Community Center [all day]

[heroic_jawline]

Steve, bundled up in a variety of hilarious Avengers-themed winterwear (because the colder it is, the less you care), went out on patrol with his shield after Amaya's radio, making sure folks who needed to could get to the community center.

He trudged over to that building, made sure it was unlocked, stoked the fire, and then checked for stocks of food. He found fruitcake, a lot of canned things from an abandoned food drive, and no coffee at all. "Well, Tony will never come here if it's out of coffee," he muttered, heading back out into the cold and towards the sound of equipment breaking.

He'd return later.

[OOC: And here's your community center post, townies! Make yourselves at home!]

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[sharp_man]

Hannibal had been tempted to stay at home - even with the generator taken apart by snow monsters (which he had promptly thrown hot water at and Jono had blasted out of existence, but it had been too late), home was safe, and at least they had gas.

However, if something was going on, he would just as soon know about it, so he had packed some additional warm clothing, plenty of food, and his glass and silver (and powered by fire) coffee-maker, along with coffee and sugar. He was not doing this uncaffeinated.

And he didn't care what Jono said about his hat, it was warm and stylish.

[throughaphase]

Know what sucked? A blizzard and a freezing house with a one-month old! Do you know how much stuff you need to trudge through that much snow with a baby and digs? (The dogs were not getting left in said freezing house.)

...It actually wasn't too terrible, snow-wise. Kitty could phase herself and others right through it. It was still annoying.

And now they were here, and she promised Lexi would stop crying at some point. She was really sorry, everyone!

[sharp_man]

"Coffee?" Hannibal offered. He nodded at Lexi. "Is she cold or upset?"

[throughaphase]

"Thank you," she said gratefully, reaching for it. "I'm pretty sure it's the cold. And probably upset about the cold. I'm really sorry."

Would she say that to everyone? Absolutely.

[sharp_man]

Hannibal gave her a pained but sympathetic smile. "She knows no better; there are no need for apologies." He nodded toward the fireplace. "Get her warm." He took off his hat and settled it over Lexi's head, hoping at least to startle her and give her a curiosity to investigate. "Congratulations on your excellent lungs," he told her.

[throughaphase]

"She might become an opera singer someday," Kitty stated.

Because sometimes it made her feel better to think that.

[sharp_man]

"An honorable profession," Hannibal said. "I have sausages, cheese, and cut vegetables if you'd like; I plan on cooking later."

They might be stuck without power, but that didn't mean they were savages.

[furnaceface]

Jono was here. Jono was... basically fire incarnate.

Jono was absolutely going to glower if anybody got any ideas about his chest and marshmallows on sticks, however.

//Right, so, snow monsters,// he was grumbling, pulling his kitten out from one oversized coat pocket and giving her a scratch under the chin. //I've faced worse than snow monsters.//

It was possible that he was uniquely equipped to handle them, granted.

[sharp_man]

Beethoven glowered from his nest in Hannibal's bag of clothing and debated whether it was worth it to get out, then gave one of his grumbling, off-key meows in Joni's direction and curled back up.

[died8yearsago]

Between Rosa doing her own passes around the island (not exactly the most glamorous part of the job, definitely not nearly as exciting as busting drug lords and crime rings, but sometimes nice old ladies gave you questionable eggnog) and keeping her dog from jumping into all the snow (and quite a few of the snowmonsters, which was...definitely interesting), Rosa was about ready for a break, and maybe to thaw out a little. The cold didn't bother her too much, but she was only human, after all, and had enough medical training to know that hypothermia was bad.

It wouldn't be bad to check into the community center, either, scope out the set-up, make sure everything was going...as well as it could be. So she was there, flamethrower resting over her shoulder for the moment while she warmed up a little.

What? You expected her to not go back to her apartment and get her flamethrower once she found out there were snowmonsters?

What kind of woman didn't have a flamethrower?

[what_the_shock]

Miguel had done his own sweep before dropping by to see what was going on. He was in his UMF, but with heavier clothes over the top, except on his feet. He pulled off his mask and looked around, then came over to Rosa.

"Hey. That thing looks useful. Got a spare?"

Talons only did so much good against snow.

[died8yearsago]

It was...an interesting get-up, she'd give him that, but she wasn't about to say anything about it.

"Not with me," Rosa said, "but I've got a smaller one back at the apartment."

Which meant...going back to the apartment. And she wasn't ready to do that again quite yet. Maybe once she could feel her fingers again, since any size flamethrower wasn't much use if you couldn't even squeeze the trigger.

[what_the_shock]

"Damn. Ever tried punching snow?" Miguel rolled his eyes. "Wonder if I could rig something up."

All he really needed was a lighter and a can of hairspray. Maybe he could raid the Dean's office.

[died8yearsago]

...then he'd probably have enough hairspray to melt all the snow on the island and have some left over if he did!

"Does that look on your face mean you actually tried punching the snow?" Rosa asked. "You can borrow this one, if you want."

And she even offered it out. Letting him actually borrow one of her weapons. She must not mostly hate him, or something.

Or she figured he'd be competent enough and, really, anything to get rid of those stupid rampaging snowmen was worth it.

Sort of fifty-fifty.

"I've been out there all day, I need a break, and it's not doing anyone any good just sitting in here with me."

[what_the_shock]

"Yeah?" Miguel reached for it carefully. "Thanks." He grinned. "Want me to strap my phone camera to it, so you can live vicariously?"

[died8yearsago]

"Sounds like a good way to mess up your phone and drain your battery," Rosa noted. "So...yeah, of course I do. Let's see how you actually handle one of those."

[what_the_shock]

"It's water-resistant," Miguel said. "We'll give that a test." And it would be under a good layer of webbing, too.

"Show me how this works?" he asked. "I'm guessing it's more than 'point and pull the trigger'."