One Month One World One Year Challenge 2022
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January 8: Thundersnowstorm
https://i.postimg.cc/1tnSD9Wd/dylan-in-the-thundersnowstorm.png
After school the next day, Kiyoshi and I headed off skiing together. Well, I would be skiing and Kiyoshi would be snowboarding. It's too bad, though, that nobody told us about the weather, because there was a thundersnowstorm when we got to the slopes. A thundersnowstorm is like a thunderstorm and a snowstorm mixed together. Not a good combination.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZRQCdkX5/whoseidea-was-it-to-go-skiing-during-a-thundersnowstorm-again.png
When we arrived, Kiyoshi and I just stood there shivering. We were both freezing.
Dylan: "Brrr....Who...who..se idea was it to go ski...ing again?" I asked my teeth chattering, as I wrapped my arms around myself in an effort to keep warm.
Kiyoshi: "Well...well, on the mountain the weather cha...changes suddenly. We'll be fine! You can....brr...you can try snowboarding today..." he said grinning through chattering teeth. Oh sure, Kiyoshi was trying to be the tough guy, like this wasn't bothering him. Alright, I could be the tough guy, too.
We ran down the hill together towards the gondola, and I suddenly slipped on some ice.
https://i.postimg.cc/FRHWX2x9/wipeout.png
Dylan: "Great! What a heck of a way to start!" I lay there for a moment, and then realized that if I didn't get up, I would be buried in snow and then no-one would even know I was there. I got up and rubbed my back and muttered as I walked, "What am I doing out here? Why am I out in this weather? And where is Kiyoshi?"
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Kiyoshi was waiting for me inside the gondola area. When we got to the top of the slope, I could barely see two inches in front of me. The wind was blowing so hard and snow swirled around me. Thankfully, I knew where the easy run was, and slowly walked towards it, trying to shield my face from the wind with my arm.
https://i.postimg.cc/jdwkNznx/squall-of-wonders.png
I got to the top of the slope and there was no-one around. In fact, I could barely see the gondola from where I was standing. And I couldn't see Kiyoshi either.
https://i.postimg.cc/qRN2YGTg/kiyoshi-where-are-you.png
Dylan: "Kiyoshi...Kiyoshi...where are you?"
There was no answer, so I figured he had just gone off to the Expert slope. I looked down the slope and I couldn't even see it. How was I going to ski down it?
Dylan thinking: "Oh wonderful! I am probably going to ski into a tree and be dangling from a limb upside down and no-one will find me until morning...frozen to a branch...no problem...I'm a tough guy, right? Yeah...right..."
https://i.postimg.cc/pLk8LSVp/lets-se-if-hes-any-better.png
https://i.postimg.cc/SNJHrB3p/so-much-better-on-skiis.png
https://i.postimg.cc/638QwjTJ/and-no-better-on-skiis.png
I made it down safely. Well, okay, I wiped out at the bottom. And, I think at one point, when I did the jump, that if the wind had blown any stronger, I would have been airborne and could have flown over those trees. I met up with Kiyoshi inside the gondola area again, and Kiyoshi suggested I try some snowboarding.
Dylan: "You were serious before? In this weather? You want me to try snowboarding?"
Kiyoshi: "Sure...I'll give you some pointers when we get up there. You'll really love snowboarding..."
At the top of the slope, Kiyoshi gave me 2 seconds worth of lessons and then headed over to the Expert slope. And I was left alone...again. Kiyoshi must have a lot of faith in me, or is just anxious to go off and snowboard down the higher level slope and do his own thing. Sheesh!
I think I may have closed my eyes when I pushed off with the snowboard, "Here goes nothing".
https://i.postimg.cc/N014DDQt/here-he-goes.png
https://i.postimg.cc/SKqZw3TR/steady-as-she-goes.png
https://i.postimg.cc/BbyYkvkf/splat.png
https://i.postimg.cc/MHbHrcvv/need-more-opractice.png
Dylan thinking: "Well, that didn't go very well. And I pretty much suck at both skiing AND snowboarding."
I looked around for Kiyoshi and didn't see him anywhere. I really hoped nothing had happened to him up on the hill. Then I saw him trudge towards me, and he told me that he was heading home. I should have probably gone home, too, but then he told me about the Onsen.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y0yf0yz6/i-am-frikking-freezing.png
Kiyoshi: "You can take the ski shuttle back to Wakaba. In the meantime, you can head over to the Onsen and warm up..."
I think the word that caught my attention was "warm up" because I was frickin' freezing.
Dylan: "Onsen? What's that?"
And Kiyoshi went on to explain that it was a natural hot springs where you could have a nice soak and get rejuvenated. It sounded perfect, and as he bid me farewell, I headed towards the Onsen. Oh yeah, a nice hot soak sounded good to me. In fact, anything hot sounded good to me.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZqRbF78B/bryon-i-gave-you-some-winter-clothes.png
@Skeilah Oh gosh! Bryon...what are you doing out in this weather in those clothes? I did give you some winter wear. Change, bro! Change!
https://i.postimg.cc/mZqmbtX0/warming-up-by-the-fire.png
I entered the Onsen, and immediately went over to the fireplace and warmed myself up. Oh my gosh, I think I can feel my fingers again!
Then I saw this poor guy, walking in that blizzard in nothing but a t-shirt. He looked frozen.
@afai1261
https://i.postimg.cc/fRQDpWxN/aaron-coming-to-the-onsen.png
The frozen guy just walked past me and went into a locker area. I thought I'd better see how he was, so I walked over and introduced myself.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y9Pw3tpT/dylan-saying-hi-to-aaron.png
Dylan: "Hi...I'm Dylan...are you okay, dude? There's a nice fire in the fireplace over there if you want to warm up. Where is your coat?"
Aaron: "Hey...I'm Aaron. I'm alright...I come here pretty often, and left my coat here the last time. I didn't realize it was so nasty out there..."
Aaron and I chatted and I found out we went to the same high school and that he lived with some other students in a house in Senbamachi. He seemed like a cool guy. Aaron suggested that we take a nice hot soak in the Onsen. He also told me the rule that you needed to shower first, or the hot springs would become dirty. I thanked him for that and headed off to shower.
Luckily I had my backpack with me with my clothes, and grabbed my swim trunks and changed.
https://i.postimg.cc/1zLknJJZ/dylan-in-the-onsen-showers.png
https://i.postimg.cc/9fFMgFhf/and-right-in-the-onsen-they-snap-a-photo-together.png
Aaron and I chatted in the Onsen, and he told me that he was a bit of a loner and didn't really like crowds. He came here often, as it was the perfect place to just relax and forget about life's troubles for awhile. As the warm water swirled around me, I could really relate to what Aaron was saying. This water was so relaxing and I just felt like all my worries were fading. We snapped a photo together in the Onsen and became friends.
https://i.postimg.cc/sxzbKxk6/dylan-does-his-homework-at-onsen.png
We decided to do some homework together, although Aaron sat in the locker area, and I used this big reception desk out front. After working on a tough math problem, I was feeling a tad hungry, and wandered over to a vending machine that sold hot food. Wow! Food was expensive here. The terimayo hot dog sounded really good to me, and it was the cheapest at $5 simoleons, so I put my coins into the machine....and it jammed. Oh geez!
https://i.postimg.cc/fyQ4G1sq/PURCHASES-FROM-HOT-FOOD-MACHINE.png
Oh come on! All this for an over-priced hot dog!
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5Vf82Mt/all-this-for-a-hot-dog.png
I hip bumped the machine and that didn't work too well. It was still jammed, so I shook the vending machine thinking it might dislodge the item, and the darn thing wobbled....
https://i.postimg.cc/PrFp1MQV/oh-dylan-i-hope-you-wont-die.png
...and the next thing I know...it's on top of me...like almost squishing me...I kind of panicked at that point...
https://i.postimg.cc/gkfcYtDp/get-this-thing-off-of-me.png
But thank goodness I had done a bit of a workout at the gym yesterday, because I was able to heave it off of me. I have no idea what would have happened if I hadn't been able to. The only other sim who was here was Aaron, and, no offence to Aaron, but I don't know if Aaron could have lifted this thing off of me by himself. I might have been a goner. And to top it off, the item was still stuck. Oh the heck with it, I didn't really want that hot dog anyway.
https://i.postimg.cc/W3HL5tYV/darn-machine.png
https://i.postimg.cc/d1Jzsrpw/battered-and-bruised-vending-machine.png
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https://i.postimg.cc/qR5YrSTH/in-his-house-and-he-was-feeling-great.png
When I got home, and looked in my backpack, I realized that I had two homework books. Oh gee...I must have picked up Aaron's homework by mistake. Oops!
https://i.postimg.cc/bND924HB/dylan-stole-someones-homework-book.png
https://i.postimg.cc/TPSq36p0/chaos-rules.png
And Dylan got this pop-up, and Yes, he loves mischief!
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Notes:
To be honest, after Dylan and Kiyoshi came down from their first run, Dylan never saw Kiyoshi again. lol I really think that Kiyoshi just left and went home. There was literally no-one else skiing or snowboarding while they were there. And the only other person who came into the Onsen was Aaron.
https://i.postimg.cc/1tnSD9Wd/dylan-in-the-thundersnowstorm.png
After school the next day, Kiyoshi and I headed off skiing together. Well, I would be skiing and Kiyoshi would be snowboarding. It's too bad, though, that nobody told us about the weather, because there was a thundersnowstorm when we got to the slopes. A thundersnowstorm is like a thunderstorm and a snowstorm mixed together. Not a good combination.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZRQCdkX5/whoseidea-was-it-to-go-skiing-during-a-thundersnowstorm-again.png
When we arrived, Kiyoshi and I just stood there shivering. We were both freezing.
Dylan: "Brrr....Who...who..se idea was it to go ski...ing again?" I asked my teeth chattering, as I wrapped my arms around myself in an effort to keep warm.
Kiyoshi: "Well...well, on the mountain the weather cha...changes suddenly. We'll be fine! You can....brr...you can try snowboarding today..." he said grinning through chattering teeth. Oh sure, Kiyoshi was trying to be the tough guy, like this wasn't bothering him. Alright, I could be the tough guy, too.
We ran down the hill together towards the gondola, and I suddenly slipped on some ice.
https://i.postimg.cc/FRHWX2x9/wipeout.png
Dylan: "Great! What a heck of a way to start!" I lay there for a moment, and then realized that if I didn't get up, I would be buried in snow and then no-one would even know I was there. I got up and rubbed my back and muttered as I walked, "What am I doing out here? Why am I out in this weather? And where is Kiyoshi?"
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Kiyoshi was waiting for me inside the gondola area. When we got to the top of the slope, I could barely see two inches in front of me. The wind was blowing so hard and snow swirled around me. Thankfully, I knew where the easy run was, and slowly walked towards it, trying to shield my face from the wind with my arm.
I got to the top of the slope and there was no-one around. In fact, I could barely see the gondola from where I was standing. And I couldn't see Kiyoshi either.
https://i.postimg.cc/qRN2YGTg/kiyoshi-where-are-you.png
Dylan: "Kiyoshi...Kiyoshi...where are you?"
There was no answer, so I figured he had just gone off to the Expert slope. I looked down the slope and I couldn't even see it. How was I going to ski down it?
Dylan thinking: "Oh wonderful! I am probably going to ski into a tree and be dangling from a limb upside down and no-one will find me until morning...frozen to a branch...no problem...I'm a tough guy, right? Yeah...right..."
https://i.postimg.cc/pLk8LSVp/lets-se-if-hes-any-better.png
https://i.postimg.cc/SNJHrB3p/so-much-better-on-skiis.png
https://i.postimg.cc/638QwjTJ/and-no-better-on-skiis.png
I made it down safely. Well, okay, I wiped out at the bottom. And, I think at one point, when I did the jump, that if the wind had blown any stronger, I would have been airborne and could have flown over those trees. I met up with Kiyoshi inside the gondola area again, and Kiyoshi suggested I try some snowboarding.
Dylan: "You were serious before? In this weather? You want me to try snowboarding?"
Kiyoshi: "Sure...I'll give you some pointers when we get up there. You'll really love snowboarding..."
At the top of the slope, Kiyoshi gave me 2 seconds worth of lessons and then headed over to the Expert slope. And I was left alone...again. Kiyoshi must have a lot of faith in me, or is just anxious to go off and snowboard down the higher level slope and do his own thing. Sheesh!
I think I may have closed my eyes when I pushed off with the snowboard, "Here goes nothing".
https://i.postimg.cc/N014DDQt/here-he-goes.png
https://i.postimg.cc/SKqZw3TR/steady-as-she-goes.png
https://i.postimg.cc/BbyYkvkf/splat.png
Dylan thinking: "Well, that didn't go very well. And I pretty much suck at both skiing AND snowboarding."
I looked around for Kiyoshi and didn't see him anywhere. I really hoped nothing had happened to him up on the hill. Then I saw him trudge towards me, and he told me that he was heading home. I should have probably gone home, too, but then he told me about the Onsen.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y0yf0yz6/i-am-frikking-freezing.png
Kiyoshi: "You can take the ski shuttle back to Wakaba. In the meantime, you can head over to the Onsen and warm up..."
I think the word that caught my attention was "warm up" because I was frickin' freezing.
Dylan: "Onsen? What's that?"
And Kiyoshi went on to explain that it was a natural hot springs where you could have a nice soak and get rejuvenated. It sounded perfect, and as he bid me farewell, I headed towards the Onsen. Oh yeah, a nice hot soak sounded good to me. In fact, anything hot sounded good to me.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZqRbF78B/bryon-i-gave-you-some-winter-clothes.png
@Skeilah Oh gosh! Bryon...what are you doing out in this weather in those clothes? I did give you some winter wear. Change, bro! Change!
https://i.postimg.cc/mZqmbtX0/warming-up-by-the-fire.png
I entered the Onsen, and immediately went over to the fireplace and warmed myself up. Oh my gosh, I think I can feel my fingers again!
Then I saw this poor guy, walking in that blizzard in nothing but a t-shirt. He looked frozen.
@afai1261
https://i.postimg.cc/fRQDpWxN/aaron-coming-to-the-onsen.png
The frozen guy just walked past me and went into a locker area. I thought I'd better see how he was, so I walked over and introduced myself.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y9Pw3tpT/dylan-saying-hi-to-aaron.png
Dylan: "Hi...I'm Dylan...are you okay, dude? There's a nice fire in the fireplace over there if you want to warm up. Where is your coat?"
Aaron: "Hey...I'm Aaron. I'm alright...I come here pretty often, and left my coat here the last time. I didn't realize it was so nasty out there..."
Aaron and I chatted and I found out we went to the same high school and that he lived with some other students in a house in Senbamachi. He seemed like a cool guy. Aaron suggested that we take a nice hot soak in the Onsen. He also told me the rule that you needed to shower first, or the hot springs would become dirty. I thanked him for that and headed off to shower.
Luckily I had my backpack with me with my clothes, and grabbed my swim trunks and changed.
https://i.postimg.cc/1zLknJJZ/dylan-in-the-onsen-showers.png
https://i.postimg.cc/9fFMgFhf/and-right-in-the-onsen-they-snap-a-photo-together.png
Aaron and I chatted in the Onsen, and he told me that he was a bit of a loner and didn't really like crowds. He came here often, as it was the perfect place to just relax and forget about life's troubles for awhile. As the warm water swirled around me, I could really relate to what Aaron was saying. This water was so relaxing and I just felt like all my worries were fading. We snapped a photo together in the Onsen and became friends.
https://i.postimg.cc/sxzbKxk6/dylan-does-his-homework-at-onsen.png
We decided to do some homework together, although Aaron sat in the locker area, and I used this big reception desk out front. After working on a tough math problem, I was feeling a tad hungry, and wandered over to a vending machine that sold hot food. Wow! Food was expensive here. The terimayo hot dog sounded really good to me, and it was the cheapest at $5 simoleons, so I put my coins into the machine....and it jammed. Oh geez!
Oh come on! All this for an over-priced hot dog!
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5Vf82Mt/all-this-for-a-hot-dog.png
I hip bumped the machine and that didn't work too well. It was still jammed, so I shook the vending machine thinking it might dislodge the item, and the darn thing wobbled....
https://i.postimg.cc/PrFp1MQV/oh-dylan-i-hope-you-wont-die.png
...and the next thing I know...it's on top of me...like almost squishing me...I kind of panicked at that point...
https://i.postimg.cc/gkfcYtDp/get-this-thing-off-of-me.png
But thank goodness I had done a bit of a workout at the gym yesterday, because I was able to heave it off of me. I have no idea what would have happened if I hadn't been able to. The only other sim who was here was Aaron, and, no offence to Aaron, but I don't know if Aaron could have lifted this thing off of me by himself. I might have been a goner. And to top it off, the item was still stuck. Oh the heck with it, I didn't really want that hot dog anyway.
https://i.postimg.cc/W3HL5tYV/darn-machine.png
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
https://i.postimg.cc/qR5YrSTH/in-his-house-and-he-was-feeling-great.png
When I got home, and looked in my backpack, I realized that I had two homework books. Oh gee...I must have picked up Aaron's homework by mistake. Oops!
And Dylan got this pop-up, and Yes, he loves mischief!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Notes:
To be honest, after Dylan and Kiyoshi came down from their first run, Dylan never saw Kiyoshi again. lol I really think that Kiyoshi just left and went home. There was literally no-one else skiing or snowboarding while they were there. And the only other person who came into the Onsen was Aaron.
