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[mister_10_below]

[Bobby's outside, holding the journal facing towards him with one hand and tossing a snowball with the other.]

I promise this is not my fault! I had absolutely nothing to do with this.

[Not that anyone except for maybe two people would have any reason to suspect him. But he's too used to having to give a disclaimer every time snow comes when it

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[angha_firebird]

[And Aara is cautiously walking toward and around the edge of the frozen lake, careful not to step on the ice, but clearly attempting to get nearer to the young man who had seemed so happy and energetic on the journal.]

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[mister_10_below]

[He grins back at her.]

You should smile like that more often.

[He spins them on the ice, turning them slowly enough to hopefully not frighten her, but quick enough for it to be a bit fun. They're facing the shore, now, and he heads towards it.]

Snow fort it is!

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[angha_firebird]

Eep!

[Aara is still slightly taken by surprise, leaning forward to make sure she had a good hand-hold on Bobby, then relaxing and smiling. It had almost felt like flying for a second. With a laugh, Aara moves with him back toward the shore, expression excited and somewhat mischievous. This would be fun!]

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[mister_10_below]

[He chuckles slightly at the 'eep,' but still makes sure to help her keep her balance, and grins when she laughs. They skate back to the shore, and Bobby once again sits down on the bank, gesturing for her do to the same.]

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[angha_firebird]

[Giving Bobby a quizzical stare, Aara sits next to him on the bank, wondering what it is he'll do.]

You can... create ice? Can you also take it away?

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[mister_10_below]

Not technically. But I make it by lowering the temperature of the moisture in the air, so I can raise it back up, somewhat.

[He grins slightly.]

Otherwise I'd be stuck every time I lowered my own temperature.

[It takes him longer than creating the ice has, but he gets the ice around the base of their shoes to loosen up so he can just knock the rest of it off. Then he grins at her.]

Ready to build a fort?

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[angha_firebird]

[Aara's eyes were wide. He could do that?]

Ah... yes!

[She grins, rising back up to her feet and offering Bobby a hand.]

Where should we build it?

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[mister_10_below]

[He grins at her, accepting her hand up cheerfully.]

Thanks.

[Bobby glances around, then picks a spot a little bit away from the lake where a large snow drift rests against one of the walls of the Keep. He points it out.]

That looks good.

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[angha_firebird]

[Aara smiles, ducking her head at his gratitude.]

You're welcome.

[Glancing up at the spot, Aara grins and nods, eagerly moving to the location and looking around with breathless delight.]

Now what?

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[mister_10_below]

Well, the next step usually depends on how much I use my powers. I try not to use them too much in capture the flag, since it's not really fair for the other team. Unless the other team is using their powers, too, then it's all fair game.

But we'll go with mostly power-free fort making. I like finding snow that's piled up against a building, because then you can use the wall as one of the walls for the fort. It's even more awesome if you can find a bunch of snow in a corner.

Mostly it's just making the pile of snow bigger, and then hollowing it out. Depending on how big you get it, you can make a couple of different rooms and hallways and stuff, but we'll probably just go for a one room fort.

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[angha_firebird]

Rooms...?

[She liked the idea of this fort better and better.]

Okay! Let's start, then!

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[mister_10_below]

Yup!

[He grins at her.]

Awesome. Help me pile some more snow up against the wall, then?

[He moves towards the snow drift, starting to add more snow to make it bigger.]

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[angha_firebird]

[With excitement coursing through her, Aara moves to do just that. She's more than eager to build this fort--and hide out in it, and imagine wondrous things while removed briefly from nearly all her senses of the world around her.]

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[mister_10_below]

[Despite having built hundreds of forts, Bobby's pretty much just as excited. There's not much that's better than playing in the snow with friends.

Once they have enough snow piled up, he walks around to one of the sides against the wall.]

And now we come to the hollowing out part! Basically we just make a hole in the drift and dig the inside out, leaving about a foot for the ceiling and walls. Here's where I usually use my powers a bit, to make the walls and ceiling strong and stuff.

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[angha_firebird]

[Aara pays close attention, not wanting to do anything wrong that would lead to the walls or ceiling caving in. When Bobby mentions using his powers, though, she grins widely. To her, nothing would allow the walls or ceiling to cave in so long as Bobby was there.]

Sounds good to me. Do you want to dig first or shall I?

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[mister_10_below]

[He grins at her.]

Since this is your first fort building experience, I'll let you decide.