Baby, It's Cold Outside (Let's Ice Skate!)

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WHO: Everyone!
TONE: fun, derpy, cute
RATING: Probably G
WHEN: Early Afternoon, Sunday
WHERE: The Lake!
WHAT: It's winter! The lake is frozen over and it's time to ice skate! (We'll ignore that it hasn't really been much below freezing. Maybe someone charmed the lake? Doesn't matter!)
STATUS: Ongoing!

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[Cassie was one of the first on the ice. It was cold, but sunny, and she just knew she wanted something different today.

She's currently skating alone in long ovals, wearing her skates with bright hufflepuff themed laces.]

[nunganunga_k_o]

[And Georgia is stepping on the ice with some hesitation. Slipping and falling is not exactly attractive.

Speaking of, most people would be sensible enough to not wear a skirt when they could possibly slip and have their knickers exposed, but Georgia was not most people. She was also not convinced of the solidity of said ice.]

Cas, are you quite sure that this won't crack and cause us to fall to our untimely deaths?

[fashioneighsta]

[Rarity is all too happy to show off her fabulous new ice skates, and her abilities aren't too shabby either. She's spending most of the afternoon trying to work on her twirls without making an idiot of herself. Things would probably go much faster if she was willing to be less elegant about it, but she's making decent progress.]

[selfhatred]

[Karkat sat on the bank of the lake, hands shoved deeply into the pockets of the hoodie he wore under his robes as he scowled out at the frozen over lake. Someone had dropped a pair of skates next to him but he hadn't so much as glanced at them since getting here. Whoever had done this was dumb, and they should feel stupid for doing it. Either way, he was not getting out there on the lake. Nope.]

[magichairbrush]

[Rapunzel's wide variety of hobbies, aside from some ballet, were generally not physical. But she had managed to convince her mother to get her a pair of skates that one Christmas when she was nine, and Mother had said she'd take her somewhere to learn... But it had never happened.

So she had the skates, but she didn't really know how to use them. That didn't stop her from kind of swaying-slash-waddling on the ice, though.]

[mo_cara]

[Gamzee, after fall number five, is just lying in the middle of the ice on his back, honking like a loon.]

[mo_cara]

HEY BEST BRO! COME ON OUT MOTHERFUCKER! [hollers from his shaky stance about twenty feet away on the ice. He can't seem to skate for shit, but he has managed to light a cigarette up out here, and it hangs from the corner of his mouth precariously.]

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[Cassie clings her arm around Georgia's, and slowly begins to stumble skate alongside her, allowing herself for balance, and hoping Georgia provides the same.]

I'm sure the squid would save us, but we still might get hypothermia, and then our untimely deaths might be to do assorted complications.

[selfhatred]

[Oh hell. What the fuck had that idiot been thinking. Obviously not much if the cigarette between his lips is any indication. Karkat gave a small, exasperated sigh and rose from his seat on the bank, staying where he was.]

Fuck no. You get your ass back on dry land right the fuck now!

[mo_cara]

OH HELL NO! [yells back cheerfully ... really, 20 feet away is too close to be yelling. He does try to make a few swooping steps towards Karkat anyway, and ends up going into a half spin that lands him on his ass on the ice again, honking and cackling like an idiot.]

Help, bro, you gotta rescue me! [Ehehehehehee!]

[nunganunga_k_o]

That is not really making me feel better. As such.

[Ahh, clinging back, don't let her slip. ;;]

[selfhatred]

[God fucking damnit. Letting out a short tirade of curses, Karkat ran down the embankment without thinking, worn out sneakers hitting the ice before he had time to think. Looking back on it later it'd be a question as to what was going through his fucking mind at the time, because shit if he didn't know how to skate either, and as soon as he stepped on the ice he slipped, crashing down onto his back.]

[selfmakeout]

Hey! [GUESS WHAT HERE'S REASON #2 FOR GOING OUT ON THE LAKE. Jade has her skates all ready and is looking chipper as always.] Aren't you coming?

[selfhatred]

[He just shifts and huddles further into his blanket/hoodie/cloak cocoon, drawing his knees up as he tilts his head to look at her.]

Fuck no, that thing is a fucking death trap.

[selfmakeout]

So you're scared, right? Geeeez, you don't need to be scared. You can just hold onto me and I'll lead!

[bluhbluhhugewitch]

[ Vriska may not be the BEST staker, but she is good enough to hold her own and race. No, no fancy tricks, but she does enjoy sudden stops that kick up tons of shaved ice up in any innocent bystander's face.

Except, right then she's being surprisingly quiet... ]

[selfhatred]

[Karkat just gives her a deadpanned stare.]

You're kidding, right?

[selfmakeout]

Why would I kid about something like that? Do I look like someone that jokes around about helping out?

[selfhatred]

For all I fucking know there's an ambush of merpeople under that shitton of ice. It's only a spell so who knows how long it'll take to wear off.

[Yep, he's worked himself up with all these theories. You're probably going to have to get his skates on him yourself and drag him out there, Jade.]

[mo_cara]

[Which just makes Gamzee laugh harder ... though he does try to get up to come and help Karkat, and winds up falling down for time number seven or something. So he just stays on his ass and starts shoving himself across the ice towards his friend, sniggering.]

Dude. Dude. You peachy? Oh, man, that was motherfuckin' brilliant!

[mo_cara]

MY SISTER! DO A MOTHERFUCKIN' SWIRLY THING!

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Well, I'm not an expert or anything, so you shouldn't listen to me anyway. We'll be fine, look at all the others-

[aaand, a little loss of balance. uh oh.]

[ificanmince]

[And there will be a certain Gryffindor awkwardly skating her way, slipping quite a bit but always managing to just steady himself. As he slides by Rarity, he beams.]

I told you I would make time for you!

[magichairbrush]

[The yelling startles her and she promptly falls to the ground.]

Gamzee!

[nunganunga_k_o]

[Oh god, she's going down with you, and she slips and lands on her bum.]

Owwwww....