destinystrings | [OPEN] Snowball Fight!!

Who: Yosuke Hanamura and you!
Where: Any city districts, late afternoon
Summary: So it's snowing everywhere!! You know what that means right? (And if you don't, Yosuke will quickly teach you.) Yes, that's right. Snowball fight. He will be instigating pretty much anyone with a snowball to the back. Character reactions ensue!
Warnings: Snowball violence?

Wow, Yosuke hadn't seen this much snow in a while! It'd been a few months- from his perspective, about five, considering the weird jump in time that came from coming to this world- since the last drifts of snow had fallen on Inaba. What made the snow here especially cool, though, was the way the city made it look, especially at night.

But the best thing about snowy days, by far, was getting off of work early and being able to just run around in it. Sure, it was a pain in the ass to have to literally drag his bike through the snow, and sure he might've looked like a dumb kid romping through it, but hey, he was going to enjoy himself!

And of course that's when he got the idea- the terrible idea that came from just not caring that he looked absolutely ridiculous running around in the snow- to start some snowball fights.

He's not really paying attention to who he's hitting so whoever you are, whether he mistook you for someone else, whether he was aiming for someone else, or whether he just doesn't care, you are now getting a snowball right between the shoulder blades.

How do you react?

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The look on Yosuke's face and his overall reaction get her to stop before advancing on him, though she's still gripping the handle of her weapon tightly.

"...I find your humor rather questionable, then, if that was truly in jest," she answers - there's still a hint of suspicion there.

"Haven't you ever heard of a snowball fight?? When it snows you toss snowballs at other people and they throw them back!"

Though he clearly picked a very wrong target here... This woman looked intimidating as hell, and definitely looked like she came from a world where snowball fights weren't all that common.

"I...have," she starts, lowering her weapon a bit. At this point, it occurs to her just how young Yosuke looks. Granted, boys his age where she comes from are likely off doing adventure-y things and proving themselves. Not...this.

"Where I hail from, it is a children's activity primarily," she adds, then frowns a bit. "I suppose that this is a difference between this world and my own."

It also occurs that she's startled the boy more than he did her. "I apologize for my reaction - I jumped to a conclusion that clearly was not the case."

Oh... Yosuke blushes and looks away, kind of embarrassed. "Err, no, it's... I mean I'm only 17... or 18?" This world was screwing him up on his age, because it was May back in his world when he left, and September when he arrived here... "But snowball fights are kind of a kid's thing in my world too."

That didn't stop it from being fun, though...

Her apology makes him relax, though, and his Persona disappears again. "It's fine, I'm just wondering what you thought I was doing."

"'Only' seventeen? That's practically an adult where I come from," she says - more confused by the difference in perceptions there than anything. However, his question makes the normally stoic woman look more than a little sheepish. "I... Thought I was under attack, to tell the truth."

A pause.

"Actual attack, not one in jest."

"I... well, I guess..." Technically Yosuke was in his final year of high school and about to head into a university... No, stop it, you're making him feel super, super awkward.

"I am really sorry, I didn't think someone would actually think I was attacking them. I guess it could've been mistaken for an ice spell or something." He looks at her mace curiously, though, surprised to see someone carrying a weapon like that...

"Where did you even get that thing?? An armory??"

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Eventually, Ginia just sighs and waves Yosuke's comments off. "Don't fret over it much - it's just a difference between worlds at the base of things. Despite my initial confusion, I bear you no ill will."

As for the weapon, she places it back on her hip. "No, I forged it myself," she answers.

"Hah, thanks." Yosuke is quickly distracted by her weapon, though.

"Wow, damn, it's impressive!!" He reaches into his jacket and pulls out a pair of large kunai knives, holding them up. "There was a metalworks guy that worked in our town who made weapons. He custom made these. I think it's awesome that you can make stuff like that, I don't think I could ever do that."

Ginia nods and smiles, folding her arms loosely. "If you can swing a hammer and have the patience to stick with it, it's easy enough to learn," she answers, then turns her attention to the blades. "I've not seen daggers like that before - where's the guard?"

"Well I know who to ask if I need new ones then." Not that he plans to lose these ones! He likes them a lot, they're really well made, and he doubts he's got the skill to blacksmith good weapons.

"Guard??" Yosuke looks over the kunai in confusion. He has no idea what she means by that... "Well... I mean these aren't daggers, they're kunai. They're Japanese weapons... used by ninjas I guess. You know, like shuriken and stuff."

"Yes, a guar..." Ginia trails off as Yosuke rattles off a bunch of unfamiliar terms, making a rather perplexed face before she offers a small shrug. "I'm not familiar with those kinds of things, unfortunately."

"Oh... uh..." What kind of world did this lady come from...? It had to be someplace pretty different. Or older?

"Japan's like... the country I live in. Actually this city we're in right now is supposed to be a city in Japan. These weapons come from ancient Japanese culture or something..." Were they really that old? God he didn't even know, he just knew that nobody really used them anymore.

"I mean daggers and stuff are more Western, I guess?" Wow Yosuke is terrible at explaining how the world actually works.

[OPEN] Snowball Fight!!

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