If you'd like to apply to Snowblind and would like to test the waters first or get a sample set up for your application, this meme is for you! We've even provided some prompts for you to use if you want (but feel free to make up your own). Here's how it works.
✭ Reply to this entry with a character you're considering apping into the game. You can include the name of your character and the fandom in your subject line. ✭ Comment around to others on the meme, whether you're in the game already or not. ✭ Now you have a sample ready for your application! ✭ So go reserve and apply when reservations and applications are open. ✭ Seriously, do it.
Network Prompts
ONE: IT WON'T BE LONG NOW... Well, you made a mistake. You spent too long searching around, or you ran outside near the end of the day for just one more thing, and now you've been locked out. You can search around all you want, but the best shelter you can hope for is pressing against the side of a sealed up building. You do still have your tablet, though. Maybe someone on the network can give you some advice, or at least some comfort while you wait for hypothermia to set in.
TWO: CABIN FEVER Maybe you didn't want that mistake of getting caught outside to happen again, but now you've ended up staying too long in one location, and cabin fever has set in. Maybe you're taking to the network to try and ignore the hallucinations. Maybe you want to tell everyone that you've figured out they're all in on your kidnapping. Maybe you ended up wandering off and now you'd really like to know if anyone can check back in the place you were at for your pants.
Action Prompts
THREE: AN UNEXPECTED MEETING You're going about your business searching what seems like it might be an especially promising house--it's fully intact and there's even a working fireplace with some wood! It looks like someone else has the same idea, though, and you've run into them in the middle of your search. Do you share the potential wealth or try to kick them out? On the other hand, maybe you know who this is, or maybe you're just glad to actually see another person for the first time in ages.
FOUR: GOOD MORGUE-NING You've just woken up in a morgue after dying in one unfortunate way or another. You have no idea where you are beyond that, but your tablet is insisting you can't stay here, so you should probably get out of here pretty quickly. Of course, bringing people back from the dead isn't a perfect science, so you're missing something important to you. Maybe you've lost your voice, maybe you can't remember where you're from, maybe you can't remember where you are right now. It looks like someone else is nearby, though. Maybe they can help you out?
[Thankfully, Alphonse spoke before he scooped up Yotsuba, so she knew that this was the nice guy who said he would help, so she didn't try to wriggle out of his grasp, but she did cry out, surprised at how cold his metal body was, on top of everything else. Instinctively, she tried to put a hand on his body to steady herself, but that just made things worse.]
Wagh! You're cold too! You're super cold! And why is your body metal?!
[Of course, as she spoke, she kept having to shield her eyes from the snow or wipe it out of them, which didn't do her hands any favors. Under her shoes, her toes were already starting to turn blue.]
[He had been so concerned about getting her off the ground when she was wearing so little in the ice, that he didn't think about the freezing state of his own body. Thinking fast, he pulls off the loincloth that's always tied around his waist and wraps that around her, creating a barrier between his arms and her body.]
[As Alphonse pulled off his loincloth, Yotsuba quickly pulled her hand off him and buried her hands in her sleeves before putting them together, trying to keep the cold out. Thankfully, she was smart enough to try and tuck in her feet in an attempt to get her feet covered, but it wasn't like the loincloth was as big as a blanket, so whether or not her attempt would work was up in the air.
It also wasn't as thick as a blanket, so while it wasn't a completely inefficent barrier, some cold still seeped though.]
A little..but why is your body metal? And who are you?
[While armor had been invented in the world Yotsuba lived in, she had never seen any and thus, had never had it explained to her. She was ignorant about a lot of things, really. While both she and Alphonse spoke though, she kept trying to rub her face on her coat in an attempt to clear her eyes of the snow or block it from the fierce winds.]
Yotsuba hasn't! But it's nice to meet you, Al..Alfonse! Oh..can you smash down doors with your armour? We can't stay warm out here! We'll become popsicles!
[He misses his alchemy with an edge as keen as a knife blade in that moment. He doesn't even have the slightly superior strength he used to have, his metal body being more useless to him than ever.]
But I promise I won't let you turn into a popsicle. Really, I won't.
[As she spoke, Yotsuba kept on rubbing her face on her coat and tried to breathe on her face in order to try and keep it warm. It felt like her nose was gonna fall off at any second though.]
It's-it's okay! Yotsuba can't either..but thank you! Yotsuba won't let you turn into a popsicle either! I'll help you make a fire if we can find some wood!
[Nevermind the fact that she didn't really know how to make a fire on her own. Or the fact that there probably wasn't any available wood around.]
I don't think we're going to be able to manage a fire, it's too wet with all the falling snow and the wind won't help either. But we can dig a shelter, and then we might be able to keep you warm until morning comes.
[No... not might. Will. He can't possibly watch a little kid die of the cold, his heart would break. God, he feels so helpless.]
Oh..okay then! Yotsuba doesn't know how to make a shelter, but I'll help! Yotsuba doesn't want you to freeze either, since you're a good person! How can we dig a shelter?!
[While she looked a little crestfallen there for a moment, since it was hard to warm up without a fire in this place, she quickly smiled and looked determined at the idea of building a shelter. She didn't quite know what that word meant, though she got the gist of it, but after singing that she was gonna help too, she wasn't going to just give up, and it wasn't like she enjoyed the constant wind, heavy snowfall, and the freezing temperatures. It felt like her ears were gonna pop off any minute now, and the only reason she wasn't scrambling to get down was because it was so cold. In comparison, her coat and Alphonse's loincloth felt a lot better.]
First we have to find out which way the wind is blowing, can you do that for me?
[He could do it himself. Not by feeling it, but by seeing the way his cut off ribbon blew and witnessing the snow falling. However, he thinks making her feel useful, and giving her something to think about besides the cold, will be helpful.]
[And so, with a weak smile, Yotsuba tried to climb up Alphonse's metal body so that she could get to his shoulders and sit on it. However, there were several problems with this idea. The first was that it was difficult to hold onto his loincloth while she was climbing. She nearly slipped off because her grip wasn't good enough until she tucked the whole thing under her chin.
The second problem was that Alphonse's body was freezing cold, and while she tried to deal with it, she couldn't stop herself from shivering heavily, her teeth occasionally clacking together.
If she managed to reach Alphonse's shoulders though, she'd hold an arm out-and wince at the way the wind and cold felt. It hurt, but it was the only way to see where the wind was blowing.]
[He had meant for her to merely hold a hand up from where she was, or even to observe things like the way the snow was blowing, he hadn't wanted her to climb around and get even colder.]
H-Hey! What are you doing? You'll fall if you climb up there, come back down again.
[Sadly, Yotsuba thought that she'd be able to accurately tell which was the wind was blowing if Alphonse wasn't holding her, so she'd had climbed up.]
Yotsuba's checking the wind, like you asked! It's fine! Yotsuba's good at climbing!
[Not that her face showed it was fine. Even with her coat and Alphonse's loincloth, she was freezing, and she wasn't smiling as she moved her arm about, still wincing every now and then due to the cold and the harsh winds. Eventually, she'd point her arm north.]
The wind's blowing that way! And Yotsuba's arm's red!
You shouldn't just jump up like that, you could get really hurt! Please come down now--!
[In a panic about her well being, Al scrabbles his hands on his shoulders to try and pull her down again and into the relative warmth of his cloth covered arms.]
[Since she hadn't been expecting Alphonse to pick her up and pull her back down, she cried out in surprise, though she let him pull her back down in to his arms. It was still freezing, and her legs and arm were feeling more than a bit numb, but she tried to bear with it as she spoke.]
[Being careful to keep the cloth between her bare skin and his hands, Al begins to rub up and down her arms and legs to try and get the circulation going again.]
Now we walk with our back to the wind, so it doesn't make you as cold, and find somewhere to build a shelter.
Okay..but how are we gonna make a shelter? We can't go inside!
[While Yotsuba could still kind of feel Al's cold metal body through the cloth, it did make her feel a little warmer, and since she saw that it helped, she copied his motions, both on her own legs and on his body, wherever she could reach, not knowing that it wouldn't help.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
snowblindmods) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
snowblindmemes2015-05-12 07:10 am
no subject
Wagh! You're cold too! You're super cold! And why is your body metal?!
[Of course, as she spoke, she kept having to shield her eyes from the snow or wipe it out of them, which didn't do her hands any favors. Under her shoes, her toes were already starting to turn blue.]
no subject
[He had been so concerned about getting her off the ground when she was wearing so little in the ice, that he didn't think about the freezing state of his own body. Thinking fast, he pulls off the loincloth that's always tied around his waist and wraps that around her, creating a barrier between his arms and her body.]
Is that better?
no subject
It also wasn't as thick as a blanket, so while it wasn't a completely inefficent barrier, some cold still seeped though.]
A little..but why is your body metal? And who are you?
no subject
[He sounds nervous, as this could be a lot more awkward if she came from a world where nobody had even invented things like plate armour.]
And, um, it's Alphonse.
no subject
Yotsuba hasn't! But it's nice to meet you, Al..Alfonse! Oh..can you smash down doors with your armour? We can't stay warm out here! We'll become popsicles!
no subject
[He misses his alchemy with an edge as keen as a knife blade in that moment. He doesn't even have the slightly superior strength he used to have, his metal body being more useless to him than ever.]
But I promise I won't let you turn into a popsicle. Really, I won't.
no subject
It's-it's okay! Yotsuba can't either..but thank you! Yotsuba won't let you turn into a popsicle either! I'll help you make a fire if we can find some wood!
[Nevermind the fact that she didn't really know how to make a fire on her own. Or the fact that there probably wasn't any available wood around.]
no subject
[No... not might. Will. He can't possibly watch a little kid die of the cold, his heart would break. God, he feels so helpless.]
no subject
[While she looked a little crestfallen there for a moment, since it was hard to warm up without a fire in this place, she quickly smiled and looked determined at the idea of building a shelter. She didn't quite know what that word meant, though she got the gist of it, but after singing that she was gonna help too, she wasn't going to just give up, and it wasn't like she enjoyed the constant wind, heavy snowfall, and the freezing temperatures. It felt like her ears were gonna pop off any minute now, and the only reason she wasn't scrambling to get down was because it was so cold. In comparison, her coat and Alphonse's loincloth felt a lot better.]
no subject
[He could do it himself. Not by feeling it, but by seeing the way his cut off ribbon blew and witnessing the snow falling. However, he thinks making her feel useful, and giving her something to think about besides the cold, will be helpful.]
no subject
[And so, with a weak smile, Yotsuba tried to climb up Alphonse's metal body so that she could get to his shoulders and sit on it. However, there were several problems with this idea. The first was that it was difficult to hold onto his loincloth while she was climbing. She nearly slipped off because her grip wasn't good enough until she tucked the whole thing under her chin.
The second problem was that Alphonse's body was freezing cold, and while she tried to deal with it, she couldn't stop herself from shivering heavily, her teeth occasionally clacking together.
If she managed to reach Alphonse's shoulders though, she'd hold an arm out-and wince at the way the wind and cold felt. It hurt, but it was the only way to see where the wind was blowing.]
no subject
H-Hey! What are you doing? You'll fall if you climb up there, come back down again.
no subject
Yotsuba's checking the wind, like you asked! It's fine! Yotsuba's good at climbing!
[Not that her face showed it was fine. Even with her coat and Alphonse's loincloth, she was freezing, and she wasn't smiling as she moved her arm about, still wincing every now and then due to the cold and the harsh winds. Eventually, she'd point her arm north.]
The wind's blowing that way! And Yotsuba's arm's red!
no subject
[In a panic about her well being, Al scrabbles his hands on his shoulders to try and pull her down again and into the relative warmth of his cloth covered arms.]
no subject
[Since she hadn't been expecting Alphonse to pick her up and pull her back down, she cried out in surprise, though she let him pull her back down in to his arms. It was still freezing, and her legs and arm were feeling more than a bit numb, but she tried to bear with it as she spoke.]
Okay..what do we do now?!
no subject
Now we walk with our back to the wind, so it doesn't make you as cold, and find somewhere to build a shelter.
no subject
[While Yotsuba could still kind of feel Al's cold metal body through the cloth, it did make her feel a little warmer, and since she saw that it helped, she copied his motions, both on her own legs and on his body, wherever she could reach, not knowing that it wouldn't help.]
no subject
[He hopes. It's a long night ahead of them.]
no subject
[To someone who knew about igloos, this idea might have sounded reasonable, but, sadly, Yotsuba knew nothing about igloos or snow shelters.]