Snow monsters roasting on an open fire, everybody keeping on their toes...

[hotheadwarmheart]

Who: Lea and you. Yes, YOU.
Where: Throughout Genessia City, maybe straying into some of the others too
When: Any time during the snow monster event
What: There are snow monsters all over the place, and Lea is having a good time melting and catching them. Anybody want to lend a hand?
Warnings: Violence against snow monsters?
Notes: Prose and action spam both welcome

Lea was in his element. Or more accurately, he was in the element that was weakest against his element, which made the whole thing that much easier, and in Lea's opinion, more fun. He grinned as he casually tossed fireball at another nearby snow monster, melting it into slush. "Even easier than an Icy Cube," he said, tossing a stone that the helpful shopkeeper had provided at the resulting spirit which neatly captured it. "One more down, who knows how many to go."

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[maskedsmile]

[On the scale from useless to really useless, Yoshiya is somewhere in the middle. He doesn't have any powers for combat, and his own skills are fencing and archery... And cursing things. Which is what he's been using in an attempt to help. He's relieved to see someone else out and about, since Yoshiya hasn't been feeling very useful yet.]

Ah, Lea! You did it~!

[He claps his hands, beaming. His curse powers may be invisible, but Yoshiya is clearly carrying a sword at his side.]

That was amazing!

[hotheadwarmheart]

[Lea grins.]

Hey, Shi! And thanks; I do this sort of thing back home all the time, so these guys are pretty easy to beat. Especially with my power set.

You doing OK? You look like you came prepared, at least.

[He indicates the sword Shi's carrying.]

[maskedsmile]

Really? Your home isn't dangerous, is it?

[Yoshiya feels bad for these spirits. Hopefully Lea doesn't have to hurt anyone back home.]

I'm fine. I'm pretty durable!

[hotheadwarmheart]

Depends on where you go. Though I tend to frequent parts with more Heartless to take out; that's where I can put my skills to good use.

[He nods his satisfaction.]

Good to hear. Oh, you've got some stones right? The ones that weird shopkeeper was handing out?

[Lea's hardly dense enough to not connect the sudden appearance of the snow creatures with that of a shop offering just what was needed to take them out, but the guy didn't seem to be charging money for them, so he doesn't see anything particularly wrong with it.]

[theyseemeroland]

Roland is out there already, going toe-to-toe to a group of snow monsters with his sword -- but he doesn't look overwhelmed at all. As soon as one is down, he smoothly moves on to the next with his relentless strikes. And when one that he's not focusing on gets too close for comfort, he rolls away, focusing his efforts instead on a straggler.

While he's changing targets, Lea happens to catch his eye, and Roland gives him a nod of acknowledgement before making a circular strike that knocks the monsters surrounding him away. The sword in his hand is replaced with a different one, equally fantastic, with a flash of light before he returns to the battle.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea smirked a bit when he saw the other young man at work. Clearly this wasn't his first rodeo either. Maybe sword work wasn't quite as efficient as melting them, but it was still pretty impressive.

Lea returned the nod, and, not to be outdone, summoned his Keyblade, laying into the next batch of monsters with enthusiasm. Two could play the magic sword game.

[theyseemeroland]

Roland just keeps at beating the monsters down. A snow wolf lowers itself to the ground, ready to pounce; Roland watches it like a hawk. When it jumps at him, he dodges to the side, and slices it into two halves (front and back) with one swing.

While waiting to see if it will reform, he calls out:

"Are you really hitting those things with a giant key!?" It doesn't look heavy enough to make for a good blunt weapon, but also not sharp enough to make a decent sword... so what the hey?

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea slashed through the last of his batch of monsters- a thing that looked like a cross between a Neoshadow and a greyhound, except all white- then paused to take a breath, glancing around at his handiwork, looking for any spirits that might be emerging from the collapsed piles of snow.

He grinned as the other noticed his unusual weapon. "Kinda, yeah," he said. "It's called a Keyblade. It may look a little weird, but it's a lot more powerful and useful than you'd expect." A spirit began to rise from the pile of snow that had formerly been his last monster, and he tossed a stone at it, neatly capturing it.

"And something tells me that yours aren't any ordinary swords either," he said. "I saw that spinning strike; not bad at all."

[plagiarisms]

Neito had seen Lea respond to Satou's organization post, and thankfully that had been a video post. It hadn't been hard to find the spiky red hair that looked vaguely like Kirishima's in class 1A.

"Hello," he greeted once there was a short break from the chaos. "Satou Kuroneko asked me to come out here and support you in taking down the snow monsters."

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea nodded, relaxing s a bit from his fighting stance. "Yeah, she mentioned you might be coming," he said, offering a handshake. "Nice to meet you. My name's Lea; got it memorized?"

[plagiarisms]

"I look forward to working with you, Lea," Neito replied, shaking Lea's hand.

While he didn't like admitting to the limitations of his quirk, it was impractical to omit that information when he was here to help. Especially when it could put him in a dangerous situation if someone he was working with thought he could maintain the powers he copied for longer than he actually could.

"I can only copy someone's abilities for a short time...so just give me a high five every few minutes, if you don't mind?"

[hotheadwarmheart]

"Sure I can do that," Lea said. "Would it work better if I took my gloves off? Either way, if I'm out of reach and you need a recharge, just give me a shout, OK?" It might be interesting to see if Neito would also be able to copy Lea's weapons, but at the moment, fire was much more effective.

"Oh, and do you have some of the stones the shopkeeper was handing out? Cause I've got some extras if you need them."

[justicereigns]

A quiet snort, as Smoker lit up a fresh pair of cigars, the three dogs in the sidecar of his motorcycle clearly itching to get out and play.

"Figures you'd be out here." But that doesn't sound like an insult.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea grinned. "Can't say I'm surprised to see you either," he said. "Come to join the fun, I take it?"

[phoenixstrut]

[There's a laugh as someone drops down out of the sky, turning yet another snow beastie to solid ice behind him.]

Having fun? [she grins, more alive than she's been in weeks. The fire in her eyes is even brighter than the burst she sends at her now ice sculpure, bursting it into harmless sparkling shards a safe distance away.]

[hotheadwarmheart]

[OK, Lea's not gonna pretend he's not a bit startled by someone just dropping out of the sky. But he grins when he sees who it is.]

You bet. It's like this mess was designed to be a fun workout for me.

[phoenixstrut]

You're telling me, [she laughs, turning to look for another one as her wings shift and settle.] Merry Christmas to us, yeah? [Give them more, she's ready to test out a full range of power-]

[hotheadwarmheart]

Definitely a Merry Christmas.

[He paused, then his grin broadened as he got an idea.]

Hey, bet you an ice cream I can take out more of them in an hour than you can.

[Man, how long had it been since he had a friendly competition like this? He couldn't recall.]

[swordprincess]

Karla comes strolling over from the next block, with her sword in her hand, but down at her side. It's clear that she's been dealing with these snow creatures as well. And Lea clearly looks like he's enjoying himself, from what she can see.

"Well, you look like you're having fun," she remarks.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea grinned. "You bet I am," he said. "It's like someone designed the perfect method to give me a fun workout. Just enough danger to spice things up, without worry about the world being destroyed or something if I mess up."

"You got some of the stones form that weird shopkeeper, right?", he said, holding one up for her to see. "You'll need them if you want to actually make any progress in cutting down their numbers."

[swordprincess]

"Huh...that is an interesting way to look at it..."

Although she can't imagine someone or something creating an event like this just for one person's fun.

She gives him a puzzled look as he shows her the Poke Ball stone used to capture the snow spirits.

"I...can't say that I have. Where is this shopkeeper?"

[hotheadwarmheart]

"He's set up near the entrance to the Bay, in between it and the Commonspace," Lea said. "And thankfully, he's not charging for them either. If he was, I'd think this was some sort of scam, which would really ruin the fun, but since he isn't, I just left him alone."

some time after the video call

[priceofmagic]

It wasn't particularly hard to find Lea: That bright red hair against the snow covered cityscape wasn't exactly subtle. Having finished up her shift in Attleton, Satou was making her rounds through Genessia. As much as she disliked the idea of campaigning, she did figure she ought to show her face in the city she was running for.

And, more importantly: Meet someone who she might be working with someday.

"Lea! Mind your right!" She warned, sending two pink magic orbs whizzing by ahead of her. They buried into two smaller snow monsters and left them partially melted. Satou followed up quickly, waving an arm in greeting. "You alone~?"

Re: some time after the video call

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea, who'd been dealing with a snow copy of himself- wielding snow chakrams of all things- was a bit surprised by the shout, but reacted accordingly, dodging a bit to the left. This allowed ample room for the two balls of pink magic to zip by and strike the two smaller monsters that had been creeping up on him.

"Thanks for the assist, Kuroneko!," he called. "Just a second."

He turned to his snow clone. "I told you, I don't look good in white," he said. He then shot a fireball at his snowy double melting him to a pile of slush.

Lea sighed, and turned his attention back to Satou. "OK," he said. "Now I'm alone. Been meeting up with people off and on though."

"How about you?', he said. "Doing alright?"

[priceofmagic]

The petite witch twirled her wand like a baton, stopping the motion abruptly when addressed. The cutesy heart tip flashed pink before changing into a glowing pink scythe, with the heat of its blade melting the snow around her.

She smirked, approving of his display against the snow. He really was well equipped for the snow monsters.

"I'm doing fine enough. My magic keeps me warm, and it doesn't damage the nearby structures." Giggling, she added, "I hope one of those people was the boy I told you about?"