[baby it's cold outside]

[sevenhorrorsmods]

Who: everyone!
When: the weekend of September 5
Where: around
What:
Warnings:

[The "staffing issues" from last weekend have seemingly resolved themselves; the food at the cafeteria is back to normal levels of mediocrity! Which is good, because something else seems to be stalking the school hallways today]

[You hear it before you see it. Footsteps that echo behind yours, perfectly in sync with every step you take. Turn around and there is no one there. . . but you do see a set of bloody footprints trailing after you. They aren't your footprints (they belong to someone's bared feet, while you're presumably wearing shoes), and they slowly vanish the longer you stare at them. Creepy! Weird!! Unsettling!!]

[But maybe not as creepy as the ghost of a hand you feel brushing against your shoulder. It's a light touch. It's a cold touch, ice flowing through your veins as it chills you from the inside out, sending your teeth chattering and your body trembling. No matter what you do, for the next 24 hours, you cannot seem to warm yourself up. Blankets don't work. Physical activity doesn't work. Hell, even a steaming hot shower back at the dorms doesn't seem to thaw you out. You're not quite hypothermic, you may be close!!]

[What does work to dispel the cold, however, is. . . . . . . . . . . body heat. Snuggling up with someone else and/or sharing a blanket will warm characters up in a pinch. Maybe it's pillow fort and/or sleepover time?? Go find a partner and take care of yourself]

[The footprint ghost will linger throughout the weekend before disappearing on Monday morning]

[ALSO PLEASE USE THIS POST FOR ANY AND ALL MINGLE THINGS EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT RELATED TO FOOTPRINT GHOST. I'M NOT THE BOSS OF YOU]

Comments

[inexorableiron]

It was a good try, lady dude. At least it looks fuckin' warm.

[bowtiedbones]

I'm pretending really hard that I'm warm.

[inexorableiron]

[Shivers under every article of clothing he owns]

Is it workin'?

[bowtiedbones]

[pulls a face]

Nope.

[inexorableiron]

Yeah, figures.

[He will offer a pocket baked potato. It seems hot until it is pocketed, to his dismay]

[bowtiedbones]

[laughs at the potato. unexpected!]

Thanks! Have you just been carrying these around??

[inexorableiron]

Yeah. I was really hoping these would do somethin', too...

[bowtiedbones]

It's not a bad idea. They're a good snack if nothing else.

[inexorableiron]

I guess. At least there's that.

[bowtiedbones]

[unwraps the potato to start eating]

Besides this, I've tried um... I took a shower, I drank hot drinks, I ate other food, I tried magic.

[inexorableiron]

[He nods a little sadly]

Shower, soup, goin' out into the fuckin' sun to see if it was an inside problem... It's just inside us.

[bowtiedbones]

There has to be some way to warm up.

[inexorableiron]

[a shudder]

Gonna be a long cold fuckin' night if we don't get it.

[bowtiedbones]

I’m sleeping in the fort. I will literally freeze if I have to sleep alone.

[inexorableiron]

Nobody's freezin' to death, even if we gotta stay awake and keep close to make fuckin' sure.

[bowtiedbones]

Keeping close is what you’re supposed to do when it’s freezing. Like penguins!

[inexorableiron]

...

I thought they lived in the ocean.

[bowtiedbones]

They hunt in the ocean, but they have to hatch their eggs on land. Male emperor penguins huddle together in a giant group to keep warm.

[inexorableiron]

And that works. Huh...

[bowtiedbones]

They have to shuffle around so everyone gets a turn in the middle, but you don’t lose as much body heat if it’s just going to someone else and theirs is going to you.

[inexorableiron]

[If this were the manga adaptation, Hamn would be drawn in the background panels of Eliza's explanation fluffing pillows and moving around behind her.

Because this man just learned something about penguins and remembered body heat. So it's drape over the girl's back and plop chin onto her shoulder time]

Yeah?

[bowtiedbones]

[squeaks! and then laughs at him, hi there??]

Yeah, exactly like that!

[inexorableiron]

But like, without all that wet and feathery.

[....this is really kind of nice]

[bowtiedbones]

The pillows are definitely an improvement over the sea ice.

[leaning back against him. WARM...]

[inexorableiron]

Yeah. No predators either.