ORIGIN

Asimona paced. She paced and paced and her Sister watched from the side, sitting neatly and patiently while the silver dragon walked off her anxiety. "Are you scared?" Asimona shook her head. No, she was not scared, just nervous. She had never done something like this before. It was exciting, too. She would get to meet all kinds of creatures, right? They would have fun! But there was a lot of responsibility...and a lot to do.

She had been thinking about this ever since her breakdown. Do something fun, with others. Sister had helped her come up with the idea of a snowball fight. She always enjoyed snow and cold things and sometimes, it seemed, others needed to see exactly how wonderful it could be. Besides, who didn't like games?

But there would be so much to do! She'd have to almost construct a whole new environment from scratch. She'd have to make it colder, much colder, and she'd need a lot of water for the snow. And maybe find a way to make it snow once they had collected a good amount. And, of course, finding others that would want to play as well. It would be difficult, and a lot of work, but what else did she have to do? Sit around and wait for the other two to try and mess up her head again?

She took a deep breath and shook her head. She had to start. Now. This area would be good - it was relatively flat and not too far from the crystal river, although there was still some work to do on the terrain - she would need more than the water in the air, certainly! She would start with making it cold, very cold. Cold enough to sustain a whole environment of snow and gembounds. She started focusing and releasing her magic into the air. She felt a chill settle over the nearby area, but it wasn't enough. She released and looked over at Sister, who was looking at her with amusement. "I think we're going to be here a while."

"Shut up," Asimona growled.

Asimona flinched at the new voice that had appeared and whipped around, initially seeing nothing. But after looking down she spotted the glowing golden wolf sitting just in front of her. She had to blink for a moment, wondering if she was seeing things as this was a creature she had never seen before. With fabric over its shoulders and a bright gem on its leg as well as a gem on its chest. Which was its actual gem?

But, that didn't matter, this was a friend! Well, a potential friend of course. She thought it was a little funny, though, that she called her "kid" when she was, in fact, much bigger then the wolf. She smiled happily as her tail whipped slowly across the ground behind her, almost with a dog-like happiness. "Ah, no, not really. But I am trying to make it cold! I'm going to host a snowball fight here! So I need to turn this area into a place where snow won't melt. Although I'll probably need a ton of water to get enough snow." As she spoke, the temperature continued to drop, little by little. She probably needed to cast the spell once more before it would be cold enough to sustain snow and ice.

"Oh, by the way, I'm Asimona! Who are you and would you be interested in playing? Or maybe helping setup?" The thought had come to her immediately - she had a lot to do and any kind of help would be welcome. "If you have any magic that makes snow or water appear, or anything that could help get water over here would be really helpful!"

She saw Sister nod approvingly in the corner of her eye and felt a swell of joy. She was doing better now, just as she said she would.

Asimona was a little surprised at the two newcomers approaching. Was this a good enough idea for others to really approach her as well? Would this be something that worked? As she looked down at them, she really wanted to believe that this would be fun, that this would be the thing that worked. To bring together those that were good in a friendly, fun competition. And, of course, show them the beauty of snow!

She saw Sister's nod of approval before she blinked out of existence. That was fine, Asimona didn't need her right now.

Instead, she directed her attention to responding to the newly-introduced Kin-Kin and gave a small chuckle at the name. "Must be quite the achiever with a name like that! I'm Asimona, it's nice to meet you. And who might you two be?" She turned towards the wolf pup and the cat. "Like Kin-Kin said, we're going to have a snowball fight! It's a cool game that I thought up of where you throw snowballs at each other and whoever has the most hits win! It's supposed to be a fun game and a way to meet and bond with other gembounds. And it's so cold because snow and ice melt when its warm. Also, I'm a dragon," she added at the end of her speech.

One more small burst of magicka and the temperature dropped enough that it was basically a freezer in the area and any ice and snow that was made there would probably stay cold enough for the snowball fight to happen. She would just have to stay and monitor the temperature. "Yes, if would be a huge help if you guys could bring some water or clear some of the area. I want it to be nice and flat for the fight to happen. I might have some obstacles made to make it more fun, but that will come later. If any of you have any spells that can help clear the rocks or freeze things, that would be awesome! Otherwise, if you could do anything to get some more water over here from the river, that would also be a huge help. Every little bit counts!"