nextgen_holiday (nextgen_holiday) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-12-30 05:08:00

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antaeus, holiday, inactive - chris pym, inactive - dream catcher, inactive - gabriel, inactive - leech, inactive - lyta braddock-worthington, inactive - molly hayes, misha loganovich, rachel summers, team - x-men, tsunami

Keeping Traditions
There were traditions around the holidays and then there were traditions. One such tradition on New Year's Day was a snowball fight at Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning. Each New Year's Day the students and faculty gathered on the front lawn and participated in a snowball fight. Snow was never a problem with the resident weather goddess and in later years hydrokinetics.

A fresh blanket of snow covered the ground thanks to Mother Nature.

High noon struck and the snowball fight was officially under way.

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	_tsunami_ 2009-12-30 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Cait stood there all zen like while dozens of snowballs orbited her. Out of all of the days of the year, this is the one she looked forward to the most. All of the practicing she did during the year was in an effort to improve her skills for the big snowball fight (and to beat up the bad guys but the snowball fight was more fun). "You guys that anxious to lose?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2009-12-30 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	"They like getting their asses beat by hot girls," Ltya said with another smirk, "Can't say I blame them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2009-12-30 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	Like Cait, Rachel had a number of snowballs orbiting her as well, a faint crackle of mental energy showing every now and then. "Have they ever actually won?" she asked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2009-12-30 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Not in the past four years at least," Cait smirked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-12-30 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	"What does that matter?" Misha asked as he tossed a snowball from one hand to the other. "You'll still have to work for it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-12-30 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	Lucas nods to Leech. "Sitting this one out too? I talked to some of the winter spirits before the match. We're not perfectly safe here, but unless someone specifically targets us, we're unlikely to draw any fire. So if we do get hit, you know someone has it out for you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2009-12-30 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Mmmhmmm" Corey says as he eyes where everyone's standing. Everyone on his own side, anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	icallnopowers 2009-12-30 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	Leech nods. "I tend to go for the emergency standby." Then smiles a little. "Good to know, thank you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2009-12-30 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	Lyta took to the air, snowball in hand. "Smalltalk time's over," she said, an almost feral grin on her face. "Let's get this started." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2009-12-30 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	Lucas nods agreeably to Leech. "Understandable. If it comes down to it, don't worry about the negation. The healing and our snowball protection aren't mutant powers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2009-12-30 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	"With pleasure," Cait said and the dozen or so snowballs went speeding toward targets. As soon as the snowballs were moving, Cait called up a wall of snow between the guys and girl, giving them a moment of protection (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2009-12-30 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Only two of those dozen got past the wall that Corey had been eagerly awaiting calling up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	princessbruiser 2009-12-30 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	Molly took the moment of protection to make a snowball of her own, its size being slightly larger than an average-sized snowballs. To put it shortly, you'd notice if you got hit by it (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2009-12-30 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	Cait created another dozen and sent them toward the guys, up over the Twerp Major's wall. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2009-12-30 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	Chris wasn't exactly the most dextrous when fully transformed, and made quite a target, but it's not like anyone got eliminated anyway. And that's why a gigantic paw scoops up an equally large mass of snow and flings it across the grounds, rather than throwing anything one at a time. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-12-30 07:43 pm UTC (link)
	Misha gave a yell, grabbed up another snowball, and ran for the wall! "This is XAVIER'S!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2009-12-30 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	"No more action movies for you," Lyta said with a smirk, as she pelted snowballs at him from the air. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2009-12-30 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	A rather grubby -- really, did anyone expect otherwise -- snowball flies, however singularly, in Cait's general direction. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2009-12-30 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	Cait called up some snow under her and lifted up so she could see over the two walls. She smiled and didn't even bother with snowballs this time. A wave of snow built up on the guys side, behind the wall, and started rushing toward the boys. She caught Corey's dirt and snowball in the air with her powers and sent it toward Misha. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	princessbruiser 2009-12-30 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	Having constructed a couple of snowballs roughly the size of an adult housecat, Molly began throwing them towards the boys. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2009-12-30 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	Protecting herself against the initial barrage of snowballs with a telekinetic field, Rachel lobbed a volley of her own toward the boys. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2009-12-30 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Misha was, quite cheerfully, pelted with snowballs. They slowed, but couldn't stop him. THIS WAS WAR! After a face full of dirt and snow, he turned his head to glare at Corey, the dirtmaster. "Keep the snow clean!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandcastlegod 2009-12-30 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Sorry!" Corey diverted some of the snow wave shifting the ground, but he was still feeling....wet. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_gabriel 2009-12-30 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	Gabriel flew up above the assaulting grounds with a few snowballs in hand. One was thrown at Lyta, and the other two made their way to the Queen of Snow, Cait. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	_tsunami_ 2009-12-31 01:37 am UTC (link)
	Cait stopped the two coming at her and sent them back toward their source. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)