Because it's cold in here.

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The Body Heat Meme

1. Post with your character! They're now stuck in a very cold place of your choice. It can be anything, such as a freezing chamber, a cavern or a small cabin in the midst of a blizzard. The choice is up to you.
2. Comment around! Now your character has some company in this bone-chilling environment. The two of them share two things in common: clothes completely unfitting for this weather (be they summer clothes or even lingerie) and a blanket.
3. A blanket? Yes, just one warm blanket and no other ways to escape the cold. The two of them will have to share it in order to stay alive in this weather. Don't worry, you're sure to find a common language in this terrible situation!
4. So, uh, have fun, I suppose. Try to not freeze to death!
5. Protip: friction and body heat are both excellent ways to fend off cold.

Comments

[lovelydragoon]

[Judith is never dressed for this kind of weather. On the other hand, it bothers her less than one might expect.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke is definitely dressed for this sort of weather, but still dislikes it.

Not to the point that Raven dislikes it, but to the point where he purposefully avoids going to locations during seasons where they might get blizzards like ...

the one raging right out there.

It's a good thing that Aer Krene tend to have a bit of a cave before the spring itself, isn't it? Otherwise, he'd have to sit there with Dein Nomos in his lap until the weather calmed, and while it was a magic sword... it still got really cold when it was cold out. ]

[lovelydragoon]

[She's not too bothered by the weather, but she's still cold... and a bit restless, having been trapped in here by the storm. So she's kind of wandering around, mostly for the sake of moving. Which puts her in a very good position to notice something sitting off to the side, which she goes to investigate, picking it up curiously.]

I wonder who left a blanket in here...

[radiantwingedone]

Hmnn. [ Shaken from gla- staring at the blizzard for a moment to look back at the blanket. ]

Unlikely to be mine; have not needed to visit this Krene for long enough to unpack for a night.

[lovelydragoon]

Strange. [She looks at it for a second more, before bringing it back over to him and holding it out.]

You can use it if you want. I don't think whoever left it here will mind.

[radiantwingedone]

.... You are wearing less. [ You use it.

More or less what he's trying to say. He's already tucked his hair once about his neck in a way that looks like a ridiculous scarf, to help cover that section of his shirt that opens like a v. ]

[lovelydragoon]

I don't mind the cold that much, though. [Plus the way he's wrapped up in his hair really does look ridiculous. Though even if she says that, she also knows it's going to start getting to her eventually. She thinks for a second.]

I guess we could share it. [Assuming he doesn't mind.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ The first thing that comes to mind is that would be awkward. Judith, he's seen underwear that covers more than what you wear does.

The second is... ]

... would be warmer. [ A bit more practical. He'll just. Un-tuck one of his coat-tail-things from where he was sitting on it so that Judith could. ]

[lovelydragoon]

[How nice of him. She takes the offered seat and drapes the blanket over both of their shoulders.]

There, that's better. [Glances over at him.] You got enough, right?

[She's pretty sure she split it evenly between them, but let's make sure she's not hogging the blanket by accident.]

[radiantwingedone]

Hmn. [ Agreeing. He has enough of the blanket.


. . . . . . and now what. Awkward. ]

[lovelydragoon]

[Now silence for a long moment, though Judith is relatively immune to awkward. Suddenly, the silence is broken by a quiet giggle.]

You're so quiet. [Isn't he always? But that's beside the point.] Most men would be a little more excited to be all snuggled up with me like this.

[Not that it's exactly snuggling, but that's beside the point, too. In any case, it's purely an observation, not any sort of judgement, and that's obvious from her tone. It just happened to strike her as amusing.]

[radiantwingedone]

.... Assume that is due to most men thinking of gaining further contact from attractive females.

[ Because all Duke is really thinking about is that this is warm. ]

[lovelydragoon]

[She is not quite sure what to make of that, between the disinterested way he said that and the fact that he still technically just called her attractive. She glances at him, head cocked to one side.]

Doesn't interest you?

[Not asking for anything else. She's just curious.]

Speaking of Ol' Raven....

[oldghost]

[Raven's hunched over, trying to keep warm, shivering, but he might be exaggerating. Maybe. Hard to say.

There's a blanket involved, somewhere, but that's not what he wants, so for the time being it's been "forgotten".]

Judith darlin', how c-can ya go around l-like that? I th-think just lookin' at ya's making me c-colder.

[lovelydragoon]

[She's still a little cold, actually, but not enough to go seek out that blanket herself yet. As it stands, she just shoots a glance back over at Raven, a bit amused.]

You don't have to look at me, you know.

[oldghost]

[Come on, Judith. You know better. You have to know where that's gonna lead. He smirks, just a little, giving her a slight look that might have been innocent on anyone else for five seconds.]

No, I do. I can't help it. My eyes are drawn to you.

[lovelydragoon]

[Why do you think she said it?]

Well, in that case, I don't think there's much I can do.

[oldghost]

But that ain't fair. A man is p-powerless in your presence, and you just stand there in the c-cold?

[He's looking at her pretty closely right now, though. She really can just be like that? Not cold at all?]

Why don't'cha help keep me warm? [Suggestive eyebrow wiggle.]

[lovelydragoon]

[She's not exactly sure what one of those has to do with the other, honestly. But that's okay. And yes, she is cold, but not quite enough that she feels the need to admit it.

She replies to his request with a slightly playful smile.]

Oh, well, I guess I could do that...

[There was a blanket around here, wasn't there? She'll just go and get that, dropping it over his shoulders.]

That should help, right?

[oldghost]

[He probably looked a little taken aback at first, disbelieving what he heard. About to ask if he's hearing wrong, in fact, nervous - and then it's just the blanket being produced. Whew. Well, sort of. He might be a little disappointed.]

Ya sure you don't need the blanket yourself?

[lovelydragoon]

[The utterly stunned expression that comment earned her was most of why she'd said it in the first place. He's probably a little too fun to mess with for his own good.

She's actually a little surprised when he offers her the blanket, considering how much he'd been playing up being cold.]

I'm alright.

[It's not quite the truth, but, well, close enough.]

[oldghost]

[It's the softer tone of voice he uses then, not completely convinced.]

You sure? There's plenty to share. It's a big blanket. [Meaning, even if just for now, there's no double meaning to that, just a genuine offer.]

[lovelydragoon]

[She doesn't hear that tone of voice too often, the more serious one. She can tell there's no hidden agenda behind that offer, just genuine concern. For a brief moment she just looks at him, expression unreadable, before she responds.]

I guess I am a little cold.

[oldghost]

An extra body will add heat anyway. [He opens the blanket for her, but let's Judith make any movement herself, not pressing it.]

And no tellin' how much longer we're gonna have to stay out here.

[lovelydragoon]

[Mm, such a gentleman. She moves closer, wrapping that part of the blanket around her shoulders.]

It would be sad if we froze to death.

[A statement that comes out a bit more cheerily than it should. Not like they actually would have, anyway. But in any case it probably is more comfortable this way.]