013 [video/action] backdated to the morning

[complexrestart]

[The video feed turns on to feature a tiny snowman with a scarf around its neck and a Bulbasaur standing next to it, looking up at it curiously.] I finished him! I haven't been able to make a snowman in a long time. [Rika sounds ecstatic about her accomplishment, but the snowman tips over, causing the Bulbasaur to jump back in surprise. Rika sighs as she walks towards the fallen snowman.]

Mii... It looks like I will have to build another one. I did have a lot of fun making it though, so I don't mind. Maybe I can make him taller this time. Nipaa! [She turns off the Gear as she runs around to gather more snow for another snowman.]

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

I will start making the last part. [Rika begins to form the head of the snowman, packing the snow into a neat ball.]

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

Okay!

[Cocona slowly unwraps the scarf around her neck, getting ready to put it on the snowman once Rika finished making the head.]

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

[She finally finishes it and she places it on top of the snowman's torso.] Now we can add your scarf.

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

[Cocona nods and carefully wraps the scarf around the snowman's "neck". Then she bends down, picks up some pebbles and small rocks, balances them as much as she could on her fingers that weren't covered by the cast and slowly pushed those in to make the snowman's face.]

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

[Rika smiles at the completed snowman.] He looks great. Thank you. [She pauses.] Mii. What is your name?

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

[She drops rest of the pebbles and small rocks back to the ground and brushes some of the snow off her own head.]

I'm Cocona! What's yours?

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

I'm Rika Furude. It's nice to meet you, Cocona. [She smiles.]

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

It's nice to meet you too!

[She grins and then looks back at the snowman.]

If it takes this much time to make one... I wonder if we can build an entire army of snowmen.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

I'm sure we could. We should try, at least.

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'll have enough scarves though...

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

... Or maybe we can say the one with the scarf is the leader of the army!

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Yes. After all, leaders have a distinguishing feature.

The other snowmen can also be smaller than him.

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

Yeah! That'll make it easier for us to make them too! [Ahh she feels so excited by this idea.]

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Yes. We will also need to give them a motive for forming an army.

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

A motive...

[She thinks long and hard about this... and then thinks of something back home.]

... They want to protect a princess.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

[Rika smiles at the idea.] Good idea. What is the princess in danger of?

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

[Then she thinks about that one guy she doesn't like and giggles to herself.]

Government officials!

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

I like that. [She bends down to the ground to pick up some more snow.] Now that we have a story, we can start the army.

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

So do we start with the "once upon a time" thing?

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

If you would like to.

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

Okay! [Cocona starts rolling up another snowball.]

Once upon a time... There was a Princess. She was protected by her soldiers because her people loved her. But they didn't know the government officials were actually bossing her around to do stuff she didn't want to do.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

[Rika also starts to make another snowball.] ... She had to make laws that only benefitted the government officials, and not the citizens. This made her angry, so one day she came up with a plan.

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

[She rolls the small snowball to make it bigger.]

She already had her people's support because of how she was! When she gave speeches, they always moved the citizens' hearts and doing something like that wasn't really easy at all. The respected her, so... if something bad happened to her, the citizens would surely be mad.

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[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

And one day, the government officials decided to kidnap the princess, because then they could rule without interference from the princess. However, the citizens caught wind of this and there was an angry uproar amonst the kingdom.

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[photonsaber.livejournal.com]

[Cocona pauses for a bit, wondering what she should say to continue the story. In the meantime, she sets up the base so that Rika could put hers on top.]

The citizens wanted to revolt against the government and the government officials wanted to use the soldiers against the rebellion. The soldiers were really on the civilians' side too, but they had to listen...