awashlogs | Event Fourteen.

Roses bloom and cease to be,
But we shall the Christ-child see.

t's very, very cold. It's cold enough that you'll see your breath fog in the air before you, that goosebumps appear on your arms and legs and a chill goes up your spine. You're inside, in a huge palace with sweeping arches and rooms, but it's no real shelter from the cold -- it's just as cold inside as out.

There's a throne room, a kitchen, various rooms and even a dungeon to be explored -- and outside, a frigid, frozen garden, a lake that's naturally frozen over, and miles, and miles of snow as far as the eye can see.

But be careful while you explore. The snowflake soldiers are naturally dangerous, but even more dangerous than that...there's that creeping sensation of numbness going up your arm, a pang through your chest, and the slow, slow freezing from the inside out.

Try not to leave any of your friends behind, okay? Even if they might look a bit too uncannily like some of the statues hanging around for decoration when they're frozen over.

Welcome to Awash's fourteenth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to make your own logs for this event, but please keep in mind the lack of laptop function during this event when it comes to forum posts!

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Because even though I have body heat, it's been cold lately, and this helps me keep it exactly where it is.

[ CUDDLE WITH HER, ROCK. ]

[ thankfully they're not well-versed enough in heat science to understand what she means by that so they just let it pass. humans are so confusing!!

They'll tentatively reach out a shaky hand to touch her shoulder through her coat, watching carefully for her reaction. They're aware that touching human's bare skin is painful for them given how their body is, but they don't know very much about how much the temperature seeps through clothes. ]

Fine. Here, can you feel that?

[ Really, at this moment, she can't really tell the difference between the frigid air and Cairngorm's hand. The coat's nice and thick, too, so Maya only smiles. ]

Not really!

[ They do feel a little warmth just from the coat alone... so they let the full weight of their hand rest on her shoulder, which is deceivingly heavy for how delicate it looks. ]

You really can't? [ They're still watching for some sort of a reaction, while gratefully warming up their palm just from this. ] My human housemate gets so upset when I so much as graze her...

[ Then again, maybe it has to do with the thickness of the clothes... they don't know. ]

You - oof - might have been touching her when her clothing's not all that thick.

But your hand's also kind of heavy on its own.

[ Still, Maya isn't going to ask them to remove it. It doesn't hurt, even if it makes both shoulders sink down a little more to try and relieve some of the tension. ]

[ They immediately take some of the weight off, furrowing their brows slightly. Oh yeah. The chill made them forget that it's not just signs of the cold they have to look for, but also signs that their weight doesn't harm anyone. They have to be careful about things like that in their interactions with humans.

They don't mind accommodating; they're the immortal here after all. ]

I forgot... [ She says since her clothing is thick it's okay, so as long as they don't lean too much on her - it's fine to keep taking warmth, right? ] You humans are so light.

[ It's just a passing observation, mostly to take their mind off the cold.

And you gems are surprisingly heavy!

[ Maya says it with a laugh, though. ]

It's interesting, isn't it? We kind of look alike, in the most basic sense, but we're also so completely different. That sort of thing is really fascinating to me.

[ Leech away, Cairngorm. ]

If you consider how different our biology is, of course we're different, even if we look alike in general shape.

[ Cairngorm would contend that humans don't actually look a ton like gems, with how un-sparkly they are and the soft texture of their skin. Plus, they're all sorts of different heights and builds, unlike the identically lanky gems. ]

Are you really that interested in it?

[ Forgive her, Cairngorm, for not being as pretty as you. ]

Well, yeah. I think people are also interesting, so of course I'd think gems are right up there with being fascinating too. There's so much I don't know about you still!

[ its not her fault.... ]

What's there to be interested in humans when you are one? Shouldn't you know pretty much everything already.

No, that's really not the case. Our personalities are all completely different.

Like for example, would you say I'm like Lupin?

No, not really.

[ except in weird taste in clothes!!! ]

But I'm not like other gems, either. That doesn't mean I'm "interested" in them.

Well, that's where the difference in personality comes into play. I'm a journalist, so I'm naturally inquisitive about pretty much everything.

"Journalist"?

[ Now there's a word they've never heard before. ]

What, is that your job or something?

Yep!

[ She says so proudly. ]

I educate and provide dreams to others!

"Provide dreams"...?

[ Catch this heavily skeptical look, Maya. ]

That does not sound like a real job.

It's a real job. But the dream providing is more of a perk of the job.

How is that a real job? You can't do anything with a dream.

[ They're taking her extremely literally here - what is anyone supposed to do with night visions........... ]

Au contraire. A dream's usually the start of most things. It gives you a goal.

...I think we have different ideas of what "dreams" are for. I wouldn't consider trying to accomplish anything I see in a dream.

Event Fourteen.

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