snow means . . . ? (open)

[teradine]

Who: Argilla & anyone
When: Monday morning
Where: Snowy island.
Style: I will match.
Status: Open!

[It's been a few days now since Jinana's disappearance; and while Argilla hasn't exactly given up hope that she would return, it's still markedly different around the base without her. After she'd fallen asleep, it'd become routine for her to check each morning that she was still all right-- that she hadn't suddenly awoken. But without that, the only thing left to greet her was an empty room.

Rather than stay in it, Argilla decides to leave while everyone is still sleeping . . . and upon passing by the Plaza, she gives a cautious look around, just in case.

But there's . . . nothing. No one she recognizes at all. So there's a sigh, but rather than dwell, she soon finds herself on the island, having taken the elevator alone.

It's where she usually goes to think, but of course, what she expected wasn't what she got, when she stepped out. The warm sun didn't hit her face as it normally did, and when she looked up, there was only grey. Falling from it--

White.]

This . . . isn't rain.

[Is it? She holds out her hand, allowing some of it to accumulate, but then it all falls to dust when she rubs her fingers together a bit to feel it. Definitely more powdery than liquid; not to mention it's colder than she's used to as well.

Regardless, she continues walking with her eyes wide, leaving footsteps. At least it's beautiful . . .]

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[teradine]

[She nods, as she reaches down to grab some of it.]

So I've heard.

[A pause. She manages to hold onto the snow for a couple seconds before she allows it all to fall through her bare fingers.]

It's a little hard to hold onto . . . [Since it's so cold.]

[contemptibility]

[He laughs lightly.]

Well, that's snow. It'll disappear soon enough.

[teradine]

Yes. It's almost a shame.

[She's noticed that too -- how fragile snow can be. But at the very least, there seems to be enough of it to last a while.]

I rather like it.

[contemptibility]

It is rather pretty, isn't it? Just be sure not to catch a cold.

[teradine]

A cold?

[. . . She wasn't aware cold was something you could catch. Merely something you felt.

She's certainly feeling it now.]

[contemptibility]

[He tilts his head.]

Yes. Do you not know what that is?

[teradine]

. . . I know how it feels to be cold.

[But somehow she doesn't think that's what he's talking about.]

[contemptibility]

Ah, not that.

[He smiles sheepishly.]

A cold is a sickness. People tend to catch it when, well, it's cold outside.

[teradine]

Ah. It's . . . aptly named.

[. . . It seems straightforward enough. Argilla looks thoughtful, as she shivers a bit.]

It may be wise for me to retrieve some warmer clothes, then.