Neil learnt how to ski on fourth-hand equipment he bought for about 15€ total. Helmets did not factor in. He thinks the one that was rented for him this time makes his head feel funny and he "forgot" it at the lodge. Kevin will lose his shit when he realises this.
Skiing headcanons because they're fun to think about:
Allison: went skiing regularly as a kid, has all of her own, quite expensive equipment, genuinely really enjoys it and is hyped about dragging her teammates up the slopes with her (also just a little smug to be able to show most of them up)
Dan: Has gone skiing exactly once before with Allison. Hasn't gotten enough of a hang of it to really like it, but likes hanging out with Allison and enjoys spending time in the lodge after.
Renee: Has never gone skiing before, she'd gone home to spend the break with Stephanie when Dan and Allison went skiing together. She's gamely trying though, because she can tell how much Allison wants to ski with friends!
Matt: Maybe went skiing a couple times with his mom when she was getting him into different physical sports to get his mind of his addiction. Very neutral to it in general. He's so tall that when he falls it's a Production
Kevin: Famously has Never Skied Before. Has heard it talked about as this Very Dangerous (Hand-Breaking!!) Sport so much though that he's kind of psyched himself out about it. Is easily annoyed by the fact that he is slow and awkward and is therefore Not Having Much Fun. Was absolutely the one who ensured that helmets were included in their equipment rental, he is not having his teammates concuss themselves over the break. He is going to hunt Neil for sport the second he realises that he left his helmet behind.
Andrew: Never skied. Never wants to ever again. Goes on the hill exclusively to make sure that Neil isn't going to get himself killed. Lasts about three runs and that's only because the beginner hill has a T-bar instead of a chair lift. Promptly fucks off back to the lodge where he can drink hot chocolate until everyone else decides to stop pretending that it's fun to fall face first into cold frozen water all day.
Aaron: Never skied. Also is not enjoying this. If Katelyn is around he would fuck off and ski with her where no one else can witness him being pathetic (he would enjoy getting to cozy up next to her on a ski lift and just chat and soak in the view). If she's not around, good luck even getting him on the hill -- he needs to be baited or it's not happening.
Nicky: Erik is very outdoorsy, and therefore got Nicky skiing a few times while he was still living in Germany. Nicky isn't proficient but he's good enough to actually have fun. Definitely annoys the heck out of his cousins that he's making this look easy -- he gets a snowball thrown at the back of his head by at least one of them at some point.
Neil: Spent a few months in a small northern town in [redacted] where there wasn't much to do in the winter except ski -- since this was what other kids his age was doing, he was allowed to buy/borrow some cheap old equipment for the sake of blending in. Never thought to mention that he could ski because as far as he's concerned he can't actually ski well enough to count, he was a total amateur compared to everyone else he was skiing with as a kid and hasn't done it since.
He could ski rings around almost every other Fox on the hill, and is very weak to the GOTTA GO FAST instinct. Skiing honestly seems like something Neil would enjoy. Allison does her best into coaxing both him and Nicky into going on harder runs with her and he definitely overextends himself at some point and absolutely eats shit.
"Boba tea," Jeremy said. "Flavored teas with tapioca balls? Really? If I tell Laila you've never had it, she'll lose her mind. Every cafe in a two-mile radius knows her name and face. Next time you're in the kitchen just take a look at the fridge. Half of her magnets are from tea shops."
Are he tinies squishy or stretchy? They seem like they might be based on the sounds they make and the fact they’re (physically, at least, I’m sure emotionally is a different story) fine to get stepped on.
Neil: Both? I don't remember what they're called, but Nicky said they're like those cube-shaped fidget toys. Andrew likes to treat them as such.
look, hockey and box lacrosse both kit their goalies out like brick walls. I feel in my heart that andrew should be a five foot nothing cube in his exy gear. cat should get to swoon over her girlfriend who is, for all intents and purposes, a bright red refrigerator. i deserve this, we deserve this
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