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Yelena Belova ([personal profile] laviny) wrote in [community profile] ximilialog2021-12-10 01:11 am

December Shenanigans :: Open

CHARACTERS: Yelena Belova & you!
LOCATION: All around the station (particularly the lab, the common room and the sunlight room)
DATE: Throughout December
CONTENT: December catch-all
WARNINGS: None at the moment, but will update as needed



Upgrades and Caroling

[For the first week or so of the month Yelena spends a lot time hanging out in and around the lab while she makes sure Redwing gets repaired and upgraded after its run in with the orb on the last mission. Since Sam is asleep and she was there when Redwing took damage, taking care of the drone seems like a good use of her time.

Plus there are some ideas for upgrades to discuss. Excellent, festive ideas that no one could possibly object to.

She definitely ropes Tony Stark into helping, but if other tech-savvy types take an interest, she'll talk to them, though she'll be particular about who gets to actually work on Redwing. She's basically just babysitting and trying to do what Sam would want for his drone.

Once the work is done, eventually, there will come a day when Yelena can be found sitting in the common room testing out the aforementioned upgrades. Sam has given her limited access to Redwing’s features and she has his goggles and wrist controls which she is currently using to fly Redwing around the common room.

Once she gets the hang of it…well, that’s when the drone starts chirping Christmas carols.

Soon Redwing can be found havoring in various parts of the station chirping such classics as: "Carol of the Bells," "We Wish You A Merry Christmas," "O Christmas Tree," "Filiz Navidad," "Jingle Bells," and "Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer," among others.

And in the sunlight room specifically Yelena will make sure to always have Redwing sing snow related songs. Anyone building snowmen or making snow angels can enjoy a drone serenading them with "Winter Wonderland," "White Christmas" and "Let it Snow."

The only place spared Redwing’s holiday cheer is the training room. Yelena will let people train in peace.]


Hard Mode Mistletoe

[In general Yelena is enthusiastic about holiday traditions. Her opportunities to really celebrate the holidays have been pretty limited for most of her life, so she’s ready to embrace a lot of different kinds of festivities.

Except the mistletoe. That one is a little weird. She has nothing against it being used as a decoration, but she has little interest in entertaining the tradition surrounding it. Kissing random people because of a plant seems silly and awkward.

So if anyone happens to catch her under some mistletoe she will look at them and then at the mistletoe and sigh, exasperated.]


You know, it can be translated to "poop on a stick."

[That’s not very festive or sexy, is it?]


Snow Days

[The population of Ximilia doesn’t have to worry too much. Yelena doesn’t spend all her time terrorizing the station with Redwing’s Christmas caroling. She actually spend a good portion of her spare time in the Sunlight Room, enjoying the snow and the chill. Although if you were to ask her she would say it could be a little colder. The room’s climate control might work a little too well for her taste.

Anyway, her favorite activity is probably ice skating. It’s a fun way to exercise on days that she takes a break from training. But she can also be found attempting to make snow angels and snowmen. She might be better at snow angels than snowmen, honestly. The snowmen end up a little lopsided.

She’s also open to snowball fights, but, be warned, she’s willing to use all her skills as a Russian assassin to win, so challenge her at your own risk.]


Wildcard, notes, etc

[All these prompts are open to anyone and everyone, but if you want something specific, feel free to hit me up at [plurk.com profile] etceteras or PM me to plot and I can give you closed prompt in the comments. Or you can just toss a wildcard at me, that's cool too.

For the mistletoe prompt, kissing is not guaranteed, as she is more likely to sass than kiss, but I am open to people trying to convince her. I think it's a fun springboard for meetings and conversation, though, so if you want to, feel free to hit it up whether you (or your character) are interested in smooches or not!

I am also willing to match style if you prefer prose.]

justlethal: (pic#15076796)

[personal profile] justlethal 2021-12-24 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[It seems a bit of a waste to her, although she knows that few had grown up as she had. There had been no presents or kind words from Thanos. She still finds it head to believe that she'd been the reason that he had gotten the Stone, given the requirements.]

So when it does melt, you go around collecting your items again?
justlethal: (021)

[personal profile] justlethal 2021-12-27 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Such items aren't usually high on the stealing list.

[Although she could also see a need for such items in certain circumstances. Gamora herself is slightly hardier than the average human and suffers a little less from the cold.]

I think my friends would have devolved into throwing snowballs instead of making snowmen.
peasant: (alina-sab-00143)

[personal profile] peasant 2021-12-30 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a sudden spike of hesitation spears her insides, watching the shock flash across yelena's expression like a thunderbolt through clear skies. for the sake of sparing herself from rejection, she gives a quick thought to retreating away from the line she's so clearly toed across, a boundary she's pushed —

until yelena's agreement pops through that bubble of insecurity. alina's eyelashes flicker with a dumbstruck blink, a mirror of yelena's previous surprise — a clear sign that alina is unused to wielding her own boldness. something like relief overtakes her mouth, snapping shut from where it had fallen slightly agape, as a nervous giggle fizzes out of her mouth.

wisely, she doesn't say that's it? truthfully, she would let yelena braid her hair at any time, but —
]

Alright. [ she doesn't take the first step into yelena's space, doesn't barrel across that threshold, letting yelena come to her in her own time. the invitation is still there like an open door between them, regardless; alina's fingers fiddle with the end of yelena's braid before they find their way to other woman's face, tucking a stray strand of blonde behind her ear. with an endeared twitch of her nose, she teases: ] But your kiss better be as good as your braidwork.
scarcastically: (you got a bevy of shit)

[personal profile] scarcastically 2021-12-31 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah? You know someone like that?
scarcastically: (i'll live by my own law)

[personal profile] scarcastically 2021-12-31 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ erik frowns. ]

The guy in prison?
scarcastically: (say somethin' funny)

[personal profile] scarcastically 2021-12-31 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ erik looks perplexed. romanoff is as good as he is, if not better. ]

Why would she need a guy like that?
scarcastically: (We move among the ones)

[personal profile] scarcastically 2021-12-31 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ huh. he had heard rumours but it hadn't really been erik's problem. which he can't help the slight brush of shame, but one systematic issue at a time. ]

Did he? I guess for an underground sect like that, you do need the outdated info to find connections.
scarcastically: (i dropped a million tears)

[personal profile] scarcastically 2021-12-31 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ he shakes his head. ]

I really don't miss spywork all that much. Forgot how fuckin' convoluted it can be. Did they have one of those fancy SHIELD ships?
Edited 2021-12-31 08:18 (UTC)
kovach: (■ 211)

dw u jerk

[personal profile] kovach 2021-12-31 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ probably a bit overly silly to be making use of weaponry to sponsor up a celebration, and maybe there might even be an ironic poetry to it, but as much as he could be an asshole, he'll let people enjoy their fun. they're stuck on this station after all, and it's probably easy to get bored as hell. ]

So what's it do? Just sing or does it ... shoot confetti too or something?

[ if it's meant to inspire, he's not feeling too much of that inspiration. ]
scarcastically: (it said it's the darkest times)

[personal profile] scarcastically 2022-01-01 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ he smirks. ]

Secret organisations have no class these days.
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[personal profile] aurable 2022-01-01 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...

[ Drift moves away in a conscious effort of not wanting to be the cause of another accident. ]

I was watching the water move under the ice.

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