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Avery smiled, mollified, since his request had been granted. He looked over their snow angels, his with the two foot prints in the legs, and hers, which was much more pristine.

"So now what?" he asked, looking over with bright eyes.

Alida brightened at the mention of music. She preferred writing herself, but music was another sort of artistry. What do you play? And do you write songs? she wrote.


Sybil cheered, waving her arms over her head as the snowman finally came together. Okay! There's gonna be some good rocks in the path, right?" she asked, pointing to the gravel path that wound through the park.

Ritsu switched his efforts to the head, packing in little handfuls of snow to make sure it wouldn't fall off. That would be a rather gruesome metaphor, even for snow... especially in a public park.

Avery thought for a moment, and sighed. They hadn't brought any sleds, so that was out, which was too bad. He'd loved sledding last winter. "I dunno, either. We can't go sledding without sleds..." he furrowed his brow, thinking of what else they could do.

Alida smiled, and took a drink of her mocha before writing, When you say writing, do you mean lyrics or music? I've always wondered how someone chooses what notes to put down. It must be like learning another language!

Sybil laughed, and blundered off through the snow, awkward in her bundling. But she made it to the path without too much trouble, and after a bit of brushing aside snow and seaching, she came back on the path she had made.

"Are these okay? Ri, here are some for you, and some for Zuko, and some for me!"

She had gathered far too many, enough for at least two snowmen, and she'd nearly dropped a few on her way back.

Avery made a small 'o' of surprise with his mouth, then tried the same thing... but only went a few feet. "How come I can't? Well... maybe I can do this, instead!" he said, and turned so that he could roll down the hill instead of sliding.

It was almost as fun, and made him awfully dizzy! But it came with its consequences, too. He managed to get snow in his collar, and when he got to the bottom, spent a few seconds digging it out.

"GEEZ! I might as well be swimming..." he grumped, but was soon heading up to the top to do it again. "Race you to the top, Aqua!" he called, already running.

Avery laughed, a bit out of breath sounding, as he neared the top, and then stopped, waiting for Aqua to catch up. "You should try rolling down, Aqua! It's way fun, plus you get dizzy! I never thought of doing it in winter before!"


Alida nodded, still a bit mystified. She drank a bit more of her mocha before writing her next question. What type of music do you write? And I hope you don't mind me asking all these questions... she wrote with a questioning look at the angel.

There were a couple at the table next to them who were watching the odd conversation with interest, trying to figure out what was going on, but attempting to be circumspect about it.

Avery came tumbling after her, laughing loudly. He caught up as they neared the bottom, and very nearly crashed straight into her. He was even more soaked now than when he'd started.

He stood up, and drunkely wobbled around a little bit before his equilibrium came back. He shook his head a little, setting his vision right, and waited for Aqua to get her senses back as well.

Avery was nearly yanked back down into the snow when Aqua grabbed the hem of his coat, very narrowly missing his pants. He didn't care one whit about the fact that he'd have no pants on then... it was more that it was cold out.

So he was glad that she missed, and got his coat instead, except for the fact that it pulled a bit painfully on one of his wings inside the coat. "Okay, okay, hold on a sec, and let go! I have wings, ya know! Gimme your hand!"

He kept up a running commentary as she grabbed his hand instead, and then hauled back, bringing her with a stumble to her feet. He was still a bit wobbly, and swayed back and forth while his inner ear settled down. He was grinning like a fool. Aqua was fun! She didn't mind trying his crazy stunts.

"Well... okay. But it's cold out, so only for a little bit," he said, and took off his gloves so he could unzip his coat. He slid it off, and his snow white feathered wings unfolded. He had on only a tank top under the coat, no wonder he was worried about cold!

He turned about, flapping his wings a little bit, and grinned at her. "See? Wings!" he exclaimed.


Sybil tried to hand stones up to Zuko, but several went tumbling, making little pits in the snow where they fell. "Oh, phooey!" she cried, but patiently waited till he'd taken the rest before she dug in the snow to get the rest.

She was starting to feel sleepy, probably a side effect of the activity and the cold weather.

Ritsu took a few from Sybil as well, since Zuko couldn't hold them all and put them on the snowman.

"Uhm... I'll hold them, and you can decorate?" he suggested quietly, holding his breath that it would be unacceptable.