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Who; Illyana + YOU
What; Video post on network and action chance with snowman attack
Where; Network+Cemetary/Around the city
When;Daytime 1/09, night on 1/10 and potentially throughout event time
Warnings; Will update with any

A. Video post

[ Illyana's got a coat on with the hood pulled up tightly around her head. Standing next to her is a strange snowman. She waves one of her fluffy sleeves back and forth in front of it as if she expects it to come alive.

Truth be told, she kind of does. But she knows she wasn't the one to make this and she certainly hadn't enchanted it like she had as a trick last year. So, when nothing happens she just shrugs and looks directly at the camera. ]

So, who made all our new friends? Think they'd be up for being extra's in a movie? [ She looks back at the snowman whos suddenly smiling. Well that was...weird. ] Was it smiling before? [ She glares at it for a moment and then shakes her head. ] If they're enchanted, I'm not taking the blame. [ But she does want to know if others are seeing them pop up around.

B. Do You Want to Kill a Snowman?

[ After spending most of the last few days watching these weird snowman that she was very certain had actually change their expression several times, Illyana had eventually found the answer she'd been looking for. It wasn't the one she'd wanted but an answer was an answer. They were in fact alive. The last thing she'd expected was to be attacked by a killer snowman in the cemetery late at night but that was exactly what had happened. It'd taken something when it touched her, memories of someone close to her that she couldn't quite find now. That wasn't all it took though, usually when she found herself in a bad situation she'd teleport away. But that didn't even occur to her now.

Actually, the only thing that was occurring to her was the fact that for a snowman that thing had been really fast. Somehow it'd gotten away again. That was twice now she'd tracked it down and it'd touched her, something had gone, and then it'd escaped. This time though she'd been left wet and nearly freezing from it's attack. A shiver ran through her body as she picked herself up from the tombstone she'd fallen next to. One of her gloves had slipped off at some point during the scuffle with it and her hand was starting to feel vaguely numb. She blinked several times as she looked around with a disoriented expression. Why did it feel like something was missing? Something important but what was it?

She took a step forward uneasily and then stumbled back down. ] I'll find you...[ she muttered the words angrily as she tried to push herself to reorient and gather herself.

Illyana will be slowly making her way back through the city and back to her building. Strangely without choosing to teleport. Feel free to find her along the way or run into her another day as she searches for the snowman that took something from her. ]

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Maybe someone heard us talking about the movie we wanna make and wanted to help? [ Then again… The slight concern in Illyana’s voice and the frown that had crossed her face did signal his own wariness again. The fact that she hadn’t been behind them made them seem less harmless than they had when he thought she might have. Plus, if Illyana was uncertain of something? That seemed like a good sign to pay attention to the boy. ] Do you think they might be something bad instead? Like they start smiling ‘cause of something that we wouldn’t like?

Someone like who? The Aspects? [ Mmm, and she finds it extremely disturbing to think about people listening in on them like that. Not that she's going to bring that up to Mono. ]

Not sure. But I don't trust it that much and I'd suggest you do the same.

Maybe? But if it was them, then it might turn really bad, they don’t seem very good at doing stuff… [… It’s sad but even the boy is kind of worried about that idea. Sorry Athony and Halcyn, the 10-year-old even knows you guys are bad at your jobs. ] But there were kinda a lot of people at the movie night, so maybe it was someone else?

[ The confirmation that he shouldn’t trust them gets a very serious nod. ] Yeah… I’ll be real careful and watch em when I’m out, just in case they turn out to be dangerous.

True they seem to mess it up every time. [ She clicks her tongue thoughtfully. ] Maybe. The only other person I know of with magic is Harry. But I don't know everyone. [ Because she doesn't care to. She's the worst. ]

Everything here becomes dangerous eventually. If anything does, you should come to me.

Exactly! Every time they do something, they mess it all up, and they don’t even tell us till after sometimes. [ So maybe they were the ones who did this!… Which was not comforting to the boy, but knowing to be wary of them was good. That said, it was good to consider other people too… Just to be on the safe side. ] Harry did help me with my snowmen and fort last winter… But I dunno, do you think he’d make magic snowmen like this?

[ Mono tried to think of other people with magic, and he knew there were others given his tendency to follow and spy on people… But he didn’t know any of them well enough to know what they were capable of beyond Illyana and Harry. ]

Yeah, it’d be kinda nice if there were things that didn’t turn dangerous and bad sometimes… But I promise I will if something does!

[ And the boy meant that. It was hard to not look up to Illyana, at least to him, and she really seemed to know what to do when it came to stuff like this. ]

Nobody tells anyone when they've messed up until far after. They have a saying for it too: easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. [ She couldn't really say too much about that either, since it was kind of how she'd lived her life. It was easier to go forward with her own plan than mess up, explain about it, and then readjust her course. ] Harry huh? He did seem like a supervillain to me sometimes. [ Is she willing to throw this on Harry for no reason other than it being potentially funny? Yes. Yes, she certainly is. ]

It would be nice, but then again I guess it'd be more boring that way.

So it’s just kinda normal for people to do stuff and mess up, but not say anything till later? [ Mono supposed it… Kind of made sense. It wasn’t like he’d ever had anyone other than Six back in his world to run things by. Adults didn’t exactly talk or communicate like they used to anymore.

… Illyana, no! The kid’s eyes are wide, and a little worried. His trust in Harry had been a little slower than it had with other adults] Really? So you think maybe it was him, after all?

[ Poor Harry. ]

I guess… I dunno, I kinda wouldn’t mind boring when it came to some stuff. At least when it’s kinda dangerous.

Oh yeah, everyone does it. Usually it's kids that do it the most though. [ Kids and people who like to make choices for other people. Or who like to call the shots. So, basically people like Illyana! ]

Could have been him. He has a lot of really specific ideas about magic that he doesn't hesitate to tell people about. [ Which mildly annoyed her, but only mildly. She probably should feel a tiny bit bad about making Harry look bad. Alas, she doesn't. ]

I think dangerous is better than boring. As long as you aren't the one getting hurt.

[ Mono supposed it kind of made sense… Still, it seemed like you were going to get in trouble either way. But maybe it was better after the fact? It wasn’t like the boy really had to worry about being held accountable for his actions in that kind of way in his world. ]

When he talks about stuff, he sounds like he knows what he’s talking about. [ Though the way she put it, it sounded more like it was ideas and opinions than fact? Mono was still trying to get an idea of this whole magic and powers thing, and while he was getting a bit better… It became pretty apparent that it was really different in other places. ] If he did do it, I wonder why? What are they all for, do you think? To spy on us or something?

I guess so, or people you wouldn’t wanna see get hurt, either.

Of course he does. All men like that know how to use tones that make it seem like they know more than they do. [ At this point she definitely should feel bad about this, but she somehow doesn't. In fact her tone sounds about as amused as someone's tone could, almost like she's trying to not laugh ]

Spies would be the most likely thing I think. They'd be the perfect secret agents, wouldn't they?

So he might only be pretending to know as much as he knows? [ He was always so convincing! Mono was both slightly impressed and a little concerned that he hadn’t realized it. Perhaps he was being a little… too trusting these days?… No, Mono, it’s not that. Your friend is having fun. ] I guess they would. Snowmen are normal in the winter time so you wouldn’t be suspicious of them normally! If they hadn’t made so many, we wouldn’t even have noticed there was something weird about them.

He might. You never can tell with people. For all you know, I might too. [ She paused for a second as she thought better of that one: ] I'm not though. [ No, no, totally too trusting. Clearly Harry is secretly evil. Trust. ] Exactly. They seem like something anyone could have made so they just blend in. Never really thought I'd say that about snowmen.

What should we do if he is? [ And… Well, with all the conviction of a kid who is 100% certain of something, he continued. ] And I don’t think you would. You always tell me stuff like it is. Instead of pretending something might not happen or is less bad than it is just ‘cause I’m a kid.

At least they should be really easy to knock over and stuff if they do more than just spy, right? [ Maybe get a big shovel and smack em! Or Illayana might know how to use fire magic, and then, whoosh! They’d melt!] Since they’re still just snow, and all…? Unless they’re not snow all the way through.

Plan a way to take him down. Perhaps a cage we could trap him in. [ She really should start to feel bad for this at some point and yet... ] I would have liked people to have been more honest with me about the truth of situations when I was young. Then perhaps...[ nope, not going to think about what if's. She trails off and then just changes the subject. ]

As long as they don't get the jump on you they're easy to melt or push over and then melt.

You’d have to find a really big one, ‘cause he’s so tall and all. [ The absurdity continued, as expected. The boy nodded, though. He really doesn’t like it when people sugar coat things and adults have a weird habit of doing that sometimes. ] Yeah, it just seems kinda stupid to lie, right? Like it doesn’t change what’s going on or how something is.

[ Mono considered that, then nodded to himself. ] I’m really good at watching for stuff, so I’ll just get a really big shovel and smack them if I see one moving. Um… I couldn’t melt them, though. Maybe I could call you for that part.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. My brother used to say that. [ As a phrase when fighting but they all seemed to say ridiculous things when fighting. ] It usually does change things actually, for the worse. [ Usually it makes things much worse when the truth comes to light. Firsthand experience. ]

I know you are. You can always call me when you need me. I could even make a charm for that I bet...

I always thought the bigger the more dangerous they were, but I guess could be true too? [ He thinks the doctor would’ve had a bad fall if he had dropped off the ceiling on his head, but then again maybe it was more how bad they had it when they were defeated in the end. Which also counted for most of the big things he’d faced down, then. ]

[ Mono tilted his head at the idea, more than a little curious. The things that Illyana could do were pretty neat sometimes, and if it would be easier than using the phone, then that would probably be really useful. ]

A charm? How would that work?

Not always true! The problem with thinking like that is that you meet a powerful small enemy and you underestimate it. Then you get a surprise attack. Take the snowmen for instance. [ They weren't that big and they were snowmen, so she'd made the mistake (not that she'd admit it was a mistake) of underestimating them. ]

Magic. [ She grinned. ] Lotsa different ways. It could trigger if it senses malicious intentions or I could make one that you specifically can trigger.

Hmm… I guess that kinda makes sense, since I’m small and none of the big stuff got me back in my world. [ Well… Not strictly true, depending on the loop, but the one he’s on at the moment doesn’t include any unpleasant demises for him. ] The snowmen would probably be good at a surprise attack, since no one would expect them to move!

[ The boy tilted his head a little at the idea. Something he could trigger himself would be pretty useful! Instead of something automatic, he doesn’t really like the idea of something he can’t control. ] The second type might be kinda useful? ‘Cause then I could trigger it at a good time so you didn’t just drop into something bad!

[ Crashing into bad things was no fun. ]

Exactly, small things can move fast. We have agility on our side. Agility and the perception of weakness and innocence. [ Which one can always use to their advantage. ]

Then I'll try to make you one of the second type. If you'd like.

[ Mono could see what she meant there. A lot of people did tend to look at him like he was just a little kid that needed protecting. Though the boy at least understood that was the general norm for adults in other worlds, it did mean he would probably be even more underestimated than he had been in his own world.

That didn’t mean he didn’t see the value in getting help from people he trusted. Teamwork was part of why he’d gotten past a lot situations… Even if it ended poorly. Illyana had proved to be a trustworthy person to him, though, and he wanted to believe it wouldn’t turn out like it had last time he trusted someone that much. ]

Yeah, I would! Just in case they turn out to be harder than other stuff to stop.

I'll bring it to you when I'm done then.

Okay, thanks Illyana!

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