[ AUDIENCE: CROW ARMBRUST ]

[dormheads]

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[chevaliered]

I’ve just been diligent about cleaning my stuff? But, sure, I’ll figure some winter appropriate clothes just for you. [ crow. ]

Guess I’m in your hands then. Please don’t laugh too hard when I slip and fall.

[azuta]

Please figure out winter appropriate clothes for yourself more than me.

[foolish.

but she'll find skates for them both, handing one out for crow to take, getting another pair for herself before pulling him to an area where they can put their skates on]

You think I'd do that? Laugh at one of my dear Winters when they're struggling with something new? What kind of person do you take me for?

[she would never do that.

she would laugh at crow specifically. yes]

[chevaliered]

I can multitask.

[ maybe he wants to make sure everyone can see his tits, i don’t judge him. i should though. ]

All right, clarification: I think you’d laugh at me specifically. [ gonna call her out on that one ]

[azuta]

[she'll weasel her hand out of his just so she can pull her winter booties off and replace them with skates]

... you make me seem so mean...

[she's not denying it]

[chevaliered]

[ right, skating boots are necessary ]

I know a lot of people who enjoy teasing me. It’s only fair, given I tend to tease back. You’re fine.

[ but she is gentle bully. he’s into that. ]

[azuta]

You tease? Since when?

[well, at least her spirits are back up enough that she can play a bit more]

[chevaliered]

Only to people I like. Otherwise I'm probably just rude.

[ hey, at least he's honest. but he doesn't hold a candle to ash in terms of rude. ]

[azuta]

Are you meaning to say you like me? I wouldn't have guessed.

[now she's just being mean - but she'll move to stand once her skates are all laced up, turning back to him as she walks gracefully on knife shoes]

Think you're set? Make sure they're tight - it'll help keep your balance.

[chevaliered]

Yeah people I like don’t tend to know, really. [ he tugs the laces on his own knife shoes a little more and stands up, testing his weight on the shoes ]

This really doesn’t seem like a situation you want your feet slipping around in, no.

[azuta]

It isn't - but I feel like you'll manage alright.

[she'll give him the benefit of the doubt! and she'll move to head over to the rink itself, taking familiar gliding strides, turning easily so that she can face him.]

Do you need to hold onto my hand?

[chevaliered]

I’ve got a pretty thick head, so I think I can take a few slips.

[ he is more stilted, but he is a fighter, so his steps aren’t like a newborn foal’s. there’s balance there, and sure footing… it’s just unfamiliar. he glances over at her when she makes her offer, and then grins. ]

You gonna make sure I don’t embarrass myself straight out the gate?

[ you can’t offer to hold his hand and then escape, violiris. he holds out his own hand and makes a little, comical grabbing motion. ]

[azuta]

[



honestly,]

I feel less generous when you want it so badly.

[she skates in a circle around him instead, neatly tucking her hands behind her back

bully]

[chevaliered]

[ pffffffff—- ]

I’ve been abandoned.

[ he watches her feet more than anything, as she skates around him in a way that makes it seem easy. it feels like it’s going to be more complicated than she makes it look. ]

Left to fend for myself in the icy wilderness of the school grounds.

[azuta]

[she's just laughing at that - but well, she doesn't actually want him to fall. she just also couldn't resist the call of the bully. so she'll glide her way over to him then, slowing to a neat stop and turning so that she can offer both of her hands out, palms up]

Here.

Think of them more like long strides than steps.

[chevaliered]

[ well, he has nothing to lose whether he falls or not so he rests his hands on hers and then tilts his head at her. ]

Long strides, got it.

[ time to give it a try. ] It seems I'm literally in your hands then.

[azuta]

[give it a try!! she'll give his hands one reassuring squeeze as she laughs. when he moves, she'll match his strides, steady and slow]

Well.... as much as I tease, I do hope you know that I always intend to take care of you.

You're still part of Winter Dorm - and so you are precious to me too.

[chevaliered]

[ he's not doing badly so far. he keeps his strides long, as she suggested. ]

I can get out of bed before my alarm, Vio. No worries there.

Without the dorm I'd be out in the cold, huh? Literally. [ but he does wink. ] You've made that clear, Vio. That we're all important.

[azuta]

[yayyy crow!! she'll keep it at the same pace then, skating backwards as he ambles forward, guiding him gently in a loop around the rink]

If you want to go faster, I think I can just pull you?

[this is one of the few times that she has a physical advantage on him, she thinks?

but she also just pauses at the question, pausing like she's genuinely thinking on it, and she is - ]

... I suppose even if you belonged to someone else, I would still accept you. Though that's not an invitation to test it.

[chevaliered]

[ just wait he’ll be ready for michael bourne’s swan lake before you know it ]

I’m all for faster, but you’re not gonna trip are you?

[ …. huh.

oddly that sentiment might be one of the nicest things he’s heard in the past few weeks? that the dorm wasn’t the deciding factor in something, even if it had helped. ]

That so?

… Here’s a secret though — pretty sure I’d still seek you out to chat, even if I was in a different dorm. Guess that worked out pretty well, huh?

[azuta]

Doubting me again... Stop moving your feet a moment, please.

[so that it's easier for him to just glide on along as she swivels her heels, picking up momentum so that she can skate backwards and guide him along with her, a bit faster than the pace they were going

she glances over her shoulder just to make sure that she doesn't bump into anything - and maybe to obscure her smile at his statement, amused as she is]

You think so? Maybe Chad would've won you over so entirely that I wouldn't have had a chance.

[chevaliered]

[ hmm. well, he does stop, partially to see what she’s going to do? but hey, now they’re skating faster and that’s way more up his alley. ]

Chad didn’t even laugh at my grey hair jokes, I don’t think it would’ve worked between us.

[azuta]

[they are!! she's comfortable enough on the ice, pulling him along with her, slowing when they make turns so that he can follow along with the path that she sets on her skates.]

Hmm, maybe you would've had more luck flirting with Sally then? Though I wonder if Summer suits you....

[chevaliered]

[ hey look ma he’s skating! ]

No idea. I don’t think we actually know what they sorted us based on? Or if it’s one of those random traits representing a house thing, they’re kinda narrow in scope I think. Can’t really pin people down into a few words.

[ … ] Also she still hasn’t made me cornbread, so I’m starting to develop trust issues.

[azuta]

Do you think...? I feel like the more I watch you all that Winter has a certain kind of personality.

[she LOVES her WINTERS but she laughs at that]

Do you like cornbread...? You could've just asked me, you know. [unless this is cornbread of flirtation....] Well, I'll stay out of it.

[chevaliered]

Loud and a bit bullheaded? Yeah we are.

[ stop. ]

No idea. It was just a conversation about food we had while she was dressed as a piece of corn. Don’t worry I’m not being seduced over to Summer with the promise of cornbread.