farsickness | Winter Fun

WHO: Xue Yang and you!
WHEN: December 15th onward
WHAT: Shenanigans! Winter fun!
WHERE: Gazin!
WARNINGS: N/A but will update as needed.

Riding - Around Gazin, OTA

Xue Yang has a stallion of his own now, and he loves fussing over him and taking him out to ride. He likes cantering along the paths outside of Gazin for a good run, across the fields and trotting through town. He chuckles as he coaxes his horse around certain obstacles, feeling the silly beast prance and toss his head in play and high spirits.

Because of how worried his hip has started to make his husband, he's begun to ride more than walk. And it is easier - not to mention far more fun and a much faster mode to get places! He has saddle packs for food when he grabs what they need while he's out, or delivering purchases to those who need the extra hand for the heavier orders.

Bonfire, Brew, Ice Pond Diving

Xue Yang loves the celebrations going on with the start of the snow. He has warmer clothes, thankfully, and the house he and his husband built is sturdy enough for the cold. Plenty of firewood has been stacked against one side of the house within reach as they come in and need more, and the stables they have mostly built are just as warm and sturdy for their horses.

But in the evenings now, he occasionally drags his Daozhangs out with him to enjoy the bonfires and warmth that comes with those of Gazin. Enjoying the food and drink they offer, and listens avidly to stories as they're told around the fire.

Of course he has to take part of the snowball fights! The very idea delights and amazes him and he's quickly dragged into various games and mock wars with snow and balls of snow. Which leads to the challenge of diving into the icy depths of the pond. Who is he to turn a challenge down?

And he must bring others with him! He'll reach out to fling a snowball at someone he knows and playfully taunt them into racing to see who will dive into the pond first.

Hot Springs

Xue Yang has been around long enough to know about the hot springs here and there. It only makes sense to start dragging certain people off to enjoy them! Especially after daring to dive into the icy pond...forgive him? See? Now you're warm again! All fixed!

Feasts, Gift-Giving - mostly for Zichen and Xingchen, but he can be dragged in for a feast if people want him.

He adores the feasts, too, though he's more likely to snag some food and bring it home to his Daozhangs so they can eat together in peace when not out for some fun. However, he learns of the gift giving - through one being foisted on him and it...stuns him. He's told about what it means, and immediately sets to making a few little gifts. Mostly carved animals. These, he gives to a few people he comes across in town.

But for his Daozhangs...they get something more special. He works away at it in the forge in between orders until he's satisfied with the gifts. He tucks them away in little boxes, each with the name of the recipient tucked in before heading home when done for the day.

Xue Yang steps back, studying where everything has been set a little more out of the way while remaining invitingly cozy. There's space, now, cleared for a very specific thing. The fire is roaring, because it really has become rather chilly, and a good hearty stew is bubbling away. There's no music, but that can't be helped. He doesn't particularly want to drag a third party in for this.

All he has to do now is wait. Wait for his Daozhangs to come home so he can drag them (one more carefully than the other) in and cajole them into dancing with him. He hears footsteps approach and trusts Merlan's wards more than enough to know it can only be those two precious men. He lets the door open before he swoops in with a bright grin and reaches for their hands.

"Welcome home! Come, dance with me!" Yes, Xingchen, you are definitely included in that!

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He smirks, tossing a second snowball from hand to hand, head tilted juuuuuust so for added playful effect. Only to dodge, laughing with unrestrained glee as his Senior returns fire.

"You wouldn't know me if I wasn't~"

And yes. Yes he does toss that second snowball at Wuxian~

That gleeful laughing is a little too infectious as Wuxian is also laughing now. It's been too long since he's had such fun, such unrestrained fun at that, and it doesn't matter to him who he's having the fun with right now.

"You're right, I wouldn't." He balls another snowball, smirking wickedly, just barely dodging the one lobbed at him as he flings his own back. "What are you going to do if I win?"

It's nice to hear his dear Senior laughing, so of course he's going to do his very best to keep it going. So he lobs another snowball at the other as he tries (and fails!) to dodge the second attack. It smacks him in the chest and sends him back a step (he takes it for added effect, clutching his chest with a wide grin).

"What do you want me to do if you win?"

He snorts at the dramatic chest grasping, rolling his eyes at the man with another ball of snow quickly in hand, tossed up and landing back in his hand with terrible glee. Wuxian tilts his head as the question is asked.

"Oh how dramatic. But, if you win, then you have to.. hmmm... survive that cold pond. I've got experience in that living in Cloud Recesses, but you don't." Though he leaves out that he whines every single time about it being too cold and has to cuddle up against Wangji. DETAILS. "What do you get if you win?"

He snickers cheerfully at that eye roll, rolling his next ball of snow. He laughs when he hears the challenge. He'd already been planning on making that leap, but this makes it even better!

"If I win, you have to dive into the cold pond~ I doubt experience with similar ponds helps all that much!"

Yep. He's calling that bluff, Wuxian!

"You're on. I can handle cold water, what are you talking about! Just watch me!" How dare his bluff be called, but now it's on, he's going to make sure he wins this and keep himself warm... to not have that bluff be just a bluff.

He pulls his arm back with the snowball, one eye closed as he aims and then launches the snowball directly at Xue Yang's head. It's fair play as long as he's not including rocks in the snow, which he's too good of a person to not do that!

Xue Yang winks and waits juuuuust long enough to let his Senior throw...then dodges! He's also using only snow, no rocks. He doesn't actually want to hurt anyone these days, especially not in pure play.

So that new snowball he lobs at Wuxian? Only snow! Packed snow, but only tight enough to make for good throwing.

"I'm used to cold washes, Senior~" Well. He had been. Then he came here!

That wink is what throws him just ever so slightly off course in that launch of the snowball, making it miss. Ooohh how dare that little brat! He's going to pay for that.

The snowball thunks right into Wuxian as he's trying to lean over and gather more snow, hitting him right in the head with a *thump*. "But are they as cold as the Cold Water Pond? That water is freezing, you know!" And another snowball launched, but not as strong as the one before.

'That little brat' is cackling his head off, long and hard enough that that next snowball Wuxian throws smacks into him.

"No! I don't know!" Xue Yang grins, wiping off the snow clinging to him and launches his next snowball. "You'll have to tell me if it's as cold, Senior~"

"You will! Don't think that you're going to win this, I don't have any plans on losing to you of all people!" There's no malice in those words, just a competitive jab in good fun towards him as his laughing only increases with two more snowballs launched this time in quick succession.

Although he does slip just a bit, but catches himself before he falls over, the launched snowball catching him off balance more as it hits him.

He loves this change! Plus it's fun. Xue Yang just keeps cackling gleefully as he lobs another couple snowballs himself, though as he does...

Well he gets pelted and falls over dramatically. "Oooooh!"

But really he's laughing too hard to care.

A snowball smacks Wuxian right in the cheek, although the dramatics make him shake his head, sighing as he keeps tossing snowball after snowball at Xue Yang once he gets his bearings again.

"Oh come ON, that can't be your best can it? Where's the fight? Don't tell me you're giving up so easily!"

Yes, he's taunting as he waltzes over with a snowball aimed to drop on the other if he doesn't answer quickly enough. Such a gremlin without supervision.

He laughs, bouncing back to his feet before Wuxian reaches him.

And rolls a few more snowballs to lob gleefully at his dear Senior.

"Here's your fight!" He cackles happily!

It's him this time that pulls out the drama when pelted with another, and even dramatically slips on some ice as he lands on his behind. All while laughing. A true and genuine laugh, rare for him to do with anyone. It's much lighter than the bitter laugh from before, much more free.

"Oh now you've asked for it! It's on!" He scrambles back onto his feet with more snow and charges at Xue Yang while laughing, his balance still a bit off from the slip and running in snow. He doesn't care, fun is to be had!

Winter Fun

Perfect~

...I get to unleash the chibis on this thread >:3c

XDD oh noooooooooooo

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