Snow wars

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Who: Legolas and anyone really
What: Snowball fights and the maturity level of elves
When: Anytime there’s still snow
Where: Right outside the castle!
Rating: F for fun!!

As an elfling, Legolas could often be found outside Thranduil‘s halls with other elflings and, of course, a group of armed elves just in case goblins or spiders came too near. That‘s not important though. What was important was what the elflings did: have snowball fights.

Legolas was very good at throwing snow and not always just with the other children. Anyone and everyone was a target. His aim with a bow was known to be superb among his people but there were few who didn‘t remember how exact he was with throwing snowballs. And now with how much snow had fallen outside the castle, it seemed that Legolas was drawn to behaving like a child. Dressed in his travel clothes and a cloak, a green one sadly rather than one that might blend in with the snow, he headed outside.

Sure, he was grown by the standards of elven culture but that didn‘t mean he couldn‘t have fun! Look at the parties his dad always threw in the forest.

With snow packed in front of him for defense and a small pile of snowballs ready, Legolas watched the doors of the castle. And when it opened--

If you just felt a snowball pelt you, it’s likely this elf that threw it.

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For his part Will had to admit that it had been a very long time since he had allowed himself simply to play. Here in the castle he had fallen into the pattern of always thinking of his duty first. He forgot, sometimes, that he was not only the Old One. That he was a child still as well.

"I can certainly try."

And with a bright smile Will tosses a snowball at him.

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"Wonderful!"

With a laugh, Legolas turned just soon enough to take a snowball to his ear. Quickly brushing it away and scooped up another snowball and gave it a toss, already ducking behind a pile of snow to make another.

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Will simply grins and dives behind a nearby snowdrift. He needed some shelter to build ammunition.

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Sneaky! Not that Legolas wasn't any more sneaky by having a small shelter already made for his mischief. Kneeling down and grabbing one, he watched quietly for Will to appear again.

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Will reappear around the far edge of the snowdrift a few moments later and tosses a few snowballs in Legolas' direction.

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And that was even more sneaky! He had thought he'd hear Will approach but it seemed he had a gift for moving silently like the elves! He rolled out of the way, still getting pelted a couple times before he got to his feet and made a pair of snowballs to throw back.

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Will ducks, laughing as he feels the incoming snowballs barely pass by the top of his head.

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Legolas quickly grabs more snow to throw, half forming it into snowballs and throwing again before lightly running over the snow after Will. He's nt getting away so easily for sneaking up on this elf!

[lightbranded]

[Unlike Elves, an Old One was physically no different from a human. Will could, of course, have called up the words to control snow and ice, wind and water.

But that seemed far too much cheating to him. Where would the fun be in that?

So instead he forms two more balls of snow as he ducks beneath the incoming snowballs and twists around to throw them right back at Legolas.

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[That would definitely have been cheating, though Legolas wouldn't have called him on it. It's all for fun still! And when Will throws another pair of them, Legolas bends himself back to avoid one only to get struck by the second and go falling into one of the drifts.

Sputtering, he pulled himself back up to form another snowball, throwing it blindly before wiping the snow from his face.]

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And that takes Will in his face. He falls back laughing into the show again.

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Legolas laughs as well, heading over towards Will and then just taking a moment to sit in the snow and keep laughing. The elf does swat some snow towards Will though, not bother to ball it up.

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Will just lets the snow land on him. Given the current state of his clothes, he didn't think it would change much.

"I forgot how much fun this was."

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"I'm glad that I've reminded you of it." Said while laughing and swatting a bit more snow towards Will before laying back in the snow and sighing contentedly. Oh, it was good to do something purely for the sake of having fun.