he heads for the changing room to see if any other familiar faces are around...

"Going in?"

Shopping / Wild Energy
He's rented himself a cottage, but before he can go and enjoy his mountain hideaway, he needs provisions. Martin can be found going from stall to stall, sampling things and picking out his choices ... anyone wandering past may be asked their opinion on a particular cheese, or if they think this one particular piece of fruit looks like it's gone by - he's not quite the best at judging produce, you see.

Once he's finished picking everything out, he's on his way to hire a sleigh out to the cabin, when an Energy Burst from a nearby energy source breaks free, whirling up a dust devil and pulling his bags from his hands. Groceries scatter everywhere.

"Dammit!" He bares his teeth and dives after a bag of fingerling potatoes as it breaks open and starts rolling across the street. The devil doubles back before he can make any progress and pushes him into a mountainous snowbank. Martin glowers at the whirling cloud, as any effort he makes to try and extricate himself is just met with more gusts and snow. A little help would be greatly appreciated.

12/31: New Year's Eve Ball Drop - Mod-Approved Player Miniplot - CW: NPC Injury

Those sculptures in the Ice Palace had made for beautiful perusing, but the portal offers opportunities to test boundaries that his memories have just begun to make available to him. Some of the things that he's seen have made his sleep light, and combined with the madness of being snowbound in a cabin with Alec Crowley for a couple of days ... Martin's had plenty of time to think about what he wants to do, and how.

He buys a ticket for the Palace and brings a lighter tucked away in his pocket, along with a pick bought from the climbing supply shop. Under the guise of inspecting one of the sculptures, a sketchbook in hand, he hovers around each sculpture, ducking briefly into one room to leave his lighter open on a windowsill near a long, decorative drapery. By the time it catches fire and draws attention, he's a few exhibits away, at one particular sculpture. A few quick, precise taps of the pick with a surgeon's accuracy ensure that the globe has a precarious perch, while no one is looking. He drops the pick in a nearby garbage can and hustles over toward the fire, as though late to the revelation that something is going on.

When the giant ball of ice manages to roll off its perch, there's an innocent resident of Pahuuden Maa in its path. Oh dear ...

((OOC: This is mod-approved! Anyone tagging in can feel free to react to the fire or try to help the NPC! Martin will be caught by Pahuuden Maa authorities and cool his heels for a few nights in prison, then return to New York, thus being unavailable ICly for the rest of the event. He will, however, be doing his best to deny any involvement to any of the Different. Ping me on Plurk at

hopepunk if you think your character might be able to point fingers and we'll talk!))

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He also has one of those towels and a smile at the sight of Martin. "I absolutely am. It's cold out there!" Also he just likes everything about saunas. He'll have more to say, absolutely, once they get settled and he thaws a bit.

Having finished a nice steamy jaunt to the sauna, Martin is just as red-faced as Anakin, though he looks far more pleased about it as he reaches for a chair.

"Anakin! I don't suppose you'd mind a little company?"

"I've had just about enough of it for one day, myself," he agrees. "I know you're used to the rink, but this seems to be another ball of wax entirely."

Martin slips inside and chooses a stall, chatting away as he disrobes. It's been a long time since he's been in any sort of locker room environment, but some things from basic training come right back: like the ease of talking to someone while you're changing or showering.

"I haven't seen you in a month or two. Been keeping well, I hope?"

Ellie is all about this, but before her cousin and his beau drag her all around in search of Family Shenanigans, she can't help but want a little of her own time. She's armed herself with wooly mittens, one of the scarves she bought on holiday in Scotland, earmuffs, and a big cup of piping hot mulled cider. She's marveling at the maze and debating going in when she hears Xian mutter something about fire.

"Oh come on, now," she pipes up, flashing a reassuring smile. "I'm sure it's not that bad. If they've designed it for tourists they had to make it easy enough to solve in an afternoon. We could go together, even...?"

"Oh, I know, aren't they adorable?" Ellie had seated herself as close to the front as possible to get a good look at the reindeer. "I want to see if we can pet them when we get off. Their antlers look so fuzzy."

He looks over and smiles, he hopes she is right about the easy thing but also it is a maze and where is the fun if it isn't challenging at least a little?

He holds out his arm to her to escort her into the maze. "Might as well give it a try, right? Even still..having a backup plan if it is too tough is a good idea. I don't want to freeze to death in a maze."

"A backup plan, hmm?" She takes his arm, charmed by the gesture, and glances around them. "What'cha thinking? Maybe the old Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs trick with pine needles?"

Anakin had been looking out the window, fascinated by the castle walls as they were passing by one side, so he didn't notice when Ben approached. Only pulling away from the view when he caught the movement of someone sitting down out of the corner of his eye.

He had been avoiding Ben as well.

Anakin just wanted... someone to talk to about this, and Ben was the only one who knew what he'd experienced. Anakin wouldn't have to explain so much to a listener just to get to the parts that were bothering him so much. It would just be easier to talk it through with Ben. Even if Ben's role in the experience left Anakin with... questions, and sure, some concerns. But they couldn't even start to get over this if they didn't try talking about it.

And the fact that Ben hadn't wanted to try had hurt and had made Anakin emotionally withdraw from his friend.

Which was why he was hesitant now when Ben sat down.

"Hey...?" he said back

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Pahuuden Maa Event Catch All Log

Wei Wuxian | The Untamed

skating

Re: skating

Elliott (Eleven) | DQXI

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Snowshoeing.

Ballroom

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Ice Maze

Anakin Skywalker | Star Wars

Re: Ice Maze

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Snow Bunny

Traveling Bar

Martin Whitly - Incl. Player Miniplot

Sauna

Dinner

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Ice Maze

Sleigh Ride

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