Jan 02 07:21:47 107 PA
From Chronicles
Logfile from Rifts.
The current game time is: Mon Jan 02 07:21:47 107 PA. Location: Plaza Park
Not that snow has fallen, the park takes on a more pristine look to it. Sage finds herself wandering slowly along the park in her distinctive winter clothing. Her breath showing a little as she exhales. She smiles at the way trees look with the white draped over it. It seems worth it to brave the cold for this. Now that, even
Erica is walking through the winter landscape bundled up in coats with a scarf. She seems to be entertained by the pristine look of the weather. Her breath fogs in front of her as she walks along. Spotting Sage she smiles warmly and walks slowly up to the other woman. "Hello Sage. Enjoying the snow?"
When the other woman is noticed, Sage can't help a little mischievous impulse to pick up some snow beside the path she's walking on and trying to pack it into a compact ball. She flashes a little grin, "Of course... but, I wonder if you might need a little help enjoying it more." Her tone playful, but she doesn't toss the snowball. She simply just raises a brow as she waits for the woman response.
Erica laughs softly as she notices Sage gathering up snow. She quickly ducks down and grabs some snow in between her hands. She starts packing it into a snowball as she sticks her tongue out at the other woman. "Watch out Sage. I'll get you." She calls out as she giggles happily. She readies the snowball to throw it but doesn't throw it quite yet waiting to try to dodge Sage's snowball.
Erica laughs softly as she notices Sage gathering up snow. She quickly ducks down and grabs some snow in between her hands. She starts packing it into a snowball as she sticks her tongue out at the other woman. "Watch out Sage. I'll get you." She calls out as she giggles happily. She readies the snowball to throw it but doesn't throw it quite yet waiting to try to dodge Sage's snowball.
Eyes sparkling with mischief, Sage considers her opponent with a grin on her lips. "Oh... in that case, I'd better cheat." She replies playfully, as she shifts her attention slightly towards the snow. "I saw someone do this once..." From the snow, three snowballs begin to form and rise out of the snow. "How confident are you now?" She asks, as she begins to crouch down and get ready to throw.
Hands burried in her blazer and collar rolled up Tirzah shelters herself from the elements and their raw grate on her still waking mind. She diverts to the park instead of the gym this morning. Looking at her hopeful, but sour expression one might surmise she's looking to rub the rawness away directly.
From the snow three more snowballs rise and form beside the ones Sage made. Erica's eyes widen as the three snowballs rise up from the ground. Laughing loudly in her little voice she throws her own snowball at Sage trying to hit the other woman before she starts moving and weaving about trying to dodge any retaliation from Sage. "No fair." She calls out as she moves. She doesn't seem to notice Tirzah yet.
A frown touches Sage's features as she notices three more snowballs rise up from the snow. She doesn't recall causing more to appear. As a result, she's an easy target from the snowball from Erica. It draws her attention away from the strange new snowballs. "Charge!" She calls out as she launches one of the telekinetic snowballs at the other woman while moving toward the other woman herself.
Two odd things happen with the snowballs. The one that struck Sage reforms immediately after and hovers there as one of the extra three flies at Erica as well in retaliation. And another flies at Sage, seemingly in retaliation of her retaliation.
At the sound of a familiar voice calling to charge Tirzah turns to slowly scan the park. Her expression is hopeful and renewed as the positive tone of the charge noticeably lifts the warlocks spirits. Turning to see thre pair in the midst of a snowball fight in the distance she cant help but crack a small smile.
Erica squeaks loudly as the snowballs head toward her. She manages to dodge to the side just barely causeing the snowballs to fly above her head. Still giggling she bends down to grab some more snow from off the ground quickly and backs it into a ball. She manages to catch the sight of another snowball out of the corner of her eye and she ducks back dodging yet another one. "Oh so now Tirzah is involved eh?" She calls out as she notices Tirzah finally.
Intent on closing on her quarry, Sage continues to close on her opponent. The impact of the second is soft enough that it doesn't phase her, but she does take note of it. Reminding her of the other snowballs that have arrived. She leaves her other snowballs where it is, and tosses her hand held snowball at the other woman to distract her from forming her own snowball. It isn't until she's thrown it that she slows herself to consider the comment about her partner entering the fray. The snowball that missed sails past to slow to a stop mid air before seeming to refocus on Erica and set off again. The forming, and aiming of the third party snowballs are oddly slow, each task taking several seconds.
Tirzah raises a brow as she nears the parley to hear she is already involved. Not one to argue with that she catiously kneels to form herself a snowball, eyes darting between Erica and Sage.
Erica hold on to her snowball as she dodges and weaves trying very hard not to get hit by the snowballs that are flying all over. Not having any time to throw her own snowball she does a quick back flip to hopefully avoid the two balls of snow heading her way. Sticking her tongue out in mid air she calls out. "No fair using crazy powers."
When the woman seems to get a little too cheeky for her own good, Sage drops her hold on her own snowballs to let them fall back to the ground. Instead, she shifts her attention to hold the woman mid-air. Like the rules of gravity and momentum have been forgotten. She glances over to see where her partner is located. "I think we have a pinata." She comments, playfully.
With Erica lifted into the air the seeking snowball can home in on her much more effectively. Only to slowly reform after the inevitable collision. In the mean time Sage is lifted into the air as well..
Rising Tirzah considers her freshly made snowball and the two floating women. "Looks to me that we have two.." She nots with a slight smirk before looking to Erica. "I wasn't aware you had abilities like this Erica." She notes, gesturing to Sage's similar case.
Erica squeaks loudly as she is pelted with a snowball. She sticks out her lower lip and pouts. "I don't have the ability to cheat like this Tirzah. Let me down already." She calls out as she sits there floating without any ability to do much. Her hands twitch in frustration. Watching the snowball reform she just bats it out of the air with a hand before it can get much progress.
Not expecting to be lifted into the air, Sage silent notes the lack of snowballs at her disposal. She refuses to make a noise in surprise or frustration, however. She simply sighs dramatically. "She can tag team us without us being able to take on the second." She comments to her fellow airborne woman. She, however, keeps it quiet as to who has control of Erica's body. While she begins to bundle herself against an attack, she begins to move Erica's body towards her partner.
The snowball's reform is slowed by Erica's interference but it does reform once she floats away towards Tirzah. In concert Sage starts floating towards the redhead as well..
Erica crosses her arms in front of her chest and continues to pout. "You all can't fight fair at all. I mean really you are that scared of snow you have to cheat?" She sticks out her tongue and blows a raspberry at Sage and Tirzah both. She makes no move to do anything although her hands are close to her holsters.
Tirzah blinks, showing a bit of apprehension as the two floating girls close in on her. Two apparent opponents and one snowball, and still three more snowballs floating around out there. Well if she is not doing the floating Sage must be she seems to figure as she sends her snowball at Sage in an effort to playfully distract her.
Once Sage has directed Erica's body closer to Tirzah, it all becomes clear what must happen. "Look, she's nervous!" She points out, before purposely angling Erica's body to touch down as gently but quickly as she can and hope the woman ends up facing Tirzah. She seems content to float in her defensive bundle.
From a spot nearby, music starts up. The style is unique, as is the sound of the instrument. Some manner of synthesizer that puts out the sound of a piano, only given a metallic reverb to give it a new sound. The first few notes are slow, as if the player is feeling out what they wish to play or refamiliarizing themselves with the simple act. But the slow, light beginning is a thing that picks up as moments pass. A tune forms out of the speed up, something that is unique, but relaxed in pace. Following no set path, but meandering from one mix of notes to another without knowing what the next will be. Vixen is the player, a decently sized keyboard laid on her lap. She's settled on a bench at a nearby path, half obscured by a bush, likely why she didn't notice the others when she settled. She has her coat wrapped about her closely, her fingers covered by thin gloves that help ward off some of the chill.
The snowball thrown at Sage is answered with one of the floating balls flying back at Tirzah. it strikes her soundly only to reform beside her like the others did. As Erica is set down so is Sage in the exact same manner.
Tirzah blinks, surprised by the coldness of the retaliation. Smiling deftly she takes the advice of cheating to heart, noticeably concentrating for a moment to draw on her link. A second later she is enshrouded in an aura of heat and smiles confidently. "I dont think we're alone girls. Erica, throw a snowball at me." She invites, her expression strangely curious.
Erica lets out a little sigh as she is set back down on the ground. She keeps her arms crossed in front of her chest and she sits down in the snow sending a puff of the white frozen water up in the air. She looks up as she hears music and looks over her shoulder to spot Vixen nearby. Uncrossing her arms she gives Vixen a quick wave before turning her attention back to the snowball fight. After pouting for a little while in the snow she stands back up. Letting out a little sigh she forms a quick ball of snow in her hands and tosses it at Tirzah and the aura of heat surronding her.
When it seems that she's being set down as well, Sage unfolds to set her feet down on the ground. She gives a little sigh herself, as she walks over to Erica to reach out and place a hand on the other woman's shoulder. She gives a faintly suspicious look to Tirzah before looking back to Erica. "I'm sorry I cheated that much. I held you in the air. You can have a free shot at me if you want." She offers in reparation. She hears the music, but she seems to focus a more on something else. Her gaze changing until it looks as if it looks through everything as she expands her vision to see if there are any invisible things. Her gaze shifting around. She doesn't follow suit with the snowball, though.
Vixen continues to devote much of her attention tot he keyboard, her fingers flitting lightly across the keys as a downward rolling melody is worked from the machine. Not too quick, not too slow, from high to love she goes. The roll of sound capped with a light twiddle between two of the lower keys. she grins faintly, her hand lifting, the music paused as she considers the varied controls that let her modify the sound. She glances a bit towards the nearby sounds, but only briefly. People at play, nothing wrong with that.
The snowball hits Tirzah with a wet smack before quickly evaporating and one of the three remaining floating snow balls flies at Erica in retaliation.
Tirzah nods as the expected reaction happens to Erica. Although belatedly adds. "Look out!" With a helpless giggle. Then kneeling down she forms a snowball of her own, (apparently unimpeded by her aura) and rising to toss it straight up into the air and then catch it on her face with a wet smack before it evaporates into a small cloud of steam. In reaction the two remaining snowballs also ascend, only to descend to the earth at a spot between the three.
Erica rolls her eyes as she watches one of the floating snowballs head her way. It hits her since she makes no effort to get out of her way. "Well whatever this is it sure ruined a good snowball fight. What crap is that?" She sighs softly and shakes her head. Sitting back down in the snow she crosses her arms in front of her chest and just sits there and listens with half an ear to Vixen's music. With the exception of the strange apprehension that her partner, Ssge nearly expects to find one of Tirzah's elementals causing all this mischief. The snowball are beyond her concern for the time being regardless of how close they may come to hitting her. A small frown comes as her gaze comes to rest on an apparition. Her arm raises to point, "It mimics you, Tirzah." She says softly, with a mix of emotions.
Vixen twiddles two keys lightly after a few quick adjustments. The metallic piano traded for a more amorphous sound. Smooth, without firm end or beginning to each note and a hazy tone. She grins faintly as she plays a few light mixes of the strange sound, which doesn't exactly lend itself well to forming coherent tunes. Not that she doesn't try to make it do so. Mixing a few notes one way, then the other. But the formless nature of the sound makes each sound a bit too similar.
With no one taking any action with the snow the unusual activity has stopped for a moment and Tirzah nods slightly, understanding why she is suspect. "Not the humanoid vapor of my elementals though is it? And just me? You try something, maybe it'll copy you." She suggests to Sage with apt curiosity
Erica smiles warmly up at Sage from her seat in the snow. "It is just plain annoying. It is butting in where it isn't wanted. Freaking cheating." She mutters to herself. She makes no move to stand up and instead keeps her seat in the cold snow. "Can't have a little fun." She sighs out as she leans back and lays in the snow.
"It already has... unless you were the one to lift me into the air." Sage comments simply, before she begins to step closer to Erica to extend a hand to help the other woman up. She chuckles faintly, "Oh, I don't know about that." She comments, glancing at the others around her. "Snow angel!" She declares, before lowering herself to lay down before frantically waving her arms and legs before giggling at her own silliness. As she begins to slow her movements, she begins to pay more attention to the music.
Vixen frowns and stops once it seems the new sound won't work for this purpose. Her head shakes slightly and she considers the instrument again for a moment before she leans back and allows herself some time to think, as it seems a new tune doesn't work into her mind just yet. As part of that, she glances tot he side and notes the other three women casually. Her arms lightly cross before her as she cocks her head to favor her augmented ear, now that her focus is in their direction.
Beside Sage another sow angle forms in exactly the same proportions by the unseen trickster.
Giggling Tirzah dispels her aura to jump into the Angle beside Sage, distorting it considerably in the tumble before the spreads out herself to repair the damage a bit. She too notices and recognizes the music with a faint smile, taking a moment to relax and wait for the perfecting performer to resume.
Erica laughs softly at Sage and she starts moving her arms up and down along with scissoring her legs. She keeps moving her for a moment before noticing that the unseen jackass is mimicing the snow angel as well. Sighing in disgust she sits back up not bothering to finish her snow angel.
As her snow angel completes, Sage pauses in her frantic motions. She glances over towards the disgusted sigh. "Just think of something silly for it to mimic." She comments, before sitting up a little to look around for the source of the now stopped music. She thinks of a song that she knows, and closes her eyes. Its a simple enough tune that she picks. Her voice begins to sing quietly at first, until it rises into a more audible sound as she gains confidence. She seeks to encourage the player to accompany her.
Vixen shakes her head a little and looks back to her keyboard. She looks over the variety of lights, buttons and dials before she adjusts things again. This time, something that sounds almost like an electric guitar is chosen. The software the keyboard uses is good, but nothing can perfectly mimic a true guitar. But its close enough. And so, with that set, she starts to work the keys slowly. No challenging riffs or wild sounds. Something a bit more languid to fit the moment, perhaps. She arches a brow as Sage starts to sing, glancing over. She seems in a mood enough to play along, perhaps. Though she doesn't change the keyboard's instrument, but instead uses what she has set to match the general cadence of Sage's chosen song.
The emotions of the group distinctly polar the mood of the tickster seems to shift on Tirzah with her intrusion on the snow angel. She is abruptly hurled a good ten feet into the air behind the group before she catches herself with her elemental link. "Excuse me.. she starts to retort before the singing silences her in wonderment.
Erica starts humming along to the music as Sage starts singing. She sways in place a little bit as she looks up to watch Vixen and Sage create music together. She squeaks as she watches Tirzah being flung away with wide eyes. She giggles softly as Tirzah seems to catch herself in mid air, and she starts back to humming along to the music. Slowly Erica gets up to her feet.
The sounds of her companions nearly distract her away from the sining, but Sage keeps her eyes closed for the time being. The different sounds let her know that there isn't any terribly serious for the time being. Her song begins to turn towards one of a cheery little tune in hopes that this would be one thing that trickster wont spoil. She raises her hand as if to ask for help standing up as she begins into the first chorus that requires a slightly faster tempo.
Vixen smirks faintly and keeps up with the singing for a little bit. Upbeat isn't too hard and a light uptick in tempo is met with barely a falter in the flow. Though she's not one to stick with the theme too closely. Instead, she lets her hands roam into the lower, deeper tone keys, even as Sage turns up the cheer factor. Which makes an odd contrast as deep guitar is set against her voice. The ambient mood mellowing out the toss of Trizah seems to be the end of the mischief as she is able to lower herself to her feet and no one else appears harassed by the invisible entity. Silently she listens devoutly, her mind taken back to a private serenade one night last winter.
Erica keeps humming along to the music as she sways where she stands. She seems enraptured by the music, and she takes a couple steps closer to Sage. Swaying and listening to the wonderful music for a while she manages to shake herself out of her trance. Smiling happily she gives Sage a quick hug from behind careful to not interupt the other woman's singing. Pulling back she gives Tirzah a little wave before she starts walking out of the snow covered park.
With her eyes closed, its hard for Sage to tell who's hugged her but her lips curl slightly at the encouragement. She also doesn't fight whatever motion might happen to her body. Her eyes open only to realize Tirzah wasn't the one to offer the hug. She lets a pause in the singing come as she looks to see Erica leaving and offers a little wave before her voice rises once more and her gaze comes to settle on Tirzah. Making the song just for her now. She begins another chorus line as her arms begin to extend towards her partner.
The pause in the singing seems to be enough for Vixen herself to stop the accompaniment. Her playing paused during the lull and when Sage picks back up, she doesn't resume. A glance towards the two left and the one leaving is taken for a moment before she looks back down to her keyboard, once more considering the instrument and its limitless possibilities.
Tirzah eagerly steps forward to take the extended arms. Too spell bound she barely noticed Erica's hug as she was swept up in the moment. A few tears grace her cheeks as the embrace is made. "That was beautiful.. You should definitely sing at the wedding." She suggests in a quite but confident tone to Sage. Tirzah's eyes briefly searching Sage's for similar confidence at the prospect.
Sage's expression brightens as she realizes her partner's reaction to her song. It comes to a close as the embrace is made. Only fond amusement comes into her gaze as she considers the other woman. Instead of answering, she simply leans in to kiss the other's lips lightly. "We should get some hot cocoa now." She says softly in invitation.
Vixen begins to lightly toy with her keyboard, lightly testing this and that instrument. Odd variations on the tube, sax, something that sounds like a distorted gong and other varied sorts of sounds of varying levels of usefulness when it comes to making music. Each tested and then discarded for the moment, not chosen for further use.
Tirzah nods, seeing little reason to linger further as Vixen goes back to fiddling. "Alright. Thanks for the music Vixen." She calls out fondly to the distant dj before walking with Sage to the street.
"Thanks!" Sage calls out as well, content to be on her way. She slips her arm around Tirzah's waist loosely. She hums softly as if to keep the mood of the moment alive for a moment longer.
