Community Center [Friday during the day]

[heroic_jawline]

Steve had managed to scrounge up oatmeal for everyone from somewhere and the slightly lumpy bowl of it was bubbling over the fire and probably killing a part of Hannibal's soul. His mother, God love her, had lied and told him that the lumps were the best part because she had also been a terrible cook.

He turned around to take in the scene in the community center, then peeked out the door and saw the masses of snow and the dramatic increase in snow monsters. "Okay, everyone!" he called. "Don't go outside unless absolutely necessary. It's cold and dangerous. If you need something or know of someone who should be brought in here, talk to me, Liam, or Rosa."

Because of course Steve would be going out in the cold. He was That Guy.

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General mingling!

[heroic_jawline]

For your chatting/eating terrible oatmeal/avoiding the terrible oatmeal needs!

Re: General mingling!

[furnaceface]

Jono had no plans to go out there in this, no. Sure, he could. Probably easier than most, but if he was being perfectly honest, here had heat, decent company, and he didn't want to leave his cat to wander the community centre without adult supervision, and so he was settling right in, thank you.

... Okay, maybe he was sticking near the door. Just in case. Having a guy made of fire made for a convenient snowman deterrent all on its own, after all. Plus it meant he wouldn't have to deal with weird mixed feelings about not being able to eat oatmeal he really wanted absolutely nothing to do with anyway.

Re: General mingling!

[sharp_man]

Somewhere around the middle of cooking breakfast, Hannibal was coming over with a Very Disgruntled Beethoven and shoving him at Jono.

"Would you please keep him out of the bacon, and more importantly, the fire?"

Re: General mingling!

[furnaceface]

And now Jono was holding a cranky deaf cat.

//Ah,// he replied, blinking, standing there with a feline to each arm now. //I suppose I could. You aren't going to bribe him with a strip of it?//

Of bacon. Not fire. Obviously.

Re: General mingling!

[sharp_man]

"Of course I will," Hannibal said. "When it's done." He sighed and tugged lightly on a tuft of Beethoven's long fur. "I don't think he understands quite how flammable he is or that fires spark."

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[filleauloup]

Éponine had no plans of going anywhere, even if the part of her that had developed an actual work ethic over the past several years was horrified by the thought of all the mail that would be getting delayed at this point during the holidays. She’d had more than enough freezing out in the cold for several lifetimes, thank you, and no desire to revisit that at all.

And the oatmeal, terrible as it was, was still better than a lot of meals (if one was being very generous in describing them as such) she’d had, and it was warm.

So no, she’d be right here, curled up in a place close to the fire with a mug of something warm and definitely partially alcoholic, because she’d made sure to bring a few bottles from her stash with her.

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[deaddadsclub]

Cristina had been holing up in her apartment, telling herself that she'd lived in Minnesota for a whole six months, and this was no worse than the snow storms there. Then her apartment had gotten too cold for the number of blankets she owned, and no amount of cajoling and offering money would convince an Isle of Ikea employee to deliver her more, so when the snow stopped this morning, she finally set out into the world.

Which would be how she ended up running into the community center screaming, wearing a parka with the hood pulled so low it looked like she didn't have eyes.

It turned out a pissed off surgeon shrieking like a banshee was just intimidating enough to keep the snow monsters away until she made it inside. Who knew?

Re: General mingling!

[sharp_man]

"Doctor Yang?"

Hannibal held out an awful styrofoam cup with excellent coffee in it. "Coffee?"

Re: General mingling!

[deaddadsclub]

Cristina stopped screaming on a dime and reached unerringly for the cup on offer. "I hate this town."

Re: General mingling!

[sharp_man]

"It certainly does have its moments," Hannibal allowed, passing her the cup. "So far those things haven't made it in here, though." He waved toward the fire. "And we have warmth and food."

Re: General mingling!

[sharp_man]

Hannibal's soul was indeed partially dead; the smell of the oatmeal woke him up.

He was stuck between desperately wanting to make something better, and not wanting to offend anybody who had clearly tried to feed people.

"Would you mind terribly if I made some additions to the breakfast?"

He very carefully didn't even put in scare quotes around 'breakfast'.

Re: General mingling!

[heroic_jawline]

"Go right ahead," Steve said with a smile. "I think there was some fruit cake around here."

Steve. Steve, no.

Re: General mingling!

[sharp_man]

...no.

"I brought eggs and bacon," Hannibal said. "And fruit that could probably go into the oatmeal, stretch it a bit further." And milk to thin those lumps.

He'd just get on that.

"And of course more coffee."

Re: General mingling!

[throughaphase]

Kitty wished she was going out in this. She didn't sit these things out, and it wasn't even about Lexi as much as it was tha she wasn't medically cleared for anything yet and the logical thing would be to not hurt herself when there were plenty of competent badasses with better weapons.

But as a ninja X-Man who could just walk through snow like it was nothing, it was driving her crazy.

Re: General mingling!

[somethingwithturquoise]

See, Summer would have totally have been gung-ho about getting out there and frying up some of the never-ending stream of snowmonsters with her blaster gun, buuuuut, weeeelll....she kind of had this dog to take care of now?

Thank you, Zack, for the unexpected Perfect Excuse to just stay in the community center where it was warm and she wasn't wasting ammo and dealing with monsters made of snow (as much as she totally agreed with their signs, you guys).

Well, she supposed if anyone particularly needed her for anything, Girl would be fine on her own surrounded by all these other people, but she had a responsibility to her now, and she was going to take that seriously, okay?

Actually, she was pretty sure Girl would be completely fine by herself; she'd feel more comfortable leaving Girl alone than she would half the adults she knew. But that wasn't the point.

Re: General mingling!

[sharp_man]

Hannibal walked up and nodded pleasantly to Summer. "Coffee?" he offered.

Re: General mingling!

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oooh." Coffee at a time like this would never not be welcome. Summer smiled easily back. "Yes, please! Thanks, Dr. Lecter. How're you holding up?"

Plotting: Freeeeeze Ray

[heroic_jawline]

For thems who know who they are.

Re: Plotting: Freeeeeze Ray

[what_the_shock]

All right, Miguel had been out there, both on his own and with Rosa's flamethrower, and had done what he could against the snow monsters, but they were getting thicker out there, and they were going to have to find a better solution for this. Preferably one that didn't use more fossil fuels.

He'd be over in a corner with a small comm from his own world and a chalkboard from one of the back rooms, trying to work one out.

Re: Plotting: Freeeeeze Ray

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hardison came sauntering back, looking decidedly more relaxed than anyone in this situation really ought to. But then, he'd just finished a steak luncheon out in the hot springs and even the trip back into town couldn't ruin that.

Probably because he'd still had his supersoaker filled with hot water to scare the snow monsters away.

"Whatcha workin' on?" he asked.

Re: Plotting: Freeeeeze Ray

[what_the_shock]

Miguel flicked his gaze up to Hardison and back. "Trying to work out something to get rid of those guys out there faster. And with less reliance on the kinds of energy fire needs."

He waved at the chalkboard. "Which, with our current level of technology and what we've got plenty of out there, leaves us with wind power, water, maybe solar, or wind. I'm leaning toward wind, or maybe kinetic."

Plotting: Iceberg Removal

[heroic_jawline]

For thems who know who they are!

Re: Plotting: Iceberg Removal

[firstofitskind]

“Okay,” Liam said. “If the snow monsters are coming from the glacier, then they’re not going to stop as long as it’s here. Any ideas as far as getting rid of it?”

Re: Plotting: Iceberg Removal

[arboreal_priestess]

"Is it just floating?" Verity asked, leaning against Liam. "I mean, do they have a way to propel it around, or are they just going wherever the tides take them?"

OOC

[heroic_jawline]

So the world doesn't end.