6th Invasion

[moemoetentacles]

[Squid Girl can be found at the park today, marveling at this white stuff falling from the sky and shivering from the cold.  She hasn't bothered to bundle up all that much, because she's used to cold deep-sea temperatures.  Unfortunately, she doesn't have her squidlike resilience to low temperature or high pressure back yet, and this damnable human body just isn't doing the trick.  But that isn't the first thing on her mind - priority number one is to check out the lake and see how her mission is going.  When she gets there, though, she's confronted with something she's utterly unfamiliar with.  She taps the edge of the iced-over lake with her foot and jumps back in surprise, pointing at it.]

"What the heck?  What's wrong with the lake?  Why is it... solid?"

Comments

[bestwishes]

It's wintertime. The lake's frozen.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Interesting... so how do I fix it?

[bestwishes]

Well uh... I guess you just gotta wait for spring?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

That long?

[bestwishes]

'fraid so?

[has-a-name.livejournal.com]

*somebody is here with a suspicious looking briefcase*

... where are the ducks...?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[oh god it's you again]

[has-a-name.livejournal.com]

...?

*she doesn't seem to understand the squid girl's discomfort*

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Go away! I'm not for eating!

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

...Seriously? It's ice. Water does that when it gets cold.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

...Really?

[buildstherobots.livejournal.com]

...Yes. Water turns into ice when it gets cold. It's called freezing.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

So I could do this at home?

[off-beet.livejournal.com]

[Luna is sitting at a bench nearby reading 'Girls' Guide to Gardening' upside down. Sup fake sis?]

The water has moved closer together.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Hey! You're that new girl!

[off-beet.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've been around for a few years. Just not here.

Hello.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

What did you do with the other girl that used to live with me? Did you kidnap her somewhere?

[politerudeness.livejournal.com]

That would be because it has frozen and turned into ice.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[Kneels down and pokes at it.]

"...Will the fish be okay?"

[politerudeness.livejournal.com]

I'm certain they will.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[Peers down at the ice. She's not sure if she believes that.]

[olympicswimmer.livejournal.com]

Never seen ice before?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Not across the whole surface like that!

[olympicswimmer.livejournal.com]

Don't worry -- the ocean doesn't freeze up.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

It does get pretty cold at the bottom, though.