Uh oh!

It's starting to snow.

Last time this happened in the summer we had a huge blizzard!

I'll be up on the Library roof, getting all the plants and flowers safely in the greenhouse so they don't die.

If anyone wants to come help that would be nice, 'cause there's some big pots to move.




[Rain will be up moving plants around in the snow, in completely inappropriate for snow clothes, if anyone wants to come by.]

[Lena's sitting near a window, watching the blizzard outside. She looks transfixed by the swirling flakes, so much so that one might think she turned on the camera by accident. But then she speaks.]

I've moved around a lot of places, but it was all in the South, so there was never much snowfall and never a blizzard like this. It looks like something out of those cheesy holiday films and tv movies.

[Her cat hops up into her lap, purring and kneeding Lena's thigh with her paws (and claws, ouch), before settling down.]

Anyone else around here come from a place with little to no snowfall? Maybe once it's over we can go run around in it. We could make snow angels. [She displays a secret smile at that, replaying a memory in her mind.] Or build a snowman.

This was predictable. I expect the weather will get worse before it gets better.

[ A beat, and she sounds about as put-out as she ever will (and perhaps a little sad). ] I wanted to get ice cream.


[ ooc; because Jast left her ice cream coupons ;; ]

Oh, dear, that's right, it is about that time again, isn't it? Of course, it's summer again, and it wouldn't be summertime in the City if we didn't have a blizzard sooner or later--just the same as how we always have those few days of hot weather right around Christmastime, too. Goodness, isn't it a good thing we're having it today, though, and not the other day when everyone was having their water fights? That certainly wouldn't be pleasant, running around throwing water all over each other when it's getting near freezing out.

Still, I've never seen one of these summer blizzards last for more than a few days, so if anyone is worrying about unpacking all their winter things for the long run, I'd say it's best to wait a bit and see if it clears up. It usually does, once we've had our chance to have our midsummer snowball fights and ice skating and all the other lovely things we do.

...Come to think of it, I suppose we ought to add another hot drink or two to the menu at the Blue Light, hadn't we? Perhaps we can come up with one, as a special for the time being.

In the meantime, though, I think I'd better go check on Ellington and the horses before the snow gets too terrible out. I think they've all been around long enough to be accustomed to these sudden snowfalls, too, but if there is a blizzard brewing, it's going to make getting around rather inconvenient and it's always better to be safe than sorry.

Goodness, how did it get to be the end of July already? Why, just next week it'll be...

Well. With any luck, the snow and ice will have cleared up before then. It'd really be a shame if I couldn't spend my City anniversary in--er, by the fountain, the way I always do.

[Crowley is sitting outside, based on the background in the video, probably at a sidewalk cafe that's closed for the unseasonable weather. Occasionally a small snow-slide passes behind him - it's possible he's sitting under an umbrella. He's holding a mug with steam drifting up and takes a sip that doesn't fog the sunglasses he still has sitting on his face despite the obvious lack of sun.]

See, now this is what I mean. Blizzards in July. I suppose they aren't so interesting if you're accustomed to living in the southern hemisphere, but I've always been partial to Europe, which makes this a welcome novelty.

Indulge my curiosity, since I've been away a few years - what curses have you experienced in your time in the City? Which ones did you enjoy and which did you hate?

[ooc: He's just collecting information to keep from repeating the deities' efforts if he decides to start messing with people/the City.]

[Somebody's enjoying the bizarre weather! Rapunzel's managed to dig out some of her winter clothing and is off with Pascal and her puppy, Zucker, playing in the snow.]

I don't think I'll ever get tired of snow. Ever. I know it's not supposed to snow in the summer, but this is such a nice change of pace, why not enjoy it?

If anybody wants to join me, I'm setting up a snow fort in Xanadu!

[She grins, forming a snowball in her mittened hands.]

You know, in case of snowball fights.