[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/nBgNtpQ.png[/img][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/4c0MzYG.png[/img][/center] [color=bc8dbf]”That is an accurate description of her,"[/color] Justine hesitantly responded as Alex compared Lily to a force of nature, finding herself slightly smiling at the silliness of it. [color=bc8dbf]”But at least she’s all sunny."[/color] Lily came over with a pout. [color=fff200]”You’ve never built a snowman, Alex? That’s an absolute crime! We’re gonna fix that right now!"[/color] Lily was on a roll, and was so considerate of others that she gathered the material for her snowball from a bit farther away and let others gather the nearby snow first, not that it slowed her down much as she ran across the white landscape like a snowmobile. [color=fff200]”Keep rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin' yeah~"[/color] She sang, passing by Hilaria who asked her about her companion, coming to a sudden comical stop. [color=fff200]”Oh, Blustine?"[/color] Lily asked with her head to the side, smiling at the dumb pun she made. [color=fff200]”She was here just a moment ago, but I didn’t notice where she went. Maybe you could ask Dan?"[/color] She looked around, and then noticed something; she looked up with her mouth open at the snowball their pets had created. [color=fff200]”Wow! With this as the lower body, we can make a really big snowman!"[/color] She spread her arms wide. The animals protested, but Lily patted their heads, too caught up in her plan to notice their plight. [color=fff200]”We’ll help you make a new castle, promise! Just gonna put this on top and-"[/color] She then grabbed her large snowball, and attempted lifting it...Only to fail. [color=fff200]”Nghh! No, it’s too heavy! But wait...Justy, could you come here for a sec?"[/color] Justine was rolling a snowball as Lily waved to her. She had an alarmed expression as she also witnessed the huge snowball. [color=fff200]”Do you think you could help me and Alex lift this?"[/color] She asked. Justy bit her lower lip. [color=bc8dbf]”Well, I am still a bit weakened, but I could give it a try."[/color] Lily nodded a couple of times with a bright smile. [color=fff200]”That’s the spirit! Alright, on three! One, two, three!"[/color] The snowball successfully rose up; Justine exerted amazing physical strength as she effortlessly lifted the heavy object, putting even Alex to shame. She then took to the air with the snowball held above her head, assisted by her angelic white wings, and she carefully placed the snowball on top of the huge snowball. Lily then hopped up carrying the head of the snowman, and placed it on top of it. When she landed down, she saw that the animals seemed to be upset, having lost their snowball...Until they seemed to realize something. Just as Alex placed the last decoration, the animals scurried all over the snowman, carving holes into it like worms into an apple and molding the outer shape, When they were done, the object had turned into a snowman-shaped castle, three windows for eyes and a mouth, towers on its shoulders, and a doorway in its midsection that was miniature sized for only them to use. Lily could not believe her eyes, and Justine looked dejected. [color=fff200]”Our snowman!"[/color] [color=bc8dbf]”I guess we should have seen it coming when you stole that snowball.”[/color] That was when they saw Dan floating over, and Lily bit her lower lip. [color=fff200]”Oh, Dan’s coming! Hurry, we gotta hide it and-"[/color] “Oh, what’s this?” Dan looked amazed, his beak open as he watched the various animals rush inside the snowman castle. ”This is excellent! What a marvelous idea to make a snowman into a snow castle! Good work, you three!” As Dan went on to inspect the snowman made by Oros and Emily, Lily wiped her brow with a sigh of relief. “Well this is...Different,” Dan comments, as he looked at the meido-costume snowman wearing a mohawk “It’s certainly breaking new ground in snowman circles.” Then Dan noticed the large swarm of butterflies fluttering about. He summoned a giant fly swatter, but then realized they were helping Aria build a dragon girl made out of snow, with accessories made from foliage. “Very strong in artistic direction, yes yes,” the dolphin mused as he nodded his carrot-nosed head, followed by checking out Summer’s snow dragon. “And this dragon with a hoard of spheres is impressive as well. Perhaps it is symbolism for the very desire of rolling up a snowball?” Next up was a massive snowbun, with snowbuns crawling over it as they slid down the tail and ears like a giant playground. “How delightful! A monument to the cuteness of snowbuns!” He commented having clapped his fins. He approached Hilaria, nodding in approval. That was when he noticed how the blue Justine seemed to head towards something building up on top of a far hill, and addressed the participants with a smile. “The winning snowman will be announced later, but for now you can move on to ice sculpting. I'll see you there in a moment.” And then, he disappeared in a puff of blue smoke, replaced by a blue portal now titled [Ice sculpting]. Lily hopped in place from excitement. [color=fff200]”We weren’t disqualified, yes! Now come on, it’s ice ice baby!"[/color] She ran off with her arms spread behind her, and arrived through the portal to the ice sculpting area, where Kimble, Alicia, and Tullia had already started on their own statues, and where a magical clone of Dan was spectating the proceedings, and offering to give advice on ice sculpting as necessary. Of course, Lily first waved to Kimble who responded in kind, and ran off to get her chisel and hammer from the shed and slid an ice block over to Alex and Justine. [color=fff200]”Justy, do you want to do this one in a group too? Is there anything you’d like to sculpt?"[/color] Justine puffed her cheeks, looking a bit red in the face as Lily pushed her face close to hers. [color=bc8dbf]”Well we can, but, uh...It’s embarrassing.”[/color] Lily retreated herself a bit from her personal space. [color=fff200]”Whoops, sorry. Anyway, what is it?"[/color] [color=bc8dbf]”...A bat.”[/color] Justine averted her eyes. [color=bc8dbf]”...Bats are cute.”[/color] Lily blinked, but then nodded. [color=fff200]”I know just what to do. Let’s make a group of tiny fruit bats clinging to a leaf! Or wait, we can make a sculpture of Tim, he’s cute too! Alex, what do you think?”[/color] [hr] Dan appeared on top of the hill Betty was working at, and noticed the giant snowballs she had made. “Hiya, Betty! How’s it going? I see you’re making a mighty fine snowman.” [hr] Kimble looked on as Alicia worked on her own ice sculpture, amazed at the effect she created with her magic. [color=8dc73f]“Woooow...”[/color] She exclaimed as she stared at the kaleidoscope-like effect. [color=8dc73f]“Light magic really is versatile. It suits you, tee hee~”[/color] When she was asked the question, she put a finger to her chin, and looked up at the sky. [color=8dc73f]“If I was stuck like that, I’d first try to find if some Time magic girl created the loop. With spells like those, there’s always some kind of method to break it. And even if there wasn’t, I’d still try to escape from it. Because I know you’d be waiting for me the day after.”[/color] Having said that, she took Alicia’s hand. [color=8dc73f]“How about you?”[/color] [hr] “I’m Sakura,” the androgynous-looking magical boy answered, glad that Tetrad had accepted his offer of drinks. He glanced over at the snowball fight through the window, and nodded. “Sure, let’s go check it out.” As they approached the door, he opened it for them like a gentleman...And was back to staring in an ungentleman-like manner. “Ladies first~” [hr] The purple-haired girl glanced over at the glasses-wearing girl, and the latter stood up to address Eliza. “Thank you for your concern. We have not had any problems since arriving here,” she answered. When Eliza approached for a handshake, she reciprocated the gesture as if she wanted to command respect from Eliza rather than give it to her. “I am Rachel, and this is Violette,” she introduced the both of them. Violette also shook hands with her, though with less emphasis. Rachel then turned to look down at the first floor. “It seems that this Dan, if I’m not mistaken about his name, has ignored the religious importance of Christmas in favor of a Roman Saturnalia-esque bastardization. Rather, he is holding this party to gather magical girls of Penrose to a single location, possibly to feed on them. I suppose the reports of him being an emotion-consuming Lesser Force have some merit to them...” She glanced back at Eliza. “In any case, I am glad to see that the party has proceeded peacefully despite the arrival of a horror avatar.”